Ries McQuillan

VITALIZE Venture Capital is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund and angel community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Startup Boston is your go-to resource for the New England startup community. Our mission is to elevate and celebrate the Boston and New England startup ecosystem by organizing events, brokering access and sharing knowledge. Key events we organize every year: -Startup Boston Week - this is our flagship conference. Its a free, five day event that brings together 6,500+ folks in the startup community and showcases the expertise of 300 speakers across 100+ sessions. -Dealflow Mixer - to attend this event you must request an event. These are held quarterly throughout the year and connect investors to founders. -Cofounder Matching - to attend this event you must request an event. These are also held quarterly throughout the year and great if you (1) have an idea and are looking for a cofounder or (2) dont have an idea but are excited about joining a startup at the ground-floor Additionally, we partner up with incredible organizations to create events year-round for the startup community. You can stay in the loop on whats happening right here: https://www.startupbos.org/events On this page, youll see both events organized by the Startup Boston Team AND what other events are being held throughout the startup community in New England.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

The Founder Institute is the worlds largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, we have helped over 5,000 entrepreneurs get the focus and support needed to build a business that matters. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 90 countries, the Founder Institutes mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.

VITALIZE Venture Capital is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund and angel community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Launchpad Venture Group is a Boston-area angel investing group focused on locally based, early stage companies, primarily in high tech and life sciences. Launchpad is the most active Seed funder in the region having backed over 150 start ups. Launchpad specializes in leading priced equity raises. Launchpad invests approximately $10 million per year and actively syndicates with other Angel Groups and Venture Capitalists. You can learn more at www.launchpadventuregroup.com.