MassVentures

MassVentures Board Meeting

Published on July 23, 2021 at 4:37 PM EDT

Date and Time

Thursday July 29, 2021 at 8:00 AM EDT
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Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 8:00 AM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Damon Cox 1 m
  B. Intro to New Team Member   Charlie Hipwood 5 m
  C. Examples of Mission   Charlie Hipwood 5 m
II. Approvals 8:11 AM
  A. Board Minutes Approve Minutes Charlie Hipwood 1 m
    Approve minutes for MassVentures Board Meeting on June 24, 2021  
  B. Pre-Investment Action Sheet Vote Charlie Hipwood 2 m
  C. Pre-investment action sheet - Seaspire Vote Charlie Hipwood 1 m
  D. Pre-investment action sheet - Detrapel Vote Charlie Hipwood 1 m
  E. Pre-investment action sheet - Inkbit Vote Charlie Hipwood 1 m
III. Financial Matters 8:17 AM
  A. Treasurer's Report Discuss Jim Madison 5 m
  B. Approve Treasurer's Report Vote Charlie Hipwood 1 m
IV. Executive Session 8:23 AM
  A. Roll Call Vote to Enter Executive Session Vote Charlie Hipwood 1 m
   
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. Kytopen Vote Jason Allen 15 m
  C. Preview - StataDX Discuss Vinit Nijhawan 10 m
  D. Preview - Rhinostics Discuss Vinit Nijhawan 10 m
  E. Preview - Jetcool Discuss Charlie Hipwood 10 m
  F. Pipeline Report Discuss Jason Allen 3 m
  G. Portfolio Update Discuss Charlie Hipwood 5 m
  H. Roll Call Vote to Return to Open Session Vote Charlie Hipwood 1 m
   
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.
 
V. 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.
 
VI. President's Report 9:18 AM
  A. Fiscal Year in Review Discuss Charlie Hipwood 15 m
  B. General Update Discuss Charlie Hipwood 5 m
  C. Marketing/Messaging Update Discuss Carolyn Kirk 5 m
  D. MV Capital Update Discuss Charlie Hipwood 15 m
  E. MV Accelerate Update Discuss Charlie Hipwood 10 m
  F. Other Updates Discuss Charlie Hipwood 1 m
VII. Closing Items 10:09 AM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote