BancBoston Ventures
VC Fund
Boston, United States
BancBoston Ventures is a VC fund in Boston focused on Internet and Software. BancBoston Ventures was the Bank of Boston’s early stage venture capital fund. Eventually the Bank of Boston was acquired by the Bank of America.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries BancBoston Ventures invests in
Stages BancBoston Ventures invests in
Countries BancBoston Ventures invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 13 (45%)
- Software 8 (28%)
- E-Commerce 5 (17%)
- Telecommunications 4 (14%)
- B2B 3 (10%)
Stage
- Series B 8 (28%)
- Series C 8 (28%)
- Funding Round 8 (28%)
- Private Equity 3 (10%)
- Series A 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 25 (86%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
- United Kingdom 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Centive
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Centive focuses exclusively on delivering technology solutions for automating incentive compensation management. Centive's vision from the outset has been to help companies transform sales compensation management from a tactical commission calculation exercise into a strategic management tool for driving sales performance. | $18M / Jan 27, 2003 | |
Arbinet
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Arbinet is a leading provider of international voice and IP solutions to carriers and service providers globally. With more than 1,100 carriers across the world utilizing the Arbinet network, Arbinet combines global scale with sophisticated platform intelligence, call routing and industry leading credit management and settlement capabilities.Customers and suppliers include many leading fixed line, mobile, wholesale and VoIP carriers, as well as calling card, ISPs and content providers around the world who buy and sell voice and IP telecommunications capacity and content. | $35M / Private Equity / Jul 16, 2001 | |
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Paceline Systems
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Paceline Systems, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, an early stage company developing a new class of switching system specifically designed to improve the performance, reliability and manageability of large data centre networks. | $20M / Series B / Apr 25, 2001 | |
Telenisus
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Telenisus is a technology firm that provides e-commerce internet solutions to its clients. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Illinois. | $45M / Series C / Apr 03, 2001 | |
Chinook Communications
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Chinook Communications, the Unified Communications solution for small-to-medium-sized businesses, delivers a complete communications package, including integrated Internet telephone service, direct to business owners. Based in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, WA they help owners of small and mid-sized businesses to access affordable,subscription-based communications services. Choose a Unified Communications solution to integrate all of your communications tools and streamline your business operations. The result is increased employee productivity and satisfaction, improved customer relationships, and an increase to your bottom line. Chinook Communication service packages are customized to meet your company’s needs – whether you have 10 or 500 employees. | $17M / Apr 02, 2001 | |
B-there.com
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B-there.com provides online event management solutions for the meeting, trade show, and convention industries. It is based in Westport, Connecticut. | $6.5M / Mar 22, 2001 | |
Centric Software
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Centric Software provides a Digital Transformation Platform for the most prestigious names in fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor and consumer goods. Centric Visual Innovation Platform (VIP) is a visual, fully digital collection of boards for touch-based devices like iPad, iPhone and large-scale, touch-screen televisions. Centric VIPtransforms decision making and automates execution to truly collapse time to market and distance to trend. Centric’s flagship product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, Centric 8, delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, business planning, quality, and collection management functionality tailored for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric SMB packages extended PLM including innovative technology and key industry learnings tailored for small businesses.Centric Software has received multiple industry awards, including the Frost & Sullivan Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award in Retail, Fashion, and Apparel PLM in 2016 and Frost & Sullivan’s Global Retail, Fashion, and Apparel PLM Product Differentiation Excellence Award in 2012. Red Herring named Centric to its Top 100 Global list in 2013, 2015, and 2016. | Private Equity / Nov 06, 2000 | |
Microbia
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Microbia an industrial biotechnology company, engages in the development, production, and commercialization of specialty ingredients and biomaterials utilizing fermentation technology. Its products include carotenoids, specialty ingredients, biopolymers, and other biomaterials. The company has a strategic alliance with Tate & Lyle Investments,Ltd. to develop and commercialize fermentation-derived renewable ingredients. | $23M / Series B / Nov 02, 2000 | |
Inflow
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Inflow provides facility-based information technology outsourcing solutions. | $156M / Series C / Sep 22, 2000 | |
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Complient Corporation
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Complient Corporation, based in Cleveland, is the nation's premier provider of AED programs and actively manages hundreds of corporate and government AED programs representing more than 3,000 AED devices. Complient trains lay people to save lives and prepares them to respond to commonplace medical emergencies. To date, over 250,000individuals have been trained on AED operation and CPR by its 150 dedicated full- and part-time trainers on staff covering all 50 states in the United States. Since its inception in 1997, over $50 million in equity venture capital has been invested to develop Complient's web-based technology infrastructure and AED program management service business. For more information, visit www.complient.com. | $44M / Jun 29, 2000 | |
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FAQ
What does BancBoston Ventures invest in?
BancBoston Ventures invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did BancBoston Ventures last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for BancBoston Ventures closed in Jan 2003. Shizune tracks 29 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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