freshtracks roadmap 2015

Roadmap Through Vermont’s Innovation Economy

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• Burlington Vermont Scene• Market Success Stories• Local Resources

Burlington– Great Place to Work & Live

Burlington Accolades

BTV & VT Quality of Life Accolades

Vermont – Lifestyle

Vermont – Farm 2 Plate Cuisine

Infrastructure– New England’s Gigabit City

Regional Assets

Montreal

NYC Boston

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BTV – Keurig Green Mountain

• NASDAQ: GMCR• $18Bn Market Cap• 5800 Employees

BTV – Dealer.com

• Acquired by DealerTrack (NASDAQ: TRAK) in 2013

• Then acquired by Cox Automotive in 2015

BTV – IDX (GE Healthcare)

• IDX acquired by GE Healthcare in 2005 for $1.2Bn

BTV – Ben & Jerry’s

• Founded in 1978• Intrastate public offering 1984• Acquired by Unilever in 2000

for $326MM

BTV – Burton

• Founded in 1977• ~800 employees• Remains Privately

Held

BTV – Seventh Generation

• $300MM in annual revenue

• Raised $30MM to make strategic acquisitions via SG Ventures

BTV – My Web Grocer

• 180 employees• Raised growth equity round

from HGGC in 2013

Growth companies to Watch

• Mamava• Logic Supply• Native Energy• All Earth Renewables• Pwnie Express• Horse Collaborative• Greensea Systems

• Yonder• BioTek• SunCommon• Ello• Faraday• Notabli• ThinkMD

Recent Acquisitions

• PKC – Acq. by ShareCare• MicroStrain – Acq. by LORD Corporation• NEHP – Acq. by CPS• Ascension Technologies – Acq. by Roper Industries• EatingWell – Acq. by Meredith Corporation• Woodchuck Hard Cider – Acq. by C&C Group• PureWellness – Acq. by Cerner

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Conferences…

• LaunchVT • VT Technology Alliance• Peak Pitch• Road Pitch• Renewable Energy Vermont• Farm 2 Plate• Vermont Tech Jam• HackVT• VBSR Conference • Invent Vermont• Invention2Venture• Champlain Maker Faire

http://www.launchvt.com/

http://www.vermonttechnologyalliance.org/

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/peak-pitch-vermont-2014-sugarbush-registration-10137715179

http://freshtracksontheroad.weebly.com/

http://www.revermont.org/main/

http://www.vtfoodatlas.com/

http://www.techjamvt.com/

http://hackvt.com/

http://vbsr.org/

http://www.inventvermont.com/

http://www.uvm.edu/uvminnovations/?Page=I2V/I2V.php

http://www.champlainmakerfaire.com/

...And Meetups

• LaunchVT Meetups• StartupVT• BTV Social Media Breakfast• Burlington Ruby Conference• Burlington Young Professionals• Green Drinks Burlington & Montpelier• Vermont Young Professionals• Burlington JavaScript• BTV Web Application Group• Girl Develop IT• Startup Grind

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VermontGrowthMeetup/

http://startupvt.org/

https://www.facebook.com/BTVSMB

http://burlingtonrubyconference.com/

http://www.vermont.org/byp

http://skinnypancake.com/music-and-events/green-drinks/

http://www.vermontyoungprofessionals.org/

http://burlingtonjs.org/

http://btvwag.org/

http://www.girldevelopit.com/chapters/burlington

https://www.startupgrind.com/burlington/

Gathering Places - BTV

• New Moon• Maglianero• Farmhouse• Mule Bar• Misery Loves Co. • HotelVT - Juniper• Hen of the Wood• El Cortijo• Skinny Pancake• Handy’s Lunch• Citizen Cider

http://www.newmoonvt.com/

http://thekarmabirdhouse.com/the-amenities/maglianero-cafe

http://www.farmhousetg.com/

http://mulebarvt.com/

http://www.miserylovescovt.com/

http://hotelvt.com/dining-drinking

http://henofthewood.com/

http://www.cortijovt.com/home.html

http://skinnypancake.com/

http://handyslunch.wordpress.com/

http://www.citizencider.com/

Gathering Places – Around VT

• Capitol Grounds – Montpelier• Tip Top Café – White River Junction• Tucker Box – White River Junction• Black Cap Coffee – Stowe• 51 Main at the Bridge – Middlebury• Three Penny Taproom – Montpelier• Worthy Burger – South Royalton• Roots the Restaurant - Rutland

http://www.capitolgrounds.com/

http://www.tiptopcafevermont.com/

http://www.tuckerboxvermont.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BlackCapCoffee

http://www.go51main.com/

http://www.threepennytaproom.com/

http://worthyvermont.com/worthy-burger/worthy-burger-menu.html

http://rootsrutland.com/

Capital & Investors

• FreshTracks Capital• Vermont Seed Capital Fund• North Country Angels• Ty Danco• Flexible Capital Fund • Community Capital of VT• LaunchVT• VEDA• VT EPSCOR• VCLF• Closed Loop Capital

http://www.freshtrackscap.com/

http://www.emergingtechvt.com/

http://www.northcountryangels.com/

http://tydanco.com/

http://www.vsjf.org/what-we-do/flexible-capital-fund

http://www.communitycapitalvt.org/

http://www.launchvt.com/

http://www.veda.org/

http://epscor.w3.uvm.edu/2/

http://www.investinvermont.org/

http://closedloopcapital.com/

Co-Working Spaces

• Office Squared – BTV • Karma Birdhouse – BTV• Study Hall Collective – BTV • Laboratory B - BTV• The Generator Maker Space – BTV• VCET – BTV & Middlebury• Local 64 – Montpelier• Incubator Without Walls – Lyndon • Lightning Jar – Bennington• Excelerate Essex – Essex Jct.

http://officesquaredvt.com/

http://thekarmabirdhouse.com/

http://studyhallcollective.com/

http://www.laboratoryb.org/

http://generatorvermont.com/

http://www.coworkbtv.com/

http://local64.com/

http://lyndonstate.edu/academics/center-for-rural-entrepreneurship/incubator-without-walls/

http://www.lightningjarvt.com/about.html

http://www.excelerateessex.com/

Service Providers

• Gallagher Flynn & Co. – Accountants• Dinse Knapp & McAndrew - Lawyers• Merritt, Merritt & Moulton – Lawyers• Gravel & Shea - Lawyers• Downs, Rachlin & Martin - Lawyers• Hickok & Boardman – Insurance• V/T Commercial – Real Estate• Pomerleau – Real Estate• Nedde – Real Estate• ReArch – Real Estate• REM – Real Estate• Redstone – Real Estate• Donahue & Assoc. – Real Estate

http://www.gfc.com/

http://www.dinse.com/

http://merritt-merritt.com/

http://www.gravelshea.com/

http://www.drm.com/

https://www.hbinsurance.com/

http://www.vtcommercial.com/

http://www.vermontrealestate.com/

http://nedderealestate.com/

http://www.rearchcompany.com/

http://rem-development.com/

http://redstonevt.com/

https://www.donahueassociatesvt.com/

Service Providers – Consulting & Tech

• Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center• VT Sustainable Jobs Fund• Peer-to-Peer Collaborative• VT Agency of Commerce• Fieldstone Capital Partners• Green Mountain Insight• NeuEon • VT SBDC• Champlain Valley SCORE

http://www.vmec.org/

http://vsjf.org/

http://www.vsjf.org/what-we-do/peer-to-peer

http://accd.vermont.gov/

http://www.fieldstonecap.com/

http://greenmountaininsight.com/

http://neueon.com/

http://www.vtsbdc.org/

https://champlainvalley.score.org/

College & University Resources

• Champlain College – BYOBiz• UVM Business School• Norwich University – NUARI• Midd. – Social Entrepreneurship • UVM – OTC• UVM Center for Sustainable Ag• Dartmouth’s DEN• Champlain – Emergent Media• Dartmouth – Tuck School• VT FabLab @ UVM• UVM Instrumentation & Modeling

http://www.champlain.edu/centers-of-excellence/build-your-own-business

http://www.uvm.edu/business/

http://nuari.org/

http://mcse.middlebury.edu/

http://www.uvm.edu/uvminnovations/

http://www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/

http://www.den.dartmouth.edu/

http://www.champlain.edu/centers-of-excellence/emergent-media-center

http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/

http://www.uvm.edu/~cems/?Page=research/vermont_fablab.php

http://its.uvm.edu/IMF/

Entrepreneurial Web Development Firms• Agilion Apps• Bluehouse Group• C2 – Competitive Computing• Green Mountain Software• Gristmill• VT Design Works• Burlington Bytes• Union Street Media• Brandthropology• Propeller Media Works• Eternity Web Development• Alpine Web Media• Tanner Moore Design • Daft Labs

http://agilion.com/

http://www.bluehousegroup.com/

http://www.competitive.com/

http://greenmountainsoftware.com/

http://www.gristmill.io/

http://www.vtdesignworks.com/

http://www.burlingtonbytes.com/

http://www.unionstreetmedia.com/

http://www.unionstreetmedia.com/

http://www.brandthropology.com/

http://www.propellermediaworks.com/

http://eternitywebdev.com/

http://www.alpinewebmedia.com/

http://www.tannermooredesign.com/

http://daftlabs.com/

Online Resources & News

• VT Venture Network Calendar• VT Digger• VT Business Magazine• Free Press Media - Innovate• Seven Days – TechJam• VT Public Radio• StartupVT – LinkedIN• VT Technology Alliance – LinkedIN• VCET- LinkedIN• FreshTracks Capital – Facebook • Hatch Vermont

http://www.vermontventurenetwork.org/

http://www.vermontbiz.com/

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/biz/

http://www.techjamvt.com/

http://digital.vpr.net/term/vpr-news-0

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/StartupVT-4261675

https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=74812&trk=groups_about-h-dsc&goback=%2Eanb_74812_*2_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Vermont-Center-Emerging-Technologies-VCET-3155806

https://www.facebook.com/groups/49253882148/

http://hatchvermont.tumblr.com/

22 to Follow

@edwardshepard@Mo_Mack@n8zog@justincutroni@tevslin@beckythebest@HackVT@r2r@rowgirl2012@anndemarle@adambluestein

@bfp_news@johncohnvt@tydanco@ejyoung67@rnadworny@adambouchard@vprnet@uvmOTC@lhtorres@BTVYPG@freshtrackscap

https://twitter.com/edwardshepard

https://twitter.com/Mo_Mack

https://twitter.com/n8zog

https://twitter.com/justincutroni

https://twitter.com/tevslin

https://twitter.com/search?q=beckythebest&src=typd

https://twitter.com/HackVT

https://twitter.com/r2r

https://twitter.com/RowGirl2012

https://twitter.com/search?q=anndemarle&src=typd

https://twitter.com/adambluestein

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