new england venture capital association: 2014 in review
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2014 in Review
On behalf of 80+ VC firms
in New England, we:
Celebrate deals, exits, and rising stars
Connect VCs and entrepreneurs
Engage students in our portfolio companies
Advocate for policies that unleash innovation
Here are a few
highlights from 2014…
Celebrate deals, exits, and rising stars
The 2nd annual NEVY Awards
brought together over 700 of
Boston's leading tech and
healthcare innovators for a night of
celebration unlike anything else in
town. In true rock star fashion, we
celebrated the rising stars and living
legends who are building game
changing companies.
Save the date for the next NEVY
Awards: May 13th at the House of
Blues!
Connect VCs and entrepreneursUnpitch has become a symbol of the
Boston startup community’s
permeability. Investors provide
lunch and mentorship to
entrepreneurs from as far away as
Seattle in a no-pressure approach
that has begun to catch on nationally.
Our signature parties, such as the
Last Gasp of Summer on the rooftop
at Commonwealth, bring together
curated crowds of entrepreneurs
and investors to talk shop over craft
cocktails and seasonal snacks.
Engage students in our portfolio companies
We’ve launched www.hireMAstudents.com,
a one-stop shop for startups looking to
hire interns or recent graduates from the
incredible crop of colleges and universities
right in our backyard.
Meet Sarah Sherburne, our third full-time
staff member, whose mission it is to drive
hundreds of students into internships in
the startup community and more lastingly
integrate those interns into the ecosystem.
Advocate for policies that unleash innovation
In just 90 days’ time, we
conducted a major awareness-
raising campaign that forced
noncompete reform to the
forefront of the most recent
legislative session. Believing
that noncompetes push talent
out of the state and slow
innovation, we’re gearing up to
kick off another campaign
aimed at banning noncompete
agreements in Massachusetts
during the 2015-2016 session.
Our Board of DirectorsSteve Kraus, Bessemer (President)
Ben Auspitz, Fidelity Biosciences
David Beisel, NextView
Kevin Bitterman, Polaris
Sean Dalton, Highland
Michelle Dipp, Ovascience
Neil Exter, Third Rock (Treasurer)
Dayna Grayson, NEA
Maia Heymann, CommonAngels
Bob Hower, G20
Eric Paley, Founder Collective
Andy Palmer, Tamr
Tim Rowe, New Atlantic Ventures/CIC
Ellen Rubin, ClearSky Data
Mike Troiano, Actifio
Ascent Venture Partners
Ampersand Capital Partners*
Atlas Venture
Battery Ventures
Bessemer Venture Partners*
Boston Millennia Partners*
Boston Seed Capital
Braemar Energy Ventures
Breakaway Ventures
Broadview Ventures*
CME Group
Charles River Ventures, LLC
Clarus Ventures, LLC*
CommonAngels
Commonwealth Capital
Ventures
Connecticut Innovation*
Cue Ball Capital
Dace Ventures
Edison Management
Corporation*
Ericsson Strategic
Investment
Excel Medical Ventures*
Fairhaven Capital
Fidelity Bioscience*
Flagship Ventures*
Fletcher Spaght Ventures*
Flybridge Capital Partners*
Foundation Medical
Founder Collective
G20 Ventures
General Catalyst
Globespan Capital Partners
GrandBanks Capital
Gurnet Point Capital
Highland Capital Partners*
HLM Venture Partners*
J&J Dev. Corp.
Our Member Firms (1 of 2)
Kepha Partners
LaunchCapital, LLC
LaunchAngels
Leerink Swan
Lighthouse Capital Partners
Long River Ventures*
Longwood Fund
Longworth Venture Partners
MassVentures*
Matrix Partners
MPM Capital, LP*
NAV Fund*
NEA
NextView Ventures
North Bridge Venture
Partners*
Norwich Ventures*
Novartis Venture Fund*
Orion Healthcare Equity
Partners*
Polaris Venture Partners*
Point Judith Capital*
Portugal Ventures
Progress Ventures
Saturn Asset
Schooner Capital
Sigma Prime Ventures
SoftBank Capital
Spark Capital
SR One
Summit Partners*
SV Life Sciences Advisors
LLC*
Third Rock Ventures LLC*
Venrock*
Verizon Ventures
Vermont Technologies*
Volition Capital LLC*
Weston Presidio
Our Member Firms (2 of 2)
2014 by the Numbers:o Hosted or co-hosted 17 events, interacting with over
10,000 VCs, entrepreneurs, and community
members in the Boston area.
o Gained 514 supporters in our fight for noncompete
reform in Massachusetts.
o Saw over 4,000 unique visits to hireMAstudents.com
since our October launch.
o Collaborated with over 10 local organizations
including MassTLC, TUGG, BUILD, Techstars,
FWD.us, and NIH.
o Added 1,000 Twitter followers for a total of 2,600.
o Sent over 50 newsletters, invitations, or updates to
our membership.
And we couldn’t do any of it without:
