Author Archives for James Falkoff

In Great Company:
Converge in the Boston Globe

October 27, 2017 1:18 pm Published by Comments Off on In Great Company:
Converge in the Boston Globe

In our experience, organizational change is driven by confident leaders with the will to buck trends. It doesn’t just happen. We congratulate the CEOs and entrepreneurs we work with who, by making good business decisions around talent, have also made Boston one of the best places for women in tech. Read 4 reasons to be Optimistic... Read More


Investment Opportunities in Bitcoin Security:
Converge in Bitcoin Market Journal

October 23, 2017 8:02 am Published by Comments Off on Investment Opportunities in Bitcoin Security:
Converge in Bitcoin Market Journal

Boston Crypto had its second meetup on October 18th. As co-organizer, we are especially interested in accelerating the collective knowledge within the community around blockchain and the crypto application as this tech offers not only investment opportunities but will also enable entirely new industries. This meetup revolved around the burgeoning Bitcoin/Crypto security space – how... Read More


New Silicon for the New Enterprise Stack

October 6, 2017 9:00 am Published by Comments Off on New Silicon for the New Enterprise Stack

One of the most transformational trends in computing today is the shift from traditional CPUs to alternative chip designs engineered for emerging use cases like AI. As Moore’s Law tails off, the performance needs of next-generation applications are being met by new approaches that represent a departure from the CPU-dominated status quo. Nowhere is this... Read More


Field Notes: Peanut Butter & Jelly

September 6, 2017 2:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Field Notes: Peanut Butter & Jelly

When you’re an entrepreneur moving fast and thinking big, it’s helpful to keep an eye on where the early stage center of gravity is for the space you’re in – and where it might be next. At Converge, we are privileged to interact with fantastic entrepreneurs every day and to hear where they are investing... Read More


Fieldnotes

August 1, 2017 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Fieldnotes

Fieldnotes are digests of select aspects of the entrepreneurial landscape and are written by our Investment Team An area of investment interest for us at Converge is “Verticalized AI”: the application of ML, deep learning and robotics to industries that, in our view, are ripe for disruption with AI. Healthcare is one of the several... Read More