MassChallenge

MassChallenge is a non-equity startup accelerator headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional locations in Israel, Mexico, Switzerland, Texas, and the UK. Founded in 2009, it focuses on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting high-potential startups across various industries globally. MassChallenge provides expert mentorship, a tailored curriculum, and access to corporate partners without taking any equity from the startups. Its programs, including specialized initiatives like MassChallenge FinTech and MassChallenge HealthTech, aim to facilitate partnerships between startups and established companies to drive innovation and growth. To date, MassChallenge has helped over 1,200 alumni raise more than $2 billion in funding and create over 65,000 jobs, demonstrating its significant impact on the global innovation ecosystem.

Cait Brumme

Acting CEO

Cait Brumme

Managing Partner

Siobhan Dullea

CEO

Matt Lashmar

Managing Director

Camila Lecaros

Managing Director

Yonit Serkin

Managing Director

Devon Sherman

Founding Director, Head of MassChallenge FinTech

Michelle Williams

Vice President and Head of Texas Strategy

Past deals in Children

Kinder Digital Pediatric Clinic

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Kinder is a full-service digital pediatric clinic that combines digital health with concierge care, bringing the pediatrician back to the family's living room.

Kietoparao

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Kietoparao keeps children busy and calms them anywhere by providing educational kits.

Applica2

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Provider of education programs intended for children. The company's programs use pedagogical technology, design, and navigation characteristics, to promote children's individual and collective learning, enabling parents to nurture their kids in better ways.

BabyNoggin

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Developer of a mental health screening application designed to empower parents to self-screen using evidence-based screening tools. The company's application allows parents to track children's development that reflects the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the screening results are automatically scored, reimbursed, and made accessible through the EMR system, enabling parents to identify kids at risk of developmental delays.

Talklet

Grant in 2017
Talklet is a device and app to help parents interact in a more impactful way with their young children.

Tembo

Grant in 2016
Tembo believe every child should have access to quality early childhood education to build them up for a better future.

Koru Kids

Grant in 2016
Koru Kids Ltd. is a childcare service provider based in London, United Kingdom, specializing in nanny sharing arrangements. Founded in 2016, the company connects families who have a full-time nanny with those seeking part-time childcare, primarily in Greater London. Koru Kids aims to improve childcare options by facilitating these shared arrangements, which can reduce costs for families while providing flexible care solutions. The team behind Koru Kids possesses backgrounds in childcare, healthcare, and technology startups, indicating a diverse expertise in addressing the needs of modern families. The company is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office and is affiliated with the Financial Conduct Authority's Innovation Hub.

MyKidsy

Grant in 2016
myKidsy aims to provide innovative after school, weekend and holiday activities for kids. their goal is to save parents’ time on planning, so you can engage in quality time with your children. But MyKidsy is much more than just an activity finder. myKidsy helps parents steer their kids free time into educational fun. It is about finding the most novel and educational activities that go way beyond the music class in the neighbourhood. It is about helping parents of the new digital appeconomy find trusted courses that will incentivise and motivate their kids into hobbies and activities that will contribute to their further education and growth into becoming citizens of the future society: with empathy for nature, love for the Arts and sciences and in touch with their bodies and being active.

Mi Club de Cuentos

Grant in 2016
Mi Club de Cuentos is a digital library of children's stories that through our application (available for iOS) will give you access to a world of reading where you will always find something to read, with a variety of themes, appropriate stories for different ages and with new ones contents every month.
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