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First Chair: November 2026
Welcome back to First Chair 🚠: Your monthly rundown on Vermont’s startup scene.
VCET’s Impact
Check out VCET’s FY26 Impact. We served 308 founders, hosted 48 events, and supported 21 portfolio companies through people, platform, and capital.
Vermont Seed Capital Fund Audited Financials FY26
Please check out the audited financials for the Vermont Seed Capital Fund for FY26, ending June 30, 2026.
Nikkie Kent / Red Clover Ventures
Nikkie talks about her days of being a young competitor to leading teams at the age of 26. She now runs Red Clover Ventures, investing in female founded businesses.
Omari Bouknight / Resonant Link Medical
Resonant Link Medical is connecting with people in a completely new way…literally. CEO Omari Bouknight takes us into the world of wireless charging devices for medical implants, and how it’s changing the game for patients.
First Chair: October 2026
Welcome back to First Chair 🚠: Your monthly rundown on Vermont’s startup scene.
Rachael Floreani / Burlington Bio
Rachael Floreani, founder of Burlington Bio, speaks with us about the world of upcycled nutrition, which utilizes commonly discarded food that we often take for granted, and repurposing it into nutritious and affordable food to fight back against food insecurity.
Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow
Going with the flow of daily momentum, annual calendar cycles, and deriving comfort from a lack of curiosity plague us all from time to time.
First Chair: September 2026
Welcome back to First Chair 🚠: Your monthly rundown on Vermont’s startup scene.
Bill Calfee / Myti
Bill Calfee has one goal, keep the power in the community and keep it human. In this episode of StartHere, Bill talks to us about how his time spent living on a boat helped guide him to start Myti.
Automate Last
The theme of the summer has been “Automate Last.” We kicked off June with Jon McNeill talking about his new book, The Algorithm.