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Lambent Data has been selected to join the second cohort of the jointly created MassChallenge - IBM mentorship program for underrepresented founders. The program, which aims to provide AI mentoring support and resources to high-impact startups with historically underrepresented founders, was expanded this year to include start-ups innovating with cyber and data security, as well as artificial intelligence elements. The facilitators of the program will be drawn from experts within IBM’s artificial intelligence, data security, and other sectors, as well as members of the MassChallenge community (dedicated to working with early stage entrepreneurs). Through one-on-one mentoring and bi-weekly “Lunch and Learns,” entrepreneurs will engage with the experts and one another. This will progress the program’s aims which are to provide equitable access for underrepresented founders across all industries and to cultivate an inclusive innovation environment for all, in technical, strategic, and operational areas. The program kicked off on May 11 and extends through mid-July. Lambent had previously been chosen for the 2021 MassChallenge Early Stage Accelerator (July - October 2021); Lambent’s participation had helped the company strongly progress, and we are greatly looking forward to this 2022 MassChallenge - IBM program also. Lambent Data is an early stage social impact company which has developed the OurREACH™ bi-directional software platform and app, with data analytics. This HIPAA-compliant platform, which is very flexible in nature, lays a robust and collaborative framework for healthcare and social service providers to help families achieve better outcomes in health and Social Determinants of Health (housing, jobs, education, and more). It also includes many parenting resources. Because it’s so granular for patients and clients, it generates new data analytics never before available to providers, which they can use to improve their programs. The improved patient/client outcomes also lead to lower healthcare costs, which are crucial in preventive and value-based care.

Lambent Data presented a poster at the 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference during April 4-5, 2022. Lambent Data was selected for this honor. Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair was delighted to participate in the entire conference, including the poster session, talking enthusiastically with other participants. The conference aim was to “harness and strengthen the synergies that exist between the data and policy worlds. The exciting, hybrid program offered innovative solutions to directly confront the challenges, opportunities, and threats facing U.S. health care.” Throughout the conference, many speakers and other participants powerfully addressed the importance of equity and social determinants of health. These themes resonate strongly with Lambent's work and impact. Keynote speakers included leaders from healthcare systems, the federal administration, state governments, private companies, other nonprofit organizations, and others. Panel sessions and other networking enabled participants to engage in robust discussions. Lambent’s poster extended 7 feet by 3 feet – and Kirsten also provided handouts with the poster material to those with whom she talked during the poster session and at other times during the conference. The poster explained how the OurREACH™ collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics, equips healthcare and social service providers to engage families more fully. It empowers families to set and track goals and milestones, access resources and collaborate with providers on health and social determinants of health (e.g., housing, jobs, education), plus nurturing children and more. This collaboration between the patients and the providers’ front-line staff (e.g., social workers) can occur across over 100 languages. This customizable SaaS solution can connect with providers’ existing EHR and other case management tools. It boosts family outcomes, along with reducing costs and improving analytics for providers (key for healthcare value-based care). OurREACH™ generates new data and data analytics not previously available, about how individuals and families are trying to reach their goals and outcomes in many life arenas. This data is generated through patients/clients themselves. OurREACH™ will help patients/clients reach better outcomes in health and the Social Determinants of Health. These better outcomes also will help hospitals financially. This is because preventive care and wellness (including better managing behavioral health & chronic conditions) translate to lower costs in value-based care.

Part of the core ethos of the founders and other executives of Lambent Data is the idea of engaging with the community in a variety of ways. Consequently, Lambent Data, since its founding, has developed a strong tradition of inviting Interns from universities in NJ, NY, and elsewhere to enjoy work experience within the company. These Interns bring their commitment to making a positive difference in the world, a diversity of thought, intellectual energy, and vibrant exchanges of ideas to the office roundtables, whether those roundtables are virtual or otherwise. The Center for Career Development at Princeton University is one of the Princeton University departments that has worked alongside Lambent Data to facilitate Internships. This Center has referred exceptional interns to our company through its “Princeternship” and other programs. The latest group of outstanding Interns, whose formal “Princeternships” with the company included four weeks during December 2021 and January 2022, are studying a diversity of disciplines, including Computer Science, Sociology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Public and International Affairs. Several are also continuing to engage with Lambent. See more about the Winter '21-22 Interns here. In February 2022, Lambent Data launched a three-part Intern Reflections series featuring winter Interns Liz Garcia, Lauren Maynard and Michelle Liu. In the series kick-off, Liz Garcia, a first-year Princeton prospective Computer Science major, spoke of her work enhancing the OurREACH™ platform to equip healthcare and social service providers and empower families for improved outcomes -- and her excitement about a future career in the tech world. Lauren Maynard, a sophomore majoring in Sociology, talked about Lambent’s social impact and her work in user feedback/experience, provider outreach to family users, and product development. In the final installment of the series, Michelle Liu, a first-year prospective Computer Science major, spoke of her time implementing, testing, and refining technical features (such as push notifications) of the OurREACH™ collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics. They all also talked very positively about the teamwork and collegiality of their experiences. Please see the Intern Reflections series here. The Intern Reflection videos were also posted on our social media pages, which can be found at the following links: https://www.facebook.com/LambentDataInc/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/lambent-data/ https://twitter.com/LambentData/ https://www.instagram.com/lambentdata/ The Center for Career Development at Princeton University shared the first post of our Intern Reflection Series, featuring Liz Garcia, on its Facebook page, while also thanking Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair for her ongoing initiatives to provide work experience at Lambent Data to Princeton University students. See the attached photo for a screenshot of this post. We continue to be thankful to the Center and the Interns! Lambent Data’s commitment to equipping healthcare and social service providers and empowering families is the cornerstone of our company’s mission. We're delighted and grateful for all the ways that Interns have helped to further this mission, while learning much in this process about entrepreneurship in a social impact company.

The Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce (PMRC) selected Lambent Data for a display table at Pitch Stop IV, which occurred on February 17, 2022. Lambent's Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair participated in the lively in-person event, which took place at the beautiful Grounds for Sculpture and attracted over 130 people, including investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in innovation. While the event was scheduled for three hours, she and others interacted for nearly five hours, including before and after the scheduled time. The photo below shows Kirsten at the display table, with outdoor sculptures visible through the window and several paintings hung indoors also visible as reflections in the glass. After the formal event ended, during the continuing networking, attendees were invited to walk around outdoors through the fascinating exhibit "Night Forms" with colored lights illuminating sculptures. (However, Kirsten did not do this, as she was talking with so many people indoors!) The exhibit is open during nights until April 3; ticket info and other details are here: https://www.groundsforsculpture.org/exhibitions/night-forms-dreamloop-by-klip-collective/ Twenty-four enterprises had applied to the event, with three companies chosen to present pitches and six others (including Lambent) chosen for display tables. The winner of the pitches was Dome Audio, with its innovative bone-conduction headphones. Dome Audio was pitched by Chief Strategy Officer Tim Wright, who played in the 2014-15 season, including the Feb 2015 Super Bowl, for the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. Gabi and Mike Johnson of YourTownTube.com and FitFabandWellTube.com skillfully videotaped and photographed the event, including interviewing entrepreneurs and other participants! The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council of the PMRC plus other PMRC colleagues and the Grounds for Sculpture staff smoothly coordinated the advance planning and many details during the evening. Sponsors and prize donors included Integris, Grounds for Sculpture, TD Bank, First Bank, NJM Insurance Group, Forte Consulting, Christopher R. Kinkade, Withum, Stimulus Brand Communications, and Imbue Creative. ------------------------------------------

Thanks very much to the Harvard Business School Club of New York and the Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship! We at Lambent Data are delighted to participate in this HBS New Venture Competition. This photo is a screenshot from a @HBSCNY Facebook post about this virtual showcase for the NY / Northeast Region. See more at https://bit.ly/3H6MdRs. Thanks so much to all involved in Lambent Data's work and impact! And best wishes also to fellow entrepreneurs in the HBSNVC for the competition and their companies' work!

Thanks so very much to our Winter 2021-22 Interns -- Justin Cai, Jane Castleman, Rishika Deshide, Liz Garcia, Michelle Liu, Ankhitha Manjunatha and Lauren Maynard! They've been contributing their creativity, energy, wonderful skills and inspiring dedication to Lambent's work and impact! During their Internships, they have also been learning about how feedback from software users is incorporated into refining and building features of Lambent's OurREACH™ collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics. They've also learned more about many other aspects of entrepreneurship in a social impact company and have expressed excitement about the current and future impact of their work for families and healthcare/social service practitioners. As the Internships were virtual, the Interns, staff and others used a variety of ways to communicate, including video (Zoom and Google Meet) meetings, phone calls, Slack, Jira, Trello, Google Suite, and other technical tools. In addition to interacting with the Lambent Data management team members and other relevant people throughout the Internships, they also engaged with Lambent Board members and Advisors during a Zoom "Reflection Gathering" on January 21, 2022. The Zoom photo below is from an "Interns and Staff" meeting on January 18, 2022. See https://www.lambentdata.com/interns to read their bios. Previous Interns are featured on https://www.lambentdata.com/previous-interns. Many thanks again to the Princeton University Center for Career Development for organizing this great Princeternship program and other initiatives. The Center's terrific staff and valuable programs promoting opportunities for students and alumni are very helpful! And again -- many thanks to the Interns for advancing Lambent's work and impact, while learning more about social impact entrepreneurship!

Building on its progress during the summer and fall, Lambent Data was selected to present at the in-person Angel Venture Fair on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at the Union League in Philadelphia. The event extended from 7:30 am - 3:00 pm. Each company had a display table so that attendees could go from table to table to talk with entrepreneurs. At the Lambent Data table, Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair and COO Kevin McClarren were delighted to talk with other attendees. The event had attracted over 170 registrants and people were glad to talk with Kirsten, Kevin, and other entrepreneurs in person. In addition, Kirsten presented a 30 second overview to the entire audience near the beginning of the event and another during lunchtime, as did other entrepreneurs representing each company. She also pitched in a separate room for 15 minutes (10 minute pitch and 5 minutes of Q and A) to a smaller group of investors interested in healthcare and social impact. Prior to the Fair, AVF organizer Marc Kramer had interviewed Kirsten and other AVF entrepreneurs in videos sent to potential attendees https://www.angelventurefair.com/2021-live-participants/. In Kirsten's video, she talks about the powerful impact and business aspects of Lambent, including the plans ahead. Please contact her at kirsten@lambentdata.com for more info!

Lambent Data welcomes its newest team member -- Lisa Browne as Director of Business Development. Lambent’s Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair, in welcoming Lisa, says “We're very excited about Lisa joining to help refine market strategy and advance the next stages of Lambent Data. We're delighted she'll be engaging with social service agencies, hospital networks, other non-profits, and foundations about Lambent’s key initiatives. Lambent creates customizable software solutions for social service and health care institutions in order to make a broad and positive impact for practitioners and families.” Lisa has pursued her passion for helping others through her work in various communities in the US and internationally, as a lawyer, entrepreneur, educator and community leader. These experiences have given her a broad and unique perspective on the issues affecting vulnerable groups and young people and the solutions required to address them. Lambent Data is an early-stage social impact company which has built the OurREACH™ collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics, to bring about positive change, including in the social determinants of health, in two ways. It transforms how social service and healthcare providers relate to and engage with the families they serve -- and it empowers families to reach milestones and goals for successful outcomes regarding health, housing, jobs, child development, education, and financial literacy. OurREACH™ is a Software as a Service (SaaS) to which social service and healthcare providers subscribe. It is free for the families. Please read more about Lisa and colleagues at Lambent Data at https://www.lambentdata.com/management-team .

Many thanks to the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council for this wonderful article about Lambent Data that was posted on its homepage rotation! https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/news/lambent-data-addresses-gap-between-social-services-and-families-providing-value-both Attached is a screenshot of the article as it appeared on the https://entrepreneurs.princeton.edu/ homepage. The article was based on an interview with Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair ’84 and included the following quote, “We’ve built the OurREACH™ collaborative platform and app to 'reach' in two ways. It equips social service and healthcare providers to better reach those they serve–while it empowers individuals and families to reach milestones in health and social determinants of health, such as housing, education, jobs, financial literacy and more. It also provides valuable resources for child development.” The article also talked about the insightful feedback that Lambent Data has received from healthcare and social service practitioners, which has helped to shape the powerful features of OurREACH™. In addition, Kirsten had shared more about the terrific staff, Board, Advisors, and Interns that have helped to advance the company's progress and impact. Please see the link (also noted above) for the full text of the article!

Lambent Data will be pitching in the Angel Venture Fair! Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair will present virtually at 10 am Eastern on Thursday, July 15 with a Q&A to follow, for a total of 15 minutes. We are one of only 30 startups selected worldwide for this prestigious event! We'll be included in a PitchBook and other materials sent to angel investors. The Angel Venture Fair will also organize an in-person pitch fair in October. Free tickets for Thursday’s virtual pitch are available on: https://angelventurefair.ticketleap.com/meet-30-of-the-most-promising-companies-in-the-world/ Lambent Data's OurREACH™ collaborative software engagement platform & app, with data analytics, equips social service & healthcare providers to better reach families & empowers the families to reach their milestones & improve their outcomes in myriad arenas. Providers subscribe to the SaaS tool & deploy log-ins to staff & families for the platform/app, which addresses health, social determinants of health (e.g., housing, jobs) & child development. We're in a pilot in NJ with a national organization serving teen parents & have a robust pipeline of potential customers. Our one-page overview is on our website: https://www.lambentdata.com/one-page-info-flyer.

Lambent Data is thrilled to have been selected for the MassChallenge 2021 Accelerator! We are one of 229 businesses chosen from over 3,000 applications worldwide! The MassChallenge helps model startups accelerate their businesses through focused goal setting and access to a global network of startups, experts, corporations, and communities. Lambent Data will benefit from access to MassChallenge’s set of proprietary tools and knowledge bases that will take it to the next level with fundraising, increasing revenue, and growing as an organization. MassChallenge is named for the “Massive Challenges” that entrepreneurs are addressing! The MassChallenge 2021 Accelerator has already kicked off with an intensive and productive set of meetings during the past two weeks. The program runs through October, so there is much more ahead, including excellent management and business development mentors, healthcare and social impact working groups, partner opportunities and networking with founders of other leading startups. Lambent will also benefit from being a part of this inspiring alumni network after October! For more information about MassChallenge 2021 Accelerator, click here: https://masschallenge.org/announcement/masschallenge-announces-50th-cohort Lambent Data's OurREACH™ collaborative software engagement platform and app, with data analytics, equips social service and healthcare providers to better reach families and empowers the families to reach their milestones and improve their outcomes in myriad arenas. Providers subscribe to the SaaS tool and deploy log-ins to staff and families for the platform/app, which addresses health, social determinants of health (e.g., housing, jobs) and child development. We're in a pilot in NJ with a national organization serving teen parents & have a robust pipeline of potential customers. Our one-page overview is on our website: https://www.lambentdata.com/one-page-info-flyer.

Lambent Data is excited to have been chosen to participate in Social Capital Markets (SOCAP), one of the world’s largest conferences focused on social entrepreneurship and impact investment. SOCAP attracts 2,000-3,000 attendees every year from around the globe, including decision-makers from governments, international development agencies and banks, impact investors, and social entrepreneurs. https://socapglobal.com/2021/06/announcing-the-socap21-virtual-scholarship-entrepreneur-winners/ Lambent Data is one of 50 Social Entrepreneur Scholarship Recipients who will attend the October 18-22 virtual conference for free, have special sessions during the conference and are included in a "LookBook”. As a Recipient, we also have Zoom sessions twice per month leading up to the conference, including networking and access to experts on a variety of topics. We have already been engaged in fruitful sessions! Lambent Data's OurREACH™ collaborative software engagement platform & app, with data analytics, equips social service & healthcare providers to better reach families & empowers the families to reach their milestones & improve their outcomes in myriad arenas. Providers subscribe to the SaaS tool & deploy log-ins to staff & families for the platform/app, which addresses health, social determinants of health (e.g., housing, jobs) & child development. We're in a pilot in NJ with a national organization serving teen parents & have a robust pipeline of potential customers. Our one-page overview is on our website: https://www.lambentdata.com/one-page-info-flyer.