A Portfolio on Fire:
Glasswing Companies Sweep BostInno Fire Honoree List
The Fire Awards, presented by BostInno, celebrate companies, organizations, and people driving innovation within the Boston ecosystem. Spanning eight categories: consumer goods, cybersecurity, early and late-stage biotech, ecosystem, healthtech, robotics, and software, these awards recognize the work visionary companies are doing to transform their industries. We are proud to announce that six of Glasswing’s portfolio companies have been honored as innovators in the cybersecurity and software categories, and Glasswing has been recognized as an ecosystem honoree. These accolades are powerful testaments to our companies’ leadership in leveraging AI and frontier tech to drive significant advancements and positive, impactful change.
Get to know each of our honorees below:
Cybersecurity
Dr. Salvatore Stolfo, the creator of the field of Machine Learning applied to Intrusion Detection, founded Allure Security to help organizations safeguard their digital brand. Allure Security’s mission is to lower fraud costs, reduce the security team’s workload, and prevent customers, partners, and employees from becoming victims of online fraud.
Why they are on fire:
In 2024, Allure successfully raised a $10 Million Series A funding round and secured the highest average ranking by customers on Gartner Peer Insights’ Brand Protection Software list.
Founded by security expert Candan Bolukbas, Black Kite gives companies a comprehensive, real-time view into cyber third-party risk so they can make informed and proactive risk decisions that help avoid business disruption and build resilience within their supply chain.
Why they are on fire:
This year, PwC selected Black Kite as a strategic partner for its third-party risk management advisory and program management. The company has acquired over 2,000 customers to date.
Software
In 2022, DataRobot alumni Xavier Conort and Razi Raziuddin founded FeatureByte to make advanced Predictive AI just as easy and accessible as Generative AI. FeatureByte’s AI Data Scientist allows users to go from data to predictions in hours instead of weeks or months and unlock massive value for businesses across industries.
Why they are on fire:
This year, FeatureByte was selected from hundreds of applicants for the Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Accelerator: Enterprise AI program. It also released an integration with Databricks.
Siamak Baharloo and Nicholas Rioux co-founded Labviva to accelerate the pace of life science organizations. The AI-native procurement platform, underpinned by Natural Language Understanding (NLU) technology, connects researchers with reagents, chemicals, and instrumentation suppliers to increase transparency in the procurement process. Labviva helps scientists make purchasing decisions in compliance with research requirements and company guidelines.
Why they are on fire:
In the first half of 2024, Labviva launched its Inventory Management System (IMS) and has since secured a three-year partnership with the University of California.
Founded by Julie Johnson Roberts and led by Richard Scannell, Lambent Spaces empowers businesses to leverage intelligent data for occupancy analytics and smarter space planning. Lambent’s always-on AI system integrates with existing Wi-Fi and occupancy sensors to replace manual counters and anecdotal reporting, providing more comprehensive data. Corporate and higher education campuses reference this data to optimize their space utilization, facilities operations, and real estate investments.
Why they are on fire:
In 2024, Lambent Spaces released its API tool, Lambent Spaces Embedded, and Developer Portal, which allow the company’s occupancy data and analytics to be embedded into other workplace management applications for a more holistic view of company data that drives better decision-making. Lambent also attracted more university customers, such as the Brown University School of Public Health.
Founded in 2020 by Sam Clemens and Evan Powell, Reprise is the industry leader in demo creation platforms, revolutionizing how sales and marketing teams showcase their software at scale. The AI-enabled platform allows users to effortlessly create customized sales demos, interactive leave-behinds, sandbox environments, and interactive product tours without burdening their sales engineering teams. Teams that use Reprise have experienced faster sales cycles and increased customer engagement. Reprise is the trusted demo creation platform for enterprises including Databricks, Dell, Microsoft, MongoDB, Pendo, ServiceNow, TransUnion, and Zendesk.
Why they are on fire:
This year, Reprise released the next generation of its Replay™ product, which includes a new editing experience for Generative AI and demo customization. It also released its Data Studio capabilities, which allow sales teams to inject data into a self-contained demo or live production environment for fully customized demo experiences that win deals.
The Glasswing Perspective
Glasswing’s ethos centers around funding visionary founders who harness cutting-edge AI-native and frontier technology to create and transform markets. BostInno’s recognition of six of our portfolio companies as honorees of their Fire Awards, further validates their trailblazing efforts. We look forward to continuing to support more pioneering leaders like Allure Security, Black Kite, FeatureByte, Labviva, Lambent Spaces, and Reprise as they scale into generation-defining businesses.