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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

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Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston. Fast-forward to today and the landscape is different.

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The Market Is Hot for Code Climate, NextView’s Newest Investment

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When Chad Pytel introduced me to Bryan Helmkamp , CEO/Co-founder of Code Climate , I knew that I had to pay attention. The two companies had been working together for a while, especially as both are deeply embedded within the Ruby on Rails developer community, with a strong following for their respective offerings.

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The Unique but Powerful Way the HubSpot Mafia is Impacting Boston Startups

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The benefits have been touted previously : an anchor for attracting and retaining talent in Boston, as well as a breeding ground for the next set of great Boston entrepreneurs and founders. Already, a handful of groups have spun out to start new ventures, like the teams at Driftt , Bedrock Data , Grokky , and NextView-backed InsightSquared.

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Our Investment in One Jackson: Fresh, Yet Familiar

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One Jackson is a new online children’s clothing retailer which is surprisingly fresh – all of its designs were created by independent designers and then curated with love from its community of parents. Product – Lastly, what makes One Jackson unique is the source of the original clothing designs – a community of independent artisans.

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(First Annual?) List of Go-To Early-Stage Service Providers in the NextView Ventures Boston Portfolio

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Recently, we surveyed our Boston-based NextView portfolio Founder/CEOs asking them about which service provider firms they’ve been using. But rather than just keep the info internal, wouldn’t it be more productive to publicly publish the aggregate results for the whole community?

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Our Newest NextView Team-Member: Jay Acunzo

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Rob, Lee, and I couldn’t be more excited to share that as of Monday, Jay Acunzo has joined NextView as our Director of Platform and Community. In his Boston-based career, he’s also worked for Google and local startup Dailybreak, in addition to co-founding the community group Boston Content which has grown to hundreds of members.

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Getting Back the Band Together for NextView’s Investment in BookBub

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Just about fifteen years ago, Josh Schanker and I, along with our co-founders Elliot Shmukler and Tammy O’Neil Bolduc started Sombasa Media together. Our company offered a series of consumer-facing properties, including our flagship property BargainDog, which was an early e-commerce daily deals email newsletter. Series A financing.

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