freshtracks roadmap 2015
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Roadmap Through Vermont’s Innovation Economy
Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene• Market Success Stories• Local Resources
Burlington– Great Place to Work & Live
Burlington Accolades
Burlington Accolades
Burlington Accolades
Burlington Accolades
Burlington Accolades
BTV & VT Quality of Life Accolades
Vermont – Lifestyle
Vermont – Farm 2 Plate Cuisine
Infrastructure– New England’s Gigabit City
Regional Assets
Montreal
NYC Boston
Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene• Market Success Stories• Local Resources
BTV – Keurig Green Mountain
• NASDAQ: GMCR• $18Bn Market Cap• 5800 Employees
BTV – Dealer.com
• Acquired by DealerTrack (NASDAQ: TRAK) in 2013
• Then acquired by Cox Automotive in 2015
BTV – IDX (GE Healthcare)
• IDX acquired by GE Healthcare in 2005 for $1.2Bn
BTV – Ben & Jerry’s
• Founded in 1978• Intrastate public offering 1984• Acquired by Unilever in 2000
for $326MM
BTV – Burton
• Founded in 1977• ~800 employees• Remains Privately
Held
BTV – Seventh Generation
• $300MM in annual revenue
• Raised $30MM to make strategic acquisitions via SG Ventures
BTV – My Web Grocer
• 180 employees• Raised growth equity round
from HGGC in 2013
Growth companies to Watch
• Mamava• Logic Supply• Native Energy• All Earth Renewables• Pwnie Express• Horse Collaborative• Greensea Systems
• Yonder• BioTek• SunCommon• Ello• Faraday• Notabli• ThinkMD
Recent Acquisitions
• PKC – Acq. by ShareCare• MicroStrain – Acq. by LORD Corporation• NEHP – Acq. by CPS• Ascension Technologies – Acq. by Roper Industries• EatingWell – Acq. by Meredith Corporation• Woodchuck Hard Cider – Acq. by C&C Group• PureWellness – Acq. by Cerner
Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene• Market Success Stories• Local Resources
Conferences…
• LaunchVT • VT Technology Alliance• Peak Pitch• Road Pitch• Renewable Energy Vermont• Farm 2 Plate• Vermont Tech Jam• HackVT• VBSR Conference • Invent Vermont• Invention2Venture• Champlain Maker Faire
...And Meetups
• LaunchVT Meetups• StartupVT• BTV Social Media Breakfast• Burlington Ruby Conference• Burlington Young Professionals• Green Drinks Burlington & Montpelier• Vermont Young Professionals• Burlington JavaScript• BTV Web Application Group• Girl Develop IT• Startup Grind
Gathering Places - BTV
• New Moon• Maglianero• Farmhouse• Mule Bar• Misery Loves Co. • HotelVT - Juniper• Hen of the Wood• El Cortijo• Skinny Pancake• Handy’s Lunch• Citizen Cider
Gathering Places – Around VT
• Capitol Grounds – Montpelier• Tip Top Café – White River Junction• Tucker Box – White River Junction• Black Cap Coffee – Stowe• 51 Main at the Bridge – Middlebury• Three Penny Taproom – Montpelier• Worthy Burger – South Royalton• Roots the Restaurant - Rutland
Capital & Investors
• FreshTracks Capital• Vermont Seed Capital Fund• North Country Angels• Ty Danco• Flexible Capital Fund • Community Capital of VT• LaunchVT• VEDA• VT EPSCOR• VCLF• Closed Loop Capital
Co-Working Spaces
• Office Squared – BTV • Karma Birdhouse – BTV• Study Hall Collective – BTV • Laboratory B - BTV• The Generator Maker Space – BTV• VCET – BTV & Middlebury• Local 64 – Montpelier• Incubator Without Walls – Lyndon • Lightning Jar – Bennington• Excelerate Essex – Essex Jct.
Service Providers
• Gallagher Flynn & Co. – Accountants• Dinse Knapp & McAndrew - Lawyers• Merritt, Merritt & Moulton – Lawyers• Gravel & Shea - Lawyers• Downs, Rachlin & Martin - Lawyers• Hickok & Boardman – Insurance• V/T Commercial – Real Estate• Pomerleau – Real Estate• Nedde – Real Estate• ReArch – Real Estate• REM – Real Estate• Redstone – Real Estate• Donahue & Assoc. – Real Estate
Service Providers – Consulting & Tech
• Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center• VT Sustainable Jobs Fund• Peer-to-Peer Collaborative• VT Agency of Commerce• Fieldstone Capital Partners• Green Mountain Insight• NeuEon • VT SBDC• Champlain Valley SCORE
College & University Resources
• Champlain College – BYOBiz• UVM Business School• Norwich University – NUARI• Midd. – Social Entrepreneurship • UVM – OTC• UVM Center for Sustainable Ag• Dartmouth’s DEN• Champlain – Emergent Media• Dartmouth – Tuck School• VT FabLab @ UVM• UVM Instrumentation & Modeling
Entrepreneurial Web Development Firms• Agilion Apps• Bluehouse Group• C2 – Competitive Computing• Green Mountain Software• Gristmill• VT Design Works• Burlington Bytes• Union Street Media• Brandthropology• Propeller Media Works• Eternity Web Development• Alpine Web Media• Tanner Moore Design • Daft Labs
Online Resources & News
• VT Venture Network Calendar• VT Digger• VT Business Magazine• Free Press Media - Innovate• Seven Days – TechJam• VT Public Radio• StartupVT – LinkedIN• VT Technology Alliance – LinkedIN• VCET- LinkedIN• FreshTracks Capital – Facebook • Hatch Vermont
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