We are delighted to announce the MassMEDIC IGNITE 2019 Cohort. After a rigorous review process by the Steering Committee, 16 medtech founders were selected to participate in this year’s IGNITE program. Congratulations to our founders:

1. Natalie Artzi, BioDevek

2. Yue Shao, Buy Time Medical

3. Zhifei Ge, Cam Med

4. Souvik Paul, CathBuddy, Inc.

5. Subhrangshu Datta, CompanionMX

6. Sarah Kalil, CoreMap

7. Mohan Thanikachalam, MD, Dynocardia, Inc.

8. Azadeh Khanichech, Ph.D., EnVision Endoscopy

9. Denise Valenti, IMMAD, LLC

10. Yan Luo, MotionPal

11. Ida Pavlichenko, PionEar Technologies

12. Peter Palomaki, QLED Cures

13. Ed Goluch and Nicholas Cadirov, QSM Diagnostics

14. Louise MacDonald, SANOSTEC

15. Tony Mulone, Signati Medical Inc.

16. Jayon Wang, X-COR Therapeutics

Prof. Matt Marx teaches our first Founder’s Bootcamp

The IGNITE 2019 program is off to a strong start! The first event took place on Friday, May 3rd, at the WPI Seaport Campus. It was a full day of learning and networking. The day started off with BU Questrom School Professor Matt Marx who led a Founder’s Boot Camp. After a networking lunch, Donna Levin, co-founder of Care.com and Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at WPI shared insights and anecdotes from the life of a healthcare start up founder. Next up: IGNITE Cohort Founders will present at the MassMEDIC MedTech Showcase at DeviceTalks on June 6th.