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 Entertainment

One Star Books

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
One Star Books is a publishing company that teaches human values ​​to the little ones, through great stories.

AsianFeed

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
AsianFeed is a digital media outlet that centers around news, lifestyle, and entertainment content that celebrates the AAPI identity.

DanceFight

Seed Round in 2020
DanceFight is a mobile application platform that serves as a mobile video competition platform that will start with a focus on dance but will spread quickly to all kinds of UGC video verticals were people. It specializes in the fields of internet, mobile apps, and video streaming.

Sizzle

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Sizzle is a new web service that leverages AI to automatically create gaming highlights from Twitch and YouTube videos. For instance, Sizzle can automatically convert a full 20 minute Fortnite gameplay video into a "sizzle", or a 5 minute condensed game, with all of the highlights in chronological order. Today, many of the 700 million gaming fans find 8 hour livestreams on Twitch too much, and a mish-mash of highlights on YouTube too limiting. Sizzle offers a clear third choice: these fans can watch condensed versions of full streams from top streamers such as Ninja or Daequan, getting the full arc of the story. Sizzle is available at www.sizzle.gg.

Lingopie

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Lingopie Inc. is an online language learning platform that combines television shows with language acquisition technology to create an engaging educational experience. Founded in 2018 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Lingopie utilizes natural-language processing and linguistic research to enhance its offerings. The platform features foreign TV shows and movies, displaying episodes with native subtitles. Users can click on foreign words for instant translations, which are then saved to a personal word bank for later review through built-in flashcard games and other learning tools. By integrating entertainment with language education, Lingopie aims to facilitate effective language acquisition that connects learners to culture, stories, and people through authentic media.

FanFund

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
FanFund makes culture accessible to communities everywhere by de-risking live shows for artists and venues. It integrates fan engagement, crowdfunding technologies with advanced data analysis to provide artists and venues with vertical and geographic-specific predictive models for de-risking live performances. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Bluelaces Theater Company

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Provider of theatrical experience designed for audiences with autism and other developmental disabilities. The company creates immersive, multi-sensory theatrical experiences specifically designed for disabled audiences, enabling audiences and their caregivers to enjoy the art of theater and get access to the therapeutic benefits of theatrical engagement.

T-Time Productions

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Operator of a unique programming and media content company intended to eliminate the curriculum void students experience by integrating diverse representations into classroom curriculums. The company's content combines creativity and flexibility with the knowledge of programming, production, digital marketing, and advertising sales, enabling viewers to seamlessly achieve academic excellence with a combination of education and entertainment via great storytelling.

Lanugo Inc

Grant in 2017
Mundo Lanugo is a world of children's entertainment whose mission is to connect children to the richness of their Hispanic culture to empower them with a strong sense of identity and self-worth. Through original animated videos, an educational app, and live shows, children learn necessary skills for their child development, while fostering an understanding of the culture, their identity and the Spanish language. Their characters and their stories transport children to a world full of authentic adventures, Latin proverbs, music, art, games, and Latino values. Come be part of their world!

Capricia Productions

Grant in 2017
Capricia Productions specializes in creating video games tailored and interacted with musical albums, compositions and other audible art. They are currently working on their first Music Video Game (MVG).

Shade 7

Grant in 2015
Shade 7 specialises in publishing premium quality educational pop-up, novelty books and 3D interactive digital apps teaching children of all faiths about Islam in a fun way. Drawing on the similarities within the 3 Abrahamic faiths, we have a strong social purpose of developing an understanding of interfaith dialogue, respect, tolerance and commonality from a young age, through creative storytelling of some of the most glorious, classical, historical and timeless events common to all their faiths.

Earplay

Non Equity Assistance in 2015
Earplay is a creative platform focused on publishing voice-first interactive audio experiences. It provides a cloud-based solution that enables teams to design, produce, and manage interactive audio content in real time. The platform allows creators and publishers to build and deploy voice experiences across various distribution channels, facilitating seamless updates and management. By leveraging a conversational interface, Earplay enhances user engagement and interaction, making it easier for teams to develop and manage multiple immersive audio titles on voice-enabled devices.

Trill

Grant in 2014
Trill was a social media platform centered around arts and culture events, sparking daily dialogue and event attendance in Boston, NYC, Asbury Park, and LA.

KidsCOOK Productions

Grant in 2011
KidsCOOK Productions is an interactive, digital, sitcom-like show for health and wellness education! Celebrities.
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