by NavkarUttamchand Jain | Apr 27, 2023 | General, News and Events
Hey folks, here’s our upcoming event on 3rd May.You can register and attend in-person or join the live stream from the below link. Link is also in the bio.Register here: https://forms.gle/gKQPBAEeuU5mN1657Live Stream:...
by william.brah | Dec 18, 2020 | Fundraising, General
The VDC turned 11 in May 2020, but there was no opportunity to celebrate in person as all of our community expect for the biotech and healthcare members were working remotely. I’ve tallied what’s been accomplished. From July 1, 2019 to July 28, 2020, the 110 current...
by william.brah | Aug 12, 2020 | General
Samantha Truex (front, left in the company’s team photo), CEO of Quench Bio, closed a $50M Series A Since opening the Venture Development Center in 2009, I’ve noticed a much larger number of women in the biopharma startup companies launching at the UMass...
by william.brah | Mar 7, 2020 | General, Innovation, Startups
Economic development planners trying to spread the innovation economy beyond Boston wish more entrepreneurs would follow the lead of Julie Bliss Mullen, CEO of water treatment company, Aclarity. Eschewing Boston, unlike most of her peers, the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30...
by william.brah | Jun 18, 2019 | General, Innovation, Startups
Venture backed companies in Massachusetts continue to concentrate along the Boston urban area’s transit lines, upon which half or more of their workers depend. Our research shows that during the last ten years, over 1,158 venture-backed companies have located in...
by william.brah | May 6, 2019 | Fundraising, General, Incubators
The Venture Development Center (VDC) at the University of Massachusetts Boston has supported 102 start-up companies now employing 1,128 people, helped them raise more than $1 billion in investments, and engaged nearly 2,000 students over the 10 years since its...
