Genuine VC

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” Plus, tech has moved on from the Web 2.0 The Web Innovators Group, with innovation in its namesake, should reflect this changing environment. Yes, WebInno is becoming BIG.

Boston 100

Boston Cofounder Seed Capital Software Engineering 100

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. Along with their demise came a dismissive attitude about most entrepreneurial web-related endeavors.

Boston 206

Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

Genuine VC

JANUARY 23, 2012

Communities like those of uTest (software QA testers), as well as NextView portfolio companies GrabCAD (mechanical engineers) and thredUP (parents), which resulted in marketplaces had origins in this approach. Attract would-be buyers with research/learning about purchasing … suppliers will follow.

Engineer 201

Engineer Vertical Portfolio Seed Stage 201

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 115

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 100

Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

With concern over the environment becoming a progressively more relevant issue, the web provides a natural vehicle for connecting people to resources and services which lessen impact of individuals on environment. Influence and word-of-mouth marketing facilitated by online social software. Internet’s facilitation of green lifestyle.

Green 100

Green Bandwidth Startup Venture Capital 100