In 2016, continued to back transformative companies…

…building data enabling technology.

Built by amazing people.

It’s been a busy year in the Boston/New York tech ecosystem:

IPOs, $1B+ exits:

More VC $$, new funds:

Universities supporting tech:

Co-working, networking locations:

And in the areas we’re excited aboutMachine Intelligence

Blockchain

Enabling Tech

SaaS

VR

IoT

So we hit the streets,

Running…

Looked at 1,027 companies

Spoke with 280

Diligenced 62

Invested in 5 new companies

62

280

1027

5

Converge VP "funnel”(last 12 months)

November 2016

spending lots of time in northeast tech hubs,Most active investors in Boston

partnering with new co’s, and doubling-down on existing portco’s,

5 new investments 19 follow-on investments (Across all funds)

And more..

Boston  (3) NYC  (2) Boston  (13) NYC  (5) Toronto  (1)

and are proud to co-invest with some of the best.

And more…

We love what we do.

We made hundreds of intro’s,Hosted 16 events, Sat on 24 industry panels,Wrote 15 articles on emerging tech,Sent 14 newsletters, And received 48 mentions in publications like…

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Of course we think our companies are great J but we’re not the only ones…Careport Health  purchased  by  Allscripts

Chainalysis signs  Cybercrime  Deal  with  Europol;  recognized  as  leading  blockchain forensics  provider

Disrupt  Beam  adds  The  Walking  Dead  to  its  portfolio  of  multiplayer  strategy  games,  Spring  ‘17

Harmonix launches  Harmonix Music  VR  for  Playstation VR,  Rockband Rivals  for  Xbox  One,  PS  4

Help  Scout  tops  7,000  customers  in  140  countries

OwnerIQ established  leadership  in  2nd  party  data,  creating  a  new  means  for  ad  revenue  and  greater  brand  awarenessPodium  Data  raised  $9.5M  Series  A  and  named  2016  Computerworld  Data+  Editors’  Choice  Awards  for  role  delivering  a  production-­‐ready,  enterprise-­‐grade  data  lake.  Also  recognized  by  MIT,  CIO  Magazine,  &  Teradata  

Promoboxx closed  $8.2M  Series  A  round  to  fuel  more  growth,  and  hosted  their  sold-­‐out  Aligned  conference  for  innovative  retailer  support  strategies

SyncOnSet awarded  68th  Primetime  Engineering  Emmy  Award  for  development  of  industry-­‐leading  software  for  TV  and  Film  production  design  departments

WeSpireWins  Bronze  Stevie®  Award  at  2016  Stevie  Awards  for  Women  in  Business

Yieldbot Ranked  2nd  Fastest  Growing  Company  in  North  America  on  Deloitte’s  2016  Technology  Fast  500™

Here we come 2017!