Who is in the StartX mafia?

Notable members include Jim Benton (Adapt), Edward Lando (Link), Andrew Scheuermann (Arch Systems), James Lu Morrissey (Mentor Collective), Lawrence Gentilello (Optery), Catalin Voss (Ello), Jonathan Siddharth (Turing Enterprises), Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. (Pear VC), among 86 tracked members.

What companies did StartX alumni found?

Companies founded by StartX alumni include Adapt, Link, Arch Systems, Mentor Collective, Optery, Ello, Turing Enterprises, Pear VC, Datatron, Protogon Research.

The StartX Mafia

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

Jim BentonAlignment at StartXFounded Adapt +3 Edward LandoInternFounded Link +2 Andrew ScheuermannCoach and JudgeFounded Arch Systems +1 James Lu MorrisseyBoard of AdvisorsFounded Mentor Collective +1 Lawrence GentilelloFounderFounded Optery +1 Catalin VossInnovator in ResidenceFounded Ello +1 Jonathan SiddharthMentor, Admissions, InvestorFounded Turing Enterprises +1 Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D.Fall 2024 Cohort - Co-founderFounded Pear VC +1 Harish DoddiJudge & Lead MentorFounded Datatron +1 Ali SarilganF24 FounderFounded Pear VC +1 Rafael CosmanFirst Innovator in ResidenceFounded Protogon Research +1 Cameron TeitelmanFounder, CEO & Head of AdmissionsFounded Nexusevents Michael LiuMentorFounded Erdos Ventures Philip WinterWinter 2016 cohortFounded The Supplant Company Marko GargentaMemberFounded Plusplus Kushagra ShrivastavaBoard of AdvisorsFounded Key Dr. Gloria LauMentorFounded Alpha Simon ChanFounded Salesforce John Melas-KyriaziCFO & Head of Business DevelopmentFounded Standard Metrics Joyce Zhang GrayP23 CohortFounded Alariss Colin BarcelouxMentorFounded Techmate Alex PoppSoftware EngineerFounded Demodesk Ivan LeeFounderFounded Datasaur 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 Ryan XieFounderFounded Origami Robotics Robert IhnatisinS23 Founder MemberFounded Orbital Matter Milad MohammadzadehS23 Founder MemberFounded See Mode Sam YamEIR and MentorFounded Patreon Dan WoodsAdvisorFounded Socotra Na'ama MoranStartup MentorFounded Cheetah Emile ContalAdmission Judge & Neighborhood LeadFounded Crossing Minds Elad FerberLead Mentor, Neighborhood Lead, Admissions panel memberFounded Synthpop Denys-Michel de LarouzièreEntrepreneurFounded hinlab Ron Alfa, MD, PhDStaff, 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 Paul Herent, M.D., MscStartx memberFounded Raidium Kate DilliganFounderFounded Cooler Heads Taiki IshikuraStartup FounderFounded Logomix 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 Dana WeeksFounded MedTrans Go Gabe NaviaskyMemberFounded LeadBeam Donald SzetoFounderFounded Bovo Austin YipStartX FounderFounded Bovo Lina Sakai WatanabeStart X FounderFounded Fermenstation Pablo Diaz GutierrezFounderFounded Appfluence Siddhartha Shekhar SinghCFO and COOFounded MoneyKarma Derek GreenfieldiMicrobes (S19)Founded Industrial Microbes Kevin GabayanCohort startupFounded Plentina Swarna BalasubramaniamFounderFounded Noleus Technologies Ronald RoMentorFounded Bitfinder Matthew CooperAdviser & MentorFounded Enumera Molecular Audrey WischStudent Founder in ResidenceFounded Curious Cardinals Chris CarstensFounded Carbo Culture Pujun BhatnagarPart of Stanford Startup AcceleratorFounded Kintsugi AI Daniel BarretoLead MentorFounded Haystack News Mehmet Ozan KabakMember (F22)Founded Synnada Acquired Kenneth O'FrielMemberFounded Toku Batu SatPortfolio Company (S2020)Founded Malliq Avi TuschmanEntrepreneurFounded pinpoint Sylvain BerlemontStartX FounderFounded Spotlight Medical Capella KerstS23 Founder MemberFounded Geckomaterials Steve ChewMemberFounded BuildOps Anuj BhallaFounder Fellow & Lifetime MemberFounded Servicemob David MasóSpring '17 - FounderFounded Promofarma IGOR RUNETSFall 2016 & Summer 2016 Founder-in-ResidenceFounded BitRiver Jonathan BeekmanLead MentorFounded Mancrates

Frequently asked questions

What is the StartX mafia?: The StartX mafia is the network of 86 people who came through StartX and went on to found or lead other companies, including Adapt, Link, Arch Systems, Mentor Collective, Optery.
Who is in the StartX mafia?: Notable members include Jim Benton (Adapt), Edward Lando (Link), Andrew Scheuermann (Arch Systems), James Lu Morrissey (Mentor Collective), Lawrence Gentilello (Optery), Catalin Voss (Ello), Jonathan Siddharth (Turing Enterprises), Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. (Pear VC), among 86 tracked members.
What companies did StartX alumni found?: Companies founded by StartX alumni include Adapt, Link, Arch Systems, Mentor Collective, Optery, Ello, Turing Enterprises, Pear VC, Datatron, Protogon Research.