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 | Jul 30, 2020 | Fundraising, Startups
Will tech talent flee to the suburbs because of the pandemic? Perhaps it will accelerate a trend of a subset of millennials turning their minds to marriage, and moving to areas that offer more space. But there’s not much evidence that the pandemic has changed the...
by william.brah | Aug 7, 2019 | Fundraising, Incubators
(PillPack signing term sheet in May 2015.) In 2019, three of Boston’s earliest startup programs celebrated a significant milestone: ten years of operations and growth in service to the entrepreneur community. From 2009 to 2019, TechStars, MassChallenge and the Venture...
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...
by william.brah | Jun 29, 2017 | Fundraising, Incubators
The one thing almost all startups need and want in their early stages is investment. The 78 companies which joined the VDC since 2009 have raised $561,367,265. This is the list (updated June 29, 2017) of their investors. We’re proud it includes 5 of the top ten...
by william.brah | Apr 4, 2017 | Fundraising, GEIR program
MIT grad Paulo Melo (pictured with UMass Boston honors college students), co-founder of doDOC, received an H-1B visa through the Massachusetts Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program at the University of Massachusetts. doDOC, a software company which participated in...
