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Ben Schlatka

Investor

Company Building Partner at Material Impact

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Ben Schlatka co-founded and served as CEO of MC10, a wearable sensor company acquired by Dassault Systemes, where he later launched the Sensor Cloud business. He has a career in deep tech and materials-science commercialization, previously worked at IBM, and coached at Harvard Business School for over a decade.

Invests in

Deep TechDigital HealthHardwareIoTNew Materials

Experience

  1. MattiqChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  2. MagLev AeroBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. Material ImpactPartnercurrent2023 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Medidata SolutionsDigital Biomarker Solutions2020 — 2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. VerstillBoard Member2017 — 2023Israel
  6. MC10 Inc. (acquired by Medidata Solutions)Co-Founder & CEO2018 — 2020
  7. MC10 IncCo-Founder & SVP Corporate Development2008 — 2018
  8. NanteroDirector of Business Development2005 — 2008
  9. IBM MicroelectronicsBusiness Development Manager1998 — 2002
  10. Volunteer SolutionsDirector of Marketing1998 — 2001

Skills & more

Venture Capital27Semiconductors40Licensing13Electronics17Start-ups38

From Ben's professional profile.

Deals · 1

MagLev AeroBoard seat

via Material Impact · filed Feb 2025 · $3.2M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Material Impact

Adam Sharkawy
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Material Impact
Alexa Horwitz
Director of Marketing and Communications at Material Impact
Carmichael Roberts
Investor at Material Impact
Christian Theriault
Partner at Material Impact
Corinna Chen
Partner at Material Impact
Deborah Kilpatrick
Health IT CEO, Evidation at Material Impact
Ezgi Emiroglu
Venture Associate at Material Impact
George Whitesides
Chief Scientific Advisor at Material Impact

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Schlatka?
Ben Schlatka co-founded and served as CEO of MC10, a wearable sensor company acquired by Dassault Systemes, where he later launched the Sensor Cloud business. He has a career in deep tech and materials-science commercialization, previously worked at IBM, and coached at Harvard Business School for over a decade.
Where does Ben Schlatka work?
Ben Schlatka is Company Building Partner at Material Impact.
What does Ben Schlatka invest in?
Ben Schlatka invests in Deep Tech, Digital Health, Hardware, IoT, New Materials.
What boards does Ben Schlatka sit on?
Ben Schlatka holds tracked board seats at MagLev Aero.
Where did Ben Schlatka go to school?
Ben Schlatka studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst (BBA, Marketing).

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Also attended Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst60

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Shared employers

Also worked at MagLev Aero1

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Also worked at Medidata Solutions11

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Also worked at Verstill1

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