Operating CompanyGreater Boston

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Operating Company · Boston, MA

Collects discarded tennis strings and recycles them into polyester yarn for textiles, cutting microplastic waste.

Founded

Region

Greater Boston

Investors

BU Summer Accelerator

People

About Greater Boston

Boston's venture ecosystem runs on its universities — MIT and Harvard across the Charles River from each other, Boston University down the bank in the Fenway/Kenmore area, all fueling a dense pipeline of biotech and deep tech spinouts. Kendall Square functions as a walkable biotech campus in its own right, but it's really one node in a wider river-and-campus geography — the region's life sciences density comes from several schools feeding the same square mile, not just one.

Region Stats

Total firms 327

VC / investors 53

Companies 255

Schools 19

Known For

Life Sciences

Deep Tech

Venture Capital