MassChallenge Mexico

Cait Brumme is CEO of MassChallenge and a member of the Forbes Business Council. She has held leadership positions working across entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and public sector stakeholders on strategy, early-stage venture capital, impact investing, and public-private partnerships.

General Partner focused on future of work, sustainability, productivity, verticalized SaaS, and DevOps tools.

Board member affiliated with a stealth AI company.

Board member affiliated with Ogentic AI.

Board member affiliated with Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.

Head of science and technology at Givaudan.

Gaurav Manchanda is an operator with 20 years of experience building and rebuilding organizations across health, medtech, climate, and assistive technology. Most recently, he served as Chief Product Officer at MassChallenge, where he restructured the accelerator's programs toward complex, regulated markets, increasing cohort revenue to $260M while reducing participant count by 26%. Previously, he built Formlabs' medical division from 2% to 16% of company revenue, supporting over 100,000 surgeries and millions of medical devices, and earlier deployed 25,000 solar systems across East Africa through a venture-backed startup while administering a $9M World Bank grant in Liberia.

Chief technology officer at Bühler and board member.

Chief innovation officer at LDC.

Founder and long-time CEO of the MassChallenge accelerator, where he worked with thousands of startups since 2010. He left MassChallenge in 2019 and launched Two Lanterns in 2020. Holds a BA from Bowdoin and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Board member with PhD affiliation to Cambrian Bio.

Independent board member.

Matt Lashmar is Managing Director at MassChallenge Switzerland. He brings over 15 years of executive leadership experience spanning sales, category management, product development, and pricing across FMCG and B2B operations in Europe and Asia. His background includes go-to-market strategy, regional operations management, and organizational change across retail and professional channels.

Board member affiliated with T.Rx Capital.

Board member affiliated with MassMutual.

Motti Sigel is Managing Director of MassChallenge Israel, one of the country's largest startup accelerators, and leads The Foundry, a national initiative focused on dual-use technology, robotics, and physical AI. He founded Salamander Energy, an engineering and economic consultancy that facilitated the procurement of over 53 BCM of natural gas for Israel's industrial, academic, and security sectors, and raised $40M in capital for a national gas distribution license. Earlier, Sigel served as founding Dean of Israel's first Diploma Energy Engineering faculty in partnership with Noble Energy and Ruppin Academic Center, and advised the Natural Gas Authority on transmission infrastructure.

Board member affiliated with Milken Institute.

Deal captain at dsm-firmenich Ventures.

Robby Bitting is Chief of Staff at MassChallenge, where he has worked for 14 years. He brings experience in nonprofit operations, innovation, and marketing to his role supporting the organization's startup initiatives.

Board member and venture capital consultant.

Board member affiliated with JLL.

Will Magruder is Vice President of Partnerships at MassChallenge, where he works on developing and growing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Boston and Rhode Island.

Board chair and affiliated with Devoted Health.

Board member at Goodwin Procter LLP.

Board member working in strategy and corporate advisory.

Alec Stern is co-founder and chief growth advisor at SkillSprint Workforce Solutions and a board member at the company. He was a founding team member of eight startups, including Constant Contact, where he participated in the company's founding, 18-year tenure through IPO, and eventual $1.1 billion acquisition; five of his startup ventures have resulted in exits through IPOs or acquisitions. Stern has delivered keynote speeches at conferences including Secret Knock, CEO Space International, City Summit, Powerteam International, and Habitude Warrior.

A life sciences investor with over 15 years of cross-border private equity, venture capital, and board advisory experience.

Special Advisor, founder and former Chairman, President and CEO of Communispace (now C Space).

Former CNBC Asia financial reporter turned entrepreneur and investor who co-founded LifeCanvas Technologies, a 3D bioimaging startup she helped grow to profitability while raising over $17M. She led MIT's first Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Seoul and holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Pelema Ellis is Executive Vice President and Head of the Not-for-Profit & Higher Education Search Practice at CBIZ. She works with entrepreneurial organizations and leaders in the higher education and not-for-profit sectors on talent identification, attraction, and organizational strategy. Her approach integrates design, strategy, and human capital considerations to address client needs.