Security & Resiliency Traction Program
Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.
Founders travel to a mandatory Program Kick-Off in Boston in September and a mandatory Program Midpoint in Dallas in October, with an optional Dual-Use Symposium in Boston in November; MassChallenge doesn't reimburse any of this travel. Over the 10 weeks, founders work toward three outcomes -- go-to-market readiness through direct engagement with enterprise decision-makers, a defensible strategy g…
The program backs founders building autonomous and intelligent systems, energy and resilience infrastructure, connectivity and cyber infrastructure, bio and biomanufacturing, and space and frontier platforms, plus an open topic for other cross-cutting security and resilience technologies. It is aimed at category-defining founders from Pre-Seed through Series A+, whether pre-revenue or already generating revenue.
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