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What Makes Boston’s Start-Up
      Scene Special?

          Jeff Bussgang
             General Partner
        Flybridge Capital Partners
                Fall 2012




               1--Confidential
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




                     2--Confidential
Historical Leadership




3--Confidential
MIT – Factory of Innovation




4--Confidential
Harvard – The Business-Side Partner




5--Confidential
Other Colleges and Universities




6--Confidential
Innovation Leadership: #1 Patents




7--Confidential
Innovation Leadership: #1 NIH Funding




Source: NIH (2008); Center for an Urban Future



                                                 8--Confidential
Innovation Economy Is Densely Concentrated




     9--Confidential
Geographic Clusters
                                 Benefits of High Concentration




               128 Corridor



                                              Cambridge/Boston

495 Corridor




                  10--Confidential
Venture Capital: Regional Comparison



                             Total VC Investment 2011


                                                            Massachusetts:
                                                            $2.9B



                                                           New York:
                                                           $2.7B



           California:
           $14.6B



Source: NVCA 2012 Yearbook
                                 11--Confidential
Venture Capital Per Capita



              VC Investment Per Capita 2011

                                                        Massachusetts:
                                                        $446/person



                                                     New York:
                                                     $142/person


California:
$391/person




                      12--Confidential
Life Sciences Leadership




13--Confidential
Boston’s Energy Sector




14--Confidential
High Technology MicroClusters:
                                                     For Example, Strength in Mobile




                                       • Hundreds of iPhone developers in MA
                                       • Over 50 VC-backed mobile start-ups
                                       • Five 9-figure exits:
                                             • Where (PayPal)
                                             • Quattro (Apple)
                                             • Enpocket (Nokia)
                                             • M-Qube (Verisign)
                                             • Third Screen (AOL)
                                       • Other mobile leaders
                                             • Fiksu
                                             • JumpTap
                                             • MocoSpace
                                             • RunKeeper
                                             • SavingStar
iPhone developers using location API
                                             • SessionM
                                             • Skyhook
                                        15--Confidential
Other MicroClusters




Cloud Computing


             Gaming

                                            Marketing
                                              Tech

    Online
    Video

                  16--Confidential
Proximity to NYC: A Huge Plus




17--Confidential
BOSTON–BASED LIQUIDITY IN LAST 18 MONTHS


IPOs (12)                                   M&A >$500M (3)

    $362M
    $178M
    $976M                                        

    $159M                                      $1.1B

    $739M
    $1.3B                                        
    $776M                                      $775M
    $1.3B
    $404M
    $4.75B                                      

    $198M                                     $700M
    $486M
              Market caps as of 10/4/2012
                18--Confidential
Expansion of Major Tech Companies




19--Confidential
Start-up Resources




20--Confidential
Investors and Entrepreneurs to Follow



Investors                  Blog URL                          Twitter
Bijan Sabet / Spark        bijansabet.com                    @bijan
David Skok / Matrix        forentrepreneurs.com              @bostonvc

Rob Go / Next View         robgo.org                         @robgo
Fred Destin / Atlas        freddestin.com                    @fdestin
Scott Maxwell / Openview   blog.openviewpartners.com/autho   @scottsnews
                           r/scott-maxwell
Entrepreneurs              Blog URL                          Twitter
Bill Warner                billwarner.posterous.com          @billwarner
David Cancel               davidcancel.com                   @dcancel
Dharmesh Shah              onstartups.com                    @dharmesh
Rob May                    coconutheadsets.com               @robmay
Wayne Chang                waynechang.com                    @wayne

                                 21--Confidential
Harvard Start-up Resources


   HBS EIRs                     Campus Resources
       2012
  Kent Dauten
  Chuck Davis
Dayna Grayson
 Steve Halmos
  David Hornik
  Terry Kramer
    Eric Paley
   Jules Pieri
    Eric Ries
Diego Rodriguez
 Ray Rothrock
 Cristian Shea
 Steve Sydness
    Tony Tjan
   Lauri Union    NYC STARTUP TREK
  Russ Wilcox
    Gwill York
                      22--Confidential
Conclusion: Boston Ranked #1 City
                   of Global Innovation Economy




                             #1 Boston




                          www.massitsallhere.com
23--Confidential

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Boston startup scene presentation fall 2012

  • 1. What Makes Boston’s Start-Up Scene Special? Jeff Bussgang General Partner Flybridge Capital Partners Fall 2012 1--Confidential
  • 2. 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 2--Confidential
  • 4. MIT – Factory of Innovation 4--Confidential
  • 5. Harvard – The Business-Side Partner 5--Confidential
  • 6. Other Colleges and Universities 6--Confidential
  • 7. Innovation Leadership: #1 Patents 7--Confidential
  • 8. Innovation Leadership: #1 NIH Funding Source: NIH (2008); Center for an Urban Future 8--Confidential
  • 9. Innovation Economy Is Densely Concentrated 9--Confidential
  • 10. Geographic Clusters Benefits of High Concentration 128 Corridor Cambridge/Boston 495 Corridor 10--Confidential
  • 11. Venture Capital: Regional Comparison Total VC Investment 2011 Massachusetts: $2.9B New York: $2.7B California: $14.6B Source: NVCA 2012 Yearbook 11--Confidential
  • 12. Venture Capital Per Capita VC Investment Per Capita 2011 Massachusetts: $446/person New York: $142/person California: $391/person 12--Confidential
  • 15. High Technology MicroClusters: For Example, Strength in Mobile • Hundreds of iPhone developers in MA • Over 50 VC-backed mobile start-ups • Five 9-figure exits: • Where (PayPal) • Quattro (Apple) • Enpocket (Nokia) • M-Qube (Verisign) • Third Screen (AOL) • Other mobile leaders • Fiksu • JumpTap • MocoSpace • RunKeeper • SavingStar iPhone developers using location API • SessionM • Skyhook 15--Confidential
  • 16. Other MicroClusters Cloud Computing Gaming Marketing Tech Online Video 16--Confidential
  • 17. Proximity to NYC: A Huge Plus 17--Confidential
  • 18. BOSTON–BASED LIQUIDITY IN LAST 18 MONTHS IPOs (12) M&A >$500M (3)  $362M  $178M  $976M   $159M $1.1B  $739M  $1.3B   $776M $775M  $1.3B  $404M  $4.75B   $198M $700M  $486M Market caps as of 10/4/2012 18--Confidential
  • 19. Expansion of Major Tech Companies 19--Confidential
  • 21. Investors and Entrepreneurs to Follow Investors Blog URL Twitter Bijan Sabet / Spark bijansabet.com @bijan David Skok / Matrix forentrepreneurs.com @bostonvc Rob Go / Next View robgo.org @robgo Fred Destin / Atlas freddestin.com @fdestin Scott Maxwell / Openview blog.openviewpartners.com/autho @scottsnews r/scott-maxwell Entrepreneurs Blog URL Twitter Bill Warner billwarner.posterous.com @billwarner David Cancel davidcancel.com @dcancel Dharmesh Shah onstartups.com @dharmesh Rob May coconutheadsets.com @robmay Wayne Chang waynechang.com @wayne 21--Confidential
  • 22. Harvard Start-up Resources HBS EIRs Campus Resources 2012 Kent Dauten Chuck Davis Dayna Grayson Steve Halmos David Hornik Terry Kramer Eric Paley Jules Pieri Eric Ries Diego Rodriguez Ray Rothrock Cristian Shea Steve Sydness Tony Tjan Lauri Union NYC STARTUP TREK Russ Wilcox Gwill York 22--Confidential
  • 23. Conclusion: Boston Ranked #1 City of Global Innovation Economy #1 Boston www.massitsallhere.com 23--Confidential

Notas do Editor

  1. Note that when I refer to Boston, I’m really referring to the Boston metro area, which includes all of MA and parts of New England.
  2. MIT, in particular, has been a start-up company factory33,600 companies founded by MIT affiliates; 25,800 are currently activeEmploy 3.3M people and generate $2T in sales250-300 new companies started each year by students and alumniEnduring giants: Campbell Soup, Gillette, Bose, HP, Intel, TI, Genentech, Raytheon, Qualcomm, iRobot, AkamaiMIT Technology Licensing Office (TLO) 2011:305 patents filed, 199 issued20 companies started with VC or $50k of other funding$54M in revenues from royalties and equity
  3. Harvard University and Harvard Business School have also been factories for innovation.
  4. On a per capita basis, Massachusetts has a significant advantage over other leading technology states, with 76 engineering degrees awarded per 100,000 residents, compared to 51 in Virginia.
  5. Education and university research leads to patent leadership.
  6. Education and university research leads to NIH funding – with over $2 billion in NIH funding pouring into basic research into the region.
  7. VC Investments are very, very concentrated in the US. 70% of all VC $ flows into 3 states.Massachusetts has always been a strong #2 to California. But when you look at the numbers on a per capita basis (which is what entrepreneurs care more about – after all, it’s not very relevant how much capital is invested in China, what’s relevant is how concentrated that capital is)…California = SV (11,771.9) + LA/Orange County(1,959.6) + San Diego (869.0) + Sacramento/Nor Cal (71.2) = T 14,671.7 or 14.6BMass= 2,988M = $2.9BNew York (Metro) = 2,737.9
  8. …you can see that Boston is the top region of the three major markets. Per capita is, after all, a proxy for how capital is available PER ENTREPRENEURCalifornia #: 14.6B/37.3 M (2011 Population*) = $391Massachusetts: 2.9B/6.5M = $446 New York Metro # = 2.7B / 19M = $142*pulled population estimates from census
  9. Every major life sciences company is expanding in Boston and Cambridge.The gene mapping happened at the Broad Institute, which has expanded to a multi-hundred million dollar budget world-class research institute.Highlights of the PwC 2007 Life Sciences Survey include: Ninety-nine percent of respondents with R&D in Massachusetts reported that they plan to maintain or increase their R&D activities in the state over the next two years.Almost half of respondents with manufacturing operations have these operations in Massachusetts, and over half of those expanded their manufacturing over the past year. Nearly six out of ten (59%) expect to increase manufacturing activities in Massachusetts over the next two years.Two-fifths of respondents said their intellectual property was developed at a Massachusetts academic institution.Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative, a ten year, $1 billion package of investment resources designed to foster continued growth in the Massachusetts Life Sciences Supercluster signed in 2008.Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital doctor, Dr. Jack Szostak (SHAH'-stak), won Nobel Prize for 2009 for research into how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading when cells divide. Of the top 25 biotechnology research and development firms in Massachusetts, 14 are in Cambridge, and account for 2/3 or $1.175 billion--of R&D spending by the top 25 biotechnology firms.
  10. Obama administration pledge $150B over next 10 years, says clean tech can generate 5 million new jobs.MA passed comprehensive energy bill in 2008 that placed it at forefront of clean energy in the US.Force utility companies to invest in home-grown energy that is cheaper in long-run.Encourage investment in renewable energy.Incentivizes businesses and individuals to invest in energy-saving products.NECEC – New England’s Clean Energy Economy, brought together Clean Energy Roundtable and piloted Fellowship Program to transition entrepreneurs from other industries into clean energyGreatPoint Energy, Mascoma, Evergreen Solar, Agrivida, MIT’s Ignite Clean Energy CompetitionEnerNOC was named 2007 Top IPO in New England by ACG and Mass High Tech, for its $99MM IPO.
  11. There are more iPhone developers are using the Skyhook location API than in any other state, a rough proxy for all iPhone developers$100M+ exits in mobile:M-Qube, mobile billing company, acquired by VeriSign for $250MMMobile advertising company Enpocket bought by NokiaAOL acquired mobile advertising network Third Screen MediaStrong Boston mobile industry:10 VC-backed mobile companies in 2002 to 45 in 2008Quattro, Skyhook Wireless, Jumptap, vLingo
  12. robotics: iRobot, Kiva Systems, Rethink Robotics, Robotics, Droid Workscloud computing: Netezza, Carbonite, Akamai, Nasuni,EMC, Akamionline video:  Brightcove, Blackwave, Scanscout, Visible Measuresgaming:  WorldWinner, Harmonix, Turbinee-commerce:  RueLaLa, CSN Stores, Shoebuy.com, TripAdvisor, Vista Print, Cartera Commerce, Zoom Info, KarmaLoop, DemandWaremarketing technology:  DataXu, HubSpot, Click Squared, Jingle, Constant Contact
  13. A quick shuttle ride or Acela ride away, you have New York, the world’s advertising and media headquarters3 of world’s top 6 advertising agencies have digital teams headquartered in BostonPublicis/Digitas, Aegis/Isobar, Havas DigitalHistorical media strength and customersEasy flow of talent and capital between Boston and New YorkBzzAgent, DigitalArbor, DataXu, ScanScout, Brightcove and other marketing and digital production portfolio companies, have CEOs in NYC weekly and local sales teamsBoston VCs investing in NY media companies – Flybridge, Spark, General Catalyst
  14. Cisco:$3.5B on nine acquisitions of Boston-based companiesNew 5000-employee New England Development CenterMicrosoft:Boston Concept Development Center: research unit incubating new Internet businesses within companyCapacity to double current 550 MA employees by 2010Google:Rapid expansion of employment to 50 in Boston, with plans to doubleBoston as data networking center: Ericsson and Siemens also have headquarters in the city; Nokia has a big presence
  15. Events:Mobile Monday – Monthly meet-up of mobile and wireless startups, VCs, and tech execs.Open Coffee – Open meeting for entrepreneurs every Thursday at Andala Coffee House in Cambridge.WebInno –Venrock organized monthly meeting of 200 to 400 startup people, VCs, Angels and tech execs. Resources:BetaHouse Boston – Co-working office space for entrepreneurs. Cambridge Innovation Center - Flexible office facility for growing technology and life sciences companies.DogPatch Labs - Polaris Venture Partners’ creation to connect entrepreneurs and help founders conceive and launch startups. Organizations:TechStars - A startup boot camp that provides $25K in funding with lots of mentorship, advice, introductions, and access to investors.Stay in MA is funded by Flybridge Capital Partners and is committed to providing as many scholarships as possible, to Massachusetts college students, up to a total of $10,000 total per calendar year.
  16. Named by 2ThinkNow as the #1 most innovative city in the world and “Under30CEO” as the #1 city for young businesspeople, Boston has a rich heritage of start-ups, and is poised to continue with that heritage well into the 21st century. It’s all here.