Woburn, MA-based Acquia, a social publishing software firm, has raised a $15 million Series D round from Tenaya Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, and Sigma Partners, according to a report in All Things D. Acquia started in 2007 and, among other things, helps organizations build community sites using Drupal, an open-source content management system. Its customers include Twitter, Al Jazeera, Mercedes-Benz, Stanford University, and the U.S. Department of Defense. The company, which is led by CEO Tom Erickson, has raised about $38.5 million to date, according to the report.
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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.
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