MIT Startup Exchange March 2026 Demo Day

March 18, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST
MIT Startup Exchange March 2026 Demo Day

Location

Virtual/Remote Event

Overview

MIT Startup Exchange is convening a new installment of Demo Day on Wednesday, March 18 (12 PM – 1:15 PM ET). The event will feature several exciting industry-ready startups in brief lightning talks and Q&A. Breakout rooms will follow at the end of the event.

Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This event is for ILP members.

  • Overview

    MIT Startup Exchange is convening a new installment of Demo Day on Wednesday, March 18 (12 PM – 1:15 PM ET). The event will feature several exciting industry-ready startups in brief lightning talks and Q&A. Breakout rooms will follow at the end of the event.

    Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

    This event is for ILP members.

Register

Agenda

12:00 PM

Welcome and Introduction
Program Manager, MIT Startup Exchange
Ariadna Rodenstein
Program Manager

Ariadna Rodenstein is a Program Manager at MIT Startup Exchange. She joined MIT Corporate Relations as an Events Leader in September 2019 and is responsible for designing and executing startup events, including content development, coaching and hosting, and logistics. Ms. Rodenstein works closely with the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) in promoting collaboration and partnerships between MIT-connected startups and industry, as well as with other areas around the MIT innovation ecosystem and beyond. 

Prior to working for MIT Corporate Relations, she worked for over a decade at Credit Suisse Group in New York and London, in a few different roles in event management and as Director of Client Strategy. Ms. Rodenstein has combined her experience in the private sector with work at non-profits as a Consultant and Development Director at New York Immigration Coalition, Immigrant Defense Project, and Americas Society/Council of the Americas. She also served as an Officer on the Board of Directors of the Riverside Clay Tennis Association in New York for several years. Additionally, she earned her B.A. in Political Science and Communications from New York University, with coursework at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico City, and her M.A. in Sociology from the City University of New York.

12:05 PM

Lightning Talks and Q&A (in speaking order)
Inspired by Humans, Powered by AI, Delivered Through Robotics
Vicente Viñuela

Co-Founder and CEO​​​​​, Oddness  

Decarbonizing Adhesives
Shereen Shermak
Shereen Shermak headshot
Shereen Shermak

Shereen Shermak, COO of Silvis Materials, is a startup operator and founder with a successful track record of scaling early-stage ventures into impact-driven businesses. Two-time successful early-stage CEO and builder of three academic spinoutsfrom MIT, Duke and BU, achieving two exits to public companies (and counting). Passionate about innovation, strategic growth, and founder support. She started her career as an environmental engineer, and has held senior positions in the private, non-profit and government sectors. Active angel investor committed to empowering emerging entrepreneurs.She holds a BSE from Duke, an MBA from Sloan, and an MPA from the Kennedy School.

Molecular Recycling of End-of-Life Plastic
Matias Rojas
Crop Protection Without Compromise
Jake Teitelbaum

VP, Business, Robigo

The Intelligence Behind Better Care
Breana Patel

Founder & CEO, Owle AI

A Gene Therapy Approach to Treating Chronic, Age-Related Disease
Daniel Oliver

Founder & CEO, Rejuvenate Bio

Genomics to the Power of Every Person
Ana Cornell

Founder & CEO, Acorn Genetics

Novel Superconductors the World Actually Needs
Jason Gibson

Co-Founder & CEO, Quantum Formatics

1:00 PM

Breakout Rooms
1:15 PM

Adjournment
  • Agenda
    12:00 PM

    Welcome and Introduction
    Program Manager, MIT Startup Exchange
    Ariadna Rodenstein
    Program Manager

    Ariadna Rodenstein is a Program Manager at MIT Startup Exchange. She joined MIT Corporate Relations as an Events Leader in September 2019 and is responsible for designing and executing startup events, including content development, coaching and hosting, and logistics. Ms. Rodenstein works closely with the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) in promoting collaboration and partnerships between MIT-connected startups and industry, as well as with other areas around the MIT innovation ecosystem and beyond. 

    Prior to working for MIT Corporate Relations, she worked for over a decade at Credit Suisse Group in New York and London, in a few different roles in event management and as Director of Client Strategy. Ms. Rodenstein has combined her experience in the private sector with work at non-profits as a Consultant and Development Director at New York Immigration Coalition, Immigrant Defense Project, and Americas Society/Council of the Americas. She also served as an Officer on the Board of Directors of the Riverside Clay Tennis Association in New York for several years. Additionally, she earned her B.A. in Political Science and Communications from New York University, with coursework at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico City, and her M.A. in Sociology from the City University of New York.

    12:05 PM

    Lightning Talks and Q&A (in speaking order)
    Inspired by Humans, Powered by AI, Delivered Through Robotics
    Vicente Viñuela

    Co-Founder and CEO​​​​​, Oddness  

    Decarbonizing Adhesives
    Shereen Shermak
    Shereen Shermak headshot
    Shereen Shermak

    Shereen Shermak, COO of Silvis Materials, is a startup operator and founder with a successful track record of scaling early-stage ventures into impact-driven businesses. Two-time successful early-stage CEO and builder of three academic spinoutsfrom MIT, Duke and BU, achieving two exits to public companies (and counting). Passionate about innovation, strategic growth, and founder support. She started her career as an environmental engineer, and has held senior positions in the private, non-profit and government sectors. Active angel investor committed to empowering emerging entrepreneurs.She holds a BSE from Duke, an MBA from Sloan, and an MPA from the Kennedy School.

    Molecular Recycling of End-of-Life Plastic
    Matias Rojas
    Crop Protection Without Compromise
    Jake Teitelbaum

    VP, Business, Robigo

    The Intelligence Behind Better Care
    Breana Patel

    Founder & CEO, Owle AI

    A Gene Therapy Approach to Treating Chronic, Age-Related Disease
    Daniel Oliver

    Founder & CEO, Rejuvenate Bio

    Genomics to the Power of Every Person
    Ana Cornell

    Founder & CEO, Acorn Genetics

    Novel Superconductors the World Actually Needs
    Jason Gibson

    Co-Founder & CEO, Quantum Formatics

    1:00 PM

    Breakout Rooms
    1:15 PM

    Adjournment