MIT Startup Exchange March 2026 Demo Day

March 18, 2026
Virtual Event
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 headshot
Ariadna Rodenstein

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.

12:05 PM
Lightning Talks and Q&A (in speaking order) - More startups to be added to the lineup soon
Decarbonizing Adhesives
Patty Ferreira

Founder & CEO, Silvis Materials

Patty Ferreira

Founder & CEO, Silvis Materials

Bio coming soon.

Molecular Recycling of End-of-Life Plastic
Matias Rojas
Matias Rojas

Bio coming soon.

Crop Protection Without Compromise
Jake Teitelbaum

VP, Business, Robigo

Jake Teitelbaum

VP, Business, Robigo

Bio coming soon.

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

Founder & CEO, Rejuvenate Bio

Daniel Oliver

Founder & CEO, Rejuvenate Bio

Bio coming soon.

Genomics to the Power of Every Person
Ana Cornell

Founder & CEO, Acorn Genetics

Ana Cornell

Founder & CEO, Acorn Genetics

Bio coming soon.

Novel Superconductors the World Actually Needs
Jason Gibson

Co-Founder & CEO, Quantum Formatics

Jason Gibson

Co-Founder & CEO, Quantum Formatics

Bio coming soon.

Talk TBD
Speaker TBD
Speaker TBD

Bio coming soon.

Talk TBD
Speaker TBD
Speaker TBD

Bio coming soon.

1:00 PM
Breakout Rooms
1:15 PM
Adjournment
  • Agenda
    12:00 PM
    Welcome and Introduction

    Program Manager, MIT Startup Exchange

    Ariadna Rodenstein headshot
    Ariadna Rodenstein

    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.

    12:05 PM
    Lightning Talks and Q&A (in speaking order) - More startups to be added to the lineup soon
    Decarbonizing Adhesives
    Patty Ferreira

    Founder & CEO, Silvis Materials

    Patty Ferreira

    Founder & CEO, Silvis Materials

    Bio coming soon.

    Molecular Recycling of End-of-Life Plastic
    Matias Rojas
    Matias Rojas

    Bio coming soon.

    Crop Protection Without Compromise
    Jake Teitelbaum

    VP, Business, Robigo

    Jake Teitelbaum

    VP, Business, Robigo

    Bio coming soon.

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

    Founder & CEO, Rejuvenate Bio

    Daniel Oliver

    Founder & CEO, Rejuvenate Bio

    Bio coming soon.

    Genomics to the Power of Every Person
    Ana Cornell

    Founder & CEO, Acorn Genetics

    Ana Cornell

    Founder & CEO, Acorn Genetics

    Bio coming soon.

    Novel Superconductors the World Actually Needs
    Jason Gibson

    Co-Founder & CEO, Quantum Formatics

    Jason Gibson

    Co-Founder & CEO, Quantum Formatics

    Bio coming soon.

    Talk TBD
    Speaker TBD
    Speaker TBD

    Bio coming soon.

    Talk TBD
    Speaker TBD
    Speaker TBD

    Bio coming soon.

    1:00 PM
    Breakout Rooms
    1:15 PM
    Adjournment

Disclaimer:  MIT Startup Exchange can make introductions that ideally provide open ended discussions in order to share mutual interests and potentially create common ground that incite the parties to collaborate. MIT Startup Exchange introductions may eventually lead to mutual partnerships, but that is not in any way guaranteed by MIT, MIT Corporate Relations, MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) or MIT Startup Exchange, which takes no responsibility for these outcomes and no formal part in such discussions following our introduction. MIT Startup Exchange and its activities and events are not for purposes of soliciting investment or offering securities.