Formlabs Takes a Step in Making Tough, Durable 3D-Printed Pieces

Can 3D-printed parts be tough enough for load-bearing, hands-on stress? The folks from Formlabs say they are moving, just a bit, in that direction with new material for their desktop printers. The Somerville, MA-based company is visiting New York now for CE Week, an annual conference for consumer electronics. On Tuesday, Formlabs announced the debut … Continue reading “Formlabs Takes a Step in Making Tough, Durable 3D-Printed Pieces”

Houston Dares to Challenge the Bicoastal Model of Biotech Growth

World-class universities, prominent medical institutions, a talented workforce, access to capital and favorable geography are critical factors required to stimulate and support a dynamic regional bioscience industry. Some might believe that these factors only converge along the coasts of New England and California, and many new and growing biotech companies may feel that they are … Continue reading “Houston Dares to Challenge the Bicoastal Model of Biotech Growth”

Welcome To The Sharing Economy. Cancer Researchers Are Next.

We’re sharing everything these days. Rides. Spare rooms. Pictures of things wrapped in bacon. Our thoughts, 24 hours a day. Next up: Cancer data? It can’t come soon enough for Charles Sawyers. Sawyers is one of the world’s most decorated cancer researchers, and his long resumé includes crucial work that helped make imatinib (Gleevec) one … Continue reading “Welcome To The Sharing Economy. Cancer Researchers Are Next.”

The Extraordinary Vision of Larry Bock

When Larry Bock gave the commencement speech for the University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry in 2007, he was introduced as “a very unusual man” who had founded, co-founded, or provided early stage financing for more than 48 startups, mostly in the life sciences. What went unsaid in the moment was that Bock started … Continue reading “The Extraordinary Vision of Larry Bock”

Movik Networks Garners $3,000,000 Series E Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a33dc98b-6671-4c8b-adb9-073a8f81cbb3 Date 6/23/2015 Company Name Movik Networks Mailing Address 5 Lyberty Way Westford, MA 01886 USA Company Description Movik Networks is headquartered near Boston, MA and has an R&D group in Bangalore, India. The company is focused on delivering purpose-built solutions that bring content and application awareness to the edge of the … Continue reading “Movik Networks Garners $3,000,000 Series E Round”

ecovent Obtains $6,903,217 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b502fb46-1cb3-40d2-96f5-94d3dd69f5e1 Date 6/23/2015 Company Name ecovent Mailing Address 24 Cambridge St. Boston, MA 02129 USA Company Description ecovent has developed and proven an integrated, owner-installed system that addresses homeowner frustrations of temperature imbalance between rooms and high energy costs related to heating and cooling homes. Website http://www.ecoventsystems.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “ecovent Obtains $6,903,217 New Financing Round”

Senet Receives $18,000,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=11987b5a-4163-4edd-9a54-c96b6932b1a0 Date 6/23/2015 Company Name Senet Mailing Address 46 River Road Hudson, NH 03051 USA Company Description Senet is the leading IoT network services provider for low cost, long range IoT applications. Senet provides network services for application developers who are searching for an affordable IoT network to launch and scale their … Continue reading “Senet Receives $18,000,000 Series A Round”

Zettics Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8b444cf4-18c4-4e25-ba81-d42c4213745e Date 6/23/2015 Company Name Zettics Mailing Address 150 Baker Ave Extension Concord, MA 01742 USA Company Description Leverage the information generated by your data network with Zettics’ big data platform. You’ll gain precise, immediate, actionable insights that will allow you to measure, optimize and grow your business like never before. Website … Continue reading “Zettics Obtains $3,000,000 New Financing Round”

Coravin Secures $13,600,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=13b88e50-acc5-4a51-9a33-e837559e7966 Date 6/23/2015 Company Name Coravin Mailing Address 3 Van de Graaff Drive Burlington, MA 01803 USA Company Description My dream was to magically pour wine from bottles without ever pulling the cork. The remaining wine could then go back in my cellar, so that I could enjoy it again, whenever I … Continue reading “Coravin Secures $13,600,000 Series C Financing Round”

Video Chatting May Be the Future of Medicine, Just Not Yet

Doctors in the U.S. are more than willing to test out video chatting with their patients, even if very few do so today. Technology is rapidly developing that may help video and mobile devices replace or supplement traditional forms of care like phone calls or in-person visits. In a survey of 2,016 physicians by American Well, a Boston-based … Continue reading “Video Chatting May Be the Future of Medicine, Just Not Yet”

Epizyme Shares Climb on New Data for Cancer Drug

Back in March, Epizyme regained most of the rights to a drug it’s been developing for a wide array of cancers. There’s still a long way to go, but the move appears prescient given some of the signs the Cambridge, MA-based company is seeing in early clinical trials. This past weekend, Epizyme (NASDAQ: [[ticker:EPZM]]) offered … Continue reading “Epizyme Shares Climb on New Data for Cancer Drug”

Transforming Health Care for Those Who Need it Most

Like other engaged consumers, my family of athletes tries out many of the new healthcare related wearables and apps. From counting steps to counting calories, there is a site or app out there for everything we do. But it’s not my immediate family that can benefit most from these tools. Today, devices are bought and … Continue reading “Transforming Health Care for Those Who Need it Most”

Flagship CEO on Backing NY Biotech, Moderna, and Investing in a Boom

It’s been a jam-packed few months for Flagship Ventures, one of the Boston area’s most well-known biotech startup creators. The Cambridge, MA-based VC firm just raised a $537 million fund of its own, and recently became a founding investor in the eye-popping $217 million Series A for Denali Therapeutics, a startup led by a group … Continue reading “Flagship CEO on Backing NY Biotech, Moderna, and Investing in a Boom”

Ex-AstraZeneca Exec Morrison Grabs Helm at Syndax Pharma

Waltham, MA-based Syndax Pharmaceuticals named former AstraZeneca chief medical officer Briggs Morrison its new CEO, and Michael Metzger, onetime Regado Biosciences president and CEO, its new president. Morrison and and Metzger are replacing former leader Arlene Morris—whose name was conspicuously absent from the news release. FierceBiotech first reported news of Morrison’s departure from AstraZeneca last … Continue reading “Ex-AstraZeneca Exec Morrison Grabs Helm at Syndax Pharma”

East Coast Biotech Roundup: Emulate, Pulmatrix, Synergy & More

My West Coast counterpart is crowing this week about an NBA championship for his beloved Golden State Warriors, who ended a 40-year title drought this week by toppling LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Meanwhile, the dry spell continues for my sorry New York Knicks, who last hoisted the Larry O’Brien trophy when current president … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Emulate, Pulmatrix, Synergy & More”

Tamr Takes in $25M and West Coast Turing Award Tour

There’s a lot happening in the field of data management for enterprise companies. Now a Boston-area startup led by some prominent entrepreneurs is getting more cash to go big. Tamr has just raised $25.2 million in Series B funding from Hewlett Packard Ventures, Thomson Reuters, MassMutual Ventures, and previous investors NEA and Google Ventures. The … Continue reading “Tamr Takes in $25M and West Coast Turing Award Tour”

Tamr Receives $25,200,000 Series B Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=99b62eb3-138e-48a2-a195-50ed15a3f86f Date 6/19/2015 Company Name Tamr Mailing Address 66 Church Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Company Description Tamr, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was founded in 2013 by database industry veterans Andy Palmer, Mike Stonebraker and Ihab Ilyas with George Beskales, Daniel Bruckner and Alex Pagan. Website http://www.tamr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Tamr Receives $25,200,000 Series B Round”

Cryptzone Obtains $15,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=283e4005-a42e-4419-82db-ae64504f179a Date 6/19/2015 Company Name Cryptzone Mailing Address 130 Turner St Building 3 Waltham, MA 02453 USA Company Description Cryptzone secures the enterprise with dynamic, identity-driven security solutions that protect critical services, applications and content from internal and external threats. Website http://www.cryptzone.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Cryptzone Obtains $15,000,000 Series B Funding”

Arsenal AAA Secures New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=913e17d8-f09a-486a-8cd1-d264ba7a3a6a Date 6/19/2015 Company Name Arsenal AAA Mailing Address 480 Arsenal St. Watertown, MA 02472 USA Company Description Arsenal AAA is developing a proprietary foam and delivery mechanism designed to fill the aneurysmal sac around an endograft, thus stabilizing the aneurysm and reducing the likelihood of endoleaks. This is especially important in … Continue reading “Arsenal AAA Secures New Funding Round”

Wallet, Watch, and What We Learned from Google I/O and Apple’s WWDC

The two leading platform owners in the smartphone industry, Apple and Google, are going in very different directions—particularly in their philosophies about privacy, and approaches to the “next billion” smartphone users—with major implications for app developers and consumers. Team Apptentive attended both companies’ annual developer conferences, held in late May and early June, in San … Continue reading “Wallet, Watch, and What We Learned from Google I/O and Apple’s WWDC”

With J&J Deal, Emulate Nabs First Partner For Organ on Chip Tech

If microchip systems that act like organs are ever going to really change preclinical drug development, it’s going to happen one experiment—and Big Pharma adopter—at a time. Emulate is trying to take on that challenge, and today it’s gotten its first supporter, Johnson & Johnson. Cambridge, MA-based Emulate, the “organ-on-a-chip” startup spun out of Harvard … Continue reading “With J&J Deal, Emulate Nabs First Partner For Organ on Chip Tech”

480 Biomedical Secures $1,200,000 Series C Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=665d9448-0b8b-4aff-9be9-1d5d94564a28 Date 6/18/2015 Company Name 480 Biomedical Mailing Address 480 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02472 USA Company Description The 480 Biomedical Stanza scaffold technology combines biocompatible materials with innovative engineering for optimal balance of radial force, flexibility and bioresorbability. Our proprietary scaffold is also ideal for controlled delivery of drug for up … Continue reading “480 Biomedical Secures $1,200,000 Series C Financing Round”

Cure Forward Receives $15,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b19a2057-5d01-48a2-af27-3ad09a617102 Date 6/18/2015 Company Name Cure Forward Mailing Address 245 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142 USA Company Description We’re using the power of data to change the world’s approach to cancer. Cure Forward gives patients access to their individualized data, along with the right tools to put it to use. Website http://www.patients-ui-prod.cfwdev.com … Continue reading “Cure Forward Receives $15,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

A123 Systems, Apple Reach Settlement and Dismiss Lawsuit

A123 Systems has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit it filed against Apple for allegedly “poaching” the electric-car battery maker’s employees. The companies have reached a confidential settlement agreement, according to a document filed Monday in Massachusetts district court. No terms of the settlement were released in the court documents. A123’s attorney Michael Rosen of Foley … Continue reading “A123 Systems, Apple Reach Settlement and Dismiss Lawsuit”

Dynatrace and Keynote Merge to Dominate in App Performance

Quick: name a Boston-based software company with 1,700 employees, $450 million in annual revenue, and plenty of room to grow. Oh, and it’s also currently running a 26 percent pre-tax profit, according to its CEO. That would be Dynatrace, which was spun out of Detroit tech giant Compuware last December after the latter was bought … Continue reading “Dynatrace and Keynote Merge to Dominate in App Performance”

Top Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Launching Startups

High-impact entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. Most venture-backed businesses don’t achieve the levels of success their founders and investors hoped for. Indeed, a significant number will fail. Having worked as legal counsel for dozens of venture-backed startups over the years, what frustrates me most is the number of companies that fail not … Continue reading “Top Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Launching Startups”

Kwambio Secures $650,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8da1872f-1536-48b3-9745-e301fc78d69b Date 6/17/2015 Company Name Kwambio Mailing Address Undisclosed Boston, MA 02112 USA Company Description Kwambio prepares to give designers and shoppers alike an interactive experience that will surely change the worlds of 3D printing and online purchasing. Website http://www.kwamb.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $650,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Kwambio Secures $650,000 New Financing Round”

A GitHub for Tech-Friendly Artists? Kadenze Debuts As Arts Edtech Site

[Corrected 6/17/15, 1:04 pm. See below.] Stanford University and two California art schools are part of an international consortium of 16 academic institutions partnering with edtech startup Kadenze, which today launched an online creative arts education site that offers both free and fee-based courses that span visual art, music, and technology. Art and music have … Continue reading “A GitHub for Tech-Friendly Artists? Kadenze Debuts As Arts Edtech Site”

Techstars Acquires Nonprofit UP Global, As Startup Industry Matures

Techstars, one of the nation’s foremost startup accelerator programs, has acquired the nonprofit entrepreneurship education outfit UP Global in a bid to cover the full spectrum “from idea to IPO.” The Seattle-based nonprofit may be best known as the umbrella group overseeing Startup Weekend events, 54-hour sprints held in cities around the world in which … Continue reading “Techstars Acquires Nonprofit UP Global, As Startup Industry Matures”

Techstars’ David Cohen at Boston 2035 Wednesday: Less Chat, More Q&A

It’s all about the audience and the entrepreneurs. That’s the message from David Cohen, co-founder and managing partner of Techstars. Cohen is based in Boulder, CO, but will be in town Wednesday in part to deliver the closing keynote chat at Xconomy’s Boston 2035 event, our full-day conference at Babson College. I connected with Cohen … Continue reading “Techstars’ David Cohen at Boston 2035 Wednesday: Less Chat, More Q&A”

Joining The “Big Data Party,” Fred Hutch Hires Broad’s Top Techie

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said today it has hired a new chief information officer, Matthew Trunnell, as the biomedical institution moves into an era of deep genomic sequencing and other information-heavy approaches to help find new, targeted treatments for cancer and other diseases. A new president and director, D. Gary Gilliland, … Continue reading “Joining The “Big Data Party,” Fred Hutch Hires Broad’s Top Techie”

Your Commute and Improving People’s Lives: More Boston 2035 Predictions

When you ask business leaders to step back and imagine the world in 20 years, an interesting thing happens. They think outside their immediate sector. They talk about solving the bigger problems of society. And, if they’re from New England, they place the region’s contributions in the context of global concerns. None of this is … Continue reading “Your Commute and Improving People’s Lives: More Boston 2035 Predictions”

After Reinvention, Pulmatrix Wraps Up Ruthigen Deal, Heads to Nasdaq

In a friendly IPO market for biotechs, going public the other way—reverse merging with a shell company—is understandably the path less trodden. But after a strategic reinvention, it was the best road forward for Lexington, MA-based Pulmatrix. Today, Pulmatrix will begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “PULM.” It’s completed a previously announced … Continue reading “After Reinvention, Pulmatrix Wraps Up Ruthigen Deal, Heads to Nasdaq”

KleerMail Secures $2,100,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ab9a47f-6b5a-48d5-b752-4bbb82b38419 Date 6/16/2015 Company Name KleerMail Mailing Address 800 Boylston Street 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199 USA Company Description With KleerMail, every Direct Mail program generates optimal ROI irrespective of the expertise or involvement of our clients. KleerMail delivers the most efficient technology solution in the industry, allowing every marketer to include … Continue reading “KleerMail Secures $2,100,000 New Funding”

GTxcel Receives $1,987,872 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e6f063e6-c87a-4c40-b711-4f2358518f5a Date 6/16/2015 Company Name GTxcel Mailing Address 144 Turnpike Rd. Southborough, MA 01772 USA Company Description The GTxcel team and suite of services work together to build publishing brands and create new revenue streams. The GTxcel brand signifies quality solutions and products. Website http://www.gtxcel.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,987,872 … Continue reading “GTxcel Receives $1,987,872 New Round”

GreenLight Biosciences Lands $20,007,507 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d28fa06-1cc9-4a93-a829-c4ee9df36434 Date 6/16/2015 Company Name GreenLight Biosciences Mailing Address 200 Boston Avenue Medford, MA 02155 USA Company Description GreenLight Biosciences is a privately-held biotechnology company focused on sustainable production of chemicals and fuels using its Unconstrained Metabolism technology platform. This revolutionary technology enables the biological conversion of economical, renewable substrates to valuable … Continue reading “GreenLight Biosciences Lands $20,007,507 New Round”

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Obtains $23,961,064 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce961ddf-31b2-405b-a093-f1ee8f55cec0 Date 6/16/2015 Company Name Syndax Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 400 Totten Pond Road Waltham, MA 02451 USA Company Description Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a Waltham, MA-based, oncology-focused biotechnology company that is building a portfolio of new oncology products to extend and improve the lives of patients by developing and commercializing novel cancer … Continue reading “Syndax Pharmaceuticals Obtains $23,961,064 New Financing Round”

Bit9 Acquires Objective Logistics for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d91c202-d94d-4ca7-a528-dfb5cb6c143e Date 6/16/2015 Company Name Objective Logistics Mailing Address 109 Kingston St. 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02111 USA Company Description Objective Logistics is gamifying the workplace. We are a retail/restaurant-focused software company that provides an artificially-intelligent, web-accessible labor management platform (MUSE) scientifically proven to increase sales and save managers countless hours of … Continue reading “Bit9 Acquires Objective Logistics for Undisclosed Sum”

Philo Receives $10,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0a93934d-6b24-4502-ac04-bb18ec9e5b54 Date 6/16/2015 Company Name Philo Mailing Address 12 Arrow St. Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Company Description Philo is a next-generation IPTV platform that lets viewers watch content on their favorite devices with efficient search, insightful discovery, and effortless sharing. We currently deliver our service through private, secure campus data networks so … Continue reading “Philo Receives $10,000,000 New Round”

John Harthorne, David Manfredi, Frank Moss Join Boston 2035 on 6/17

We’re in the final stages of preparing for our biggest local event of the year: Boston 2035, a wide-ranging look at the future of New England innovation over the next 20 years. It’s all going down at Babson College this Wednesday. I’m pleased to update you about a few additions to the program. John Harthorne, … Continue reading “John Harthorne, David Manfredi, Frank Moss Join Boston 2035 on 6/17”

Speech Startup VocaliD Creates Personalized Voices With Crowd’s Help

[Updated, 10am. See below.] Losing the ability to speak is harrowing, and particularly poignant in conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (known as ALS), stroke, or cerebral palsy. Yet many who can’t speak still can make some sounds with their voice—think gleeful yelps of joy or sorrowful shrieks of pain. Those sounds are key to the work … Continue reading “Speech Startup VocaliD Creates Personalized Voices With Crowd’s Help”

FINsix Garners $7,088,294 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=06659186-21e5-4ffc-aac2-c136691f19a5 Date 6/15/2015 Company Name FINsix Mailing Address 27 Drydock Avenue 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02210 USA Company Description FINsix Corporation, the worldwide leader in VHF power conversion technology (30 to 300MHz switching frequency), is bringing to market highly miniaturized power conversion products that offer excellent performance, high power density and superior … Continue reading “FINsix Garners $7,088,294 New Funding”

Skedaddle Over to Babson for Boston 2035 on Wednesday

Interested in attending our Boston 2035 conference, but don’t have a car? Or don’t want to fight the traffic between Boston and Wellesley? We’ve got a solution for you. Boston startup Skedaddle is providing complimentary round-trip transportation from South Station in downtown Boston to the Babson College campus for event attendees next Wednesday, June 17. … Continue reading “Skedaddle Over to Babson for Boston 2035 on Wednesday”

East Coast Biotech Roundup: XTuit, Spero, Unum, RNAi Feud & More

New startups. New data. Financings. Acquisitions. Legal tussles. FDA advisory panels. It’s been that kind of week in East Coast biotech. So grab some coffee and let’s roll through this week’s headlines. —This week a new type of cholesterol-lowering drug was in the spotlight, a class of injectable therapies that block the protein known as … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: XTuit, Spero, Unum, RNAi Feud & More”

Copenhagen Wheel Rides and Hands-On Drones at Boston 2035 on June 17

Experience the future first hand. We are less than a week away from Xconomy’s full day innovation extravaganza, Boston 2035, which will take place at Babson College next Wednesday, June 17. The speaker lineup for this event exploring the Boston region’s long-term future is already off the charts—with legendary entrepreneur Desh Deshpande, David Cohen from Techstars, … Continue reading “Copenhagen Wheel Rides and Hands-On Drones at Boston 2035 on June 17”