MassVentures

July 30, 2020 MassVentures Board Meeting

Published on July 21, 2020 at 1:52 PM EDT
Amended on July 23, 2020 at 12:26 PM EDT

Date and Time

Thursday July 30, 2020 at 8:00 AM EDT

Location

Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order concerning imposition on strict limitations on the number of people that may gather in one place, meetings of the MassVentures Board of Directors and Committees will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. We will strive to provide access to such meetings via a link to call in, or other similar option. These links can be found in the agenda, which will be published at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
For public access please dial 
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Meeting ID: 878 1984 4986
Passcode: 4914

Agenda

     
I. Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. New Employee Introduction - Vinit Nijhawan
  C. New Employee Introduction - Priya Yadav
  D. Examples of Mission
  E. Quarterly Technical Assistance Update
II. Executive Session (if needed)
  A. Roll Call Vote to Enter Executive Session
   
The Board of Directors will now go into Executive Session, pursuant to Chapter 30A, for the purpose of discussing the following:
   
1.  Regarding Investment matters:
  • Confidential financial information of applicants for MassVentures funds; and
  • Information regarding the competitive positions of such applicants in their  respective industries.
2.  Regarding Personnel / Compensation matters
  • Negotiation with nonunion personnel or conduct a collective bargaining session with a union in executive session, and may even agree on final contract terms.
The Board will reconvene in Open Session following Executive Session.
I will need a roll call vote from the members to go into Executive Session.
  B. Pipeline Report
  C. Portfolio Update
  D. Roll Call Vote to Return to Open Session
   
Having completed all business of this Executive Session, I will now ask the members to vote to reconvene in Open Session.

After Vote:

Anyone who was required to leave during Executive Session be invited back into the room.  We will now announce any Votes that took place during Executive Session.
III. Conflicts of Interest
 
Board members are urged to review the Pipeline list of companies and disclose any potential or perceived conflict of interests.  This becomes important if a company becomes a prospective investment candidate, as the Committee member should exclude themselves from discussion or votes regarding the company.  New companies are listed in Red font.
IV. Minutes and Pre-Investment Action Sheets
  A. Approve Minutes
  B. Approve Pre-Investment Action Sheet
V. Financial Matters
  A. Treasurer's Report
  B. Approve Treasurer's Report
VI. President's Report
  A. General Update
  B. START Update
  C. Board Openings Update
  D. Hiring Update
  E. Strategy Discussion
VII. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting