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.
Program Manager, MIT Startup Exchange
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.
Co-Founder & CEO, Oddness
Bio coming soon.
COO, Silvis Materials
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.
Founder, Malstrom Molecules
VP, Business, Robigo
Founder & CEO, Owle AI
Founder & CEO, Rejuvenate Bio
Founder & CEO, Acorn Genetics
Ana Cornell is the Founder and CEO of Acorn Genetics, a company developing next‑generation genetic testing platforms designed to be faster, lower‑cost, and usable outside of traditional laboratory settings. She is a Thiel Fellow, a 776 Fellow, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, recognized for her work at the intersection of biotechnology, hardware, and systems innovation.
Ana studied biomedical engineering at Northwestern University before leaving to pursue Acorn full‑time as a Thiel Fellow. She founded the company after firsthand experiencing the fragmentation and inaccessibility of the genetic testing ecosystem while attempting to obtain testing herself following her father’s diagnosis with a genetically linked condition. Through Acorn, she is re-imagining genetic testing by enabling DNA to be tested anywhere, in anything—across people, plants, and pathogens.
Co-Founder & CEO, Quantum Formatics
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