MassVentures
MassVentures Board Meeting
Published on March 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM EDT
Date and Time
Monday March 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM EDT
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Agenda
Purpose | Presenter | Time | |||
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I. | Opening Items | 8:00 AM | |||
A. | Call the Meeting to Order | Yvonne Hao | 1 m | ||
B. | Examples of Mission | Charlie Hipwood | 1 m | ||
C. | Highlights | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 3 m | |
D. | Donahue Institute Impact Report | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 30 m | |
II. | Approvals | 8:35 AM | |||
A. | Board Minutes | Approve Minutes | Charlie Hipwood | 1 m | |
Approve minutes for MassVentures Board Meeting on February 10, 2025 | |||||
B. | Pre-Investment Action Shee: Transaera | Vote | Charlie Hipwood | 1 m | |
C. | Pre-Investment Action Sheet: ZPoly RLF | Vote | Charlie Hipwood | 1 m | |
III. | Financial Matters | 8:38 AM | |||
A. | Treasurer's Report | Discuss | Jim Madison | 5 m | |
B. | Approve Treasurer's Report | Vote | Charlie Hipwood | 1 m | |
C. | Investment Adjustment for Inflation | Vote | Charlie Hipwood | 5 m | |
IV. | Conflicts of Interest | 8:49 AM | |||
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.
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A. | Conflicts | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 1 m | |
V. | Executive Session | 8:50 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:
I will need a roll call vote from the members to go into Executive Session. |
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B. | THRiVE Grants | Vote | Charlie Hipwood | 3 m | |
C. | START Grants | Vote | Charlie Hipwood | 5 m | |
D. | ClearCut Surgical | Discuss | Vinit Nijhawan | 30 m | |
E. | Clearcut Surgical Vote | Vote | Vinit Nijhawan | 10 m | |
F. | QSM RLF Discussion | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 5 m | |
G. | QSM RLF Vote | Vote | Charlie Hipwood | 5 m | |
H. | BitEnergy Discussion | Discuss | Stacy Swider | 10 m | |
I. | BitEnergy Vote | Vote | Stacy Swider | 5 m | |
J. | Pipeline Report | Discuss | Priya Yadav | 3 m | |
K. | Portfolio Update | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 30 m | |
L. | 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. |
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VI. | President's Report | 10:38 AM | |||
A. | General Update | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 1 m | |
B. | MV Capital Update | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 5 m | |
C. | MV Accelerate Update | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 5 m | |
D. | Strategy Discussion | Discuss | Charlie Hipwood | 5 m | |
E. | Board-only Session | Discuss | Yvonne Hao | 5 m | |
VII. | Closing Items | 10:59 AM | |||
A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote |