Reason #1 - You need to be connected

What’s impressive about Boston is not just scientific advances or technological breakthroughs. Instead, its edge derives from a habitat that is tuned to turn ideas into products and take them rapidly to market by creating new firms.

So why you want to be in Boston is to be connected to this ecosystem. At the VDC, you are connected. To leading research universities that interact with industry, an exceptionally talented and highly mobile work force, and experienced support services in such areas as finance, law, accounting, headhunting, and marketing, all specializing in helping ventures form and grow.

The VDC works closely with 31 other universities in the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Organization and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center. We also work with the John Adams Innovation Institute, the Massachusetts Life Science Board, MassInsight Corporation. This network shapes strategic alliances among public and private universities, teaching hospitals, government and industry which expand the state’s research, development and economic leadership in emerging technologies, and translates these capabilities into commercial development activities.