2013: The Year in Review

On behalf of 90 VC firms in New England we:

o Promote: Celebrate Boston startups’ success

o Connect: Build community among VCs and entrepreneurs

o Engage: Help students connect with local startups

A few highlights from 2013…

Promoting the Ecosystem

Promoting the Ecosystem Breakfast with Sheryl Sandberg

o Sellout event with 500 VCs, entrepreneurs, and community memberso Sparked a follow-on survey on the pros and cons of fundraising for women, and

generated a highly discussed list of angel and venture-backed women entrepreneurs

o Catalyst for a series of emerging initiatives around making Boston the best city for women in tech

Promoting the Ecosystem

First Annual NEVY Awards

o 500 startup community members gathered for the inaugural NEVY Awards— another sellout—that celebrated the big wins of the last yearo Deal of the Year, Exit of the Year, Rising Star Entrepreneur and other awards were

presented to both healthcare and technology leaders

Promoting the EcosystemMayoral Survey and Event

o Partnered with BostInno to survey Boston’s mayoral candidates on issues of importance to the startup community

o Co-hosted follow up event for 200 innovation community members with John Connolly and Marty Walsh

Building Community

Building CommunityUnpitch

o Co-hosted 70 founders and 30 of Boston’s top investors for the first-ever Unpitch this December, in order to disrupt the model of pay-to-pitch events

o Facilitated network-building for early stage entrepreneurs o Received 375 applications from throughout the U.S. and Canada

Building CommunityCoffee Connect with a VC

o A program for early stage and first-time entrepreneurs, the Coffee Connect series was led by Sravish Sridhar of Kinvey and Rob May of Backupify

o These 7 sellout, myth-busting events tackled topics such as “Bootstrapping vs. Fundraising” and featured guests such as Dave Balter and Rich Levandov

Building Community

Holiday Parties

o VC firms showcased office culture while providing the chance for investors and entrepreneurs to connect

o Parties included Cinco de Mayo at Flybridge, Oktoberfest at Bessemer, and a charity fundraising holiday party at Matrix

Engaging Students

Engaging Students

Campus Recruitment Guide & Internship Hub

o Published two rounds of our Campus Recruitment Guide, a one-stop resource that offers startups relevant recruiting information on 14 Boston-area schools

o Partnered with BostInno to develop an Internship Hub for students to find paid and unpaid internships in startups

Engaging Students

Greenhorn Summit

o Sponsored Greenhorn Summit for the 2nd year in a rowo Brought together over 100 students from Boston-area schools for a day of

learning about startup career paths and networking with local startup leaders

Engaging Students

Boston Tech Treks

o Collaborating with Techmedia Club at Harvard Business School to put together a series of “Tech Treks” designed to introduce students to some of the hottest startups and VC firms in Boston and Cambridge.

2013 by the Numbers:

o Hosted or co-hosted 27 events, interacting with over 3,000 VCs, entrepreneurs, and community members in the Boston area.

o Collaborated with over 10 local organizations including hack/reduce, MassTLC, MITX, MassChallenge, Crashpad, TUGG, The Capital Network, and YouthCITIES.

o Added 1,000 Twitter followers for a total of 1,600.o Sent 80 newsletters, invitations, or updates to our membership.

2013 Board of Directorso Stephen Kraus, Bessemer Venture Partners (President)o Jamie Goldstein, North Bridge Venture Partners (Chair)o Sean Dalton, Highland Capital Partners (VP of Student + Entrepreneur Initiatives)o Neil Exter, Third Rock Ventures (Treasurer)o Izhar Armony, Charles River Ventureso Ben Auspitz, Fidelity Bioscienceso David Beisel, NextView Ventureso Kevin Bitterman, Polaris Partnerso Michael Brown, Battery Ventureso Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners o Maia Heymann, Common Angelso Bob Hower, G20 Ventureso James Nahirny, Bain Capital Ventures o Tim Rowe, New Atlantic Ventures/Cambridge Innovation Centero Jo Tango, Kepha Partnerso Mike Troiano, Actifioo Gwill York, Lighthouse Capital Partners

• .406 Ventures• ATV Capital• Ampersand Capital Partners• Ascent Venture Partners• Atlas Venture**• Bain Capital Ventures• Battery Ventures• Bessemer Venture Partners• Boston Community Capital• Boston Millennia Partners**• Braemar Energy Ventures• Broadview Ventures• Brook Venture Fund II, LP• Charles River Ventures, LLC• Clarus Ventures, LLC**• CommonAngels• Commonwealth Capital Ventures• Connecticut Innovation• Dace Ventures• Edison Management Corporation• Egan-Managed Capital, L.P.• Elm Street Venture Advisors**• Ericsson Strategic Investment• Excel Medical Ventures**• Fairhaven Capital• Fidelity Bioscience**

• Flagship Ventures• Fletcher Spaght Ventures**• Flybridge Capital Partners• Founder Collective• General Catalyst• GE Ventures• Globespan Capital Partners• Gold Hill Capital• Google Ventures**• GrandBanks Capital• Greylock Partners• Highland Capital Partners• HLM Venture Partners**• Kepha Partners• LaunchCapital, LLC• Leerink Swan• Lighthouse Capital Partners**• Long River Ventures• Longworth Venture Partners• MassVentures• Matrix Partners• MPM Capital, LP**• NAV Fund• NextView Ventures• North Bridge Venture Partners• Norwich Ventures

• Novartis Venture Fund*• Orion Healthcare Equity Partners• Oxford Bioscience Partners*• Partners Innovation Fund• Point Judith Capital• Polaris Venture Partners• Russian Venture Company USA, • Sanofi-Genzyme Bioventures**• Saturn Asset• Sigma Prime Ventures• SoftBank Capital• Spark Capital• SR One*• Summit Partners**• SV Life Sciences Advisors LLC*• Third Rock Ventures LLC**• Venrock• Vermont Technologies• Volition Capital LLC• Weston Presidio• Westview Capital

*Denotes Life Science**Denotes Life Science & Tech.

2013 Member Firms

2013 Sponsors

More to come in 2014—keep in touch!