What Makes Boston’s Start-up Scene Special?

Fall 2013

Ingredients for a Vibrant Start-up Ecosystem

• Intellectual Capital – academia, innovation, diverse industries and ideas

• Venture Capital• Advisors, Angels, Accelerators• Successful Companies – to partner, poach

and/ or sell to

Historical Leadership

America’s Technology Highway

MIT – Factory of Innovation

33,600 companies, 300 each year, employ 3.3 million people, generate sales of $ 2 trillion, 300 = patents each year.

Akamai RaytheonHp invent iRobotIntel DropboxBoseGillette

Harvard – The Business – Side Partner

Staples YelpVERTEX RENTHERUNWAYTERADYNE facebookSamuel Adams UpromiseGILT

Other Colleges and Universities

4 colleges and univeristies in Boston-area, 265, 000 students, 8 research universities pump $ 7 billion into economu, spending $ 1.5 billion on R&D yearl, 24 patents, 280 commercial licenses, and 41 start-up companies.

Innovation Leadership: Patents

Innovation Leadership #1 NIH Funding

Innovation Economy Is Densely Concentrated

Geographic Clusters Benefits of High Concentration

Boston’s Innovation District

Kendal Square – “ Highest Density Cluster of Innovation on the Planet”

Next Up: Harvard - Allston

Venture Capital: Regional Comparison

Venture Capital Per Capita

Boston’s Energy Sector

• Digital Lumens• New England Clean Energy Council• Enernoc• MIT Clean Energy Entreprenurship Prize

Micro Clusters

Close to NYC: A Huge Plus

Boston- Based Liquidity in last 2 month: IPOs

Boston- Based Liquidity in Last 24 Months: M%A

Emerging Platform Companies Market Capitalization

Expansion of Major Tech Companies

• IBM• Disney Research Science and Play• Ebay• Cisco Systems• Microsoft• Google• Amazon.com

Start-up Resources

Investors and Entrepreneurs to Follow

Harvard Start-up Resources

Conclusion: Boston Ranked #1 City of Global Innovation Economy