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Q&A With Maia Heymann of CommonAngels

In Startups, Venture CapitalTags accelerators, Ad-Tech, Boston, CommonAngels, entrepreneurs, FinTech, Maia Heymann, noncompetes, startups, venture capitalPublish DateApril 18, 2014

CommonAngels is a small venture capital fund with over 60 Boston-area angel investors and a few family offices as its limited partners. The group is currently investing from CommonAngels Ventures Fund IV, which regulatory filings show had its first close last fall of roughly $13MM. CommonAngels invests in early stage information technology related companies. Areas of interest include AdTech, FinTech, mobile, healthcare IT, and enterprise software (applications, infrastructure and security). Maia Heymann, who had been an angel investor with the …

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Interview with Sarah Biller of Capital Market Exchange

In FinTech, Institutional Asset Management, StartupsTags bondos, Boston, CMX, entrepreneurs, MassChallenge, startupsPublish DateFebruary 19, 2014

Capital Market Exchange (CMX) was founded in 2010, in the wake of the financial crisis. CMX provides fixed income credit analysts, portfolio managers, and bond traders with predictive analytics and sentiment analysis – that is, a …

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A Brief Look at the Greater Boston FinTech Cluster

In FinTech, Startups, Venture CapitalTags Boston, entrepreneursPublish DateJanuary 31, 2014

I now count 40 active FinTech startups in the greater Boston area, which includes Portland and Providence in my view. I did not include companies like asset manager F-Squared though they have capital from local angel …

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RIP Open Runway

In StartupsTags Boston, entrepreneurs, MassChallenge, Springboard, startups, venture capitalPublish DateJanuary 15, 2014

Open Runway, retailer of high-end, custom-made shoes and handbags, is shutting down. Open Runway, which began life as Sole Envie, was part of the movement toward mass-customization of fashion items that includes Gemvara, Blank Label, and …

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Unpitch Boston

In Venture CapitalTags entrepreneurs, scams, unpitch, VCPublish DateNovember 17, 2013

This is a really nice idea. Unpitch is a new event at which 60 entrepreneurs will sit down on December 11th with well-known angel and early-stage venture investors. No presentations or demos. Just sit down and …

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“Whenever the old gives way to the new, everybody with vested interests in the old starts crying that the world will stop. There aren’t many people with vested interests in the new.”
— WALTER WRISTON

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— GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

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