Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Boston.
General Partner at Matrix
http://www.forEntrepreneurs.com
General Partner at Red Swan Ventures. Previously product at @drop-io + @hot-potato.
http://williampeng.com
General Partner at @charles-river-ventures and Owner, @charles-river-ventures
http://www.izhardakar.wordpress.com
VC at @raptor-ventures and co-founder of @haptic-pixels. past @vaynermedia and wall st. I love code, celtics, and bouldering. 21.
http://www.hapticpixels.com/blog
Flybridge Capital general partner, funded MongoDB
http://www.hazardlights.net
Partner at @atlas-venture
http://www.freddestin.com
Managing Director at Bain Capital
VC at @atlas-venture; Funding team at @angellist. Founded and killed Social Swipe. Retail + SMB in my DNA. Reformed banker and @middlebury-college grad.
@polarisvc managing general partner, ex-operating exec & entrepreneur @ Lotus, Rational, Calico.
http://www.davebarrett4.com
Co-founder/Partner at @nextview-ventures (seed fund). Previously founding team at @linkedin, early @paypal employee.
http://www.agilevc.com
Sigma Partners & JEGI Capital (Partner), @webline-communications (Cisco), Stream International, IBM / DNB, Harvard MBA
Founded 6 companies. Experience from seed to billion dollar IPO. Partner at North Bridge. Obsessively looking for the next big thing!
http://ricfulop.com
Founder @general-catalyst-partners • Studied at @norwich-university
Former entrepreneur (Upromise cofounder, Open Market VP) turned VC at Flybridge Capital. Serve as EIR at @harvard-business-school and authored a book "Mastering the VC Game".
http://www.bostonvcblog.typepad.com
Frmly CEO Thomson Financial, founder CCBN; VC at Grandbanks and investor in @streetwise-media
GP at @atlas-venture; founder of TUGG; advocate of uncertainty...
venture capitalist, dad, husband, music lover, optimist
http://www.bijansabet.com
http://www.bijansabet.com
Investor at General Catalyst. Co-founder at @RoughDraft.vc. Founding team of @getaround and @summer-workation. Invested in @kayak, @hubspot, @bigcommerce, @locu
Managing Partner at @romulus-capital • Worked at @zynga • Founder of Lifeguard
Venture Partner at General Catalyst Partners in SF & Bos. Angel/Seed Investor @ Slow Ventures. First 10 employees at Facebook. Wall Street Journal Columnist.
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
VC @ @fairhaven-capital; Previously global product manager of @microsoft Dynamics CRM; Also worked at @google, Morgan Stanley, NYSE
http://hacktrend.com
Investment team at @google Ventures, product marketing at @google.
Founding Managing Partner at S1 Capital Partners, LLC
General Partner at @north-bridge-venture-partners
Investor in @utest, @ntirety, @harvest-automation, Texterity.
A friend, A venture capitalist (@longworth-venture-partners), A tech aficionado (formerly at Bing.com), An entrepreneur, A foodie, A Canadian.
Founder @coyote-ridge-ventures, @the-hatchery-1 Former: @myenergy (Acq by Nest), @one-block-off-the-grid-1bog (Acq by Pure Energies), @spock (Acq by Intelius). @university-of-pennsylvania grad.
Partner at NEA. Previously investor at North Bridge Venture Partners, Product Designer by background.
http://daynagrayson.com
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs.
@princeton-university graduate.
Investor in @linkedin. Team member of @bessemer-venture-partners.
http://ambarb.posterous.com
Partner/Investor at @charles-river-ventures
EIR at @polaris-partners-1. Formerly Co-Founder & CEO at @spindle (acquired by @twitter) & @microsoft
VC @ @freshtracks-capital. Director at @nehp, Draker & PES. Lead partner on @kohort & @quirky. Formerly with @ebay, @ebates & Nextel. MBA: Tuck @ @dartmouth-college.
http://www.freshtrackscap.com/blogs/posts/Team-Blog
General Catalyst
Principal at Polaris Ventures, and lead dog @dogpatchlabs. Spent 5 years at MSFT, part of Ray Ozzie's exec team in Bos. Split time between Boston and SFO.
http://gusweber.wordpress.com
Early-stage investor in IT infrastructure for web and enterprise. Founder of @amplify-partners. Previously GP @battery-ventures. School @georgetown-university
Managing Director at @rtp-ventures
Atlas Ventures' backer account. We back the best operator angels in Boston doing local deals. Firm account here: https://angel.co/atlas-venture
Worked at @intel-capital • Studied at @duke-university
VC @atlas-venture. Business builder: @vertica, @hp, @f5-networks and others. Sales and marketing in my DNA.
Partner at Kepha Partners
Partner at @sigma-prime-ventures ; Co-founder of @general-catalyst-partners; Founder, Chairman and CEO of @uromed Corporation (IPO in 1994)
General Partner at Early-Stage Technology VC
Principal at @spark-capital
http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/
Partner @lux-capital. Early stage disruptive technology investor. Previously VC @general-catalyst-partners, co-founder @rough-draft-ventures-1, MIT PhD.
http://bilal zuberi.com
Senior Associate at @polaris-partners-1
Venture Investor at the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
Venture Partner at @general-catalyst-partners • Investing in enterprise software, SaaS, open source, data science, and cloud computing • Board member and former CEO @typesafe • Previously at @greylock-partners, @red-hat, @inktomi
http://dff.vc
Venture Associate @dunnhumby Ventures
Board Director at CommonAngels
@bain-capital-ventures. Investing in e-commerce, digital media, consumer net and enterprise. Once a growth guy at Francisco Partners. Harvard BA / @harvard-business-school MBA.
http://www.baincapitalventures.com
Team member of @spark-capital.
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Senior Associate at @data-point-capital - Previously worked at RainDance Technologies, UBS, and Leerink Swann - Darden MBA
Venture capitalist, husband, father of 3, into sports, politics, music, ed-tech, Latin America hiking
http://www.venturingforthblog.com
Partner, Dace Ventures, Investor and Company-Builder in Consumer Marketing and New Media
http://www.nextwavevc.com
Lux Capital
VC at CRV. Frmly WSJ reporter (Pulitzer nominee). Focus on mobile and ad tech. Exits: Quattro, Starent, CCTV, @optasite.
Investor in @logmein, @worldwide-biggies, @expo-communications, @5-1.
VC at Sigma and Sigma Prime. Formerly: Epoch Systems and SQL Solutions. Midas List.
Partner, Founder at @spark-capital
MD,Southboro Capital,5X start-upCXO, 2 IPOs,5exits; Mentor:@techstars, Founders Inst, Long @massachusetts-institute-of-technology affiliation.Ex McKinsey.Connector to large global start-up network
Senior Managing Director at @openview-venture-partners
VP at @bessemer-venture-partners focused on seed and early/growth stage investments in "big data"/analytics/data & cloud infrastructure.
Venture Partner Infinite Ventures
Board member/Investor @good-co Adviser @zypsee Board/Investor @RevolutionWear Board/Investor @Kingfish do Brasil Investor @Black Duck Software 3 patents
Advisor to Drop the Chalk.
Founder @g20-ventures • Worked at @advanced-technology-ventures, @lotus-development-corporation • Studied at @harvard-university
Venture builder. Partner at Kepha. Previously, Bain, Highland, Yale, Harvard. Blog at jtangoVC.com.
Early-stage VC at @406-ventures and techno-geek
Partner at @softbank-capital
Founder @founder-collective
Previously @37signals, @hydeparkangels and buy/build at Constellation Software. Chicago Booth for grad school, originally from Toronto, Canada.
Investor in @buddy-media, Huffington Post, @buzzfeed, Ziplist.
Investor / Entrepreneur / Executive
Managing Director @hyper-ventures
General Partner at @matrix-partners
http://theonda.org/
Hacker and Investor • Invest at @general-catalyst-partners • Worked at @google on Google+ • Applied Math at @stanford-university
http://www.dannycrichton.com/blog/
Investor in @hashable, @rapleaf, @vitrue, @everyscape, @locamoda, @cartera-commerce, @cityvoter.
Investor in @qd-vision, @mformation-technologies, @viridity-software, @fring, @o3b-networks, @actifio, @compass-eos, @plexxi, @soundbite-communication, @arsenal-medical.
Advisor/mentor @ health/tech accelerator Blueprint Health. Ex VC @ Spark Capital. Entrepreneur at Generation Health, sold to CVS. Payor corp finance & strategy.
http://thesignaltonoise.com
http://[email protected]/in/paulmargolis
Co-Founder/Managing Partner @TwinFocus - Co-Founder/President @BridgeBostonCharterSchool
Managing Director at @Beamonte Investments.
Investor in @privalia, @catalytic-software, @mobileaware, @groupalia.
Investor in @celtra-technologies, @bison, @eachscape and @xkoto.
Beamonte Investments | Private Equity | Real Estate | LatAm | US
Veteran entrepreneur & Ceo with successful outcomes at @covergence, @edocs, @virtusa and @checkfree.
http://www.about.me/jimmoran
Founder Rodin Therapeutics • Worked at @atlas-venture, @mckinsey-company • Studied at @wharton-school, @northwestern-university
Investor in @blip-2.tv, @broadsoft, @clovr-media, @bubblemotion, @cquotient, @targetspot, @belair-networks, @myedu, @new-global-telecom.
Partner at @greylock-partners
Kiva Systems Sr Leadership (Product, Market, Ops, Execution Guy), Harvard MBA (network), CS major, former military officer (paratrooper, Prod Mgmt to spec ops)
VC Investor. Venture Developer. Startup Helper. Resource efficiency + distributed systems – energy + enterprise tech. Ever-curious, always learning.
Focus on technology investments and exceptional management teams that are driven to build valuable companies around big ideas.
Worked at @cue-ball-capital
http:///williamrice.org
General Partner at ABS Ventures
Partner, Rockport Capital Partners
Investor in @zipcar, @dotomi, @sundaysky, @5min, @volicon, @bpg-werks, @bpg-motors.
Team member of @sigma-partners.
Investor in @tremor-media, @newsgator, @expotv, @packet-design, @chumby-industries, @centric-software, @scanbuy, @nexaweb-technologies, @aep-networks, @ecount, Tizor...
HLM Venture Partners
Associate at @matrix-partners
Medical technology investing @nbgi-ventures |
Healthcare consulting and innovation management @cambridge-consultants | Computational biology @university-of-cambridge |
Partner, Boston Global Ventures, co-founded MyEnergy (acquired by Nest Labs, 2013)
GP @fairhaven-capital. Investor @celtra-technologies, @countertack
Pixel Computer
Racal Electronics
Gateway Design Automation
Avid Technology
WebLine Communications
Cisco
Greylock
iPhrase
Fairhaven Capital
IT strategist steeped in buy-side and sell-side securities businesses. Partner at @deloitte-consulting; MD and CIO at @credit-suisse • Studied at @oxford-university University
Investor in @energyhub, @woodpellets-com. Team member of @406-ventures.
entrepreneur and investor interested in developing platforms to solve problems
http://mfritz18.com
Strategic venture capital arm of Telefonica Digital based in London, Madrid and Silicon Valley focused on technology investing.
Founder & MD @boston-global-ventures
Venture capitalist with @406-ventures
Team member of @fairhaven-capital.
seed stage VC at @great-oaks-venture-capital
Co-President at Cross Country Group
Investor in @zafgen, @miragen-therapeutics. Team member of @atlas-venture.
Scott Sansovich is an Associate at Cue Ball.
Worked at @rockport-capital • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania
Investor @everyday-health
@foundation-capital @mit-sloan-school MBA, @mckinsey-company. Stints in LatAm, Africa, Asia. Love helping startups expand access to financial services
Worked at @broadcom • Studied at @wharton-school School, University of California, Los Angeles