2 Coworking Spaces in Amherst

About Amherst

A town in Hampshire County, Amherst sits in the Connecticut River Valley with population of 37,819 residents making it the most populated city in the county. It's in the Hartford-Springfield Metropolitan Region that is known as "The Knowledge Corridor" due to the fact that it's home to numerous educational institutions, such as Amherst College, Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst plus more. Dating back to about 1658, it wasn't until 1727 that the first permanent English settlers arrived. A town that has everything you need to live the "good" life, coworking venues opening up on its streets has just added one more incentive for its tech savvy locals not to leave home.

Massachusetts has numerous things going for it as a startup hub from its quiet pool of local investors who love to help startups get off the ground to the fact that it is home to some well-known consumer companies, software, biotech and healthcare IT. It's where nearly $3 billion was funded across 113 deals exceeding California and has the world's greatest concentration of entrepreneurs, emerging and leading tech companies, top-tier academic institutions pushing out tech savvy students, incubators and an ecosystem of supporting providers.

Amherst's coworking scene is supporting its fledgling startups or avid entrepreneurs in providing a place to connect and collaborate without the need to venture into the real big smoke.