Venture Development Center

at the University of Massachusetts Boston

About Us

Heads down. Fantastic results.

Every serious high tech startup team needs a place where they can put their heads down and really crank on their business. So in 2009, we opened the Venture Development Center to deliver what they need.

Team

Business launch support from a team with decades of repeated, successful experience in venture-backed high tech startups 

Results

Startups have an 86% success rate, averaging $3,201,600 in investment

Company Profile

Software and life science teams from UMass, MIT, Harvard, BU, WPI, Babson and other universities

Company Stage

Completing prototypes and seeking validation, customers and investment on a larger scale

Location

18,000 sq. ft. harborside wet and dry lab facility in Boston, 8 minutes from South Station on Red Line