Upcoming Event

Registration is open for the 28th Annual Prouty Century Bike Ride & Challenge Walk. The 2009 Prouty will take place on Saturday, July 11, 2009. Team Borealis has set a goal of 75 riders and walkers and $50,000 raised towards the overall Prouty fundraising goal of $2,250,000. Biking and walking through VT and NH is a great way to spend a summer day, but by participating in the Prouty you have the added benefit of raising funding for vital research work at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center's renown Norris Cotton Cancer Center. All team members and supporters are invited to join us for an informal dinner the night before to make sure all are well fueled for the effort.

Please note that there are a few options for participation. While most of Team Borealis will hit the road on bikes for the 25, 50 and 100 mile loops, you may also choose to participate in one of a series of walks through the scenic Connecticut River Valley. These will range from 5K to 20K in length. Or you can join our Ultimate Team for 200 miles over the course of 2 days.

If you would like to join our team, please send an email to meagan@borealisventures.com & we will add you to the list.

Recent Events

Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva discussed micro-lending and philanthropy leveraging the Internet at the Portsmouth Public Library on Tuesday, May 5.

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to an entrepreneur in the developing world. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending. Kiva will have facilitated loans totaling $100 million by 2010.

The discussion was open to the public and was moderated by Boston Globe columnist and author Scott Kirsner. You can listen to the discussion on Scott's blog, Innovation Economy www.innoeco.com.

The evening was hosted by the Portsmouth Public Library with sponsorship from Pax World Mutual Funds, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, New Hampshire High Tech Council, Borealis Ventures, eCoast Angel Network, Beaupre & Co. Public Relations and Catapult Seacoast Young Professionals.

Inside the Movies and the Creative Economy:
Technology and the arts came together in an intriguing evening at the Portsmouth Library.

Did you know that we wouldn't have had VCRs were it not for Bing Crosby?

That Technicolor, the company that brought a "magic rainbow" to the silver screen with movies like The Wizard of Oz, was founded in Boston -- in an old railroad car?

That Thomas Edison invented the fore-runner of the video iPod?

In an illustrated spin through Hollywood history, Boston Globe columnist and author Scott Kirsner discussed how innovators like Edison, the Warner Brothers, Pixar, George Lucas and Steve Jobs transformed the movie industry -- while also facing enormous resistance to their revolutionary ideas. Scott also explained the role that new inventions have played in the movies and in our culture for more than a century. Scott's talk is based on his new book, Inventing the Movies: Hollywood's Epic Battle Between Innovation and the Status Quo. He came to Portsmouth after talks at Netflix, Google, Disney, the Rome Film Festival and the Boston Museum of Science.

You can learn more about Scott Kirsner at his site: www.scottkirsner.com