Venture Development Center

An experienced community taking startup companies from vision to reality. No strings attached.

The Venture Development Center (VDC) at UMass Boston enables startup company founders to get to a fundable milestone faster and at lower risk by providing unprecedented access to experienced company builders, a thriving community of peers, a fully supported work environment, and state-of-the-art laboratories and core facilities. In a three year period, our 2011 clients have experienced a 93% success rate in raising funds, and these total to over $84M.