Jeremy
Hitchcock

Principal

Jeremy Hitchcock has been building mission-driven companies, teams, and ecosystems in New Hampshire and the greater Boston area for the past 15 years.

In 2001, from his Worcester Polytechnic Institute dorm room, Jeremy co-founded Dyn, an internet infrastructure company. After graduating with a B.S. in Management Information Systems, Jeremy served as CEO until 2016, growing Dyn to 500 people, $100mm of ARR, and raising $100mm of growth capital. The company was acquired by Oracle in 2017.

His global impact has earned him numerous awards, including recognition as a 2016 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, as well as Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 500 rankings. He has also received honorary doctorates from the University System of New Hampshire and Rivier University for his efforts on workforce and economic development. Most recently, the University of New Hampshire recognized his entrepreneurial prowess as the 2019 Holloway Entrepreneur of the Year.

Together with his wife Liz, Jeremy is an active angel investor and philanthropist, focused especially on their vibrant home community of Manchester, NH, where they opened an independent bookstore in 2018, Bookery Manchester. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Trustees at both Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Community College System of New Hampshire.

Liz
Hitchcock

Principal

Liz Hitchcock is an eclectic entrepreneur, investor, small business owner, and champion for the arts and her community, focused on technology and real estate projects. Her mission is to provide support through guidance, relationships, and capital, in order to build a better community.  

Liz graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2002 with a degree in Computer Science. She was the first head of sales and marketing at Dyn and later was a co-founder and CFO of Minim, Inc., an IoT startup born from the acquisition of Dyn by Oracle, focused on making consumer WiFi and home networks simpler and safer. Her current focus is development of The Factory on Willow, a 100,000 sq/ft work/live space for creators, innovators and entrepreneurs. She’s also the proud founder of the independent bookstore and cafe Bookery Manchester.

She spends a great deal of time focusing on her passion for the arts by actively participating on several nonprofit boards and committees.She also serves as a Director to St. Mary’s Bank. In 2018, together with her husband Jeremy, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Rivier University for her innovation and focus on technology, workforce development and service to the community.