Lexington-Based Startup Offers Grants To Entrepreneurs

LEXINGTON, MA – Local startup Pepperlane, a platform that helps connect mothers looking to combine the worlds of business and motherhood, is offering grants to three Lexington-based entrepreneurs who utilize the website. The brainchild of Lexington resident Sharon Kan, Somerville's Jess Peterson and Margaret McKenna of Cambridge, Pepperlane launched in Lexington to connect women for whom being a mom is just one hat they wear.

Now, the website is offering grants to local moms to build their businesses in partnership with the community. The money will fund operations and marketing expenses and serve as a "vote of confidence" for Pepperlane's mother entrepreneurs.

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According to Kan, there are 40 Lexington-based mothers currently utilizing the platform. Pepperlane has also expanded to include members in Newton, Brookline, Wellesley, Watertown, Somerville, Melrose and other communities in the area.

The website will award a total of $3,250 to three entrepreneurs. Though the site does operate in other cities and towns, nominees are from Lexington. The contest runs through August 31.

Click here for more information, and to submit a vote.

Photo via Sharon Kan