Vetted Co-Founders in the Greater Boston

Brian Porter

Screened

Executive sports operations leader specializing in baseball and revenue partnerships

Boston, MA26y exp

“Former White Sox player development executive and Commissioner's Office scout with 14 years across MLB-facing roles, including draft evaluation, contract negotiation, and player advising. Now an independent advisor guiding amateur players and families through recruiting, draft preparation, and pro-ball decisions, with a network that has helped create offers, workouts, and development opportunities.”

“Private equity/growth investor with sourcing-heavy experience across software, currently at PSG within a $30B AUM platform after originating 1200+ net new companies at Akmazo Capital. Stands out for combining high-volume outbound founder sourcing with rigorous market research and relationship-building that has led to proprietary SaaS deals and active investment diligence.”

Edward Robinson-Adams

Screened

Executive cybersecurity and AI leader, CEO/co-founder specializing in enterprise SaaS and strategy

Boston, MA35y exp

“Operator who took a seed-funded university spin-off in cybersecurity from zero revenue and heavy losses to profitability and industry leadership, while building the full internal ops stack (HR/payroll/benefits/401k) and the initial GTM engine (Salesforce/HubSpot, SPIN + MEDPICC). Personally led fundraising across 30+ VC pitches, raising $11.2M total and delivering $98M returned to investors to date, with additional upside from a subsequent spin-off.”

“AI/full-stack engineer with experience spanning startup product building at Twinly, enterprise analytics at Zoho, and high-stakes life sciences ML at Wave Life Sciences. Stands out for combining React/TypeScript + FastAPI product execution with rigorous AI evaluation, retrieval optimization, and human-in-the-loop design, delivering measurable outcomes like 75% fewer analytics requests, 20% fewer failed experiments, and MVP delivery 3 weeks early.”

“President/founder of Kazenet, an early-stage no-code, compliance-focused recurring-revenue SaaS platform with customers and ~$200K revenue YTD, currently preparing a seed raise targeting angels/seed investors. Also mentors founders at C10 (Kendall Square venture studio), bringing hands-on experience scaling revenue, teams, and new verticals across US and international markets.”

“Product leader with experience driving a major international digital platform overhaul at ESPN, unifying fragmented sports properties and delivering a 30% retention lift. More recently, they have been building a human-centered AI mental health product focused on provider-guided follow-up, and they bring a personal, long-standing commitment to educational equity through tutoring and community math programs.”