Entrepreneur & Technologist

Marcel Bartumeu Ramentol

Building decision intelligence tools that let governments see the consequences of a policy before they enact it.

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About

A little about me

Marcel Bartumeu Ramentol is an entrepreneur, technologist, and builder. He works across companies, physical products, software, and decision-making systems for governments. What ties it all together is a fascination with how people and institutions make decisions, and how better tools can change the outcomes.

Originally from Andorra, he founded his first company, Mevot, an electric longboard startup, at 15 and grew it to six figures in annual revenue before exiting at 19. Along the way he built electric cars, 3D-printed hardware, and games from scratch. Today he is completing a BSBA at Babson College alongside a Certificate in Engineering at Olin College, and serves as President of eTower, Babson's entrepreneurial residential community.

His current focus is decision intelligence. As a researcher in MIT Media Lab's City Science group, he is building Spectre, a platform that lets governments simulate the consequences of a policy before enacting it, with a live deployment modeling his home country of Andorra.

Before building companies, he competed as an elite alpine skier for Andorra's national team until 18, and that discipline still shapes how he works. He speaks five languages and cares most about building tools that help people make better decisions at scale.

  • Founder, Mevot
  • MIT Media Lab
  • Babson BSBA · Olin Engineering
  • President, eTower
  • Former National Ski Team
  • 5 Languages

Story

  1. A young Marcel presenting to a crowd at an MIT research event
    10

    Age 10

    Helped develop TerMITes, a platform for an MIT research group to deploy sensors in school classrooms and better understand how kids interacted with their environment.

  2. A 3D printer mid-print
    12

    Age 12

    Bought his first 3D printer and started making physical projects, including a climbing device that used electromagnets, chasing a childhood dream of becoming Spider-Man.

  3. Marcel soldering a battery pack
    13

    Age 13

    • Built his first radio-controlled boats, cars, and planes from scratch.
    • Built an automated device to take care of his laundry.
  4. The electric racing kart Marcel built from scratch
    14

    Age 14

    • During COVID, he and his brother 3D-printed masks for the local community during a shortage of protective equipment. The project was covered in Diari d'Andorra.
    • Built his first electric car in his basement, designing and soldering the chassis from scratch.
    • Developed his first 3D game in Unity, Space Cleaner, and started commercializing it on the App Store.
  5. Marcel building an electric skateboard deck in the workshop
    15

    Age 15

    • Created the first version of his electric skateboard.
    • Launched his electric skateboard company, Mevot.
    • Moved to the US alone to pursue his dream of building with the best in the world, finishing high school at an elite ski-racing boarding school.
  6. Marcel racing alpine skiing for Andorra
    16

    Age 16

    • Joined the Andorran national ski team.
    • Continued building Mevot while competing.
  7. Refined production render of the Mevot electric longboard
    17

    Age 17

    • Started outsourcing manufacturing for Mevot.
    • Built an improved racing version of the electric car, with over 15 hp at under 30 kg.
  8. Marcel at eTower, Babson's entrepreneurial residential community
    18

    Age 18

    • Joined the eTower Spring 2024 cohort.
    • Helped on the backend of a clothing brand doing over seven figures in ARR.
  9. Interactive city model at MIT Media Lab's City Science group
    19

    Age 19

    • Exited Mevot.
    • Started a product creation agency.
    • Became a student researcher at MIT and started working at the MIT Media Lab.
    • Began building Andorra Clone, Spectre, and related decision intelligence tools for governments.

Selected Work

Projects

Marcel presenting Spectre's Andorra terrain model to officials 01

Spectre

A decision intelligence platform that lets governments simulate the consequences of a policy before enacting it, with a live deployment modeling Andorra.

  • MIT Media Lab
  • Policy Simulation
  • GovTech

Active · City Science Group

Mevot workshop 02

Mevot

An electric longboard company founded at 15, scaled to six figures in annual revenue, and exited at 19.

  • Hardware
  • E-Mobility
  • Founder & CEO

Founded age 15 · Exited age 19

City Science Summit, Andorra 03

TerMITes

A sensor platform built for an MIT research group to study how children interact with their classroom environment.

  • MIT Media Lab
  • IoT
  • Sensors

Age 10

Marcel on a product photoshoot in the studio 04

Product Studio

An independent product-creation studio, including backend engineering for an apparel brand doing seven figures in ARR.

  • Product
  • Engineering
  • Consulting

Age 19

05

The Andorra Scenario Engine

A first-author paper introducing a transparent, data-grounded framework that projects four national development pathways for Andorra to 2049. It derives population from GDP growth to give governments an auditable decision-support tool.

  • MIT Media Lab
  • Policy Simulation
  • Research

Submitted · Urban Science (2026)

06

Behaviorally Grounded Synthetic Populations

A first-author paper on a household-grounded, network-first pipeline that generates 90,000 behaviorally grounded synthetic agents of Andorra. It forms the behavioral layer of the scenario engine, built with LLMs and knowledge graphs.

  • Agent-Based Modeling
  • LLMs
  • Research

Working paper · 2026

Contact

Get in touch

I'm always happy to talk, whether it's about research, building things, or just to say hello.

marcelbr@mit.edu