delta v Inaugural Partner Network
Our delta v Partners are key components of the accelerator program. Partners are C-suite executives, founders, VCs, and domain experts across multiple industries.
Each Partner will provide a range of monthly office hours, workshops, and mentorship.
Come back to see more Partners in our inaugural network as we add them in the coming weeks.
Ed Hallen
Ed Hallen is a co-founder of Klaviyo and has served as a member of its board of directors since September 2012 and as chief strategy officer since November 2024. Prior to that, Ed held various roles within Klaviyo from September 2012 to July 2016, before returning in July 2021 as chief product officer. He is also the co-founder of Team Engine, a text-first human resources and operations platform, which he founded in January 2018 and served as chief executive officer until April 2021. Prior to founding Klaviyo, Ed served as principal at Applied Predictive Technologies, a business analytics software company, from August 2004 to April 2010. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Andrew Bialecki
Andrew Bialecki is a co-founder of Klaviyo and has served as a member of its board of directors since September 2012 and as co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2026. Prior to that, Bialecki served as Chief Executive Officer from September 2012 to December 2025. Prior to founding Klaviyo, Bialecki served as Chief Technology Officer of RockTech, a sales and marketing software company, from April 2011 to June 2012; Senior Engineer at Performable, a marketing software company, from July 2010 to March 2011; and Lead Engineer at Applied Predictive Technologies, a business analytics software company, from September 2007 to June 2010. Bialecki holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics, Astronomy, and Astrophysics from Harvard University.
Snejina Zacharia
Snejina Zacharia is the founder and CEO of Insurify, America’s top-rated digital insurance agent. Under Snejina’s leadership, Insurify’s AI-powered platform has transformed how consumers compare, buy, and manage insurance. With more than 500 insurance partner integrations, Insurify delivers over 60 million annual quotes and has facilitated more than $300 billion in coverage since the company launched in 2013. With more than 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship and enterprise software, including senior leadership at Gartner, she has built and scaled multimillion-dollar businesses across global markets. Snejina holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and continues to lead Insurify in its mission to make insurance more equitable, transparent, and accessible for millions of customers. She has been celebrated for her entrepreneurial excellence, named among the Top 25 Tech CEOs of Boston (2024) and honored as EY’s New England Entrepreneur of the Year (2021). Since Snejina founded the company, Insurify has earned national recognition, including Inc. 5,000 Fastest-growing Private Companies in America (2025, 2024), Boston Business Journal Fast50 and Middle Market Company of the Year (2025), CNBC’s World’s Top InsurTech Companies (2024), Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups (2022, 2023), and the Forbes Fintech 50 (2021, 2023, 2024).
Dharmesh Shah
Dharmesh Shah is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot. Prior to founding HubSpot in 2006, Dharmesh was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions, which was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 2005. In addition to co-authoring Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs, Dharmesh founded and writes for OnStartups.com — a top-ranking startup blog and community with more than 700,000 members. In 2013, Dharmesh published HubSpot’s Culture Code, which has garnered over five million views. Named an Inc. Founders 40 in 2016, he is an active member of the Boston-area entrepreneurial community, an angel investor in over 60 startups, and a frequent speaker on startups, inbound marketing, and company culture. Dharmesh holds a BS in computer science from UAB and an MS in the management of technology from MIT.
Brian Halligan
Brian Halligan, co-founder and executive chairperson of HubSpot, served as the company’s CEO until 2021. Brian coined the term “inbound marketing” and built a movement around the concept, which included organizing INBOUND and co-authoring the book “Inbound Marketing” with co-founder Dharmesh Shah. Prior to HubSpot, Brian earned an MBA from MIT. He later developed MIT’s popular Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures class, which he has taught for over a decade. As the founder of Propeller Ventures, Brian currently directs a $100 million climate tech fund specializing in ocean innovation. Brian is also a senior advisor at Sequoia Capital, where he coaches startup founders on their journey to becoming scaleup CEOs.
Frederic Kerrest
Frederic Kerrest is the vice chairman and co-founder of Okta and has been a director since July 2009. He served as Okta’s chief operating officer from 2009 to November 2023, during which time he was responsible for Okta’s day-to-day operations and worked with employees, partners, and customers to deliver on a vision of freeing everyone to safely use any technology. As a key member of management, Frederic helped set corporate priorities to drive success for Okta and its customers. He oversaw corporate strategy, corporate development, strategic partnerships, and Okta’s social impact arm, Okta for Good. Prior to Okta, Frederic worked in sales and business development at Salesforce.com, and in venture capital at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He is the author of Zero to IPO, a Wall Street Journal-bestselling guidebook to building startups based on his own experiences, as well as those of some of the world’s most successful and recognizable entrepreneurs. The book was an outgrowth of his award-winning podcast of the same name. He advises early-stage software companies and serves as a member of the MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for MIT Sloan. Frederic earned a BS in computer science from Stanford, and an MBA in entrepreneurship and innovation from MIT Sloan, where he was the recipient of the 2008 Patrick J. McGovern, Jr. Entrepreneurship Award.
Lidiane Jones
Lidiane Jones is a transformational technology leader and former CEO of Bumble and Slack. At Bumble, she led a company-wide transformation—streamlining operations, accelerating innovation, and redesigning its marketplace monetization model for sustainable growth. Previously, as CEO of Slack and a senior executive at Salesforce, she managed multi-billion-dollar SaaS businesses, drove go-to-market global expansion, and integrated Slack’s $28B acquisition while reigniting its product-led growth. Earlier at Salesforce, she led several multi-billion-dollar cloud businesses, driving global expansion and digital transformation across industries. Lidiane held product leadership roles at Sonos and Microsoft prior to that. She is known for combining deep technical strength with disciplined execution, fostering innovation that scales creating the right environment for high performing teams. Lidiane now serves on the board of Validity, a marketing deliverability platform, and as a senior advisor at Silversmith Capital advising on organizational transformation, AI strategy, and leadership through change.
Steve Fredette
Steve Fredette is the president, co-founder, and a director of Toast, where he leads product and innovation initiatives. Prior to Toast, he was involved in a number of entrepreneurial endeavors, including competing with Facebook while it was still a project out of a Harvard dorm room, and being an early pioneer in iPhone app development. He was also an “intrapreneur” at Endeca, helping to lead the Special Operations team that was instrumental in launching Endeca’s business intelligence platform and founding the Endeca mobile commerce business. Steve holds a B.S. degree from MIT.
Biz Stone
Biz Stone is an entrepreneur and creative technologist best known as a co-founder of Twitter, where he helped transform how the world communicates in real time. Before Twitter, he was shaping online culture by building early blogging communities at Xanga and Blogger, and pioneering podcasting with Odeo. After Twitter, Biz launched and shaped influential platforms including Medium, a publishing platform for thoughtful writing, and Jelly, a social search engine acquired by Pinterest. Today, he is co-founder of West Co, a company dedicated to helping people live more on purpose through technology designed with intention and care. Beyond building companies, Biz is an active angel investor, board member, and advisor, backing companies such as Square, Slack, Pinterest, Nest, Beyond Meat, and Liquid Death. He is known for spotting cultural shifts early and helping founders navigate the intersection of technology, design, and human behavior. Recognized globally for his contributions, Biz has been named Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Decade, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, and GQ’s Nerd of the Year. He is a fellow at Oxford University and the author of several books, including Things a Little Bird Told Me.
Paul English
Paul English is best known as the co-founder of Kayak, the travel search app that was acquired in 2012 by Priceline/Booking.com. The founder of Boston Venture Studio, Paul has launched and successfully sold five other software startups: Lola, Moonbeam, GetHuman, Boston Light, and Intermute. Paul is also the founder of five nonprofit organizations: Embrace Boston, Summits Education in Haiti, The Winter Walk for Homelessness, the Bipolar Social Club, and the Institute for Applied AI. He is the subject of Tracy Kidder’s book “A Truck Full of Money”. You can hear an interview with Paul on “How I Built This” with Guy Raz, and you can see his videos from TEDxBoston from 2022 and 2024.
Rebecca Kaden
Rebecca Kaden is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. She began her career as a journalist and prior to USV was a General Partner at Maveron, a consumer-focused early stage fund. Rebecca was born in New York City. She studied English and American Literature at Harvard and received her MBA from Stanford.
George Petrovas
George Petrovas is currently the president and founder of MDMI, LLC, and an active investor. George has approximately 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He briefly played professional football in the CFL for the BC Lions. Following this, he began his pharmaceutical industry career in 1990 working in Canada for Rhone Poulenc Rorer (RPR), then moved to the U.S. in 1996 to work for RPR/Aventis. His work included holding various roles and responsibilities within sales, sales training, marketing, government affairs, and managed care. In 2003, George co-founded ICORE Healthcare, which provided innovative solutions and services to payers in the management of specialty drugs. In 2006, ICORE was acquired by Magellan Health. In late 2009/early 2010, he lead and co-founded another company called CDMI, LLC, which provided comprehensive management solutions for payers including tailor made clinical programs, including Stars program, rebates, and formulary compliance. CDMI, LLC was acquired in 2014 and George served within the organization until early 2018. George holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia.
Parul Singh
Parul Singh is a partner at 645 Ventures. Previously, she was a partner at Initialized Capital, where she led investments in Stellar Sleep, Cofertility, and Trilobio. Before that, she spent five years at Founder Collective, where she led or sourced their investments in Verkada, Flatfile, and PillPack. Before venture, Parul founded an edtech company and worked as a product manager and engineer at organizations including the New York Times. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan (2012) and an undergrad degree from Harvard College.
David Frankel
David is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Founder Collective, a seed-stage VC fund. FC’s portfolio includes Uber and TheTradeDesk. Frankel was ranked as the #2 seed investor on the 2024 Midas Seed List and has been named on the Midas List of the world’s best venture capital investors seven times. He is the lead investor for Founder Collective in Coopering, SeatGeek, PillPack (acquired by Amazon), Suno, and ShieldAI. Previously, David was co-founder and CEO of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa, ultimately acquired by NTT. Before Founder Collective, David provided the first capital for numerous companies including Olo where David collaborated closely with the company’s founder, Noah Glass, through IPO and acquisition by Thoma Bravo. David is the co-founder of NextUp, a disadvantaged youth employment accelerator in South Africa. In 2000, he was voted the South African Technology Achiever of the Century. The World Economic Forum later selected him for the Global Leader of Tomorrow (GLT) program. David holds an honors degree in Electrical Engineering (Wits) and, post selection for the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program, earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard. Amongst numerous non-profit appointments, David has also been a member of the Harvard Radcliffe Dean’s Advisory Council since 2020, and has served on the Noble and Greenough School Board of Trustees since 2022.
Gabby Cazeau
Gabby Cazeau is a partner at Harlem Capital. Gabby has been featured in Business Insider, CNBC, and named to Crain’s NYC 40 Under 40. She sits on the VC Council of Startup:NYC and is a frequent speaker at industry events. Previously, Gabby worked in R&D and Innovation at General Mills. In this role, she focused on 0-to-1 product building, where she led teams to design, launch, and scale new products. Her background as an operator allows her to provide unique product DNA to the founders she backs. Gabby received her MBA from the Yale School of Management. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis where she was a John B. Ervin Scholar. In her free time, she is an avid reader, practices yoga, and enjoys salsa dancing and exploring the NYC food scene. Gabby is Haitian and originally from Maryland.
Kevin Roberts
Kevin Roberts is an international business leader, founder, consultant and educator. His company Red Rose Consulting counsels business leaders and employees globally on creative thinking, marketing, and leadership. Kevin’s career was built in sales, marketing, and leadership roles at Mary Quant, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, Pepsi-Co, Lion Nathan, Saatchi & Saatchi (17 years as CEO Worldwide), and Publicis Groupe. Kevin has authored six books including three best-sellers: “64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World;” “Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands,” published in 18 “languages;” and “Peak Performance: Lessons from the World’s Top Sporting Organisations.” Kevin is Honorary Professor of Creative Leadership at Lancaster University, HonoraryProfessor of Innovation and Creativity at the University of Auckland Business School (New
Zealand), and Honorary Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the University of Victoria School of Business (Canada). He is a former director of the New Zealand Rugby Union and former chairman of USA Rugby. He also served on the Board of New Zealand Football and as a Trustee for a Team New Zealand America’s Cup challenge. In 2013 Kevin, a New Zealand citizen, was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to business and the community. Currently he sits on the Boards of UK grocer Booths, The Herdy Company, and Oldham
Athletic Football Club.
Kevin Hartz
Kevin Hartz is a co-founder and general partner at A*, an early-stage venture capital firm. He co-founded Eventbrite, a publicly traded company, and served as CEO for the first 11 years of the company. Prior to Eventbrite, Kevin co-founded Xoom, a money remittance company that was acquired by PayPal in 2015 for over $1B. He is a prolific technology investor, having backed companies such as PayPal, Airbnb, Pinterest, Ramp, Palantir, Anduril, SpaceX, and Decagon at the earliest stages.
Jeffrey Wong
Jeffrey Wong is a technology executive, investor, and educator who has spent his career building new ventures at the intersection of innovation, strategy, and capital. He most recently served as Global Chief Innovation Officer at EY, where he led global innovation strategy and advanced technology initiatives across AI, blockchain/web3, quantum computing, and robotics. During his tenure, he oversaw more than $100 million annually in innovation investment and helped embed innovation into the firm’s core strategy. Jeff has spent more than three decades working across global enterprises, venture capital, and consulting. He built and incubated new businesses and led strategy at eBay, invested in enterprise technology at JPMorgan Partners and Globespan Capital, and began his career at The Boston Consulting Group. Across these roles, he has focused on translating emerging technologies into scalable businesses and long-term competitive advantage. Jeff currently serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Stanford School of Engineering and advises companies and investment groups on innovation strategy and AI deployment. He is a Gold House A100 Honoree, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and an Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellow. He holds an MBA, an MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, and an AB in Economics with a minor in Mathematical and Computational Sciences, all from Stanford University.
Emily Green
Emily Green started her professional career as a software developer in special effects; transitioned to technology marketing; then to technology research and consulting with Forrester Research. She became a three-time CEO, both scaling and downsizing, acquiring and selling companies. In her last gig she grew a startup though multiple rounds of capital and debt and built an award-winning scalable platform. Emily was granted a B.S.LL cum laude in linguistics from Georgetown University, and an M.S.Eng in artificial intelligence and computer graphics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering (before AI was a thing). ANYWHERE, her book on the business impact of global connectivity, was published in 2010 by McGraw-Hill; she was named a Mass High-Tech All-Star in 2011. She is now an independent director on two public company boards and chairs the board of UP Education Network, a non-profit group that transforms failing public schools into places of joy and high achievement. At MIT Sloan, Emily co-teaches 15.378 Building an Entrepreneurial Venture (GSD).
Jonathan Hinton
Jonathan Hinton has been a serial entrepreneur since he won Youth Entrepreneur of the Year in high school and later the EY Entrepreneur of the Year as an adult. He has over $700M in exits with his last three companies sold to Fortune 500 companies listed on the NYSE. Two of those companies are now both ranked among the top five microgrid companies in America (PowerSecure and RavenVolt). Jonathan graduated in the top 2% of his class with an accounting degree before completing his MBA at MIT. While he has deep accounting knowledge and M&A experience, he also is a licensed electrician in seven states and deeply understands the technical nature of microgrid / power designs making him uniquely talented for boards seeking both a financial expert, but someone to advise around M&A or growth strategies for microgrid related technologies (batteries, solar, generators, etc). Given his twenty plus years in the industry around sustainable energy, he can also advise on issues related to sustainability goals for public companies. He has been on several private boards and currently serves on one public board (NASDAQ: SSBK).
Sam Udotong
Sam Udotong is co-founder and CTO at Fireflies.ai, the AI notetaker that helps teams get more out of their meetings. Fireflies serves 20m+ people and 500K+ organizations. Sam studied computer science and aerospace engineering at MIT as an undergrad and started Fireflies after college. Today Udotong manages a 100+ person team that operates out of 20 countries and raised $19 million in funding from Khosla Ventures & others. He was featured on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine in 2020 and named to the Forbes “30 Under 30” in Enterprise Technology in 2021. Sam believes that AI-augmented conversations will continue to revolutionize how we work and learn.
Jason Furtado
Jason Furtado is a Boston-based entrepreneur with a passion for high-growth companies. As the founder and CEO of Shoobx, Jason built a platform that automated the complex legal and equity workflows essential to scaling a company and handling the diligence of a fundraise or M&A. His vision for a more efficient private market culminated in the strategic acquisition of Shoobx by Fidelity Investments in 2023. Jason has an MEng and BS in Computer Science from MIT.
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Finance department at MIT Sloan, where he teaches entrepreneurship, and is also a managing partner at Tectonic Ventures. He is well known for his expertise in venture capital and entrepreneurship. For almost 30 years Matt has been an entrepreneur, an investor, and a professor having taught entrepreneurship and venture investing at Harvard BusinessSchool, Columbia Business School, and now at MIT. He has helped start numerous companies ranging from a biotech firm to a quantitative hedge fund and has also forged a successful investing career. Rhodes-Kropf was formerly the CFO of Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, where he played a
pivotal role in launching the firm and the world’s first Alzheimer’s imaging agent. He also helped launch a multi-strat hedge fund as the COO and advised in the creation and growth of the quantitative venture capital firm Correlation Ventures and the deep-value fund Stonehouse Corporation. A graduate of Duke University, Professor Rhodes-Kropf holds a BA in computer science and economics and a Ph.D. in game theory. He serves on the board of Duke University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, was the previous Chair of Duke’s Graduate School, and is a board participant at several Tectonic portfolio companies.
Sebastian Barriga
Sebastian Barriga, in his role as founder and GP at milemark•capital, invests in and mentors early-stage startup founders from MIT and Harvard, who are deploying deep AI models rooted in scientific research. He is a mentor in accelerator programs, such as Techstars Boston, The Engine Blueprint, MIT delta v, MIT R2E, MIT designX, and NYU’s Endless Frontier Lab, among others. He’s invested in 30+ startups via his fund and individually; he also has PE investing and board experience in 8 large enterprises in his role with The Carlyle Group. Seb also has experience as interim CFO of a publicly-traded Brazilian animal-protein company during a turnaround situation. His initial experience includes 10 years in Investment Banking including Citigroup / Salomon Brothers. He currently serves on the board of a Nike distributor in South America, an AI consulting firm in Chile and an Explainable AI deployment firm in Spain. He is part of the Advisory Council of the MIT Visiting Fellows Program and a mentor at the business school in EM-Lab and GLAB (taught by Nobel Laureate Simon Johnson); he’s also a member of the American Society for AI and YPO.
Anna Piñol Mediano
Anna is a partner at NFX focused on investing in the U.S., Europe, and LatAm. She is a former founder and operator with experience in AI, marketplaces, and fintech. She started her career at Amazon as part of the early team of Marketplace/FBA, and one of the youngest managers in Europe. In 2017 she moved to the U.S. to get her MBA at Stanford, where she co-founded Jupiter (YC S19) with three other classmates. Anna’s own journey as an immigrant-founder underlies her core belief that running a startup is as much about personal transformation as it is about company building. Originally from Barcelona, she has a global outlook and encourages her international network to come spend time in San Francisco to experience the AI zeitgeist. As a founder turned investor, Anna is passionate about partnering with founders as they navigate the 0 to 1, both from a business and personal development perspective. She strives to be the first person that founders text with good news and bad.
Marcus East
Marcus East is a technology leader and author who focuses on helping organizations navigate the complexities of digital change to drive significant value. Most recently, as Global VP & GM at Autodesk—a long-standing partner of MIT—he led initiatives to integrate generative AI into global business operations while significantly increasing digital channel performance. With a career spanning leadership roles at Google, T-Mobile, and Apple, Marcus has spent over two decades building the technical architectures and solutions that bridge the gap between innovative concepts and high-impact, large-scale systems.He previously served as a Technical Director in Google’s Office of the CTO, solving complex challenges for global entities, and as CTO of National Geographic, where he scaled platforms to reach a daily audience of 400 million consumers. Beyond his corporate experience, Marcus is deeply committed to the social impact of technology: He formerly served as CTO for Comic Relief, where he designed the high-capacity fundraising platforms used to raise over $1 billion for charitable causes. A Fellow of the British Computer Society and an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, Marcus is also the author of Working with Dinosaurs, a guide focused on helping leadership teams embrace modern technology. As a mentor, he is eager to support the MIT cohort by sharing practical insights on technical roadmapping, scaling engineering teams, and moving from a research-driven “proof of concept” to a sustainable product.
Jonathan Ng
Jonathan Ng is the founder & CEO of Iterative Health, a leading specialty research network accelerating access to novel therapies in GI care. A surgeon by training, Jon began his journey in Cambodia at age 15, later founding four pediatric hospitals and a major MRI network in Singapore. He launched Iterative Health in 2017 to improve patient outcomes by empowering research sites with tech-enabled services and deep clinical trial expertise.
Nagarjuna Venna
Nagarjuna Venna is a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan where he teaches classes in entrepreneurship. He is the cofounder of BitSight, a security ratings company he cofounded in 2011. BitSight created a new market category and has grown to become a global organization with over 2,500 customers, 500+ employees, and $400M+ in venture funding. Nagarjuna served as the chief product officer and a board director from 2011 to 2020. Prior to BitSight, he cofounded Saperix, a risk management company, which was acquired by Firemon in 2011. He holds a Bachelor’s in computer science and engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India, and a Master’s in engineering and management from MIT. Nagarjuna received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Excellence in Entrepreneurship from NIT Warangal in 2024.
Caitlin Donovan
Caitlin Donovan is a partner on the investing team at General Catalyst. Caitlin is a highly recognized builder and operator in the healthcare space who shares GC’s commitment to make health assurance a reality where healthcare is more accessible, proactive, and affordable for all. Caitlin was most recently the Global Head of Uber Health, Uber’s business unit focused on creating a first-of-its-kind supplemental benefit platform offering non-emergency transportation, prescription delivery, grocery, and over-the-counter item benefits to Medicare Advantage, Managed Medicaid, and Commercial populations. During her three-year tenure there, she substantially scaled the business, reimagining how technology intersects with healthcare. Prior to Uber Health, she served as Chief Operating Officer and VP Operations in a variety of businesses focused on medical transportation, home health, multi-clinic providers, and post-acute care. Early in her career, she worked as an investor at Bain Capital and at Summit Partners where she built a strong understanding of finance. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University and lives in Dover, Massachusetts with her husband and two boys.
Dave Bisceglia
Dave Bisceglia is a ventpre Partner at Founder Collective. Previously, he served as VP of Product and Studio Operations at Scopely, the largest mobile game company in the West, where he led multiple top-performing franchises. Prior to that, he was co-founder and CEO of The Tap Lab, a mobile gaming startup acquired by Warner Bros., where he oversaw development of “Game of Thrones: Conquest,” a billion-dollar franchise. A longtime startup mentor and early-stage investor, Dave now invests full time and focuses on partnering with early-stage founders.
Emily McAteer
Emily McAteer is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Odyssey Energy Solutions, a platform accelerating investment in the clean energy transition in emerging markets. Odyssey is facilitating more than $3.5B into distributed energy in India, Africa, and Latin America. Prior to Odyssey, Emily was Chief Revenue Officer of Frontier Power, a subsidiary of SunEdison, a microgrid development company in India and Africa. Emily was also a Fulbright Scholar focused on off-grid solar systems in India and worked in advanced energy management at EnerNOC and Yahoo. Emily holds a BA from Brown University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Kent Bennett
Kent Bennett is a partner in Bessemer’s Wellesley office focusing on B2B application software and consumer “earthquakes.” Before his career in venture capital, Kent was a creative executive for an entertainment production company, where he developed and sold original material including a network television pilot and a feature film. He began his career with Bain & Co., where he worked on projects in industries spanning IT, retail, consumer products, healthcare, and biotech. Kent earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and graduated summa cum laude in systems engineering from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar.
Adit Abraham
Adit Abraham is the co-founder and CEO of Reducto, an industry-leading AI platform specializing in high-fidelity document ingestion for Large Language Models. Under his leadership, Reducto has pioneered Agentic OCR, transforming the way enterprises process complex, unstructured data from PDFs and legacy documents into machine-ready intelligence. He was recently recognized on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list for Enterprise Technology and has led Reducto through a period of hyper-growth, including a landmark $108M Series B funding round.
Max Lobovsky
Max Lobovsky is co-founder and CEO of Formlabs, a company that pioneered professional desktop 3D printing with the first affordable stereolithography (SLA) printer and later made industrial selective laser sintering (SLS) technology accessible, growing into the largest professional 3D printing company founded since the 1980s. Prior to starting Formlabs, Lobovsky led the efforts at Fab@Home, one of the industry’s earliest open-source 3D printing projects, which has been instrumental in setting up labs in schools worldwide. A Forbes’ 30 Under 30 recipient and World Economic Forum Pioneer, Lobovsky holds a B.S. in Applied Engineering and Physics from Cornell University and an M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT.
Cynthia Liao
Cynthia Liao is CEO & co-founder of Vertical Semiconductor, an MIT spinout commercializing next generation vertical gallium nitride power semiconductors to enable the foundational power layer for the future of compute and AI. Vertical Semi was a participant in the delta v 2024 cohort. Cynthia is a graduate of the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program and a Schwarzman Scholar, and previously held leadership roles across government, policy, finance, and energy industries.
Ryan O’Conor
Ryan manages VC and accelerator partnerships at Carta. Prior to Carta, Ryan spent 2.5 years at DoorDash building its white-label delivery business, focused on establishing and growing enterprise restaurant partnerships. Before joining DoorDash, he spent 7+ years working in business development and partnership roles across several early-stage companies. Ryan is a former founder, startup advisor, and an active angel investor in early- and growth-stage companies.
John Harthorne
John is the founder and managing director of Two Lanterns Venture Partners, a seed fund investing in AI startups in the U.S. and Israel. Prior to launching Two Lanterns in 2020, John was the founder and 10-year-long CEO of MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet. While John was CEO, MassChallenge accelerated ~3,000 startups that raised well over $8.5 billion of funding, generated over $3.5 billion of revenue, and created over 200,000 jobs. The World Economic Forum elected John as a Young Global Leader, and Ernst & Young selected John as Social Entrepreneur of the Year in New England. John earned his MBA from MIT Sloan. While at school, John won Grand Prize in the MIT $100K Business Plan Competition and received the Patrick J. McGovern Award for impact on quality and visibility of entrepreneurship at MIT. In addition to his MIT MBA, John holds a BA from Bowdoin College, an MA from the Humbolt University in Berlin, an Honorary Doctorate from Suffolk University, and certificates for Leadership and Innovation from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
Kim Walsh
Kim Walsh is a builder, investor, and advisor with a track record of scaling high-growth technology companies from early traction to $100M+ and $1B+ ARR (HubSpot, Apollo, Lovable). She brings deep expertise in go-to-market strategy, revenue and partnerships leadership, and building high-performing teams. Kim mentors founders on turning ideas into scalable businesses, with a focus on clarity of vision, speed of execution, and building world-class companies.
Ben Finkel
Ben Finkel is an entrepreneurial technologist and product builder currently leading engineering at West Co, where he explores the intersection of purpose, technology, and human experience. He most recently founded and served as CEO of Sesh, a company reimagining how teams run meetings in an increasingly remote world. Before Sesh, he was head of growth at Pinterest, following the acquisition of Jelly. Earlier in his career, he co-founded and served as CTO of Jelly Industries with Biz Stone, building next-generation search and discovery experiences for emerging computing platforms. Before Jelly, he founded Fluther, a community Q&A platform that scaled to over a million monthly visitors before being acquired by Twitter. At Twitter, he contributed as a senior software engineer and engineering manager, helping the product grow, evolve, and scale to over 200 million users in its early, formative years. His deep roots in problem-solving trace back to developing algorithms for space systems and advanced image processing at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He holds a B.S. with honors in Computer Science and Mathematics from Brown University.
Kevin Kopczynski
Kevin Kopczynski is a partner at Congruent Ventures focused on early-stage companies across the climate tech ecosystem. Kevin is an experienced energy technology executive, entrepreneur, and investor who works on both new deals and supports the existing portfolio with 15+ years of energy industry experience spanning sectors, and company stages from startup to public. Previously, he was Vice President of M&A and Head of North American Project Development with Plug Power. Before Plug, Kevin was at First Solar, where he led the post-acquisition integration of Enki Technology’s team and solar module coatings into global production. From 2013 to 2016 Kevin was CEO of Enki Technology, where he helped take the company from 0 to 1 by establishing key partnerships in the U.S. and China that culminated with Enki’s acquisition by First Solar. Kevin holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.
Newsha Ghaelp
Newsha Ghaeli is president and co-founder of Biobot Analytics, a delta v, MIT DesignX, and Y Combinator company. Biobot monitors dozens of human health indicators in wastewater to strengthen the health security of our communities, and is partnered with the White House, the CDC, the NIH, and hundreds of local governments. Prior to founding Biobot, Newsha was a Research Fellow at the MIT Senseable City Lab where she worked with novel urban datasets to design more resilient cities. She holds degrees in architecture from University of Waterloo and McGill University in Canada. In 2020 Ghaeli was the recipient of the University of Waterloo’s Young Alumni Achievement Medal and in 2022 she was invited to give the commencement address for MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning. Her work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, WIRED, Nature, BBC, and The New Yorker. In 2023, Ghaeli gave a TED Talk on “The Vital Data You Flush Down the Toilet”.
Mariana Matus
Mariana Matus, PhD, is the CEO and co-founder of Biobot Analytics and a leading expert in wastewater-based public health surveillance. Her startup pioneered and scaled the first nationwide wastewater monitoring program during COVID-19, providing critical insights to the CDC, HHS, and hundreds of communities across the U.S. Mariana has testified before Congress, briefed White House leadership, and is recognized by TIME100 NEXT, Newsweek, and the Aspen Institute. She holds a PhD in Computational Biology from MIT and is a delta v and Y Combinator alumna.
Theo Ohene
Theo is the founder of Skyamo, an ad agency for startups and scaleups. His team has managed millions in ad spend for high-growth companies. He advises startups on growth strategy and helps teams build AI-enabled go-to-market systems. As Growth EIR at King’s College, University of London, he trains founders through the accelerator and lectures at the Business School. Previously, Theo was part of the early growth team at Republic, a New York-based investment platform. During his time there, he helped the company drive over $300m in investment volume and go from Seed to a $150m Series B. Before that, he led growth for fintech app acasa (exited) and VC-backed startups in San Francisco and Las Vegas.
Dylan Itzikowitz
Dylan is a partner at South Park Commons Fund and leads the SPC community in New York. He brings nearly a decade of early-stage investing experience across three countries, most recently at Expa, the venture fund founded by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp. Before Expa, Dylan invested out of London as part of Founders Factory, a pre-seed fund and venture studio. A fixture in the New York startup ecosystem, he regularly hosts meetups, dinners, and events that bring together thousands of founders and builders across the city. Dylan is Canadian, something you’ll figure out within the first five minutes of meeting him.
Nischal Nadhamuni
Nischal Nadhamuni is the CTO and co-founder of Klarity, where he leads Product, Engineering, and Product Operations. Klarity’s product transforms traditional business transformation and allows enterprises to understand and improve how work actually happens. Customers include OpenAI, Zoom, Cloudflare, and Intercom. Recently named to the Forbes “30 under 30” list in AI (2025), Nischal is deeply passionate about AI and how it can be applied to solve practical problems in a human-centric way. With two software engineers-turned-entrepreneurs as parents, Nischal knew early on he wanted to build something of his own. While an undergrad at MIT, Nischal met his co-founder, Andrew Antos, in the 15.390 Entrepreneurship class. In 2017, Klarity participated in delta v, later joining YC in Summer 2018. Klarity has raised $91 million in total funding including a $70 million Series B round in June 2024.
Jennifer Fremont-Smith
Jennifer Fremont-Smith is a serial entrepreneur, founder, and operator with more than two decades of experience building and scaling early-stage companies across consumer and technology sectors. She is currently the CEO and founder of Clean Foods, a CPG incubator focused on launching differentiated food brands, including Brü, a first-of-its-kind functional wellness chew for dogs made of bone broth; Nunches, a top-9 allergen-free school lunch solutions; and Hark, a human-grade pet food brand. Known for her ability to take companies from concept to scale, Jennifer specializes in opportunity identification, product-market fit, go-to-market strategy, and building the foundational systems that enable rapid growth. Previously, Jennifer co-founded and led WECO, one of the fastest-growing meal delivery companies in the Northeast, raising $21M in venture capital and delivering over 5.5 million meals before its acquisition by Feast & Fettle. Her entrepreneurial track record also includes founding and scaling multiple ventures across industries—from Smarterer (acquired by Pluralsight) to Krash, a pioneering co-living platform for entrepreneurs. A graduate of MIT Sloan and Georgetown University, Jennifer brings a unique blend of strategic vision and operational rigor to building enduring, category-defining businesses.
Jason Norris
Jason built a structured finance group at The Bernstein Companies (real estate developer) in DC starting in 2005 where he was the managing director until 2025. He was the co-founder and executive chairman of Elektrofi from 2016-2025, a biotech formulation company that took therapeutics from an IV infusion to a subcutaneous injection. The company had licensing deals with Argenx, Eli Lilly, and JnJ and was sold to Halozyme for $985m in November of 2025. He is currently co-founder and executive chairman of LAPIX Therapeutics (started in 2019), a biotech company with a lead therapeutic focused on treating autoimmune disease in Phase 1b trials for RA, AD, psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis. The company was recently valued at $200m. He is also the co-founder and executive chairman of TIM Therapeutics, which recently spun out of LAPIX with the goal to bring five therapeutics (immuno oncology, autoimmune, and food allergy) to the clinic over the next 2.5 years.
Jon Bloom
Dr. Jon Bloom is the co-founder and CEO of Podimetrics, a remote monitoring platform focused on early intervention for individuals living with complex diabetes. He co-founded the company following an MIT hackathon, competing as the healthcare finalist in both the MIT $100K Pitch and Launch competitions, and was a member of the original cohort of the MIT Beehive, the precursor to delta v. Under his leadership, Podimetrics has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies (2024) and has been a multi-year honoree on both the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ lists. Jon earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Christine Hsieh
Christine Hsieh is an MIT-trained scientist turned founder/CEO and entrepreneurial leader, bringing a unique blend of expertise in deep technology, data, and strategic vision to venture creation. She currently leads AI and digital strategy for oncology and cardiometabolic therapeutic areas at Abbvie, identifying best-in-class technologies to transform the potential of new medicines. Previously, as founding Chief Strategy and Research Officer at DayToDay Health, she developed and executed strategies that drove outcomes leading to the company’s acquisition by publicly traded Babylon Health. Before that, she founded and served as CEO of Salubris Analytics, building a capital-efficient, revenue-generating venture focused on digital chronic care management. She earned her doctorate at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
Ed Lee
Ed Lee is a recognized pricing expert, author, and the founder and CEO of HelloAdvisr, a leading pricing strategy consultancy helping high-growth companies get pricing right on the way to their first $10M and beyond. Through the Pricing Multiplier System, Ed helps founders stop leaving revenue on the table and start competing on value. Companies he has advised carry a collective valuation exceeding $1 billion. Ed is the author of The Last Mile of Trust. His concept of “pricing as the last mile of trust” explores how pricing serves as the final, critical signal of a company’s values and customer commitment. Founders who treat it as a system, not a guess, unlock their most powerful growth lever. Prior to founding HelloAdvisr, Ed held senior roles at Simon-Kucher, a global leader in pricing strategy consulting, and at LG Electronics, advising multinational corporations on pricing, market positioning, and revenue optimization. A dedicated educator and advisor, Ed teaches pricing, entrepreneurship, and executive leadership at UCLA and Loyola Marymount University, and serves as a Resident Expert at Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Expert-in-Residence at H/L Ventures. He mentors early-stage founders through Techstars and 500 Global, and hosts the Margin for Error podcast. He holds an MBA from Oxford University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from UC San Diego.
Nicki Driscoll
Dr. Nicolette (Nicki) Driscoll is the co-founder and chief technology officer of NeuroBionics, a medical device startup developing next-generation neural interfaces for minimally invasive neuromodulation. Since founding NeuroBionics in 2023, she has helped to secure over $10M in funding, grown the team to 14 full-time employees, and led the product development for NeuroBionics’ flagship neuromodulation device, evStim™, to the point of initiating first-in-human clinical studies in 2026. Prior to founding NeuroBionics, Nicki completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Professor Polina Anikeeva’s Bioelectronics Group at MIT, where she developed multifunctional fiber-based neural probes that combine electrical, optical, and chemical modalities to study brain circuitry. Nicki earned her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was co-advised by Dr. Brian Litt and Prof. Flavia Vitale. Her doctoral work focused on the use of carbon-based nanomaterials for developing novel soft, flexible neural electrode technologies with enhanced stimulation properties and more scalable fabrication approaches. Nicki earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University, where she conducted research in Prof. Arto Nurmikko’s Neuroengineering lab. Her work has resulted in multiple high-impact publications, patents, and recognition through honors including the MedTech Innovator Vision Award, the MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition grand prize, Penn’s Solomon R. Pollack Award for Excellence in Graduate Bioengineering Research, and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Marc-Joseph (MJ) Antonini
Marc-Joseph (MJ) Antonini, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of NeuroBionics, a neurotechnology company on a mission to expand access to neuromodulation by enabling deep-brain stimulation without the need for open brain surgery. A mechanical and neuro-engineer by training, MJ pioneered multifunctional fiber technology capable of interfacing with the brain, spinal cord, and smooth and skeletal muscles — validated in small and large animal models from rodents to non-human primates. He developed this foundational technology during his PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics at the MIT–Harvard Health Sciences and Technology program, and that research became the foundation of NeuroBionics. He holds dual Master’s degrees from Imperial College London (Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering) and Université Paris-Sud (Neuroscience and Neurobiology), and an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arts et Métiers ParisTech.
Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau is co-founder and CEO of Jellyfish, the leading Software Engineering Intelligence Platform, helping more than 700 companies including DraftKings, Keller Williams, and Blue Yonder leverage AI to transform how they build software. By turning fragmented data into context-rich guidance, Jellyfish enables better decision-making across AI adoption, planning, developer experience, and delivery so R&D teams can deliver stronger business outcomes. Andrew lives in Cambridge, MA with his wife and two children. He holds a degree in Computer Science from MIT.
Jacob Rothman
Jacob Rothman is the former CEO and co-founder of Perch, a computer-vision–powered strength training platform developed at MIT and adopted by elite sports organizations including LSU and Georgia Football, NFL teams, U.S. military installations, and high schools nationwide. Under his leadership, Perch scaled from a startup to acquisition by Catapult Sports in 2025. Jacob is passionate about technology, hardware, and building products and systems that make an impact at scale. With experience spanning product strategy, sales, marketing, fundraising, and operations, he has helped build teams and products that transform markets.
David Morczinek
David Morczinek is the co-founder and CEO of AirWorks, a leading geospatial intelligence company that brings the field to the engineer by leveraging imagery, LiDAR, and other remote sensing technologies. Used by top utilities, telecommunications, and engineering companies, AirWorks enables clients to create digital twins for faster building and maintenance. Under David’s leadership, AirWorks has grown from a university startup into a leader in field data processing and management that powers the built world. David’s career began with a decade of experience in the aerospace industry, primarily with Airbus, where he made major contributions to numerous innovative engineering projects. He received his MBA at MIT Sloan, conducting research in aerial data management, big data, machine learning, and aerial delivery technology.
Matt White
Matt White is the co-founder and CEO of Multitude Insights, a public-safety technology company reshaping how law-enforcement agencies create, share, and act on intelligence. With over 1,000 hours as a U.S. Navy EP-3E Flight Officer and Mission Commander, he understands the stakes of real-time information flow and operational decision-making under pressure. Before founding Multitude, Matt helped Reveal Technology scale to its first $5 million in revenue, gaining hands-on experience in early-stage growth and go-to-market execution. At Multitude, he has built a high-performing team and scaled the BLTN platform to agencies across the country, where it is driving adoption in major metropolitan markets and delivering vast improvements in how investigators and analysts coordinate cases. Matt also hosts The Innovators of Public Safety, a podcast where he interviews leaders, technologists, and investors shaping the future of law enforcement. His leadership philosophy, drawn from naval aviation (“no rank in the cockpit”), emphasizes humility, accountability, and doing what it takes to move the mission forward. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA from Gonzaga.
Karan Kashyap
In 2013, Karan Kashyap, Posh’s Chief Executive Officer, began his journey at MIT where he met co-founder and CTO Matt McEachern during their freshman year by rushing the same fraternity. His education at MIT included undergraduate and graduate degrees focused on artificial intelligence, where he was named a Siebel Scholar for his research work. While Karan was completing his graduate degree, he and Matt began AI and software consulting with enterprises across multiple industries, building a business foundation, and establishing a pathway to the beginning of Posh. The company now has more than 100 clients across the banking and credit union space with an ever-growing client base and employee roster. Outside of work, Karan has joyfully traveled across 20+ countries, plays a variety of sports including soccer, golf, and squash, and enjoys cooking. He lives in Cambridge, MA.
Anisha Quadir
Anisha Quadir is co-founder and CEO of Livvi, a social AI platform that matches people into compatible groups and drives them offline. Livvi created over 64,000 offline connections and channeled millions of dollars to local restaurants, bars, and experiences last year. Prior to Livvi, Anisha worked in fintech operations and investments and has advised multiple consumer tech startups on product strategy and GTM. An MIT delta v 2022 alum, she won Audience Choice at MIT’s Female Founders Competition, and has been featured on NBC and in The Boston Globe‘s B-Side. Livvi’s work is the primary case study in both Bill Aulet’s “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” and Paul Cheek’s “Startup Tactics” best-selling books. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, an MPP from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA from Middlebury College.
Christopher Pirie
Dr. Christopher Pirie is a biotechnology executive and serial entrepreneur. Currently, co-founder and CEO of Decycle Bio, he previously served as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of HDT Bio where he helped to secure and service >$300M in federal grants/contracts, commercial partnership agreements around the world, and equity financing. Before that he was co-founder and CEO of Virvio, a biopharmaceutical company spun out of the Institute for Protein Design and focused on designer proteins for respiratory diseases like influenza. He also co-founded Manus Bio, a synthetic biology company developing sustainable chemical manufacturing methods where he built and ran the enzyme engineering team while leading intellectual property development. Dr. Pirie has also coached global entrepreneurship bootcamps around the world with MIT Sloan and mentored early-stage startups through the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington. When he’s not working, he is a father of two, avid soccer player, and occasional sailor.
David Cohen-Tanugi
David is a Venture Builder at MIT’s venture studio, where he creates new products & businesses that leverage MIT technology for breakthrough impact in the clean energy sector. David previously cofounded wearable tech company Embr Labs (250,000+ customers) and has a decade of startup & innovation experience spanning consumer electronics, IoT, advanced materials, smart grid, water purification, and critical minerals. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT.
Jemel Derbali
Jemel Derbali is the co-founder and COO of Wise Systems, an enterprise software company specializing in delivery and route optimization. Wise Systems is a delta v alumni and Series C company. Jemel brings deep expertise in enterprise sales and account management, fundraising, and startup strategy. In his role as COO, he leads business operations — including finance, legal, and HR — and oversees customer success. A Cambridge native and Harvard Law School graduate, Jemel is actively engaged in his local community. He serves on the board of Just A Start, a nonprofit with a mission to expand stable housing and economic mobility in Greater Boston.
Jon Acquaviva
Jon is the co-founder and CEO of Pelicargo, a logistics-tech startup working to revolutionize air cargo with a marketplace that allows freight companies to instantly book available cargo capacity with airlines.Pelicargo is an alumni company of MIT delta v ’21. Previously, he spent eleven years working for Schlumberger in product management and operations roles across the world having lived and worked in multiple countries in West Africa, the Middle East, Russia, and Europe. He has an MBA from MIT (SFBA ’21) and an MEng & BSc from Cornell (’08, ’09).
Rob Snyder
Rob Snyder is a multi-time founder and author of “The Power of PULL” (a book that’s coming out during delta v!). He’s focused on product-market fit and sales for early-stage startups. He lives in New Hampshire and went to Harvard Business School.
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