Boom or Bust? 11 Big Bets on the Future of Boston Tech

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Rapid7
HQ: Boston, MA
Founded: 2000
CEO: Mike Tuchen
Amount raised: $59M
Investors: Bain Capital Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures.
What it represents: The future of IT network security.
Why it wins: Network and infrastructure security could be the world’s biggest tech problem in the not-too-distant future; its product is differentiated from other security offerings.
Why it loses: Is its technology broadly applicable to the biggest security problems, and can it stay ahead of the game?
Photo courtesy of Rapid7

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Author: Gregory T. Huang

Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003. Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.