Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Startup Watch: Five you should follow

By Mass High Tech Staff

As part of each week’s Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies and their business goals and provides guest access to their company profiles in the New England Tech Directory. With each week’s Startup Watch, Mass High Tech will choose the weekly featured companies by soliciting nominations through a poll of 10 startup companies, with links to their respective websites.

Please choose five startups that you would like to know more about for the April 5 edition of Mass High Tech’s weekly Startup Report e-mail by visiting www.masshightech.com/startup-watch.

For guest access to today’s directory listings, visit the following companies:

Mobinett Interactive Inc.: Boston-based Mobinett Interactive, founded in 2008, has developed Plug, a mobile events platform for networking and sharing on social networks.

Nimbus Discovery LLC: Cambridge-based Nimbus Discovery, founded in 2009, is developing therapies to treat an aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and obesity.

Oddfellow Studios Inc.: Founded in 2008, Somerville-based Oddfellow Studios is creating a virtual world platform and entertainment hub for gamers.

Stonewedge Corp.: Andover-based Stonewedge, founded in 2010, is developing products to improve the delivery, quality and efficiency of health and wellness services provided to seniors.

Synapse Firing Squad LLC: Founded in 2010, Brighton-based Synapse Firing Squad is a game development studio with two game titles, one about social interactions and the other a strategy tile game.