Startups are a lot of work punctuated by moments of glory, some big and many small. Those moments keep us all going, fuel the next awesome idea and accelerate the trajectory of the business. We *love* hearing about breakthroughs from the teams on the ground, doing the hard work every day. The Accelerate series details... Read More
Photo Credit: @martinceralde In line with our investments in blockchain, Ash Egan, a Principal at Converge, camped out at Consensus 2017 in NYC last week. The conference’s theme “Making Blockchain Real” and the line up of speakers reflected the huge acceleration we’ve seen in the technology over the past year and expect we’ll continue to see.... Read More
Our thanks to Dylan Martin at Bostinno for listening to and sharing the story behind our new firm, Converge. Read it Here
We had a chance to chat with the Boston Globe’s lovely and talented Shirley Leung yesterday and are pleased to share her article, and take on Converge. Read the Story
There comes a time when the path ahead unfolds, the destination clear. This is the entrepreneurial calling. We are launching Converge today to build the firm we believe will best support you: the founders and entrepreneurs we have backed and the future innovators we look forward to backing. As natives of Boston tech, a few... Read More
The New England Venture Capital Association thrives thanks to our member VC firms and our sponsors who invest time, energy, and money to support the region’s entrepreneurial community. The “collective will” of this extended group to maximize the environment for entrepreneurship embodies what’s great about our community: help-out, give back, celebrate success, and make change... Read More
The original version of this article was published as “HBO’s Westworld artificial intelligence, then and now” and can be found on VentureBeat. Similar to today’s sentiment, people were enthralled by artificial intelligence in 1973 — the year Michael Crichton released the film, Westworld. The film became MGM’s biggest box office hit of the year, yet launched the... Read More
This is part 2 of blockchain adoption in the enterprise, originally published on BostInno, analyzes the barriers for blockchain and what to expect from corporate buyers. For more on Bitcoin vs. blockchain, balancing risk with potential, check out part 1. Corporations are still in the preliminary phases of exploring blockchain technology, contrary to headlines hyping... Read More
Most Fortune 500 companies are having extensive conversations, in CIO suites or in innovation labs, on whether the blockchain technology is right for them, and their peers — discussions on how their primary business lines might be affected by the technology, current solutions, and the areas (or consortia) to invest in. Distributed ledger standardization is far from... Read More
What seemed like a sci-fi fantasy—when Riker and the Star Trek crew retreated to the Holodeck—isn’t any more. In November 2015, Lowe’s introduced the Holoroom to customers—3D visualization made possible by Oculus Rift’s headgear and Marxent’s platform. Kitchen, bathroom, and home improvements are now more tangible (and futuristic) than ever before, giving customers the power... Read More
