Sometimes, a big idea is the easiest part of an entrepreneur’s journey. Finding the capital to fund it? That’s when things can get tricky.
Enter our Funding Index, a comprehensive guide of local angels and venture capital and investment firms, designed to offer innovators an easier way to locate financial support that may work for them, right in their backyard (i.e., Greater Boston). We’ve highlighted different entities by type below.
We’ll assemble a guide for local pitch competitions that provide funds for startups, as well as accelerators and incubators, in another roundup.
Think we missed a pertinent firm? Let us know and we’ll update the list.
Angel Investors
- Beacon Angels "Beacon Angels is an angel group based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm makes investments in the $50,000 to $300,000 range in small, fast-growing companies in New England."
- Blue Sky Management & Research "Blue Sky Management & Research is a venture capital investment firm and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm does angel and seed venture capital investments in companies within the cybersecurity, Internet of Things, fin-tech, cloud, virtual reality sectors."
- bng0 "bng0 is an investment company that was formed to invest in Editas Medicine and includes a select group of large family offices. It is also an angel group that prefers to invest in the healthcare sector.The firm is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- Boston Harbor Angels "Boston Harbor Angels is a group of proven business leaders interested in investing a portion of there assets in high-growth, early-stage companies. The firm focuses on early-stage companies, usually looking to raise $250K to $1.5M."
- branch venture group "Branch Venture Group is a network of investors. We host monthly meetings and programming to learn, connect, and meet the best CPG, foodtech, and agtech deals in Boston and beyond. "
- Bridge Boys "Bridge Boys is an angel group that invests $10-25k in the founders of early-stage consumer companies, primarily in Boston. The firm was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- Clean Energy Venture Group "Clean Energy Venture Group is an Angel Group that also does venture capital investment and was founded in 2005. The firm invests in and supports early-stage clean energy firms. The members of the firm provide hands-on management support and mentoring to the portfolio firms."
- Foley Ventures "Founded in 2011, Foley Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is an investment arm of Foley & Lardner. The firm seeks to invest in the life science, consumer, healthcare, biotech, software, media, service, medical device, and technology sectors."
- Fort Point Angels"Fort Point Angels is an angel investment fund that makes seed and early stage investments in growth industry New England-based companies. The firm prefers to invest in the healthcare, medical device, transportation, consumer goods, products and services, and technology sectors. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- Golden Seeds Angel Network "Golden Seeds invests in women-led early-stage companies. Founded in 2005, the Golden Seeds angel network and its funds have invested over $130 million in over 180 companies. It is a nationwide organization, headquartered in NYC, with over 300 members and eight active chapters, including Boston. In addition, the firm has had three funds. Golden Seeds invests mainly in: enterprise services and technology, health care, and consumer products and applications."
- Hack Secure "Hack Secure is an investment syndicate of the minds in the cybersecurity industry investing in the next generation of cybersecurity companies. These individuals forms the syndicate serves as hack secure leads. The firm also backs their lead's investment with additional investment capital. It is based in Boston, Massachusetts and is also a hub for technologists and cybersecurity thinkers and doers.
- Harvard Private Capital Group
- Hub Angels Investment Group "Hub Angels Investment Group is an angel group and venture capital firm that seeks to make investments in early-stage technology and life science companies based in the Massachusetts area. The firm prefers to invest in the healthcare, life sciences, information technology, internet and communications sectors. The firm was founded in the year 2000 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- Infly Investments "Infly Investments is an angel group with a group of people who pool their money to make investments. The firm was founded in 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- Launchpad Venture Group Launchpad Venture Group is a Boston, Massachusetts based angel investment group and venture capital firm which provides funding to early-stage technology and life science companies. The firm primarily focuses on the software, information technology, web, e-commerce, media and social media, mobile and wireless, medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare IT, networking and telecom, clean-tech, renewable energy and green-tech sectors located in the United States."
- Mass Medical Angels "Mass Medical Angels is a seed stage investment group that focuses on investment in the life science and healthcare sectors. It prefers to invest in the areas of the medical device, therapeutic, diagnostic, health service, health information technology, research-related tool and laboratory equipment sectors. The firm is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- Mayfly Capital "Mayfly Capital, LLC was founded in 2009"
- The Players' Impact "The Players' Impact is an angel group of athletes that was founded in 2017 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a hub for entrepreneurial minded athletes that provides an extensive cross-sport athlete network, industry experts, early stage business resources and investment opportunities."
- SideCar Angels SideCar Angels is an angel investor that seeks to invest in the mobile, e-commerce, media, healthcare and information technology industries. The firm is based in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 2012."
- SheGives "SheGives is a non profit angel investing group focused on social entrepreneurs. The firm gives grants to a wide range of charities over time, including everything from hunger, health and homelessness to the arts, animals, education and the environment. It was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- Supply Chain Ventures "Supply Chain Ventures is an angel and early-stage venture capital partnership firm. They primarily specialize in early-stage investments and seed investments and targets the software and hardware technology in the supply chain space. It was founded in 2003 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts."
- York IE "Founded in 2019, York IE is an investment firm and is based in Manchester, New Hampshire. The firm invests at the earliest stage through series A startups and primarily focused on business products and services, subscription and SaaS."
Venture Capital
- 406 Ventures"We focus on only a few key areas where we have sustained industry and investing experience and can go deep enough to understand the market intricacies in order to help our companies."
- Allied Minds "Based in Boston, Allied Minds plc (LSE: ALM) is an IP commercialisation company focused on early stage development within the technology sector."
- Alumni Ventures Group "Alumni Ventures Group provides high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors who previously haven't had access to VC."
- Boston Capital Ventures"Boston Capital Ventures manages private venture capital partnership funds for individual and institutional investors which invest in growth companies. "
- Boston Seed Capital "We are founders investing alongside founders who are striving to improve life, work, and play, through building innovative tech companies."
- Broadview Ventures "Broadview is a mission-driven fund whose primary investment goal is to improve human health in the areas of cardiovascular disease and stroke."
- Clean Energy Ventures "Clean Energy Ventures is focused on early-stage advanced energy technologies and business model innovations that are ready to be scaled and commercialized to address global climate risks."
- Companyon Ventures "We're a VC that leads raising post-seed rounds also known as Seed+, Seed2, and Pre-Series A. Companyon looks for capital-efficient companies that have launched a product and have early evidence of product-market fit."
- Cue Ball"We seek entrepreneurial passion meeting human perspective. Purpose and profit are not natural enemies, but allies to fuel each other."
- Excel Venture Management"Excel Venture Management builds companies that apply transformative life science technologies to solve problems in healthcare and beyond."
- Fairhaven Capital Partners"Since coming together as a team in 2001, we have used this foundation to proactively research markets and predict industry dynamics to develop specific themes about areas that are positioned for growth and start-up companies that can leverage the opportunity."
- Flint Capital"We invest in promising entrepreneurs and technology ventures with global ambitions."
- Foley Ventures"Foley Ventures has a straightforward investment process. We invest in Foley & Lardner LLP clients that meet our investment criteria, whether it is an operating portfolio company, or a venture capital or private equity fund."
- Golden Seeds Ventures: "Golden Seeds Ventures is a venture capital firm pursuing investment returns by funding female-led, technology-based start-ups. The Golden Seeds Ventures team recently launched the Golden Seeds Venture Fund (GSVF) which leverages 15 years’ experience of investing in female-led companies, including management of two prior venture funds. The firm has partners based in New York City and Boston."
- Hub Angels Investment Group "The Hub Angels Investment Group is one of the oldest angel groups in the Boston area, making investments in young tech and life science companies since March 2000."
- Hyperplane Venture Capital "A venture capital firm founded in 2014 investing in entrepreneurs solving hard problems at the intersection of data, machine intelligence, and deep tech."
- Koa Labs "Koa is a seed fund in the heart of Harvard Square for founders who start independent companies."
- LearnLaunch"LearnLaunch catalyzes a community that drives innovation to transform learning. We are an education innovation hub which connects and supports solution creators and adopters to increase student achievement."
- LRVHealth "Our strategic network is at the heart of healthcare transformation."
- MassMutual Ventures "MassMutual Ventures invests in startup and growth-stage companies that bring differentiated technology solutions and scalable business models to drive this type of enterprise-level innovation."
- PJC "We know that all big things start small and we want to be the first firm you go to when you’re embarking on your new venture. We focus on pre-seed, seed, and A rounds, and we’re in it with you for the whole journey." Sigma Prime Ventures"We primarily invest in early stage technology companies solving hard business problems with SaaS, cloud, mobile, disruptive technologies and technology-enabled service solutions."
- Supply Chain Ventures "Our preferred investments are in young, revenue producing companies using information technology to enhance global marketing and supply chain management. Besides capital, we bring significant entrepreneurial, operating and investment experience to help our portfolio companies be successful."
- TiE Boston "TiE Boston is focused on supporting entrepreneurs throughout their lifecycle — from ideation to creation, through growth, wealth creation and ultimately, support of future founders."
- WuXi Healthcare Ventures "WuXi Healthcare Ventures is a Chinese investment firm that helps life sciences companies to develop transformative therapies."
Private Equity
- Bain Capital Double Impact "We are one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with approximately $105 billion in assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses and the communities in which we live. Founded in 1984, we pioneered a consulting-based approach to private equity investing, partnering closely with management teams to offer the insights that challenge conventional thinking, build great businesses and improve operations."
- BlueHub Capital "BlueHub Capital’s mission—to help build healthy communities where low-income people live and work—has not changed since our beginnings in the mid-1980s; but our footprint has—from our early focus on Boston’s neighborhoods, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and, then to the United States."
- BPEA Private Equity"BPEA is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on small and lower middle market buyout and growth investment opportunities. We back sector-focused managers and invest directly in companies in our areas of expertise where we can add value to generate superior returns for our clients and limited partners."
- BV Investment Partners"We partner with entrepreneurs and families to invest in sound businesses and provide them with significant strategic, operating, and analytical assistance to accelerate the growth of the company through organic initiatives and acquisitions."
- Cabot Properties"Cabot Properties is an international private equity real estate investment firm exclusively focused on industrial properties."
- Century Equity Partners"Century Equity Partners focuses exclusively on making private equity buyout and growth investments in companies that provide outsourced services, distribution, and technology solutions to businesses operating within the insurance and financial services sectors."
- Cove Hill Partners"Cove Hill is a private equity firm focused on partnering with outstanding management teams to build market-leading consumer and technology companies. The Firm manages a long-duration fund with over $1 billion of commitments from its investors and founders."
- Denham Capital Management"Denham sponsors entrepreneurs with the financial and other resources they need to create successful energy and resources businesses. Specifically, we are seeking to establish long term partnerships with entrepreneurs and companies who share our vision for growth and value creation."
- Equity Resource Investments"ERI invests in niche markets and hard-to-evaluate opportunities, areas where traditional real estate investors are unable or unwilling to spend the time to transact. We like highly regulated markets, fractional and illiquid interests, small transaction sizes and complex structures."
- Falcon Investment Advisors"Falcon has extensive leveraged finance and private equity experience and has earned a reputation for being flexible, creative and responsive. The partners average over 25 years of investing experience and have spent nearly half that time together at Falcon."
- Front Row Partners"Front Row Partners is dedicated to supporting forward-thinking leaders with capital, resources and expertise, helping them to achieve their vision & company's fullest potential."
- Glouston Capital Partners"Glouston Capital Partners is a 100% employee-owned private equity investment specialist with over 25 years of dedicated experience and approximately $2.8 billion in committed capital as of March 31, 2020. Since inception in 1994, we have focused on opportunities at the smaller end of the market."
- Gurnet Point Capital"Gurnet Point Capital is a unique healthcare fund founded by Ernesto Bertarelli and led by Christopher A. Viehbacher. Together, as both executives and investors, they have many years of expertise in an industry for which they share a passion."
- HLM Venture Partners"We seek out dynamic, emerging growth companies. We invest with entrepreneurs who demonstrate business success, marketing savvy, innovative products, and a readiness for capital infusions that will drive their ventures forward. Below are some areas of interest where we focus."
- Housatonic Partners"Housatonic supports management teams and their companies with transformative capital, time-tested expertise, and a deep network of seasoned executives and thought leaders."
- Intervale Capital"Our industry expertise and experience enable us to move quickly through due diligence, minimizing business disruption. We present a detailed action plan to management at the outset of diligence, including timeline, roles and responsibilities, deliverables and areas of focus."
- Long Wharf Capital"We pair a deep history in real estate equity investment with hands-on commercial property experience, including leasing, development and property management."
- M/C Partners"The Principals of M/C Partners have over three decades of private equity investing experience in emerging companies of all stages in communications, technology and media."
- Marble Harbor Investment Counsel"Our team of experienced professionals, which shares nearly 20 years of working together, was formed with the defining purpose of focusing squarely on those we serve - individuals, families, endowments and foundations."
- Monitor Clipper Partners"MCP's strategy is to focus on investments in which the Firm and its professionals have the opportunity to support founders, owner-operators, and management teams in transformational business-building programs. MCP is generally the first institutional capital provider to these companies."
- MPM Capital"MPM Capital is a healthcare investment firm with over two decades of experience founding and investing in life-sciences companies that seek to translate scientific innovations into cures for major diseases. With its experienced and dedicated team of investment professionals and Executive Partners, MPM strives to power novel medical breakthroughs that transform patients’ lives."
- New Heritage Capital"Our partners have over 80 years of combined experience investing in founder-led companies. We’ve seen it all investing together."
- Nonantum Capital Partners"Nonantum is a lower middle-market private equity firm led by a group of experienced private equity and management executives."
- Omega Fund"Omega Funds is a leading international investment firm that creates and invests in life sciences companies that target the world’s most urgent medical needs."
- Pacific Lake Partners"We have partnered with over 200 search fund entrepreneurs. We understand the search and the proven method to find a great company in a growing industry."
- Park Street Capital"Park Street's senior investment team has over 100 years of combined experience evaluating and investing in a variety of private market partnerships."
- Parthenon Capital Partners"Parthenon Capital Partners (“Parthenon”) is a private equity firm that partners with and invests in management teams and their companies."
- Riverside Partners"We are committed partners focused on long-term success. We have deep experience in your sectors and understand the challenges you face. For three decades, Riverside has brought capital, industry expertise, and a network of relationships to our portfolio companies to accelerate their growth."
- Silversmith Capital Partners"Great companies are driven by the inspiration of great founders and entrepreneurs. Our job isn’t to build great companies, it’s to find those who do, and support them in any way that we can."
- Solamere Capital"Solamere has a committed capital structure from strategic investors representing many major industries, including consumer goods, healthcare, business services, transportation and logistics, retail, restaurant and food, hospitality, industrials, and financial services."
