Vinit Nijhawan, Managing Director of MassVentures. Vinit is a strategic visionary who has conceived and built technology organizations acquired by industry giants like Boeing, Motorola, and Qualcomm. With experience spanning various sectors, including healthcare, biopharma, and medical devices, Vinit has pivoted his career to helping other entrepreneurs, particularly those in academia. As the managing director of MassVentures, the Commonwealth’s venture organization, Vinit is applying his success in launching venture-backed spinouts to benefit all of Massachusetts. MassVentures is more than just a venture capital firm; it’s a venture studio focusing on academic spinouts and building diverse teams that convert research and early-stage ideas into companies serving underserved areas in the Commonwealth.