IdeaStream: NextGen

From seed to Series C.

4 PM – 7:30 PM, APRIL 29
MIT MEDIA LAB IN CAMBRIDGE, MA

IdeaStream: NextGen is no longer a showcase. This is a business-building day. We’re introducing MIT spinouts – new and established – to the resources they need to grow.

Here’s where you’ll find everything from an international platform separations company raising Series C funding to a cancer therapeutics startup seeking its first CEO.

Arunas Chesonis of Safar Partners kicks off the event as keynote speaker.

IdeaStream: NextGen will run two concurrent tracks on Health, and Climate+. Each features 7-8 companies with MIT roots that are striving toward their next milestone. Read more about each track below.

See Climate+ Companies

See Health Companies

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Thank you to our premium sponsor Gunderson Dettmer, Health sponsors Drummond Scientific and StudioDx, and Climate+ sponsors Orbia and Verico for their support. Additional sponsors coming soon.

Connect, Transact, Propel

TRACK 1

NextGen Health

Therapeutics and devices
Solving urgent issues such as cancer, stroke, GI problems, wound healing and bacterial disease
Seeking licensees, customers, C-suite employees
4 seed stage, 3 Series A, 1 Series B

See Health Companies

TRACK 2

NextGen Climate+

Systems and platforms companies
Tackling global issues such as energy, carbon capture, chemical detection
Seeking customers, distributors, talent and co-developers
2 seed, 2 Series A, 2 Series B, 1 Series C

See Climate+ Companies

Keynote Speaker

Arunas Chesonis

Safar Partners

Managing Partner & Investment Committee Member

Arunas Chesonis has a long history in sustainability and has supported numerous environmental and renewable energy research projects at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to address climate change. He has also personally invested in the past 15 years in cleantech, life sciences, and information technology ventures through his involvement at universities in Boston and Rochester. Arunas also served as CEO of Sweetwater Energy and has also founded and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PAETEC Holding Corp., a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company acquired in 2011 by Windstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN), one of the largest national telecom carriers.

Arunas holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from MIT, an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Rochester. Arunas was a member of the MIT Corporation for 10 years and is a life trustee of the University of Rochester.

DETAILS

The Schedule

4 PM – 7:30 PM, April 29
MIT Media Lab

75 Amherst Street,

Cambridge, MA 02139

IdeaStream: NextGen

3:30 – Registration begins
4:00 – Introduction
4:05 – Keynote introduction
4:10 – Keynote speaker
4:30 – Pitches
5:20 – Networking

Schedule subject to change

Who we are

The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation (DCTI) helps commercialize transformative MIT technologies addressing healthcare, climate, and more.

Our track record: 211 projects, 57 spinouts, 19 products launched.

Three IPOs, 12 acquisitions. $21M granted, $Bs in value created.

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