Dipanwita Das is an award-winning technology entrepreneur and the CEO & Co-founder of Sorcero, which she started with the former co-founder and Executive Director of the MIT Media Lab. She has graduated from the leading accelerators for high-growth entrepreneurs, including Plug & Play, Startup Creasphere, and MassChallenge. Das was the founder & CEO of 42 Strategies, managing digital transformation projects for Richard Branson’s Virgin Unite, Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, and Bloomberg Philanthropies. An Atlas Corps Fellow and now a board member, Das designed the Global Leadership Lab, training leaders from 60+ countries. She completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Executive Program for Social Entrepreneurship and earned her M.A. from the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex, and her B.A. from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

Cainon has a background in finance and entrepreneurship. At Boston Consulting Group, he conducted due diligence across the semiconductor, transportation, and medical device industries. At PBM, a $500M healthcare-focused VC firm, he led the due diligence process and worked as an operating partner within portfolio companies. He is also an active angel investor in several MIT startups. In addition, Cainon co-founded University Laundry, which was acquired by a national operator and would be sold to Proctor & Gamble’s marquee Tide brand. He has an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and a BS from the University of Virginia in Systems and Information Engineering.