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Judith

Underwood

  • Founder, Expert

I am the cofounder of Blue Institute Labs. We have been fueling and scaling BlueTech and ClimateTech startups since 2017 in Massachusetts and globally on a virtual platform. I cut my entrepreneurship teeth as the first female in Massachusetts to start a solar company, putting solar on brownfields or other low use properties. That experience solidified my interest in helping problem solvers address clean water, climate resiliency, and healthy secure oceans. We run the BLUE Incubator and the BLUE Excelerator programs and are creating a waterfront innovation hub on Boston Harbor in the Gateway City of Chelsea.

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Social entrepreneurship, environmentalism, education, tech transfer, science for development

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