A division of the New England Venture Capital Association. Year in Review

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1 A division of the New England Venture Capital Association 2016 Year in Review

2 Given the number of top colleges and universities in our backyard, young talent is Boston's best competitive advantage. Connecting students with local technology and healthcare companies is a no-brainer, but creating a bridge between students and companies has been challenging until the introduction of TechGen. I'm thrilled to be part of a solution that is powering the future of Boston's success. ERIC PALEY TechGen is the bridge connecting New England s best university students with its top healthcare and technology companies. Mission To strengthen the local innovation economy by creating personal connections between talent and prospective employers. Origins TechGen launched in 2015, born out of a public-private partnership between the New England Venture Capital Association and MassTech Collaborative. How it Works Students create a profile, explore companies, and apply. They also tap into local ecosystem events, workshops and news. Companies create a profile, post opportunities, and hire. They also leverage TechGen to amplify their employer brand. 02

3 4200 Students in TechGen s community 2016 By the Numbers 2200 students leveraging TechGen to find internships 325 companies leveraging TechGen to source talent internship applications processed through TechGen 8 Anchor Partners: MassTech Collaborative, LogMeIn, DataXu, TripAdvisor, Dockyard, Scratch M+M, Founder Collective and echobind campus presentations, community events and workshops

4 MARCH LAUNCHED NEW FRICTIONLESS TECHGEN WEBSITE & PLATFORM Built by homegrown Boston firms Dockyard and echobind, TechGen launched its re-designed platform making the intern search simple and frictionless. 04 Milestones 016 APRIL JUNE JUNE JULY NOVEMBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER DECEMBER DECEMBER MATCHED STUDENTS WITH COMPANIES FOR A DAY OF SKILL-BUILDING & SPEED DATING TechGen partnered with General Assembly and Bowdoin Group to host an interactive day of workshops providing students with valuable skills, followed by Speed Dating, which delivered unique face-time opportunities for 10 companies and 80 students. INTRODUCED 500 STUDENTS TO 100+ LOCAL INNOVATION LEADERS AT BOSTON TECHJAM TechGen hosted Urban Beach at Boston s biggest tech event of the summer. SALES & MARKETING MASTER CLASS WITH SCRATCH M+M Founders of Scratch M+M ran a sales and marketing workshop to prepare students for their summer internships. PRODUCT MANAGEMENT MASTER CLASS & EMPLOYER BRANDING EVENT AT TRIPADVISOR TripAdvisor, one of Massachusetts pillar companies, hosted students for a product management workshop in the context of one of their core products. BRAINTEASERS & EMPLOYER BRANDING EVENT AT LOGMEIN HQ LogMeIn, another one of Massachusetts pillar companies, hosted computer science and engineering students to tackle technical teasers and pop-culture trivia with engineers. PITCH NIGHT WITH LOCAL STUDENT FOUNDERS & LOCAL VCS UnpitchEDU gave students a chance to have dinner with investors in a casual, no-pressure environment, gain meaningful feedback on their businesses and make connections. INSIDER S VIEW ON BUILDING YOUR CAREER IN BOSTON WITH DATAXU & VENTUREFIZZ TechGen partnered with VentureFizz and DataXu, another one of Massachusetts pillar companies, to educate students on navigating the local innovation ecosystem, identifying key players and acing the interview. LAUNCHED TECHGEN S FIRST WE GATHER EVENT SERIES WITH DATAXU & JLL WE GATHER provided unique offseason recruiting node for graduates and companies in an informal social setting over drinks and networking. FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MIKE TROIANO, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER AT ACTIFIO Mike shared invaluable expertise and perspective as a marketer, entrepreneur and advisor with Bentley s Entrepreneurship and Marketing clubs during this intimate conversation.

5 We love this website and found two great interns this summer. Thank you for offering this fantastic service! FAMILYID What Students Are Saying... I get a lot of newsletters, but TechGen s is one that I actually look forward to receiving. It keeps me up to date with the startup scene in Boston and will make looking for my next internship much easier. ALEXANDRA DELLOSTRITTO Spoiler Alert Intern and Boston University Student TechGen helped me navigate the local tech scene with aplomb - especially when you consider the vast number of startups in the Boston area. It was great to be able to send the same application to many different startups. BONIFACE YARABE ACEA Intern and Harvard student TechGen was a great resource to see what other tech companies are out there. It expanded my knowledge of the Boston tech and startup community. JESSICA LINDSAY Bare Tree Media Intern and Northeastern University Student TechGen gave me the tools to find a great internship, and truly find myself in the process. Thank you, TechGen. Thank you. JAKE ISENHART Tulip Interfaces Intern and MIT student 05

6 What Companies Are Saying... Its a great format - We have hired 4 interns for the summer and one of them applied through both TechGen and our careers page. I would absolutely continue to use the portal for our next internship needs. Thanks! CLOUDHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES ViralGains Success ViralGains signed up for TechGen to find a marketing intern and after seeing success with that role, they opened it up to other departments including sales and software engineering. They hired a handful of summer interns, three of whom converted to full time hires! Not only was hiring through TechGen an easy and efficient way to hire, but it also opened our talent pool to some amazing candidates from across the country. This was by far one of the most enjoyable and painless hiring experiences. We'll definitely be back next year! STEVE CHARNLEY, SALES OPERATIONS MANAGER "When we decided to kick off our search for a student intern to help us with content development, TechGen was the first call we made. Within a few days, they had connected us to an amazing Northeastern student who was a perfect match. Nick spent 6 months working full-time with our team during his co-op and truly became an integral part of the firm. We look forward to seeing next generation entrepreneurs emerge from this program!" JEFF BUSSGANG AND KATE CASTLE, FLYBRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS DataXu chose to partner with TechGen so we could get in touch with the best and brightest talent Boston has to offer, both undergraduate and graduate students. Their events and blog posts have really enabled us to tell our story students in the area we re excited to continue working with them! DAVID MULLER AND KERRY MCCARTHY, DATAXU 06

7 Our Team TechGen Advisors PAMELA ALDSWORTH Silicon Valley Bank ERIC PALEY Founder Collective KEITH CLINE VentureFizz MIKE TROIANO Actifio MIKE GAISS Think B1G C.A. WEBB _Underscore.vc ARI GLANTZ SARAH CASE JODY ROSE JODI GOLDSTEIN Harvard ilab Thanks to Our Partners: 07

8 A Few of Our Companies... 08

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