DataPoint Ventures

DataPoint Ventures funds innovative emerging technology companies solving real business problems located here in the Boston area. Software/IT, web and e-commerce, social media, mobile/wireless, healthcare IT, diagnostics, networking / telecom, clean-tech, and green-tech are primary sector focuses.

DataPoint Ventures believes:

• that each investment made is a partnership,
• in the positive impact of entreprenuerial activity on job creation, capital formation, and individual enhancement, and that investment stimulates economic development and community growth,
• And venture investment is one way to "give back" to the community.

DataPoint Ventures is guided by the following principles:

• The company's plan must be clear, realistic, and focused.
• The market must be easily definable, and sizable enough to produce attractive revenue streams.
• The company's initial product should be under development and demonstrable.
• The technology must be proprietary and a key differentiator in the market.
• The products or services must satisfy a real need for paying customers.

Portfolio companies include: HaDapt (acquired by Teradata 2014), Boston Heart Diagnostics, TruTouch, Update Logic (acquired by Silicon Graphics 2014), Groupize, Content Raven, Repsly, Localytics, InBoxer (acquired by SafeCore 2009), EveryScape, FoneFriend (acquired Yap International 2004)

Since we receive numerous unsolicited inquires from companies in similar industries or using similar technologies, we cannot sign exclusivity, confidentiality, or similar agreements.