The Blueprint Showcase

Mentors & Judges

• Adam Jones

  Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

• Alex Grant

  Foray Bio

• Alex Gruzen

  Former CEO, Partner, Corsa Ventures

• Andrew Inglis

  MIT Proto Ventures

• Andrew McMahon

  Ridgeline VC

• Andrew Takacs

  Director of Partnerships, The Engine

• Aneesha Gharpurey

  Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

• Annette Mulee

  Retired Attorney

• Arne Scheu

  Valink Therapeutics

• Beshoy Sidrak

  LoVC

• Christina Belsito

  Fourth Power

• Christina Chang

  Executive in Residence

  Christina Chang Christina Chang has deployed hundreds of millions into climate tech, most recently as a Partner at Lowercarbon Capital. Previously, she architected moonshot R&D programs as a Fellow at ARPA-E. She started out as a founder and inventor in steel, catalysis, and solar. Christina holds a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard, an MPhil in Chemistry from Cambridge, an MSc in Sustainable Energy from Imperial, and an AB in Chemistry from Princeton. As an Executive in Residence, she works with Tough Tech founders on technoeconomic milestone setting, board dynamics, company narrative, and capital strategy.

• Emily Lindberg

  Undeterred Capital

• Eric Stern

  Breakthrough Energy

• Felicity Meyer

  BoxOne Ventures

• Hemai Parthasarathy

  Executive in Residence, The Engine

• Jeff Knox

  Innospark VC

• John Sears

  Anzu Partners

• Jolyon Martin

  Biotech Founder | Bus Dev Executive | Board Member

• Jon Kiel

  Senior Manager Venture & Startup Ecosystem Development, The Builder Platform

  Jon Kiel Jon Kiel is the Senior Manager of Venture & Startup Ecosystem Development for The Builder Platform at The Engine, where he works with the 21 National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines to support hard-tech innovation from concept to commercialization. He has raised venture capital, secured government grants, cofounded Tough Tech companies, and advised founders through university programs, technology transfer offices, Activate, and venture capital firms. Jon holds a BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University and Michigan State University, respectively.

• Kelly Caviglia

  Mercury

• Ken Zolot

  MIT

• Kristina Fontanez

  Founder, Investor, VU Venture Partners

• Lakshana Huddar

  Sparta Group LLC

• Lauren Hartle

  Azolla Ventures

• Liz Sisson

  Director of Operations & Startup Success

• Mark Martin

  Cybernetix Ventures

• Mark Michael

  Startup Consultant

• Mike Fuerstman

  Rhapsody VC

• Nadir Ait-Laoussine

  Nomadic Foundry

• Patrick Hunt

  New Industry VC

• Rana Gupta

  MIT Deshpande Center

• Rathi Srinivas

  Codeshift

• Renuka Babu

  DOTS

• Robert Ashcraft

  Samsung Ventures

• Robert Suarez

  Reuseful

• Sebastian Barriga

  Milemark Capital

• Ser-Chen Fu

  Pacific 8 Ventures

• Sylvia Smullin

  Figured Eight Consulting

• Thomas Collet

  Independent

• Uma Sundaram Kaundinya

  Prime Row Ventures & Stanford Angel Network