Kosta Ligris

Entrepreneur | Investor | Attorney | Problem Solver | Educator | Consiglieri | Coach | Builder | Umpire 🇺🇸 XEIR - Senior Lecturer @ MIT

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 4 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
2015
The Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, New England’s fastest growing bar association, includes over 3000 lawyer members and non-lawyer Associates sharing a 150-year tradition of professionalism and excellence advancing the practice of real estate law. Our members represent lenders, buyers, sellers, owners, landlords and tenants in every real estate practice area and specialty including resolving title issues and title insurance, commercial leasing, transactional matters for both residential and commercial property, affordable housing, environmental, zoning, permitting and land use, alternative dispute resolution and litigation. REBA is committed to keeping members current on case law developments and state and federal legislation. Responding to member concerns, REBA supports, opposes and initiates legislation on Beacon Hill. REBA is the only bar association monitoring, addressing and seeking to eliminate the unauthorized practice of law in Massachusetts.
Investor
Nov 2014
Trumpit is the FUN photo messenger that literally takes photo messaging to another level. Trumpit allows you to snap a photo and share it with a group of friends ABOVE THEIR LOCKSCREEN. How does Trumpit work? ♠ Trumpit allows you to snap a photo, filter it and send it directly to your friends'​ phones. ♠ Their phones will immediately light up (without them ever touching them) and your picture will appear ABOVE their lockscreen. This guarantees your friends will Instantly see your photos. ♠ Your friends can then quickly reply or "Love"​ your photo all from ABOVE their lockscreen. ♠ Once they are done they simply peel away the photo to get into their phone. You have to try Trumpit to actually believe it! Please email us at feedback@Trump.it We'd love to hear from you!
Experience · 12 entries
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2024
Managing Director
Mar 2024
RoyStark is a business, technology, and security consulting firm that partners with companies across fintech, real estate, mortgage, travel, entertainment, and consumer products and services. Our network of experienced executives, founders, and domain experts deliver practical, high-impact solutions to help companies grow, evolve, and succeed. We support early-stage startups with go-to-market strategy, capital raising, team building, and execution. As active investors, we also make direct and syndicated investments in promising ventures. Whether it’s scaling operations or getting investor-ready, we meet founders where they are. In today’s threat landscape, we specialize in cybersecurity and risk management for industries where trust and compliance are critical—including law firms, title and escrow companies, mortgage lenders and servicers, and professional services. From emerging startups to enterprise environments, we help organizations secure sensitive data, ensure business continuity, and meet demanding regulatory requirements. Our services include managed security, incident response, penetration testing, compliance readiness (SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA, GLBA), and virtual CISO support. We provide technical depth with business context, helping leaders make confident, security-first decisions. RoyStark blends strategic guidance with hands-on delivery across business, technology, and security. Whether building systems, products, or teams—our goal is the same: We’re in the business of building futures.
2019
ACES Title Agency
Co-Founder, Advisor & Chairman
Jun 2019
Stavvy
Cofounder
Jun 2019
Stavvy
Cofounder
Jun 2019
2018
Escrow Mint
Cofounder
Jan 2018
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