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 Presentation Software

Glo3d

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Developer of photography software designed to provide end-to-end solutions to capture, edit, share, and embed virtual tours. The company's platform offers various features such as interior panorama, customized backgrounds, damage reports, FTP capabilities, automatic integrations, car photography, and more, helping automotive dealers with all their media and content creation and distribution.

HintEd

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
HintEd LLC is a digital adoption software company based in Dolgoprudny, Russia, that specializes in creating low-code tools for developing interactive manuals for complex software applications. Its platform enables businesses to integrate in-application walkthroughs, hints, tooltips, and popups into any web-based or desktop software, facilitating user guidance through tasks. HintEd's solutions are particularly beneficial for training new employees on internal software, such as CRMs and ERPs, and for assisting with the rollout of new digital tools. The platform aims to enhance the onboarding process, reduce training and support costs, and provide self-service technical support for employees. Additionally, HintEd's technology is applicable for SaaS companies and external enterprise services seeking to improve user onboarding experiences.

Readlee

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Readlee is an educational software company that focuses on improving reading skills. The company's software is speech-integrated, allowing teachers to personalize reading instruction by listening to students, reading any text aloud, and providing immediate feedback, allowing teachers to expand reading access and strengthen literacy for all students.

TalkON

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Developer of a practice management platform designed to streamline administrative tasks and deliver therapy sessions. The company's platform allows to enter and manage patient information, including demographics, contact details, and treatment history, send assessment forms to parents electronically through the system, schedule appointments, and track progress, enabling doctors and parents to facilitate communication leading to better outcomes for children with speech and communication disorders.

MindCoord

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Developer of a cloud-based interactive animation media platform designed for animators and studios. The company's platform offers a full range of cross-platform Interactive Reality content creation ecology and 3D and AR/VR content creation tools for countless creators, enabling users with an interactive experience of virtual and reality at their fingertips.

LiLiCAST

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Developer of a podcast management platform designed to make a script for the podcast, record the podcast, edit the podcast and share it. The company's platform assists in creating professional and quality content fitted to communication needs, helps to transform raw audio into a podcast, a video, or a written article, and shares the content instantly and in the right format to social media platforms, and websites, enabling business owners to create multi-channel campaigns for maximum impact.

SILAS

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
SiLAS is an animation software company.

Painting with Data

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Developer of a data visualization and modeling platform intended for analyzing and visualizing spatial data. The company's platform uses a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional overlay, to compute different variables into a single map, enabling users to create an interactive map and explore relationships between georeferenced datasets leading to sound, informed policy or business decisions.

Moka Studio

Grant in 2017
Moka Studio is a developer specializing in 3D character animation software with over a decade of experience in the field. The company has partnered with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to create a proprietary technology called NumIK, which facilitates the realistic animation of virtual characters, including humans and animals, in real-time. Moka Studio's flagship product, Mosketch Light, allows professionals and artists to animate 3D characters intuitively using sketching techniques. The software supports the FBX file format, enabling users to import 3D models, animate them, and export the results for use in other applications. Moka Studio aims to enhance the realism and interactivity of 3D characters, thereby advancing the capabilities of virtual reality and augmented reality environments.

Orai

Grant in 2017
Orai is a company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2016, that specializes in a public speaking application utilizing artificial intelligence. The application offers users instant feedback on their speech, along with guided lessons to enhance public speaking skills. Orai serves enterprises by providing a scalable and cost-effective solution for communication and soft skill training. With over 300,000 users on its iOS and Android platforms, the app has delivered AI-driven feedback on more than 2 million recordings, helping individuals become more effective and confident communicators.
PowerPlay is an educational technology company that has developed a way for children to use the outdoor world as their personal game console. With their proprietary motion sensors, they can respond to your every move, thus creating an immersive experience for children to learn and play.

Aula

Seed Round in 2017
Aula Education Ltd. is a London-based company that develops a social learning platform aimed at enhancing communication between students and educators. Established in 2014, Aula replaces traditional email systems and learning management systems with a digital infrastructure designed to foster conversation and participation. The platform allows users to share various types of educational content, including slides, videos, LaTeX, equations, and code. By creating a digital campus that complements physical institutions, Aula provides new opportunities for teaching, learning, and community building within educational environments.

Wizer.me

Grant in 2016
Wizer.Me is an education platform that allows teachers to create quick, easy and fun digital worksheets, to share them with fellow teachers and to keep track of student performance. In the classroom, teachers are more creative and students are a lot more engaged.

Speaksli

Grant in 2016
Speaksli is an online educational platform specializing in animated language and cultural integration videos. The company's mission is to help learners develop confidence and proficiency in new languages at their own pace, making language acquisition more accessible and enjoyable. By combining real-world learning approaches with engaging and entertaining content, Speaksli aims to alleviate the frustrations often associated with learning a new language and adapting to a different culture. The platform serves as a resource for individuals seeking to improve their language skills for work, travel, or personal relationships in foreign environments. Ultimately, Speaksli endeavors to foster international understanding and mitigate social conflicts through enhanced communication and language proficiency across cultures.

Makers Empire

Grant in 2015
Makers Empire helps K-8 educators teach Design Thinking, STEM and 21st-century learning skills with 3D printing and 3D design. Makers Empire makes the world’s easiest to use 3D design software, Makers Empire 3D, which works on all computers, devices and tablets. Makers Empire 3D is the cornerstone of our solutions for elementary, primary and middle schools: 1.Makers Empire 3D Learning Program for individual schools; 2.Learning by Design course for groups of schools; and 3.Custom professional learning courses for education departments, ministries and school districts. We currently work with a thousand schools, 16,000+ educators and 850,000+ students in forty countries around the world. We have successfully delivered Makers Empire and 3D technology to groups of 200+ schools in Australia, the USA and the Middle East. To date, our student designers have created over 8.5 million designs using Makers Empire 3D – that’s 50,000 new designs every day!

Glisser

Venture Round in 2015
Glisser Ltd. is a London-based company that offers a web and mobile software solution designed to enhance presentations through interactive features. Founded in 2014, Glisser enables presenters and event organizers to share slides directly to audience members' devices in real-time, allowing attendees to engage with the content by annotating slides and saving them for later use. The platform also incorporates social elements, such as slide-by-slide voting, audience questions, and polls, facilitating a more dynamic and engaging presentation experience. By transforming traditional PowerPoint presentations into interactive tools, Glisser aims to improve audience participation and feedback during events.

Think Board

Non Equity Assistance in 2015
Think Board specializes in producing high-quality, stickable whiteboard films that can transform virtually any surface into a functional writing space. These films serve as an alternative to traditional whiteboards and whiteboard paint, providing a simple installation process that takes less than 10 minutes and eliminates the need for messy painting or chemicals. Think Board's products are particularly beneficial in educational settings, where they can rejuvenate old whiteboards, create interactive classroom environments, and convert furniture into whiteboard surfaces, thereby saving schools significant costs compared to traditional renovation projects. Additionally, the films are ideal for home and office use, especially in leased spaces where permanent alterations are undesirable. Think Board offers customizable options in various sizes, colors, shapes, and finishes, catering to diverse needs. The company operates primarily through business-to-business sales, its website, and platforms like Amazon, while focusing on automation to streamline operations and enhance growth.

Think Board

Grant in 2015
Think Board specializes in producing high-quality, stickable whiteboard films that can transform virtually any surface into a functional writing space. These films serve as an alternative to traditional whiteboards and whiteboard paint, providing a simple installation process that takes less than 10 minutes and eliminates the need for messy painting or chemicals. Think Board's products are particularly beneficial in educational settings, where they can rejuvenate old whiteboards, create interactive classroom environments, and convert furniture into whiteboard surfaces, thereby saving schools significant costs compared to traditional renovation projects. Additionally, the films are ideal for home and office use, especially in leased spaces where permanent alterations are undesirable. Think Board offers customizable options in various sizes, colors, shapes, and finishes, catering to diverse needs. The company operates primarily through business-to-business sales, its website, and platforms like Amazon, while focusing on automation to streamline operations and enhance growth.

VerbalCare

Grant in 2013
Verbal Applications Inc. specializes in cloud-based patient engagement software designed to enhance communication between caregivers and patients with communication disabilities. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company's platform includes a patient iPad app and an online care portal. These tools allow patients to express their needs through picture-based buttons that articulate when selected. Verbal Applications Inc. serves a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. As of 2015, it operates as a subsidiary of Medical Specialties Distributors, LLC.

Prepmatic

Seed Round in 2012
Prepmatic, Inc. is a company based in Providence, Rhode Island, that specializes in developing online tools designed to enhance the study process for students. By integrating traditional study techniques with contemporary research in memory retention, Prepmatic offers innovative solutions that actively engage learners. These tools aim to make exam preparation more effective, facilitating easier learning and retention of information for students.

iPresent

Grant in 2012
iPresent Limited is a company that specializes in developing and operating an online sales enablement platform and mobile application. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Alton, United Kingdom, iPresent allows organizations to create and distribute visually appealing marketing materials to tablet and mobile users. The platform caters particularly to businesses with large, geographically diverse sales teams, offering a polished and interactive content distribution solution. As of September 2019, iPresent operates as a subsidiary of Mediafly, Inc.

Rally Point Webinars

Grant in 2010
Rally Point Webinars is a webinar production and project management company devoted to delivering professional, online events. They are distinct in that other webinar providers are primarily technology vendors that offer add-on event support.

TaskPoint

Grant in 2010
TaskPoint is easy to use online project management and collaboration software. Launched in October 2009 under the name PMP HQ it is currently used by customers from the USA, UK and EU representing a wide variety of industries and thry anticipate rapid growth as the percentage of businesses that expect to spend at least quarter of their tech budgets on online software will jump from 23% in 2008 to 45% in 2010 according to IDC. It was listed in top 10 web project management tools by ComputerWoche.
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