Who is in the StartX mafia?

Notable members include Edward Lando (Link), Jim Benton (Adapt), James Morrissey (Mentor Collective), Lawrence Gentilello (Optery), Milad Mohammadzadeh (Orbital Matter), Na'ama Moran (Sourcery), Austin Walker (Y Combinator), Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. (Pear VC), among 101 tracked members.

What companies did StartX alumni found?

Companies founded by StartX alumni include Link, Adapt, Mentor Collective, Optery, Orbital Matter, Sourcery, Y Combinator, Pear VC, Protogon Research, Datatron.

The StartX Mafia

101 people came through StartX and went on to found or lead other companies.

Edward LandoInternFounded Link +3 Jim BentonAlignment at StartXFounded Adapt +3 James MorrisseyBoard of AdvisorsFounded Mentor Collective +1 Lawrence GentilelloFounderFounded Optery +1 Milad MohammadzadehS23 Founder MemberFounded Orbital Matter +1 Na'ama MoranStartup MentorFounded Sourcery +1 Austin WalkerInterview/Selection Committee & Founder Group Lead: Fundraising; Recruiting; FDA/ClinicalFounded Y Combinator +1 Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D.Fall 2024 Cohort - Co-founderFounded Pear VC +1 Ali SarilganF24 FounderFounded Pear VC +1 Rafael CosmanFirst Innovator in ResidenceFounded Protogon Research +1 Harish DoddiLead MentorFounded Datatron +1 Cameron TeitelmanFounder, CEO & Head of AdmissionsFounded Nexusevents Michael LiuMentorFounded Erdos Ventures Andrew ScheuermannInnovator in Residence (IIR)Founded Arch Systems Philip WinterWinter 2016 cohortFounded The Supplant Company Marko GargentaMemberFounded PlusPlus WhitneyMentorFounded ThoughtForge Kushagra ShrivastavaBoard of AdvisorsFounded Key John GengarellaLead MentorFounded Netpulse Gloria LauMentorFounded Alpha Simon ChanFounded Salesforce Andrew PiscioneAlumniFounded Blerify John Melas-KyriaziCFO & Head of Business DevelopmentFounded Standard Metrics Colin BarcelouxMentorFounded Techmate Alex PoppSoftware EngineerFounded Demodesk Ivan LeeFounderFounded Datasaur Catalin VossInnovator in ResidenceFounded Ello Graham DickFounderFounded Lygg Alex GruebeleFounded Mezli Vikram SreedharP23 CohortFounded Shimmer Helen ChenMemberFounded Alixia Rowan MocklerStudent Founder in ResidenceFounded Ekho Umar NadeemFounded Kabilah Tianwei YueStartup FounderFounded Mathos Arya MarwahaFall 2025Founded Contrario Aditya SoodFounded Contrario Robert IhnatisinS23 Founder MemberFounded Orbital Matter Sam YamEIR and MentorFounded Patreon Dan WoodsAdvisorFounded Socotra Nick WeaverCo-FounderFounded Eero Jonathan SiddharthMentor, Admissions, InvestorFounded Turing Emile ContalAdmission Judge & Neighborhood LeadFounded Crossing Minds Elad FerberLead Mentor, Neighborhood Lead, Admissions panel memberFounded Synthpop Denys-Michel de LarouzièreCo Lead, StartX MedFounded hinlab Ron AlfaStaff, StartX MedFounded Noetik Sophia YenStartX Company/MemberFounded Pandia Health Fábio BaldisseraFounderFounded Teachy Mary RayLead MentorFounded MyHealthTeams Kuanysh IdrissovP26 FounderFounded Rette John LindsayFounderFounded BitWage Amy LiFounderFounded Concha Labs Maddalena AdornoMember S19Founded Dorian Therapeutics Alex YoshikawaFounded Adaptyx Biosciences, Inc.Paul Herent, M.D.Startx memberFounded Raidium Kate DilliganFounderFounded Cooler Heads Taiki IshikuraStartup FounderFounded Logomix Inc.Govind ChadaStudent-in-ResidenceFounded Enact An Zhu LiuFounded Familiar Juan Cristóbal Ruiz-TagleStartX FounderFounded Pulsar Matías CastilloStartX FounderFounded Pulsar Eric SchuurFounderFounded Hepatx Roby PeñacastroS23 Founder MemberFounded Lead Sales Lasse-Mathias NybergSIR ScholarshipFounded Ever Cars Dana WeeksFounded MedTrans Go Holly RockweilerStartX CompanyFounded Madorra Gabe NaviaskyMemberFounded LeadBeam Donald SzetoFounderFounded Bovo Music Austin YipStartX FounderFounded Bovo Music Lina Sakai WatanabeStart X FounderFounded Fermenstation Pablo Diaz GutierrezFounderFounded Appfluence Siddhartha Shekhar SinghBoard MemberFounded MoneyKarma Derek GreenfieldiMicrobes (S19)Founded Industrial Microbes Ajay GuptaMember, Mentor & StartX Med Admissions Judge at Stanford University's StartX AcceleratorFounded Celestial Therapeutics Kevin GabayanCohort startupFounded Plentina Swarna BalasubramaniamFounderFounded Noleus Technologies Arash HassibiSummer 2016 FounderFounded Joinedapp Matthew CooperAdviser & MentorFounded Enumera Molecular Audrey WischStudent Founder in ResidenceFounded Curious Cardinals Chris CarstensFounded Carbo Culture Mike WiemerAdvisor / MentorFounded Mojo Vision Pujun BhatnagarPart of Stanford Startup AcceleratorFounded Kintsugi Daniel BarretoLead MentorFounded Haystack News Mehmet Ozan KabakMember (F22)Founded Synnada, Inc.Kenneth O'FrielMemberFounded Toku Batu SatPortfolio Company (S2020)Founded Mall IQ Avi TuschmanEntrepreneurFounded pinpoint Wendy LiFounded Ivy Invest Sylvain BerlemontStartX FounderFounded Spotlight Medical Capella KerstS23 Founder MemberFounded geCKo Materials Steve ChewMemberFounded BuildOps Anuj BhallaFounder Fellow & Lifetime MemberFounded serviceMob, Inc.David MasóSpring '17 - FounderFounded Promofarma IGOR RUNETSFall 2016 & Summer 2016 Founder-in-ResidenceFounded BitRiver Tom StevensFounderFounded Tombot Jonathan BeekmanLead MentorFounded Man Crates Yuval SpectorSummer 2025 CohortFounded Medivox Health

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Frequently asked questions

What is the StartX mafia?: The StartX mafia is the network of 101 people who came through StartX and went on to found or lead other companies, including Link, Adapt, Mentor Collective, Optery, Orbital Matter.
Who is in the StartX mafia?: Notable members include Edward Lando (Link), Jim Benton (Adapt), James Morrissey (Mentor Collective), Lawrence Gentilello (Optery), Milad Mohammadzadeh (Orbital Matter), Na'ama Moran (Sourcery), Austin Walker (Y Combinator), Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. (Pear VC), among 101 tracked members.
What companies did StartX alumni found?: Companies founded by StartX alumni include Link, Adapt, Mentor Collective, Optery, Orbital Matter, Sourcery, Y Combinator, Pear VC, Protogon Research, Datatron.