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MassChallenge co-founders John Harthorne and Akhil Nigam were working as strategy consultants at [[Bain & Company]] during the [[2008 financial crisis]] when they developed MassChallenge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/21/masschallenges-john-harthorne-explains-how-startups-can-fix-the-world/|title=MassChallenge’s John Harthorne Explains How Startups Can Fix The World|website=TechCrunch|date=21 January 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref> MassChallenge secured early support from successful entrepreneurs like [[Gururaj Deshpande|Desh Deshpande]] and Joe Fallon, the public sector including [[Thomas Menino]] the then-[[Mayor of Boston]] and [[the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]], and large organizations like [[Blackstone Group|The Blackstone Charitable Foundation]] and [[Microsoft]]. |
MassChallenge co-founders John Harthorne and Akhil Nigam were working as strategy consultants at [[Bain & Company]] during the [[2008 financial crisis]] when they developed MassChallenge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/21/masschallenges-john-harthorne-explains-how-startups-can-fix-the-world/|title=MassChallenge’s John Harthorne Explains How Startups Can Fix The World|website=TechCrunch|date=21 January 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref> MassChallenge secured early support from successful entrepreneurs like [[Gururaj Deshpande|Desh Deshpande]] and Joe Fallon, the public sector including [[Thomas Menino]] the then-[[Mayor of Boston]] and [[the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]], and large organizations like [[Blackstone Group|The Blackstone Charitable Foundation]] and [[Microsoft]]. |
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During its first Boston-based cohort in 2010, MassChallenge accelerated 111 [[Startup company|startups]].<ref name=”Kirsner 5-11″>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2011/05/masschallenge_start-up_competi_1.html|title=MassChallenge start-up competition picks 125 finalists for 2011|last=Kirsner|first=Scott|date=24 May 2011|accessdate=12 November 2012|publisher=Boston.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005180044/http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2011/05/masschallenge_start-up_competi_1.html |archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> |
During its first Boston-based cohort in 2010, MassChallenge accelerated 111 [[Startup company|startups]].<ref name=”Kirsner 5-11″>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2011/05/masschallenge_start-up_competi_1.html|title=MassChallenge start-up competition picks 125 finalists for 2011|last=Kirsner|first=Scott|date=24 May 2011|accessdate=12 November 2012|publisher=Boston.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005180044/http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2011/05/masschallenge_start-up_competi_1.html |archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 31 October 2025
MassChallenge is a global, zero-equity startup accelerator, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2009.[citation needed] As of 2025, MassChallenge operates zero-equity accelerators and offers corporate innovation/challenge programs[1] in multiple regions. Its ‘All Programs’ overview lists both early-stage accelerators (with no equity taken) and competitions / challenges run in partnership with corporations.
MassChallenge is headquartered in Boston’s Seaport District in the MassMutual Building, and has additional U.S. locations in Texas, as well international locations in Israel and Switzerland.[2]
MassChallenge co-founders John Harthorne and Akhil Nigam were working as strategy consultants at Bain & Company during the 2008 financial crisis when they developed MassChallenge.[3] MassChallenge secured early support from successful entrepreneurs like Desh Deshpande and Joe Fallon, the public sector including Thomas Menino the then-Mayor of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and large organizations like The Blackstone Charitable Foundation and Microsoft.
During its first Boston-based cohort in 2010, MassChallenge accelerated 111 startups.[4]
