# Jeremy Hitchcock

> Jeremy Hitchcock is an American entrepreneur and investor, co-founder and former CEO of Dyn, co-founder of Minim, and co-founder and general partner at New North Ventures. He helped grow Dyn from a student open-source project into an internet infrastructure business acquired by Oracle in 2017. Based in Manchester, New Hampshire, he is also a principal at Orbit Group and co-founded Bookery Manchester with his wife, Liz.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and General Partner at New North Ventures
- **Organizations:** New North Ventures, Dyn, Minim, Orbit Group, Bookery Manchester, Manchester Distillery, Granite Apollo
- **From:** Rochester, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Management Information Systems, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Rivier University, Honorary doctorate, University System of New Hampshire
- **Known for:** Helped grow Dyn to 500 employees and $100 million in annual recurring revenue before its Oracle acquisition., Bootstrapped Dyn for more than a decade before its first institutional funding., WPI Innovator of the Year, 2015.

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Co-founded Dyn while an undergraduate at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
- **2004** — Graduated from WPI with a B.S. in Management Information Systems.
- **2012** — Dyn raised a $38 million Series A from North Bridge after more than a decade of bootstrapping.
- **2015** — Named WPI Innovator of the Year.
- **2016-05** — Stepped down as Dyn CEO; executive chairman Jim Baum assumed daily operations.
- **2017-01** — Oracle completed its acquisition of Dyn.
- **2017** — Co-founded Minim, motivated by the Mirai attack on Dyn in October 2016.
- **2018** — Jeremy and Liz Hitchcock opened Bookery Manchester; received honorary recognition from Rivier University.
- **2019** — Received the Paul J. Holloway Entrepreneur of the Year Award at UNH.
- **2020** — Began serving as a partner at New North Ventures, according to Minim corporate filings.
- **2024-07** — New North Ventures closed its $25 million first fund.

## Achievements

- Helped grow Dyn to 500 employees and $100 million in annual recurring revenue before its Oracle acquisition.
- Bootstrapped Dyn for more than a decade before its first institutional funding.
- WPI Innovator of the Year, 2015.
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, 2016.
- Paul J. Holloway Entrepreneur of the Year, 2019.
- Recipient of honorary doctorates recognizing workforce and economic development.
- New North Ventures biography reports direct investments in more than 75 companies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published “From Customer to Shareholder” on October 7 in the New North Ventures newsletter, discussing public-sector equity investment and the role of early regional investors in dual-use technology.
- **2024-08** — Appeared on CTRL+F with Google Cloud’s Anton Chuvakin to discuss cloud and edge computing.
- **2024-07** — New North Ventures closed its first fund at $25 million.

## Links

- Website: https://www.newnorthvc.com/jeremyhitchcock
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhitchco
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jhitchco

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