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Hitchhiker's Guide to Boston Tech - NextView Ventures
1. Everything you need to
navigate the local web &
mobile startup community.!
Explore the full, interactive
hitchhiker’s guide at
BostonTechGuide.com.!
2. About the Authors!
Rob Go!
Founding Partner!
NextView Ventures!
@robgo!
robgo.org!
Jay Acunzo!
Director, Platform!
NextView Ventures!
@Jay_zo!
sorryformarketing.com!
Keith Frankel!
Chapter Head!
CreativeMornings!
@theKeithF!
creativemornings.com!
Ariel Simon!
Senior Designer!
SapientNitro!
@arielsimonsays!
arielsimon.com!
3. About NextView Ventures!
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech is supported by NextView Ventures,
Boston’s leading seed-stage investor in B2C and B2B web and mobile startups. We
aim to be a great one-product company (a highly engaged seed investment) and
exist for a single purpose: Help founders give their companies the best possible
start.!
ViewFromSeed.com | NextViewVentures.com | @NextViewVC!
Boston, MA
4. Boston today
is home to a
thriving web &
mobile startup
ecosystem.!
5. But if we’re
being honest,
it’s been a bit
of a crazy
rollercoaster.!
6. But if we’re
being honest,
it’s been a bit
of a crazy
rollercoaster.!
(Yup, we totally get it.)
7. The area once
boasted a
nationally
known startup
ecosystem:!
8. The area once
boasted a
nationally
known startup
ecosystem:!
Route 128.
9. The area once
boasted a
nationally
known startup
ecosystem:!
Route 128.
10. The area once
boasted a
nationally
known startup
ecosystem:!
Route 128.
Better known as “America’s
Technology Highway.”
24. But finally,
more recently,
Boston tech
has quickly
grown again.!
(Ahem - I said “quickly.”)
25. But finally,
more recently,
Boston tech
has quickly
grown again.!
(Ahem - I said “quickly.”)
26. But finally,
more recently,
Boston tech
has quickly
grown again.!
(Ahem - I said “quickly.”)
(That’s better.)
27. For years now, Massachusetts has
ranked behind only California for
Most Venture
Capital Invested!
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
28. For years now, Massachusetts has
ranked behind only California for
Most Venture
Capital Invested!
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
1!
$14.7B!
29. For years now, Massachusetts has
ranked behind only California for
Most Venture
Capital Invested!
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
1!
2!
$14.7B!
$3.1B!
30. For years now, Massachusetts has
ranked behind only California for
Most Venture
Capital Invested!
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
1!
2!
3!
$14.7B!
$3.1B!
$2.85B!
32. While the
intellectual
power has
always been
staggering…!
(schools like Harvard, MIT, and
70+ other higher-ed institutions
make this the academic capital of
the world, which includes $1.5B
in annual R&D spend)
33. …startups & VCs are now launching
or moving Downtown, not to 128.!
via Techscene.at/Boston
34. But with so
much to know
and do, we
needed a way
to navigate it.!
35. But with so
much to know
and do, we
needed a way
to navigate it.!
Like a guide.
36. But with so
much to know
and do, we
needed a way
to navigate it.!
Like a guide.
For getting around.
37. But with so
much to know
and do, we
needed a way
to navigate it.!
Like a guide.
For getting around.
Or maybe hiking?
38. But with so
much to know
and do, we
needed a way
to navigate it.!
Like a guide.
For getting around.
Or maybe hiking?
Yeah, hiking. Hitchhiking.
39. But with so
much to know
and do, we
needed a way
to navigate it.!
Like a guide.
For getting around.
Or maybe hiking?
Yeah, hiking. Hitchhiking.
Enough with the
buildup. We get it.