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MassChallenge is the global network for innovators.

Headquartered in the United States with five locations worldwide, MassChallenge equips bold entrepreneurs to disrupt the status quo and to create meaningful change.

07/25/2026

Are you attending DallasMeetup at Texas Live! on August 13?

We're excited to share that our own Lauren Adegoke, MS, Senior Manager of Programs at MassChallenge, will be making her debut as DallasMeetup's latest Featured Networker!

If you're a founder, investor, corporate innovator, or ecosystem partner attending the event, we'd love to connect.

🔗 Register here: https://luma.com/b6618q2k

07/21/2026

Massachusetts has world-class arts and culture sitting alongside a world-class innovation economy. Most regions would trade a lot for that combination, which has tremendous potential when truly working together.

Over the past year, MassChallenge and Mass Cultural Council, the Commonwealth's state arts agency, have been exploring this creative advantage, talking with leaders across the arts, economic development, technology, and the nonprofit sector about how the intersection of creative practice and economic can strengthen the way founders and institutions build.

Now we want to hear from more of you. We put together a short survey with three quick questions:

1. Where do you see the biggest potential in connecting the cultural sector with entrepreneurship?

2. How should those connections happen, whether through policy, messaging, convenings, or partnerships?

3. Would you want to be part of this work going forward?

It takes just a few minutes, and your input will directly shape where we take this next.

👉 Share your perspective here: https://bit.ly/mc-mcc-survey

07/18/2026

Massachusetts climatetech startups: Applications are open for the 2026 AcceliCITY Mass Climate Tech Challenge.

Our friends at Leading Cities are helping founders build connections with municipalities, access deployment support, receive certified B2G training, connect with investors, and compete for up to $175,000 in non-dilutive funding.

Applications close August 20.

Apply here: https://www.leadingcities.org/mass-climate-tech-challenge

07/10/2026

Building more resilient communities requires more than good intentions and more than just showing up when disaster strikes. It requires entrepreneurs and organizations willing to take on challenges that no single sector can solve alone – and those challenges are getting more complex, requiring new approaches and partnerships

That's what brought founders, industry leaders, and innovation leaders together in Washington, D.C. as we wrapped up the Verizon Community Disaster Resilience Innovation Accelerator.

Over the past several months, this cohort has worked alongside Verizon and MassChallenge to develop and advance solutions designed to strengthen community resilience before disasters strike and improve response and recovery when they do.

The program finale was a powerful reminder that some of the most important innovation happening today isn't focused on convenience. It's focused on helping communities stay connected, informed, and prepared when it matters most.

We're grateful to Verizon for its leadership and commitment to this work, and to Carrie Hughes, Crystal Bergemann, Marissa McInnis and Chris DeBosier for their expertise and helping close out the program.

We'd also like to thank Donna Epps, Michele Cober, Marcela Zamora and the Verizon Public Policy and Strategic Alliances team for organizing and coordinating a networking reception on the Hill. This gathering afforded the cohort the unique opportunity to share their work with key decision makers in Congress.

Congratulations to this year's founders. We look forward to seeing how these solutions continue to evolve and create impact in communities across the country.

A special congratulations to Active Surfaces, Ascender Systems, OWL Integrations, Edge, SkyTL, Spectronn, and WingXpand. Thank you for your dedication, ingenuity, and commitment to strengthening community disaster resilience.

07/08/2026

Time's almost up! Applications for our Security & Resiliency Program close tomorrow, July 9.

There aren't many places where founders can explore dual-use opportunities alongside experts, peers, and partners who understand both commercial and government markets.

If you're building in the following areas, we want to hear from you:

- Autonomous & Intelligent Systems
- Energy & Resilient Infrastructure
- Connectivity & Cyber Infrastructure
- Bio & Biomanufacturing
- Space & Frontier Platforms
- Open Topic Innovations

Initial applications take less than 10 minutes. Apply now: https://masschallenge.org/security-and-resiliency-traction-2026/ 🔗

07/05/2026

MassChallenge is hiring a Senior Director, Business Development to help expand our work in National Security & Resiliency.

This is more than a traditional business development role. It's an opportunity to build strategic partnerships across defense, dual use, energy resilience, and government while helping shape the future of innovation.

We're looking for a consultative seller with a builder's mindset. Someone who can develop relationships, create new opportunities, and help organizations connect with the startups solving tomorrow's most complex challenges.

Think you're the right fit? Apply today. Know someone who is? Share this opportunity with them.

🔗 https://masschallenge.org/careers/

07/02/2026

- AI that decodes the immune system from a single blood draw.
- A spray-on silk matrix for treating severe burns.
- Technology designed to turn cancer cells against themselves.

These are just three of the technologies being built by the 41 startups in our 2026 Healthcare & Life Sciences Traction Cohort.

Across biotechnology, MedTech, and digital health, the founders behind these companies are tackling some of healthcare's most complex challenges.

Different technologies. Different diseases. One shared mission. Getting breakthrough innovations through validation, commercialization, and adoption so they can reach the patients who need them.

Over the past several months, these founders and their teams engaged with MassChallenge's healthcare innovation communities in Dallas and Boston, working alongside industry experts to strengthen commercialization strategies, pressure test assumptions, build strategic relationships, and accelerate the journey from promising science to real-world impact.

Congratulations to this cohort. Together, they're pushing the boundaries of what's possible in cancer, cardiovascular disease, regenerative medicine, diagnostics, AI, and medical devices.

🚀 Learn more about the program and meet the cohort here: https://masschallenge.org/articles/healthcare-life-sciences-traction-cohort-2026/

06/30/2026

Building technology with applications in defense, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, energy resilience, biomanufacturing, or space?

As more startups explore defense and dual-use applications, more founders are discovering new opportunities to apply their technologies to commercial and national security missions. The challenge is understanding how to navigate that ecosystem.

Our 2026 Security & Resiliency Traction Program helps early stage startups build strategic relationships, explore pathways to non-dilutive funding, and accelerate commercialization with support from experts across government, industry, and venture.

We're looking for companies building in:

• Autonomous & Intelligent Systems
• Resilient Infrastructure
• Connectivity & Cyber Infrastructure
• Bio & Manufacturing
• Space & Frontier Platforms
• Open Topic Innovations

Applications close July 9.

Want to learn more before you apply? Join our virtual info session on Tuesdaym, July 7 at 11:00 AM EDT.

Learn more, register for the info session, and apply here: https://masschallenge.org/security-and-resiliency-traction-2026/

06/28/2026

We're hiring a Chief Technology Officer.

MassChallenge is entering a new chapter. We have a strong technology foundation and an experienced team. Now we're looking for a leader to help define what's next.

As our CTO, you'll shape technology strategy across data, platform, and automation, while leading a talented technology team (engineering, product, and data). You'll serve on the executive team and help drive the decisions that determine how MassChallenge scales its impact.

If you're excited by data, product strategy, responsible AI, and building technology that supports a global network of founders, experts, and partners, we'd love to hear from you.

📍 Boston, MA (hybrid)
Apply here:https://masschallenge.org/careers/

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