This document provides an overview of Vermont's innovation economy and resources for entrepreneurs in Burlington and the surrounding areas. It highlights several successful companies that originated in Burlington like Keurig Green Mountain Coffee, Dealer.com, Ben & Jerry's, and Burton. It also lists capital sources, co-working spaces, meetup groups, service providers, colleges, and web development firms that support the local startup ecosystem.

1. Roadmap Through
Vermont’s Innovation Economy

2. Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene
• Market Success Stories
• Local Resources

3. Burlington Accolades

4. Burlington Accolades

5. Burlington Accolades

6. Burlington Accolades

7. BTV & VT Quality of Life Accolades

8. Vermont – Lifestyle

9. Vermont – Farm to Plate Cuisine

10. Infrastructure– New England’s Gigabit
City

11. Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene
• Market Success Stories
• Local Resources

12. Keurig Green Mountain Coffee
• NASDAQ: GMCR IPO 1993
• Acquired Keurig 2006
• Acquired by JAB for $14Bn in 2016

13. BTV – Dealer.com
• Acquired by DealerTrack
(NASDAQ: TRAK) in 2013
• Then acquired by Cox
Automotive in 2015

14. BTV – IDX (GE Healthcare)
• IDX acquired by
GE Healthcare in
2005 for $1.2Bn

15. BTV – Ben & Jerry’s
• Founded in 1978
• Intrastate public offering 1984
• Acquired by Unilever in 2000
for $326MM

16. BTV – Burton
• Founded in 1977
• ~800 employees
• Remains Privately
Held

17. BTV – Seventh Generation
• $300MM in annual revenue
• Raised $30MM to make
strategic acquisitions via SG
Ventures
• Acquired by Unilever in 2016

18. BTV – My Web Grocer
• Founded in 1999
• Raised growth equity
round from HGGC in
2013
• Acquired by Mi9 in
2018

19. Growth companies to Watch
• Mamava
• Logic Supply
• Native Energy
• All Earth Renewables
• DealerPolicy
• Greensea Systems
• ImageRelay
• SunCommon
• BioTek
• Caledonia Spirits
• Ogee
• Social Sentinel
• Faraday
• ThinkMD

20. Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene
• Market Success Stories
• Local Resources

21. Organizations, Conferences &
Meetups…
• LaunchVT
• VT Technology Alliance
• Peak Pitch
• Road Pitch
• Renewable Energy Vermont
• Farm 2 Plate
• Vermont Tech Jam
• VBSR Conference
• Generator Makerspace
• Invention2Venture
• Champlain Maker Faire
• BurlingtonCode
• GirlDevelopIt

22. ...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

23. Capital & Investors
• FreshTracks Capital
• Vermont Seed Capital Fund
• North Country Angels
• Flexible Capital Fund
• Community Capital of VT
• LaunchVT
• VEDA
• VT EPSCOR
• VCLF
• Closed Loop Capital

24. Co-Working Spaces
• Office Squared – BTV
• Hula - BTV
• BRIC - Springfield
• Karma Birdhouse – BTV
• Study Hall Collective – BTV
• Laboratory B - BTV
• The Generator MakerSpace – BTV
• VCET – BTV & Middlebury
• Local 64 – Montpelier
• Incubator Without Walls – Lyndon
• Lightning Jar – Bennington
• Excelerate Essex – Essex Jct.

25. Service Providers
• Gallagher Flynn & Co. – Accountants
• Davis & Hodgdon - Accountants
• Reconciled - Bookkeeping
• Dinse Knapp & McAndrew – Lawyers
• Moulton Law Group - Lawyers
• Merritt & Merritt – Lawyers
• Gravel & Shea - Lawyers
• Downs, Rachlin & Martin - Lawyers
• Hickok & Boardman – Insurance

26. Service Providers – Consulting &
Tech
• Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center
• VT Sustainable Jobs Fund
• Peer-to-Peer Collaborative
• VT Agency of Commerce
• Green Mountain Insight
• VT SBDC
• Champlain Valley SCORE

27. 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

28. 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
• Symbiotic Labs
• Daft Labs

29. Online Resources &
News
• VT Digger
• VT Business Magazine
• Free Press Media - Innovate
• Seven Days – TechJam
• VT Public Radio
• VT Technology Alliance
• VCET Podcast
• FreshTracks Capital – Facebook