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Tom Medrek

Member at Launchpad Venture Group

Greater Boston

Overview 

Tom Medrek is an experienced entrepreneur, angel investor, and startup advisor based in Greater Boston. With a strong background in technology marketing and business strategy, he has invested in a diverse range of sectors including Education, EnergyTech, and FinTech, supporting companies like Vespr Solar and MentorWorks Education Capital. Medrek holds an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has made significant investments in companies such as FoodSpace Technologies and Tally Street, showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting promising startups in various stages of development.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member, Advisor, Investor

    2021 - Current

    VesprSolar's patented spring-based V-clamp makes installing solar panels as easy as changing a light bulb, and provides the industry's best strength and durability. Initially targeted at utility-scale and commercial solar farms, it is compatible with all panels & racking systems.

VesprSolar is a solar hardware start-up focused on making solar installation faster, cheaper, and more reliable.

  • Angel Investor and Member

    2018

    A Boston area angel investing group

Launchpad Venture is an angel investment group that provides funding to early-stage companies.

  • Teaching Team

    2025

    The U.S. National Science Foundation iCorps program is an immersive, entrepreneurial training program that facilitates the transformation of invention to impact. The mission of iCorps is to reduce the risk associated with translating technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace.

  • Mentor, Seed Investor

    2020

    Helps local governments and civil engineering firms manage transportation infrastructure more effectively and affordably by leveraging 3D LiDAR technology and artificial intelligence. I mentored the founding team in WPI's iCorp program, and invested in their pre-seed and seed rounds

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Surgicure Technologies, Inc. is a medical device company that is innovating airway management for civilian and military use.

  • Advisor

    2024

    CenterCheck provides precedented access into sales performance of consumer physical businesses

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Occupational hearing testing and hearing protector fit testing are streamlined and efficient with the WAHTS headset and app.

  • Seed Investor

    2023

    myBiometry empowers people with asthma to live healthier lives by providing early detection of asthma attacks.

  • Seed Investor

    2023

    TETmedical, Inc. (Tethered Enzyme Technologies) is a clinical stage platform nanomedicine company focused on in vitro diagnostics that enable insights for high-consequence disease decision making.

  • Seed Investor

    2023

    florrent designs and builds the next generation of high energy density ultracapacitors that will stabilize electrical grids and address critical bottlenecks for the adoption of renewable energy

florrent is a bio-based materials and energy storage company.

Raised $7,702,961.00 from Boston Impact Initiative (BII), MassMutual Catalyst Fund, MassVentures, AIN Ventures, NextFab Ventures and Tale Venture Partners.

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