Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e39b4a6-cb2c-4b0e-90de-a8155027e4a2 Date 9/6/2013 Company Name StarStreet Mailing Address 26 Russell Street Cambridge, MA 02140 Company Description StarStreet is a platform for sports fans to play fantasy sports for real money. Website http://www.starstreet.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,450,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. … Continue reading “StarStreet Obtains $1,450,000 New Round”
Category: Boston
No More Rock Stars: Startups Like Swipely Are Hiring Collaborators
This is the story of a student, a mentor, a school, and a startup. Together they highlight the ways in which recruiting and talent development at New England companies have changed over the past decade. Bart Flaherty was an undergrad at Northeastern University. His major was communication studies, but halfway through he started taking computer … Continue reading “No More Rock Stars: Startups Like Swipely Are Hiring Collaborators”
Dragon Innovation Kicks Off Crowdfunding, 2 Projects Rocket Ahead
Dragon Innovation, one of the key players in Boston’s new wave of hardware entrepreneurship, is showing off some early success with its new crowdfunding website. The site went live today, and two of the initial projects—which range from high-tech to basic tools—are hits with customers after just a few hours. Tessel, a microcontroller with add-on … Continue reading “Dragon Innovation Kicks Off Crowdfunding, 2 Projects Rocket Ahead”
5 Things Biotechs Should Do to Take Advantage of The Boom
We are currently enjoying a much needed resurgence in the biotechnology industry. The industry has been the best performing sector in the stock market for the last two years and it appears it will be again this year. This performance has enabled companies to raise capital, either publicly or privately, in record amounts. We expect … Continue reading “5 Things Biotechs Should Do to Take Advantage of The Boom”
Datto Secures $25,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=09f5f4b3-b4ad-41ef-9b84-71de5f169997 Date 9/5/2013 Company Name Datto Mailing Address 101 Merritt 7 7th Floor Norwalk, CT 06851 Company Description Founded in 2007, Datto is changing how companies protect their information. Datto systems are scalable and offer a full spectrum of solutions that can satisfy both the small business owner and large enterprise businesses. … Continue reading “Datto Secures $25,000,000 New Funding”
Advance Medical Lands $20,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=869e0320-f459-4f7e-b8cb-77b223adf868 Date 9/5/2013 Company Name Advance Medical Mailing Address 100 Lowder Brook Westwood, MA 02090 Company Description Advance Medical is an international health care services provider that has been helping patients with expert consultations from world experts since 1999. Website http://www.advance-medical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Series B … Continue reading “Advance Medical Lands $20,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Arsenal Medical Lands $4,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=80662760-036b-4612-b7ed-fe7bb5bb0d48 Date 9/5/2013 Company Name Arsenal Medical Mailing Address 480 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02172 Company Description Arsenal Medical’s AxioCore nanofiber drug delivery technology is an adaptable platform addressing a wide range of local drug delivery applications. Website http://www.arsenalmedical.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Arsenal Medical Lands $4,000,000 New Financing Round”
Boston Roundup: RunKeeper, Arbor Networks, Datto, General Catalyst, Baker
Updated 4:50 pm Startup partnerships, acquisition deals, fundraising, and little bit of innovation-sector politics to catch up on: —RunKeeper is popping up on another smartwatch. The Boston-based fitness-tracking app, which has built its brand primarily on smartphones, is one of the first apps being made available on Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear device. The smartwatch communicates … Continue reading “Boston Roundup: RunKeeper, Arbor Networks, Datto, General Catalyst, Baker”
Platform Ecosystems in Big Data
I have written about the platform eco-system trend in technology recently. To recap, a business that has been gaining ground in the tech world is the technology platform developer network model, wherein large numbers of developers can use the platform to build their businesses cost-effectively without the handicap of huge infrastructure expenditure. Some of the … Continue reading “Platform Ecosystems in Big Data”
EMC’s Eric Herzog on Bullseyes, Red-Eyes, and Tech Paranoia
A big EMC product announcement is a good excuse to get to know the company’s higher-ups. Lord knows, I can’t keep up with the trade press and tech blogs that will dissect the data storage giant’s latest and greatest offering. But I can tell you about the man leading the charge today. He is Eric … Continue reading “EMC’s Eric Herzog on Bullseyes, Red-Eyes, and Tech Paranoia”
Extreme Reach Goes to Extreme Lengths With $485M DG Deal
Before autumn arrives in full swing, let’s take a closer look at one of the biggest deals of the summer. I’m talking about Needham, MA-based Extreme Reach, a video-ad delivery startup, buying the TV advertising business of Digital Generation (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DGIT]]), based in Irving, TX, for $485 million in cash. Here’s why the deal is … Continue reading “Extreme Reach Goes to Extreme Lengths With $485M DG Deal”
A Silicon Valley Pioneer Molds the Next Wave of Innovators at Rice
Jack Gill went to northern California more than 40 years ago, becoming part of Silicon Valley’s formation. He landed there in the late ’60s and founded Autolab, which pioneered the use of microprocessor-based instruments and computers for chromatography laboratory applications and was later acquired by Spectra Physics. In 1981, Gill co-found Vanguard Ventures, one of … Continue reading “A Silicon Valley Pioneer Molds the Next Wave of Innovators at Rice”
Aileron Goes After Cancer’s Hard Target, P53, With Peptide Drug
Cancer biologists and drugmakers have tried, and failed, to find ways to protect a gene known as p53 for more than two decades, and for good reason: the famous tumor suppressor gets shut down in some form by every single known type of cancer. Yet an eight-year-old startup out of Cambridge, MA, named Aileron Therapeutics … Continue reading “Aileron Goes After Cancer’s Hard Target, P53, With Peptide Drug”
Fight Over Uber is Battle Over Innovation in Dallas
I’ve lived in Dallas almost my entire adult life, but until this week I had never attended a city council meeting. The meeting started off with a bang as a woman dressed in traditional African costume (along with an accompanist on drums,) who serenaded Mayor Mike Rawlings just before she accused the sergeant-at-arms of “wanting” … Continue reading “Fight Over Uber is Battle Over Innovation in Dallas”
Biotech and Fantasy Football Picks for Fall 2013
There’s an old saying about surgeons. They are “sometimes wrong; never in doubt.” If only the same could be said for biotech writers. I’ve been sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and sometimes embarrassingly wrong the past couple years I’ve made predictions about biotech and fantasy football. Last year, I doubted both Adrian Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings … Continue reading “Biotech and Fantasy Football Picks for Fall 2013”
NeoGraft Technologies Garners $3,999,994 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d8fc7ca4-6f0c-42b9-a713-0ede688895c4 Date 9/3/2013 Company Name NeoGraft Technologies Mailing Address 470 Constitution Drive Taunton, MA 02780 Company Description NeoGraft Technologies is developing the Angioshield, a method of conformal deposit of a tunable biodegradable polymer composite as an adventitial wrap onto living vascular segments by electrospinning, without having an effect on tissue viability and … Continue reading “NeoGraft Technologies Garners $3,999,994 New Financing”
QuantiaMD Secures $10,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=44027385-5617-46a5-98e1-ce5a5541183a Date 9/3/2013 Company Name QuantiaMD Mailing Address 52 Second Avenue 4th Floor Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description We are a free online community where practicing physicians share practical medicine. The practice of medicine is becoming more complex every day and the amount of knowledge physicians need is rising at an unprecedented … Continue reading “QuantiaMD Secures $10,000,000 Series B Funding”
Health eVillages Obtains $58,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a02e41ee-7f04-44d7-8c0a-04915e3a3c78 Date 9/2/2013 Company Name Health eVillages Mailing Address 55 Walkers Brook Drive Reading, MA 01867 Company Description Health eVillages, a program of the not-for-profit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, provides state-of-the-art mobile health technology including medical reference and clinical decision support resources to medical professionals in the … Continue reading “Health eVillages Obtains $58,000 New Financing Round”
Evolv Technologies Garners $11,820,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1bcd85c1-969e-4a75-a94e-e2701800de29 Date 9/2/2013 Company Name Evolv Technologies Mailing Address 2 Plainview Road Wayland, MA 01778 Company Description Evolv Technologies, Inc., a Wayland, MA-based company that will commercialize new metamaterials-based imaging and detection technology for use in airports and other high-risk facilities. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $11,820,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Evolv Technologies Garners $11,820,000 Series A Round”
Boston Roundup: Acquia, 908 Devices, StarStreet
We’ve got one company shopping itself for a stock sale, and two more who have raised new money in this end-of-summer collection of innovation headlines: —Acquia, a website services firm, has hired a new chief financial officer as it prepares for a possible IPO: Dennis Morgan, formerly of Salesforce.com acquisition Buddy Media. The Burlington, MA-based … Continue reading “Boston Roundup: Acquia, 908 Devices, StarStreet”
Big Data Innovation Summit
“Driving business success and customer insight through big data innovation.” Registration details here. Speakers from Wolfram Alpha, CERN, Johnson & Johnson, Salesforce.com, StubHub, and more. Six tracks: big data innovation; big data analytics; Hadoop, R, NoSQL, and open source software; big data and marketing innovation; data visualization; and deep-dive workshops.
StackUp
“Panel of cool Boston startup companies discussing their stack technologies.” Enough said. Here are the registration details. Panelists are from Jana, Localytics, RunKeeper, and Wayfair. Moderated by Aaron White from Venrock.
Meda Snaps Up Sequoia-Backed Acton Pharmaceuticals for $135M+
Venture backers of Acton Pharmaceuticals are breathing a little easier this morning. Meda has agreed to acquire the Marlborough, MA-based developer of respiratory drugs in a deal worth at least $135 million. The Swedish drugmaker didn’t break down exactly how much it will pay in total, but the transaction includes $135 million up front, a … Continue reading “Meda Snaps Up Sequoia-Backed Acton Pharmaceuticals for $135M+”
Help Save Our Innovation Economy from the SEC’s Rewrite of Reg D
Over the past 30 years, the United States has developed an infrastructure to nurture, grow, and fund early stage companies that is the envy of the world. There are more than 250,000 active angel investors in this country, and nearly one out of every five of the startup investments they make are in California. At … Continue reading “Help Save Our Innovation Economy from the SEC’s Rewrite of Reg D”
East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Syndax, Enteris, Invivo, & More
The big news in biotech this week may have been Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]) finally completing its high-profile quest to acquire Onyx Pharmaceuticals, but that isn’t all that happened. We’ve got your East Coast headlines below: —Waltham, MA-based Syndax Pharmaceuticals pocketed $26.6 million in equity financing this week from existing investors Domain Associates, MPM Capital, Forward … Continue reading “East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Syndax, Enteris, Invivo, & More”
Sea Level Rise: Time for a Barrage of New Ideas
Everyone recognizes the Golden Gate Bridge. Even if you’ve never visited it in person, you’ve seen it in hundreds of movies and photographs. But I’ll bet you’ve never heard of the Golden Gate Barrage. That’s because it doesn’t exist yet. But as the atmosphere warms, ice sheets melt, and the unruly oceans slosh past their … Continue reading “Sea Level Rise: Time for a Barrage of New Ideas”
Starting a Company Is Hard. Good Health Insurance Makes It Easier.
Usually late August is fairly laid-back, but this year the debate over how states are implementing the federal Affordable Care Act seems to get louder by the day. Except here in Massachusetts, where it’s pretty quiet. Why? Because it’s already been addressed here. I must admit, I don’t remember there being very much angst at the … Continue reading “Starting a Company Is Hard. Good Health Insurance Makes It Easier.”
FST21 Obtains $5,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd21961d-c8b8-46f9-89d2-93fd3ff3237a Date 8/30/2013 Company Name FST21 Mailing Address 30 Turnpike Road Southborough, MA 01772 Company Description FST21 has created a new security paradigm – combining security with convenience. Your identity becomes your key to access buildings, apartments, and offices, to obtain services, and even to make payments. A world without keys, cards, … Continue reading “FST21 Obtains $5,000,000 New Funding”
Meda AB Acquires Acton Pharmaceuticals for $145,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c1ee53d-fb02-4a99-af2e-4eda1aa93391 Date 8/30/2013 Company Name Acton Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 225 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 Company Description Acton is primarily focused on development and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products that treat allergic, pulmonary, and other respiratory related diseases. Website http://www.actonpharmaceuticals.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $145,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A … Continue reading “Meda AB Acquires Acton Pharmaceuticals for $145,000,000”
Bill Gates Invests in Boston’s Evolv, an Intellectual Ventures Spinout
When Boston startup Evolv Technologies surfaced earlier this month with an $11.8 million fundraising round, nobody tied to the company would talk about what it’s doing. Today, the secrecy is lifting. Evolv is developing advanced imaging products—think airport security scanners—that could be much smaller and more efficient thanks to the wave-bending properties of a technology … Continue reading “Bill Gates Invests in Boston’s Evolv, an Intellectual Ventures Spinout”
Quanttus and the Rise of Boston’s Personal Healthtech Cluster
File this one under “the start of something big… maybe.” A stealthy, year-old startup out of MIT is working on new kinds of sensors and software that it hopes will transform personal health and wellness. Its name is Quanttus, it’s very early stage, and it isn’t talking to the press yet. But if it succeeds, … Continue reading “Quanttus and the Rise of Boston’s Personal Healthtech Cluster”
Crowdly Receives $214,399 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc734c1e-a1f4-4d4d-8113-df3d421fdbd5 Date 8/29/2013 Company Name Crowdly Mailing Address 355 Congress Street Boston, MA 02110 Company Description Crowdly is the leading social advocate management platform for Facebook that allows brands to find and rank their top advocates, more effectively engage them, and motivate them into action. Website http://www.crowdly.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Crowdly Receives $214,399 New Round”
Announcing Oct. 15 Xconomy Healthcare Summit: Request An Invitation
There’s hardly an issue that is more of a hot button than healthcare—and there’s hardly an issue that is surrounded by as much poorly understood, misguided, or outright misleading information. Yet neither are there many sectors as fundamentally important to our economy and future growth. To get to some real answers (or at least valuable … Continue reading “Announcing Oct. 15 Xconomy Healthcare Summit: Request An Invitation”
The Healthcare Summit 2013: Precision Medicine to Precision Management
Advances in genomics, mobile technology, and data collection and analysis are poised to transform healthcare from drug development to patient care and hospital management. But what will it take to realize their promise in the age of the Affordable Care Act, and what does this require of payers, providers, and patients? How can we finally … Continue reading “The Healthcare Summit 2013: Precision Medicine to Precision Management”
Uber Sued Again Over Tip-Skimming Claims, Case Could Go National
Car-hailing startup Uber, which just raised an enormous amount of money from Google Ventures and other investors, will have to earmark some of that new cash for legal bills. The San Francisco-based company is being sued again in federal court, this time over claims that it’s stiffing drivers on tips. A similar case was previously … Continue reading “Uber Sued Again Over Tip-Skimming Claims, Case Could Go National”
Microsoft Research Grabs More Room for Data Science in Silicon Alley
The New York branch of Microsoft Research, where computer scientists are brewing up new ideas in machine learning, prediction engines, and other fields, is getting space to bring in more collaborators. Though Microsoft maintains a massive office on the Avenue of the Americas, the research lab moved this month to a permanent new 22,000-sq.-ft. home … Continue reading “Microsoft Research Grabs More Room for Data Science in Silicon Alley”
Syndax Pockets $26.6M For Final Stage Push With Cancer Drug
Syndax Pharmaceuticals has spent eight years trying to show it can make existing cancer drugs work better by switching off certain enzymes implicated in tumor mutation. Now, it has landed enough cash to see if its first drug testing that concept can clear its biggest hurdle yet—a late-stage clinical trial. Waltham, MA-based Syndax is announcing … Continue reading “Syndax Pockets $26.6M For Final Stage Push With Cancer Drug”
CO Everywhere App Traces a New Way to View Neighborhoods
Boston startup Block Avenue formed around the idea of helping people unearth information about their neighborhoods. But eventually, the young company found the real stars of the show: the people living in those places. Equipped with super-smart devices and ever-faster broadband connections, those everyday folks are now publishing an exponentially growing array of content through … Continue reading “CO Everywhere App Traces a New Way to View Neighborhoods”
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Lands $26,600,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4db4f59-1aec-4f11-b808-272dcfd26b1f Date 8/27/2013 Company Name Syndax Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 400 Totten Pond Road Waltham, MA 02451 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 therapies … Continue reading “Syndax Pharmaceuticals Lands $26,600,000 Series B Financing”
Blue Cod Technologies Secures New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=85f68e3f-1e0e-4e6b-9f1b-3d4332e3fad9 Date 8/27/2013 Company Name Blue Cod Technologies Mailing Address 295 Donald Lynch Blvd. Marlborough, MA 01752 Company Description Blue Cod Technologies, Inc. delivers Management and IT consulting, innovative software solutions and applications outsourcing services for today’s service industries such as insurance, financial services and utilities. Website http://www.bluecod.net Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Blue Cod Technologies Secures New Financing Round”
Credorax Garners $40,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9208bc4e-e8e8-4b50-a297-8503dd98a1b8 Date 8/27/2013 Company Name Credorax Mailing Address 106 Southville Road Southborough, MA 01772 Company Description Credorax provides online payment processing & acquiring bank services under one roof, to a diverse range of online merchants worldwide. Website http://www.credorax.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Credorax Garners $40,000,000 New Financing”
908 Devices Obtains $7,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4c47e98-397e-4902-a61b-b3c22de177ea Date 8/27/2013 Company Name 908 Devices Mailing Address 27 Drydock Ave 8th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Company Description 908 Devices is working on security-related applications for a range of potential uses. Website http://www.908devices.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC … Continue reading “908 Devices Obtains $7,000,000 New Financing Round”
Why Good Drugs Sometimes Fail: The Bexxar Story
Quite a few biotech entrepreneurs go to work each day operating under the assumption that clinical trial data is king. If you put together a rock-solid dataset from a big clinical trial that says your experimental drug beats today’s standard of care, then you’re onto something big, or so the line of thinking goes. Everything … Continue reading “Why Good Drugs Sometimes Fail: The Bexxar Story”
DisruptiveApps Obtains $400,508 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4ad743e3-3d29-4502-8e61-7dd1125302ee Date 8/26/2013 Company Name DisruptiveApps Mailing Address 281 Summer Street 5th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Company Description iJukebox is a smartphone app that lets you request songs wherever you eat, drink, shop or hangout. Website http://www.myijukebox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $400,508 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “DisruptiveApps Obtains $400,508 New Financing Round”
Pricegrabber Acquires Snapette for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f66c00cf-56a8-428e-a551-61eb66660e1d Date 8/26/2013 Company Name Snapette Mailing Address 6 Soldiers Field Park Boston, MA 02163 Company Description Snapette lets the user see images of fashion items and accessories – such as handbags or shoes – that have been uploaded to the Snapette site by wither fashion bloggers, or other Snapette users in … Continue reading “Pricegrabber Acquires Snapette for Undisclosed Sum”
Misfit Shine and the Pros and Cons of Wearable Fitness Trackers
I don’t like being encumbered. That’s why I stopped wearing a wristwatch years ago, around the time I got my first mobile phone. That’s also why I’ve long looked askance at activity-tracking bracelets like the Fitbit Flex, the Nike FuelBand, and the Jawbone UP. I liked the idea of having more data about my exercise … Continue reading “Misfit Shine and the Pros and Cons of Wearable Fitness Trackers”
East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Mana, Medivizor, Regado, & More
With Boston’s biotech scene enduring a bit of a lull as the summer winds down, healthcare IT startups in New York grabbed some of the spotlight this week. That and more below: —New York City-based Mana Health won a contract from the New York eHealth Collaborative to design a patient portal—an online application for patients … Continue reading “East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Mana, Medivizor, Regado, & More”
AmbioHealth Garners $525,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6c005fc-40ef-484d-ae1c-6491fb61bdec Date 8/23/2013 Company Name AmbioHealth Mailing Address 1266 Main St Stamford, CT 06902 Company Description A unique aspect of Ambio Health is our Care Circle feature which keeps your support network up to date on your status so they can help you be healthy. Website http://www.ambiohealth.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “AmbioHealth Garners $525,000 New Financing”
Agero Talks Analytics, Acquisitions After $530M Connected-Car Sale
How sexy is emergency roadside assistance, as a tech sector? Well, if you break down on a deserted road straight out of a Stephen King novel, you’ll be glad to get your car fixed and be on your way. Or if you’re involved in a serious accident, you’ll want help to arrive on the scene … Continue reading “Agero Talks Analytics, Acquisitions After $530M Connected-Car Sale”
Boston Roundup: Locu, Second Wind, Benu Networks, HubSpot
Acquisitions, product releases, and some stealthy fundraising make up this quick trip through tech-industry headlines around the Boston area: —Locu, a San Francisco-based startup that was hatched out of MIT, has been acquired by online hosting company GoDaddy. The price wasn’t disclosed, but AllThingsD reports the deal was worth about $70 million. The startup was … Continue reading “Boston Roundup: Locu, Second Wind, Benu Networks, HubSpot”