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 LGBT

SheFly

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
SheFly is a retailer of women's outdoor-based apparel products intended for women and people of all genders. Founded in 2018 by co-founders Georgia Grace, Bianca Gonzale, and Charlotte Massey. The company operates in Gunnison, Colorado.

Aequales

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Aequales is a management consulting company that promotes men's and women's empowerment through consultancy specializing in lawsuits, culture, and organizational policies with a gender perspective. The company provides tools for closing gender gaps in Latin America in the workplace, based on measurement, consulting, and technology. Aequales seek to accompany companies on their way to equity, carrying out diagnostic services, support, and execution of action plans focused on generating equity spaces within organizations through workshops, consulting, and training. Aequales was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Miraflores, Lima, Peru.

Wizdy

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
LifeGuard Games, Inc. is a mobile game developer that focuses on creating educational and health-oriented games for children, adolescents, and young adults. The company aims to assist young users in managing food allergies, diabetes, and other health challenges by providing interactive experiences that teach them about asthma triggers and the proper use of medications. Originally incorporated as Remindavax, Inc. in 2012, LifeGuard Games is headquartered in Brighton, Massachusetts.
GLP - Great Little Place is your little black book of great little places. Great Little Place offers GLP, an application that enables its users to find and share locations, including bars, restaurants, theatres, museums, galleries, and more. Great Little Place was founded in February 2010 by Rossa Shanks and Rich Brown. It is based in London, England.

Jess, Meet Ken

Grant in 2014
Jess, Meet Ken is a dating app for women to recommend their best guys to other women. He may not be right for you but he could be GREAT for someone else! Men can only be on the app if a woman creates & posts a profile for him. Women may connect with each other to be introduced to recommended guys. The app, based on its co-founders' true love story, was launched in beta in September, 2015, by the founders of HurryDate, the speed dating & online dating pioneer acquired by Spark Networks (JDate/ChristianMingle).

Wizdy

Debt Financing in 2014
LifeGuard Games, Inc. is a mobile game developer that focuses on creating educational and health-oriented games for children, adolescents, and young adults. The company aims to assist young users in managing food allergies, diabetes, and other health challenges by providing interactive experiences that teach them about asthma triggers and the proper use of medications. Originally incorporated as Remindavax, Inc. in 2012, LifeGuard Games is headquartered in Brighton, Massachusetts.

Distinc.tt

Seed Round in 2013
Distinc.tt is like Grindr meets foursquare. It helps people discover “gay gems” in a city and connect in real life. Distinc.tt uses a proprietary recommendation engine fed by usage and historical data to rank the 15m places in foursquare's database based on gay people’s propensity to be there at any given time. The app then helps users connect/identify other gay people at those places.

Distinc.tt

Seed Round in 2013
Distinc.tt is like Grindr meets foursquare. It helps people discover “gay gems” in a city and connect in real life. Distinc.tt uses a proprietary recommendation engine fed by usage and historical data to rank the 15m places in foursquare's database based on gay people’s propensity to be there at any given time. The app then helps users connect/identify other gay people at those places.

Go GaGa

Grant in 2011
Go GaGa creates ergonomically safe and stylish diaper bags featuring their patent pending strap.

Diffuse 5

Grant in 2011
Diffuse 5 aims to build a more cohesive community by giving instant access to resources that make it a little easier to live life and rock the world as queer females, friends and allies.
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