North Bridge's approach to investing is best understood through contact with our existing portfolio companies and their managements. The management teams of our current and past portfolio companies are our best references. In fact, many have come full circle to work with us on subsequent startups. This is the kind of long-term relationship that we most enjoy having with the entrepreneurs we have been privileged to back.
VIMAC's investing model is founded on two core principles—respect for the entrepreneur, and humble acceptance that nobody has seen the future. New business creation is essentially a collaborative enterprise where success requires continuous learning and broad-based sharing of innovative ideas.
Based in Boston, we deploy capital in early-stage companies located in the eastern U.S. and Canada. Today, we have two separate investment teams—one focused on early-stage ventures in IT/communications technologies and the other focused on life sciences.
Boston Capital Ventures manages private venture capital partnership funds for individual and institutional investments in growth companies. The original BCV fund was formed in 1982. For BCV IV and V, Johan von der Goltz has assembled a new management team that includes partners Jack Shields and Alex von der Goltz and support staff. The partners are accomplished and experienced professionals who have a diverse and complementary range of skills and a broad network of domestic and international relationships.