1--Confidential What Makes Boston’s Technology Start-Up Scene Special? Jeff Bussgang General Partner Flybridge Capital Partners
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Nov 21, 2014
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1--Confidential
What Makes Boston’s Technology Start-Up Scene
Special?
Jeff BussgangGeneral Partner
Flybridge Capital Partners
2--Confidential
Intellectual Capital – academia, innovation, diverse industries and ideas
Venture Capital
Advisors, Angels, Accelerators
Successful Companies – to partner, poach and/or sell to
Ingredients for a Vibrant Start-Up Ecosystem
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Historical Leadership
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MIT – Factory of Innovation
33,600 companies, 300
each year, employ 3.3
million people, generate
sales of $2 trillion, 282
patents in 2008
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Harvard – The Business-Side Partner
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Other Colleges and Universities
74 colleges and universities in
Boston-area, 265,000 students, 8 research
universities pump $7 billion into economy, spending
$1.5 billion on
R&D yearly, 264 patents, 280 commercial licenses,
and 41 start-up companies.
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Innovation Leadership: #1 Patents
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Innovation Leadership: #1 NIH Funding
Source: NIH (2008); Center for an Urban Future
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Innovation Economy Is Densely Concentrated
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Geographic Clusters
495 Corridor
128 Corridor
Cambridge/Boston
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Venture Capital in Comparison
California: $14.3B
New York: $1.3B
Boston: $3.0B
Total VC Investment 2008
Source: NVCA 2009 Yearbook
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Venture Capital Per Capita
California: $388/person
New York: $67/person
Boston: $457/person
VC Investment Per Capita 2008
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Boston vs. Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley Boston
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Life Sciences Leadership
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Boston’s Energy Sector
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High Technology MicroClusters:For Example, Strength in Mobile
• Hundreds of iPhone developers in MA• Over 50 VC-backed mobile start-ups• Three 9-figure exits:
• Enpocket, M-Qube, Third Screen• Mobile advertising leaders
• Quattro Wireless, JumpTap
iPhone developers using location API
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Other MicroClusters
RoboticsCloud
Computin
g
Online Video
Gaming
E-
CommerceMarketin
g
Technolo
gy
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Proximity to NYC
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Recent Boston-area IPOs
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Expansion of Major Tech Companies
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Start-up Resources
More resources can be found at: http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2009/10/boston-startup-events-resources-people-you-need-to-know.html
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Conclusion*
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Financing
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Slide has been edited by David Kozhuk of Arctaris Capital Partners*
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