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About Boston Venture Studio

Boston Venture Studio, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2014, is based in Boston, United States. With a presence in 2 countries, it has supported around 6 startups in sectors like Consumer, Enterprise Applications. As of May 2026, Boston Venture Studio has witnessed 1 portfolio exit. Most notable companies in its portfolio include MoveWith, Drafted and Bevy. The program is backed by a team of 31 people who primarily support Seed startups based in United States. Its latest investment was a $2.5M Seed round in Drafted on Jun 29, 2015, which also saw participation from General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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Boston Venture Studio's List of Top Investments

Boston Venture Studio has a portfolio of 6 companies. Their most notable investments include MoveWith and Drafted.Their portfolio spans across United States and United Kingdom. They have invested in Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Gig Economy and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Boston Venture Studio:
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Key facts about MoveWith

Drafted is an employee referral network-based hiring platform. The platform allows job seekers to create a profile by mentioning skills, education, experience, upload cv, and request friends, former colleagues to refer to jobs and connect with recruiters. The features of the product include candidate scorecards, engagement, candidate feedback, etc. The clientele includes Better.com, Karat, Klaviyo, LogMeIn, Recorded Future, Toast, Drift, Wayfair, etc. The product is offered on a subscription-based pricing plan.

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3. Bevy

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Key facts about Bevy

Adored is a loyalty experience platform and it uses Estimote iBeacon indoor location technology to automatically reward customers. Customers walk into a bar, a restaurant, or visit Mount Washington, and the Adored app saves the information about the visit using a beacon nearby. Enough visits and user earns an award. It can be a free coffee, a special offer for the meal of the day. The Adored platform then automatically tailors the experience to different users (locals vs tourists, casual customers vs regulars, even expert skiers vs beginners, all based on beacon visit behavior). Some of Adored partners report 20% increase in weekly visits after joining the platform and 5-10% conversion on real-time upsells. User doesn’t have to share name, address, or social profiles to use the app. Instead of gathering personal information, Adored saves phone’s ID to store visit history.

Key facts about Adored

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Boston Venture Studio's Investments by Stage

Boston Venture Studio has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.25M.

Boston Venture Studio's Investments by Sector

Boston Venture Studio has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Media & Entertainment, Mobile and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 6 Consumer (B2C) companies, 6 Tech companies, 3 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).
Here are Boston Venture Studio's investments by sector:
Sector
No. of Investments
Consumer
1
Enterprise Applications
1
Media & Entertainment
1
Mobile
1
Vertical SaaS
1
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Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Boston Venture Studio's Investments by Geography

Boston Venture Studio has made most investments in United States (2).

Boston Venture Studio's recent investments

Boston Venture Studio has not made any investment in 2026 so far.
Here are the most recent investments by Boston Venture Studio:
Date
Company
Location
Round Details
Round Amount
Co-Investors
Jun 29, 2015
United States
Seed
5591
Feb 04, 2015
United States
Seed
3817

Acquired companies in Boston Venture Studio's Portfolio

1 company from Boston Venture Studio's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Drafted in Aug 2021 by Instawork for $*****.
Here are Boston Venture Studio's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company
Acquisition Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Aug 03, 2021
Jun 29, 2015
Seed
2377

Team profile of Boston Venture Studio

Boston Venture Studio has a team of 31 members including 3 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 3 Principals located in United States. Boston Venture Studio's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.
Here is a list of top team members in Boston Venture Studio:
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Designation
Location
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Partner
Boston
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Boston
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Cambridge
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Venture Partner
Boston
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Boston
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Arlington
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Principal
New Haven
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Co-investors of Boston Venture Studio

Over the past 11 years, 8 investors have co-invested in Boston Venture Studio's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.

  • Top Co-investors of Boston Venture Studio7 investors entered a company along with Boston Venture Studio. These include investors like General Catalyst (1 company).
  • Invested after Boston Venture StudioSlack (1 company) is the only investor which has invested in Boston Venture Studio's portfolio after their investments.

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