Roadmap to Vermont's Innovation Economy Developed by FreshTracks Capital

1. Roadmap Through
Vermont’s Innovation Economy

2. Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene
• Market Success Stories
• Local Resources

3. Burlington Accolades

4. Burlington Accolades

5. Burlington Accolades

6. Burlington Accolades

7. BTV & VT Quality of Life Accolades

8. Vermont – Lifestyle

9. Vermont – Farm to Plate Cuisine

10. Infrastructure– New England’s Gigabit
City

11. Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene
• Market Success Stories
• Local Resources

12. Keurig Green Mountain Coffee
• NASDAQ: GMCR IPO 1993
• Acquired Keurig 2006
• Acquired by JAB for $14Bn in 2016

13. BTV – Dealer.com
• Acquired by DealerTrack
(NASDAQ: TRAK) in 2013
• Then acquired by Cox
Automotive in 2015

14. BTV – IDX (GE Healthcare)
• IDX acquired by
GE Healthcare in
2005 for $1.2Bn

15. BTV – Ben & Jerry’s
• Founded in 1978
• Intrastate public offering 1984
• Acquired by Unilever in 2000
for $326MM

16. BTV – Burton
• Founded in 1977
• ~800 employees
• Remains Privately
Held

17. BTV – Seventh Generation
• $300MM in annual revenue
• Raised $30MM to make
strategic acquisitions via SG
Ventures
• Acquired by Unilever in 2016

18. BTV – My Web Grocer
• Founded in 1999
• Raised growth equity
round from HGGC in
2013
• Acquired by Mi9 in
2018

19. Growth companies to Watch
• Mamava
• Logic Supply
• Native Energy
• All Earth Renewables
• DealerPolicy
• Greensea Systems
• ImageRelay
• SunCommon
• BioTek
• Caledonia Spirits
• Ogee
• Social Sentinel
• Faraday
• ThinkMD

20. Roadmap
• Burlington Vermont Scene
• Market Success Stories
• Local Resources

21. Organizations, Conferences &
Meetups…
• LaunchVT
• VT Technology Alliance
• Peak Pitch
• Road Pitch
• Renewable Energy Vermont
• Farm 2 Plate
• Vermont Tech Jam
• VBSR Conference
• Generator Makerspace
• Invention2Venture
• Champlain Maker Faire
• BurlingtonCode
• GirlDevelopIt

22. ...And Meetups
• LaunchVT Meetups
• StartupVT
• BTV Social Media Breakfast
• Burlington Ruby Conference
• Burlington Young Professionals
• Green Drinks Burlington & Montpelier
• Vermont Young Professionals
• Burlington JavaScript
• BTV Web Application Group
• Girl Develop IT
• Startup Grind

23. Capital & Investors
• FreshTracks Capital
• Vermont Seed Capital Fund
• North Country Angels
• Flexible Capital Fund
• Community Capital of VT
• LaunchVT
• VEDA
• VT EPSCOR
• VCLF
• Closed Loop Capital

24. Co-Working Spaces
• Office Squared – BTV
• Hula - BTV
• BRIC - Springfield
• Karma Birdhouse – BTV
• Study Hall Collective – BTV
• Laboratory B - BTV
• The Generator MakerSpace – BTV
• VCET – BTV & Middlebury
• Local 64 – Montpelier
• Incubator Without Walls – Lyndon
• Lightning Jar – Bennington
• Excelerate Essex – Essex Jct.

25. Service Providers
• Gallagher Flynn & Co. – Accountants
• Davis & Hodgdon - Accountants
• Reconciled - Bookkeeping
• Dinse Knapp & McAndrew – Lawyers
• Moulton Law Group - Lawyers
• Merritt & Merritt – Lawyers
• Gravel & Shea - Lawyers
• Downs, Rachlin & Martin - Lawyers
• Hickok & Boardman – Insurance

26. Service Providers – Consulting &
Tech
• Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center
• VT Sustainable Jobs Fund
• Peer-to-Peer Collaborative
• VT Agency of Commerce
• Green Mountain Insight
• VT SBDC
• Champlain Valley SCORE

27. College & University Resources
• Champlain College – BYOBiz
• UVM Business School
• Norwich University – NUARI
• Midd. – Social Entrepreneurship
• UVM – OTC
• UVM Center for Sustainable Ag
• Dartmouth’s DEN
• Champlain – Emergent Media
• Dartmouth – Tuck School
• VT FabLab @ UVM
• UVM Instrumentation & Modeling

28. Entrepreneurial Web Development
Firms
• Agilion Apps
• Bluehouse Group
• C2 – Competitive Computing
• Green Mountain Software
• Gristmill
• VT Design Works
• Burlington Bytes
• Union Street Media
• Brandthropology
• Propeller Media Works
• Eternity Web Development
• Alpine Web Media
• Symbiotic Labs
• Daft Labs

29. Online Resources &
News
• VT Digger
• VT Business Magazine
• Free Press Media - Innovate
• Seven Days – TechJam
• VT Public Radio
• VT Technology Alliance
• VCET Podcast
• FreshTracks Capital – Facebook