Sponsors:
Roman Lubynsky
& Karen Golz
Welcome to the MIT Venture Mentoring Service Demo Day
About VMS Demo Day: The emerging ventures presenting represent a broad range of
technologies and industries. The ventures are now ready to begin conversations seeking
the resources needed to accelerate their progress. They range from early seed to
institutional rounds. You will be introduced to a great range of exciting technologies,
interesting business ideas and amazing new entrepreneurs.
How Demo Day will work: After brief opening remarks, the ventures will deliver a short,
focused 5-minute presentation, one after another. There will be 20 ventures presenting in
two sessions with a brief 10-minute break in between. No questions will be accepted during
these sessions.
After all the ventures in both sessions have given their presentations, you can join them in
the exhibit area for hands on demonstrations and conversations. Many of our VMS mentors
will also be in attendance for you to meet.
About VMS: In today's competitive business environment, the speed of technological
change, accelerated product cycles, global competition and sophisticated financing
strategies demand resources and experience beyond the reach of the typical startup.
Leveraging a large pool of highly screened and talented mentors, MIT entrepreneurs receive
practical hands-on coaching and mentoring to help learn how to advance their ideas. We
don’t screen to pick winners; rather, VMS’s mission is to use any plausible idea as the focus
for practical education on the venture creation process. MIT VMS is a free and confidential
service for MIT faculty, staff, students and alums.
Special thanks to our MIT VMS Demo Day sponsors:
Session One
NeuroMesh (http://www.neuromesh.co) is a managed security and intelligence platform for Internet-
of-Things (IoT) Devices.
Rahul Arora • rarora@mit.edu • (260) 225-3254
Ecotech Visions (http://www.ecotechvisions.com) A business incubator providing resources for early-
stage green technology manufacturing companies helping from idea stage to product.
Pandwe Gibson • pandwe@ecotechvisions.com • (773) 495-3897
Adappt Intelligence (http://www.adappt.com) Through sensors and controls, Adappt analyzes and
manages open office spaces in real time, reducing real estate costs and improving productivity.
Molly Bales • molly@adappt.com • (252) 452-0759
Barrett Technology (http://www.barrett.com) is introducing the smallest high-performance motor
controller, intended to disrupt and widely expand the possible applications of compact electric motors.
Barrett seeks help to respond more rapidly to present, extraordinary demand for the product.
Bill Townsend • wt@barrett.com • (617) 308-1180
Quanton Technologies will offer the industry’s first client-centric SaaS platform as a utility to address
business-critical US Equity Trading regulations.
Sreedhar Tulluri • stulluri@quantontech.com • (848) 667-5348
Synaps Labs (http://www.synapslabs.com) is an AI-based platform that enables programmatic real time
bidding, targeting and analytics for digital out-of-home advertising.
Alex Pustov • pustov@mit.edu • (857) 253-8598
Massachusetts Materials Technologies LLC (MMT) (http://www.byMMT.com) develops, manufactures
and provides non-destructive instruments that test the strength of oil and gas pipelines and other metal
structures.
Simon Bellemare • s.bellemare@byMMT.com • (617) 868-0395
Bonzer Inc (http://www.bonzer.rocks) is an eco-friendly car sharing service with a focus on last mile
trips using very cool mini electric cars. Test drive a vehicle today in the Media Lab courtyard.
Ivan Li Huang • ivanli@bonzer.rocks • (617) 750-0135
Soundmob (http://www.soundmob.org) provides a more interactive and amplified music listening
experience by syncing multiple phones and speakers simultaneously.
Hanzel Corella • hanzel.corella@soundmob.org • (915) 329-6826
Mirror That Look (https://www.mirrorthatlook.com/) Powered by AI, Mirror That Look is conquering
visual search for fashion. Think Shazam for fashion discovery. Consumers can "mirror that look" of a
celebrity outfit they see online or a look they love on the street. The technology detects all of the style
elements of an outfit in a photo or a video and returns matching products from brands and retailers
across the globe.
Ha Nguyen • hanguyen3311@gmail.com • (857) 206-9771
Session Two
Shooter's Touch (d.b.a. Swish-Hoop) (http://www.SwishHoop.com) Variety of Sports Tech products
with first product a "Fitbit" for basketball players: Swish-Hoop's fun, patented, wireless products & apps
effectively measure, improve, and share basketball shooting skills.
Steven Gordon • Steve@SwishHoop.com • (781) 354-3354
Via Separations makes nanofiltration membranes for streams previously inaccessible to filtration,
displacing the 12% of US energy consumption that is dedicated to separations. Their chemically and
thermally robust platform enables filtration in challenging environments, elevated temperatures, and
for messy feed streams.
Shreya Dave • sdave@mit.edu • (781) 354-7945
EMBR labs (http://www.embrlabs.com) is on a mission to build a future where wearable, energy
efficient, cooling and heating technology can help people feel more comfortable in their own skin, both
physically and emotionally.
Sam Shames • sam@embrlabs.com • (617) 947-7066
Pison Technology (http://www.pisontechnology.com) is creating a new computer interface that uses
the electrical signals in muscles and nerves.
Dexter Ang • dexter@pisontechnology.com
Elektrofi (http://www.elektrofi.com) An MIT spinout company revolutionizing the delivery of biologics
with a particular focus on protein therapeutics. Elektrofi has developed a proprietary platform
formulation technology to take protein therapeutics from a time intensive IV injection to SubQ delivery
while maintaining bioactivity and stability.
Jason Norris • jason@elektrofi.com • (704) 604-8585
MultiModel Research (http://www.MMRES.com) is revolutionizing medical text processing, using
machine learning and unique technology to increase revenue for providers, and to save lives of patients.
Steve Gallant • sgallant@mmres.com • (617) 642-4959
PathoVax (http://www.pathovax.com) is advancing a vaccine platform to tackle emerging infectious
diseases and cancers, with its lead HPV vaccine entering Ph I trials in 2018.
Weijie Poh • weijie@pathovax.com • (443) 823-6008
PlenOptika (http://www.plenoptika.com) increases access to eyeglasses for billions worldwide with
their product, the QuickSee, which provides accurate eyeglass exams in 10 seconds.
Shivang Dave • shivang@plenoptika.com • (617) 862-2203
ReviveMed (http://www.revive-med.com/) uses machine-learning to unlock the value of metabolomic
data, and translates the data to actionable Precision Medicine solutions.
Leila Pirhaji • lpirhaji@revive-med.com • (617) 955-6425
Rendever (http://www.rendever.com/) A research-based virtual reality platform to provide cognitive
stimulation and socialization for older adults.
Dennis Lally • dennis@rendever.com • (603) 252-7448
What is MIT VMS?
The MIT Venture Mentoring Service is a free and confidential service exclusively for the MIT
community in the greater Boston area. VMS harnesses the knowledge and experience of
volunteer experienced business leaders to help prospective entrepreneurs develop the business
skills needed to bring their ideas and inventions to market. Reporting to the Provost, VMS
complements and cooperates with the many MIT organizations and programs promoting
innovation and entrepreneurship.
Who is it for?
VMS is for MIT students, alums, faculty and staff who have ideas they would like to see placed
into practice. Applicants often come to VMS at very early stages in their idea process—before
there is a business plan, a strategy and revenue model, a team, or any funding. VMS assists
individuals and groups at any stage, starting from concept development and continuing through
team formation, incorporation and initial operations and beyond.
How does it work?
VMS participants receive practical hands-on advice from teams of 2-5 mentors tailored to each
mentee’s challenges, changing as their needs change. Meeting frequency and length of
participation are up to the mentee. VMS mentoring services are educational; all business
decisions remain under the full control of the participating entrepreneur. VMS mentors are
here to help; they do not do the work. They work with the entrepreneur for as long as needed.
Mentees are assured impartial and unbiased advice by a code of ethics to which all mentors
must adhere.
About VMS Mentors
Mentoring is delivered by volunteers selected for their demonstrated expertise in forming and
running businesses, and for their skills as advisors. These mentors bring a wealth of
entrepreneurial experience and contacts across a broad range of industries and markets.
MIT VMS Key Facts
• VMS has worked with 2,800+ MIT entrepreneurs in 2,300+ ventures
• Currently 258 ventures are working towards launch
• To date over $2.5 Billion has been raised by VMS ventures from a variety of sources
• So far 247 ventures have been launched
• A total of 38 ventures have attained more than $1.5 billion in liquidity events
• Potential entrepreneurs in the MIT community keep enrolling – 15-20 month
HOW TO SUPPORT THE VMS MISSION
VMS is independent and self-sufficient through the generosity of individual donors
who see its work as part of MIT's mission. These donors believe this approach
contributes to the spirit of volunteerism underlying VMS's work. If you wish to
help, please contact:
vms@mit.edu • 617-258-0720 • vms.mit.edu
