This document summarizes the activities of a New England VC association in 2013. It hosted or co-sponsored 27 events that engaged over 3,000 people. Key events included a breakfast with Sheryl Sandberg that sparked discussions around women in tech, inaugural startup awards, and recruiting guides and internship opportunities for students. The organization collaborated with other local groups and added social media followers. It has over 90 member VC firms in New England and is planning more events for 2014.

1. 2013: The Year
in Review

2. 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…

3. Promoting the Ecosystem

4. Promoting the Ecosystem
Breakfast with Sheryl Sandberg
o Sellout event with 500 VCs, entrepreneurs, and community members
o 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

5. 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 year
o Deal of the Year, Exit of the Year, Rising Star Entrepreneur and other awards were
presented to both healthcare and technology leaders

6. Promoting the Ecosystem
Mayoral 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

7. Building Community

8. Building Community
Unpitch
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

9. Building Community
Coffee 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

10. 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

11. Engaging Students

12. 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

13. Engaging Students
Greenhorn Summit
o Sponsored Greenhorn Summit for the 2nd year in a row
o Brought together over 100 students from Boston-area schools for a day of
learning about startup career paths and networking with local startup leaders

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 2013 Board of Directors
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Stephen Kraus, Bessemer Venture Partners (President)
Jamie Goldstein, North Bridge Venture Partners (Chair)
Sean Dalton, Highland Capital Partners (VP of Student + Entrepreneur Initiatives)
Neil Exter, Third Rock Ventures (Treasurer)
Izhar Armony, Charles River Ventures
Ben Auspitz, Fidelity Biosciences
David Beisel, NextView Ventures
Kevin Bitterman, Polaris Partners
Michael Brown, Battery Ventures
Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners
Maia Heymann, Common Angels
Bob Hower, G20 Ventures
James Nahirny, Bain Capital Ventures
Tim Rowe, New Atlantic Ventures/Cambridge Innovation Center
Jo Tango, Kepha Partners
Mike Troiano, Actifio
Gwill York, Lighthouse Capital Partners

17. 2013 Member Firms
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.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
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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
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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.

18. 2013 Sponsors

19. More to come in 2014—keep in touch!