Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=40114ec5-1822-428e-8e7f-dcd3d076020c Date 8/11/2014 Company Name OnForce Mailing Address 10 Maguire Road Lexington, MA 02421 USA Company Description OnForce enables large and small enterprises to compete more effectively in today’s global digital economy by increasing business efficiency, gaining immediate access to highly qualified technical experts, regardless of location, and enabling quick delivery of … Continue reading “Beeline Acquires OnForce for Undisclosed Sum”
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Boston Tech Roundup: RedPoint, Verdasys, Directr
Here’s a few deals to catch up on as we wrap up another summer week around the Boston-area technology sector: —RedPoint Global, a Wellesley Hills, MA-based software company, has raised $5.2 million in venture investment. The round was led by Grotech Ventures and joined by Sagamore Ventures. RedPoint offers products aimed at digital marketing and data … Continue reading “Boston Tech Roundup: RedPoint, Verdasys, Directr”
Innovation Hub: Forget Big Bets—Success Means Thinking Small
If you want to reap big rewards, you’ve got to take big risks. Right? Not according to Peter Sims, author of Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, who argues that companies from Google to Hewlett-Packard have cashed in by thinking small, floating trial balloons, and understanding that micro failures are inevitable. I … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Forget Big Bets—Success Means Thinking Small”
Linda Stone’s Antidote to Quantified Self: The Essential Self
The Quantified Self movement emerged in the late 2000s in response to an absence: the lack of useful data about our bodies as we move through the day. Before the QS era, an EKG could show you your heart rhythms; a lab analysis could show you your cholesterol levels; a treadmill stress test could measure … Continue reading “Linda Stone’s Antidote to Quantified Self: The Essential Self”
Gameface Media Garners $2,500,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=690afaae-14ef-483d-b434-c89d9866e4e5 Date 8/8/2014 Company Name Gameface Media Mailing Address 125 Kingston St. Boston, MA 02111 USA Company Description Gameface Media is the largest provider of free sporting event photos in the world. Gameface enables brands to make a deep connection with event participants by providing free photos of them participating in obstacle … Continue reading “Gameface Media Garners $2,500,000 Series B Financing”
T2 Biosystems Sputters Through IPO Queue, Raises $57M
If the question was how a diagnostics company would fare in a sputtering IPO market, the answer for T2 Biosystems was: not too well. The Lexington, MA-based company priced well below its projected range, raising about $57.2 million before paying its underwriters. T2 aimed to raise as much as $68 million by selling 4 million … Continue reading “T2 Biosystems Sputters Through IPO Queue, Raises $57M”
Kitsy Lane Garners $918,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e517d6f4-cd9e-4aa0-8da3-153562bf0d27 Date 8/7/2014 Company Name Kitsy Lane Mailing Address 115 Kingston Street 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02111 USA Company Description It’s all about the find, the hunt, the deal, the giving and receiving. And, it’s all about you. Kitsy Lane is made up of a community of Boutique Owners (from stay-at-home moms … Continue reading “Kitsy Lane Garners $918,000 New Funding”
Myomo Secures $1,720,231 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33cddef0-834d-495d-99f4-61b861c4a010 Date 8/6/2014 Company Name Myomo Mailing Address One Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 USA Company Description Myomo is pioneering NeuroRobotics, a new category of non-invasive medical device technology to help people relearn how to move severely weak or partially paralyzed limbs. Originally an acronym for Muscle-Motion, Myomo (pronounced MY-O-MO) was … Continue reading “Myomo Secures $1,720,231 Series B Funding Round”
MitraSpan Receives $2,200,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ecdb22c2-5888-4549-958e-6de43a69e170 Date 8/6/2014 Company Name MitraSpan Mailing Address 23 Locust Street Belmont, MA 02478 USA Company Description MitraSpan, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Belmont, Massachusetts. Website http://www.mitraspan-inc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact … Continue reading “MitraSpan Receives $2,200,000 New Funding Round”
Drop Messages Lands $1,250,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43d6201c-2dcf-449c-9978-721b5b519aa7 Date 8/6/2014 Company Name Drop Messages Mailing Address 1075 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Company Description Location-based messaging is here. Drop Messages is the TechCrunch award-winning app that uses your phone to make the world around you come alive. Join the growing Drop Messages community that is now in 60+ … Continue reading “Drop Messages Lands $1,250,000 Seed Financing”
Transatomic Power Secures $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f0f1f34-b792-4625-9417-b6af266e251d Date 8/6/2014 Company Name Transatomic Power Mailing Address One Broadway 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 USA Company Description Transatomic Power Corporation is commercializing an innovative molten salt reactor that safely burns nuclear waste to deliver vast amounts of affordable clean energy to meet the world’s needs. We are headquartered in Kendall … Continue reading “Transatomic Power Secures $2,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
YouTube Acquires Directr for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b48dd042-eea0-48c4-84ec-82780fb89132 Date 8/6/2014 Company Name Directr Mailing Address One Waterhouse Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Company Description Directr is a mobile application company that provides users with the ability to create beautiful movies on their phones in just minutes. Directr’s app will automatically edit/sync videos on your phone and make moving sharing … Continue reading “YouTube Acquires Directr for Undisclosed Sum”
How Google, Microsoft, and Amazon’s Boston-Area Offices Stack Up
The biggest names in technology have very few boundaries when it comes to competing with each other. Take the smartphone market, where Amazon, Google, Apple, and Microsoft—four companies with very different core business models—have all made huge investments. At the core of that competition is a race to hire the engineers, designers, developers, and other … Continue reading “How Google, Microsoft, and Amazon’s Boston-Area Offices Stack Up”
Funding Options Shrink for Early-Stage Cleantech Ventures
The term “cleantech” has gone through a rebranding. However it’s defined, though, investment in energy and natural resource-related startups continues. Just don’t expect venture capitalists to be writing all the checks. As a reporter, I chronicled the rush of venture capital in cleantech in the mid-to-late 2000s and the subsequent financial bust and politicization of … Continue reading “Funding Options Shrink for Early-Stage Cleantech Ventures”
Nuclear Startup Transatomic Power Lands $2M From Founders Fund
Transatomic Power wants to build a new type of nuclear reactor, an endeavor that could take many years and hundreds of millions of dollars. Today, the startup is announcing that it’s landed a venture investor—Founders Fund—willing to bankroll one early step in the journey. Cambridge, MA-based Transatomic has raised $2 million from FF Science, a … Continue reading “Nuclear Startup Transatomic Power Lands $2M From Founders Fund”
With $310M and Public Investors Aboard, Is a Juno IPO Next?
We won’t know for some time whether the cancer immunotherapies under development at high-powered Seattle startup Juno Therapeutics are the real deal. But there are plenty of investors willing to bet on them. Juno announced today that it has raised a $134 million Series B round from all of its “major” prior investors—the company didn’t … Continue reading “With $310M and Public Investors Aboard, Is a Juno IPO Next?”
Peep Obtains $3,700,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=968bf937-f7bc-402d-acc3-b00ab7b4b8a1 Date 8/5/2014 Company Name Peep Mailing Address 501 Westport Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850 USA Company Description Peep is shaking up the way we share photos. Introducing a new way to share, store and swap photos privately or secretly between groups. Website http://www.peep.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,700,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Peep Obtains $3,700,000 New Funding”
GliaCure Secures $5,800,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a0c66c3-d89e-401f-9395-d283fbefcadf Date 8/5/2014 Company Name GliaCure Mailing Address 234 Causeway St. Boston, MA 02114 USA Company Description GliaCure is focused on the development of novel therapies for neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders based on glia targets. Website http://www.gliacure.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,800,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “GliaCure Secures $5,800,000 Series B Funding Round”
Constellation Pharmaceuticals Garners $5,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=53480e79-b3e7-4280-8ecb-14dc4b8d9561 Date 8/5/2014 Company Name Constellation Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 215 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142 USA Company Description Constellation Pharmaceuticals is the first biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel therapeutics in the emerging field of Epigenetics, a new field of science which is focused on selective regulators of epigenetic function, … Continue reading “Constellation Pharmaceuticals Garners $5,000,000 New Financing”
As Book Prices Drop, Big Publishers Push Into Software and Edtech
Don’t look now, but textbook publishers are trying to become software companies. And tech startups are trying to outmaneuver these giants to win the future of educational content and tools. It’s one of the big trends in edtech and digital media. Indeed, digital publishing has “fundamentally changed every aspect of what we are doing with … Continue reading “As Book Prices Drop, Big Publishers Push Into Software and Edtech”
Enumeral Raises $21.5M, Heads to the OTC Via Reverse Merger
(Updated, 8/5/14, 9:10 am ET) Enumeral Biomedical started up a few years ago around a new way to help scientists measure how the body responds to infection and disease. Today, with a few partnerships and in-house drug candidates under its belt, the Cambridge, MA, and New York-based startup is heading into the public markets to … Continue reading “Enumeral Raises $21.5M, Heads to the OTC Via Reverse Merger”
Startups Still Abandon Wisconsin, But Growing Cluster Keeping More Here
SurveyMonkey has come a long way since Ryan Finley started the company in his Madison, WI, apartment. The online polling service, which counts Facebook and Harvard among its customers, began in 1999 after Finley earned his computer science degree from the state’s flagship university. It survived the dot-com era’s collapse, reportedly bootstrapping its way to … Continue reading “Startups Still Abandon Wisconsin, But Growing Cluster Keeping More Here”
Military Strategies Being Used in the War on Cancer
Nearly everyone has heard of the War on Cancer, which was launched during the Nixon administration with the passage of the National Cancer Act of 1971. The goal of this legislation was to eradicate (or at least significantly decrease) the number of U.S. cancer deaths. Progress in meeting this goal has been slow over the … Continue reading “Military Strategies Being Used in the War on Cancer”
How Cotton Bureau Became the Internet’s Coolest T-Shirt Store
You may not have realized that it was possible to become addicted to buying T-shirts. But that probably means you just haven’t stumbled upon Cotton Bureau, a year-old website that has quickly become the world’s coolest T-shirt shop. The four-person crew behind Cotton Bureau has managed to pull this off by stitching together an impressive number … Continue reading “How Cotton Bureau Became the Internet’s Coolest T-Shirt Store”
Boston Tech Roundup: EyeNetra, ViralGains, MetraTech, HubSpot
Here’s a smattering of deal and departure news to catch up on for the end of the week: —EyeNetra, an MIT spinout that is developing vision-testing hardware for smartphones, has raised $4 million in an equity investment. Co-founder David Schafran tells MedCity News that the company is engaged in foreign and U.S.-based clinical trials for the … Continue reading “Boston Tech Roundup: EyeNetra, ViralGains, MetraTech, HubSpot”
Innovation Hub: Legendary Investor Roger McNamee on “Day of Reckoning”
There’s always plenty of coverage of the newest phones—are they a millimeter thinner? Is the camera slightly better? But when you back up and look at the broad sweep of how technology has changed our lives over the last generation, it’s profound. Celebrated Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee has been part of this transformation—having spent … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Legendary Investor Roger McNamee on “Day of Reckoning””
Global Warming and the Power of Fear to Drive Innovation
[Corrected, see below] As graduation approached at my rural Michigan high school in 1985, our principal had a problem. The commencement ceremony usually featured two speeches: one from the valedictorian and one from the salutatorian. But in my graduating class eight people, including me, had a 4.0 grade point average. Who would give the valedictorian … Continue reading “Global Warming and the Power of Fear to Drive Innovation”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Emulate, Accelerator, Retrophin, & More
A new high-profile startup, an evolving biotech soap opera, and a long-awaited new entrant to New York City’s life sciences scene dot the roundup this week—all as we say goodbye to a volatile July and Thursday’s market carnage, which saw many biotech indexes plummet. Those stories and more below: —After about five years of incubation … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Emulate, Accelerator, Retrophin, & More”
ADmantX Receives $2,400,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=355ea4b3-f6fe-4e1d-b986-de6aa72652ce Date 8/1/2014 Company Name ADmantX Mailing Address Undisclosed Hartford, CT 06105 USA Company Description The company uses semantic and natural language processing trends to help advertisers and agencies develop effective online advertising campaigns. Website http://www.admantx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,400,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes ADmantX is responding to … Continue reading “ADmantX Receives $2,400,000 New Financing Round”
With $2M Seed, Perlstein Lab Tests Unorthodox Rare-Disease Plan
DIYBio is a hot term these days, as more so-called citizen scientists gain access to biotechnology tools and “biohacker” lab spaces. But how about DIY drug discovery? Independent scientist Ethan Perlstein is trying to prove it’s possible. After a year bootstrapping an ambitious project to find treatments for diseases too rare to attract drug industry … Continue reading “With $2M Seed, Perlstein Lab Tests Unorthodox Rare-Disease Plan”
MA Won’t Change Noncompete Law, VCs Pledge to Continue Campaign
Startups and technology investors in Boston are finding out that political change usually doesn’t happen very fast. Despite a heavy lobbying campaign coordinated by the state’s venture capital firms, Massachusetts legislators have once again declined to restrict the use of non-competition agreements in the state. Employers use those contracts to ensure their workers won’t jump … Continue reading “MA Won’t Change Noncompete Law, VCs Pledge to Continue Campaign”
Is Radio Silence Endangering Your Business?
Let’s see if this scenario sounds all-too-familiar. A divisional company director is facing a distressed situation. Her CEO suggests bringing in an outside consultant to help. They meet, and the director decides to hire the consultant and immediately confirms a follow-up meeting on both of their calendars. Except that this second meeting never takes place. … Continue reading “Is Radio Silence Endangering Your Business?”
ViralGains Lands $2,297,319 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f40d01c-d2a3-41e1-9eb8-6888821221e4 Date 7/31/2014 Company Name ViralGains Mailing Address 290 Congress Street 7th Floor Boston, MA 02210 USA Company Description The ViralGains mission is to create authentic relationships between consumers and advertisers through the power of online video. ViralGains delivers Viral Marketing at scale through technology that measures how consumers watch, share, and … Continue reading “ViralGains Lands $2,297,319 New Financing Round”
Allurion Technologies Obtains $1,619,247 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5c6b4b9f-f189-430e-a11d-b61d349c48f6 Date 7/31/2014 Company Name Allurion Technologies Mailing Address 888 Worcester Street Wellesley, MA 02482 USA Company Description Allurion manufactures a medical device for obesity that can be delivered and removed without surgery or endoscopy. The company was founded in 2009 and formerly known as SGL Medical Inc. Website http://www.alluriontechnologies.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Allurion Technologies Obtains $1,619,247 New Financing”
KnowledgeVision Systems Garners $1,200,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3e9396e5-9a36-4295-b135-bc7e74c0a317 Date 7/31/2014 Company Name KnowledgeVision Systems Mailing Address 55 Old Bedford Road Lincoln, MA 01773 USA Company Description Finally, an enterprise-level tool for synchronizing video, PowerPoint, footnotes, handout attachments, and images together into engaging, informative experiences available at any time! Website http://www.knowledgevision.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,200,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “KnowledgeVision Systems Garners $1,200,000 New Round”
MediaCrossing Lands $1,501,825 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1fbe8a4b-ae61-4ab4-abc7-d4a9af2c9232 Date 7/31/2014 Company Name MediaCrossing Mailing Address 3 Landmark Square Stamford, CT 06901 USA Company Description MediaCrossing Inc. is building an important new company in an exciting new category–independent media trading and market making–in the fast-growing multi-billion dollar global digital ad market. Website http://www.mediacrossing.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,501,825 … Continue reading “MediaCrossing Lands $1,501,825 New Funding Round”
Driving Corporate Innovation: Design Thinking vs. Customer Development
Startups are not smaller versions of large companies, but interestingly we also see that companies are not larger versions of startups. I’ve been spending some time with large companies that are interested in using “Lean Startup” methods. One of the conundrums is why does innovation take so long to happen in corporations? Previously Hank Chesbrough … Continue reading “Driving Corporate Innovation: Design Thinking vs. Customer Development”
Drone Startups, Like Airware, Seek Profit in Software and the Cloud
Airware is a drone company that won’t be selling any drones. And it’s not alone: as the emerging market for commercial drones takes shape, a number of startups plan to earn profits by developing software and services for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), rather than focusing just on the hardware. San Francisco-based Airware said last week … Continue reading “Drone Startups, Like Airware, Seek Profit in Software and the Cloud”
Gen9 Garners $25,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4318411b-c5ab-48cb-9f9e-344932d0a0a6 Date 7/30/2014 Company Name Gen9 Mailing Address 840 Memorial Drive 5th Floor Cambridge, MA 01239 USA Company Description Synthetic Biology is poised to modernize trillion dollar industries by introducing genes that program microorganisms to produce pharmaceuticals, biofuels and chemicals. A small number of Gen9’s current production tools generate sufficient DNA content … Continue reading “Gen9 Garners $25,000,000 New Financing Round”
New Leaf CEO: “The Vision Hasn’t Changed” as Payment Tech Heats Up
The checkout counter at your neighborhood hangout has become one of the hottest pieces of real estate in technology. Younger companies like Square and Groupon are pushing digital cash registers based on the iPad, and the software that goes along with them. Heavyweights like PayPal, Amazon, and Google are in the mix too, with digital … Continue reading “New Leaf CEO: “The Vision Hasn’t Changed” as Payment Tech Heats Up”
To Solve Alzheimer’s Mystery, Better Biological Clues Sorely Needed
The other day, I found a video on the website of the Alzheimer’s Association, a nonprofit foundation. It was part of an HBO documentary series produced a few years ago by Maria Shriver to educate the public about Alzheimer’s disease. The first couple minutes showed people going into scanners, doctors gently examining patients, color-contrasted brain … Continue reading “To Solve Alzheimer’s Mystery, Better Biological Clues Sorely Needed”
Is Jibo the Next Roomba, or a Bigger Test for Consumer Robots?
Cynthia Breazeal has been a media darling since her grad-student days at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. She has worked on “social robots” with expressive faces and names like Kismet and Leonardo. So it’s no surprise that her current startup—and robot, called Jibo—is getting lots of attention. The company’s crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo has netted more … Continue reading “Is Jibo the Next Roomba, or a Bigger Test for Consumer Robots?”
SafeOp Surgical Lands $2,370,008 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=df86805f-7eee-4109-a17f-05c38cc14076 Date 7/29/2014 Company Name SafeOp Surgical Mailing Address 55 Old Field Point Road Greenwich, CT 06830 USA Company Description The company manufactures medical devices and equipment. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,370,008 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact technology company … Continue reading “SafeOp Surgical Lands $2,370,008 New Funding Round”
Emulate Garners $12,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7d00184-1a76-469c-af37-0b325dfcb37b Date 7/29/2014 Company Name Emulate Mailing Address Undisclosed Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Company Description Emulate launches to commercialize automated human Organs-on-Chips platform to accelerate drug development, detect toxicities and advance personalized medicine. Website http://www.emulatebio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Emulate will use the … Continue reading “Emulate Garners $12,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
EyeNetra Receives $4,000,005 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d04d5ed0-ed20-4af4-a20f-a93f3e3b6afa Date 7/29/2014 Company Name EyeNetra Mailing Address 35 Medford Street Somerville, MA 02143 USA Company Description EyeNetra is transforming the eye care industry by providing on-demand access to eye care from anywhere at anytime, benefiting hundreds of millions around the globe. Website http://www.eyenetra.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,000,005 Transaction … Continue reading “EyeNetra Receives $4,000,005 New Financing Round”
Energy Startups Take Page From Tech Playbook, Build Data Platforms
A standard playbook in the tech industry is to try to build a “platform” on top of which a company can attract developers and partners—and build revenue. In the energy industry, though, the notion of technology platforms and partner ecosystems is more or less non-existent. That could change, though, as more technology entrepreneurs cross over … Continue reading “Energy Startups Take Page From Tech Playbook, Build Data Platforms”
Emulate Scores $12M to Shake Up Drug Testing With Organs on Chips
It’s an age-old problem with drug development: no matter how good a drug looks when tested in animals or petri dishes, there’s no guarantee it’ll have the same effect on a person. That unpredictability has delayed or doomed countless drug prospects—and drives up the cost, and time, it takes to make a successful therapeutic. A … Continue reading “Emulate Scores $12M to Shake Up Drug Testing With Organs on Chips”
ChoiceStream Lands $7,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de336476-2a2d-4baa-9390-3c95b97b0e3c Date 7/28/2014 Company Name ChoiceStream Mailing Address 25 Drydock Ave. 5th Floor Boston, MA 02210 USA Company Description ChoiceStream develops personalization solutions for online consumer services, search services, e-retailers and iTV providers. Relied on by the world’s largest online services providers, including AOL, ChoiceStream’s patent-pending technology helps companies increase customer retention … Continue reading “ChoiceStream Lands $7,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
Boston Tech Deals: TripAdvisor, PTC, Karmaloop, Intigua
Here are a handful of tech-industry financing and acquisition deals that went down this week, from travel and industrial software to IT and e-commerce: —TripAdvisor, the Newton, MA-based online travel site conglomerate, is making another acquisition. TripAdvisor says it’s spending about $200 million, mostly in cash, for online travel-booking company Viator. TripAdvisor says San Francisco-based … Continue reading “Boston Tech Deals: TripAdvisor, PTC, Karmaloop, Intigua”
Innovation Hub: How Lego Built a Blockbuster Global Brand
What products count as innovative? Often, the things we take most for granted. Like Legos. A toy that was started by a failing carpenter in the 1940s, suffered a near-death experience several years ago, and is now experiencing blockbuster growth. So, how did the company manage to stay afloat through a half-century of changing tastes … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: How Lego Built a Blockbuster Global Brand”