Built By: Bernat Olle of Vedanta

Bernat Olle came to the U.S to continue his education at MIT, after completing an undergraduate degree…

Built By: Jason Furtado of Shoobx

For Jason Furtado the most exciting thing about entrepreneurship is coming up with solutions to problems that many believe impossible to tackle.

Born in Boston to Portuguese parents, he grew up watching his parents struggle to ensure a better…

Built By: Polina Raygorodskaya of Wanderu

My family moved to the United States when I was four years old. We came here from Russia on a refugee visa, and settled in the Boston area. At the time, people were fleeing from the communist regime and my parents wanted to make sure their kids didn’t grow…

Built By: Lior Div of Cybereason

One could argue that Lior Div’s entrepreneurial story started long before he founded Cybereason. Growing up in Israel, Lior struggled with dyslexia as a kid and had to find an alternative to the conventional methods of learning how to read. Disregarding the derision of…

Built By: Hasier Larrea of Ori

Hasier Larrea never intended to become an entrepreneur until he found himself at the helm of Ori, an MIT Media Lab spin-out that creates robotic, flexible furniture for small apartments.

Built By: Agustin Lopez Marquez of Nference

24-year-old Agustin Lopez Marquez arrived in Boston in 2008 to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his masters in chemical engineering. He was fleeing from violence and lack of opportunity in his native country, Venezuela. One thing…

Built By: Deborah Zanforlin of ConquerX

They say that the path of an entrepreneur requires a lot of risks and sacrifices. In Deborah Zanforlin’s case, that meant dropping out of her PhD program. After years of scientific research, her knowledge and experiments gave rise to a brilliant idea for a new…

Built By Us: Bettina Hein of Pixability

For Bettina Hein entrepreneurship runs in the blood. A West Berlin native, she grew up in a family where entrepreneurship was the norm: her parents were self-employed professionals and all four of her grandparents owned their own businesses. This environment…

Built By: Karolina Starczak of Nutrimedy

Karolina Starczak’s ‘superpower’ is enormous focus. While most entrepreneurs often struggle to allocate finite resources, Karolina can easily zero in on a product roadmap and focus resources in order to achieve key milestones more quickly. This very ability…

Built By: Jonathan Thon of Platelet Biogenesis

Originally from Canada, Jonathan Thon arrived in Boston 10 years ago for his postdoctoral work. Having completed his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of British Columbia, he had the opportunity to continue his research on…