Put on by the Application Developers Alliance, this event aims to educate entrepreneurs on the law surrounding acquiring and publishing music, as well as the technical tools behind delivering music content. Register here.
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MTLC Innovation Series Event: The Innovation Battle: Competing visions for the future in a post-PC Era
A panel of academics and entrepreneurs will discuss their predictions for how a future of mobile devices and connected appliances will provide new ways for businesses to connect with consumers. Register here to sit in on the discussion.
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Diary of a Leader
Sanofi Biosurgery senior vice president and general manager Alison Lawton will share her career path in this fireside chat-style event. You can register here to hear those insights and network with the crowd.
Bigger, Stronger, Faster: 5 Questions with Dyn CEO Jeremy Hitchcock
It’s a familiar scenario. Tech company toils away for 10 years, rides the ups and downs of its market, quietly bootstraps its way to profitability, lands some huge customers, and becomes an overnight success story. I’m talking about Dyn, the Manchester, NH-based Internet infrastructure company that just raised a $38 million first round of financing … Continue reading “Bigger, Stronger, Faster: 5 Questions with Dyn CEO Jeremy Hitchcock”
Agrivida Secures Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=279977d4-2514-40d3-a700-1ee88a8a0a4c&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2012 Company Name Agrivida Mailing Address 411 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description Agrivida is developing proprietary crops and processes to transform the economics of producing renewable chemicals, fuels, and bioproducts from non-food cellulosic biomass. The company’s patented approach is designed to provide an integrated solution for delivering the … Continue reading “Agrivida Secures Series C Financing”
Arsenal Medical Lands $3,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d983c154-7fd1-49eb-882b-5d94dbe9c754&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2012 Company Name Arsenal Medical Mailing Address 480 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02172 Company Description Arsenal Medical engineers clinically proven materials and drugs into novel therapeutics. Website http://www.arsenalmedical.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Arsenal Medical Lands $3,000,000 New Financing Round”
Boston Microfluidics Secures $100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0292b0ee-ac0b-422e-a95a-691b3b34a1a3&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2012 Company Name Boston Microfluidics Mailing Address 47 Hall Street Medford, MA 02155 Company Description Boston Microfluidics (BMF) is dedicated to connecting people to their health by simplifying sample collection and processing for healthcare professionals and patients. Our patented sample processing technology allows for the collection and treatment of whole … Continue reading “Boston Microfluidics Secures $100,000 New Financing”
Azuki Systems Lands $4,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70551802-0f69-479e-b6d5-69f648565d3a&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2012 Company Name Azuki Systems Mailing Address 43 Nagog Park Acton, MA 01720 Company Description Leveraging the growing proliferation of digitized content, Web 2.0 enabled services and new wireless technologies, Azuki is leading the charge into a new era of mobile innovation and user experiences. We are changing the way … Continue reading “Azuki Systems Lands $4,000,000 New Financing”
New Haven Pharmaceuticals Lands $6,490,773 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94c34e1b-d328-41b8-b695-74d887e572db&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2012 Company Name New Haven Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 142 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06510 Company Description New Haven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NHP) develops proprietary, controlled release specialty pharmaceuticals based on approved or GRAS active pharmaceutical ingredients for use in new therapeutic indications. NHP’s novel product pipeline is built on three … Continue reading “New Haven Pharmaceuticals Lands $6,490,773 New Funding”
Libboo Receives $1,100,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0ee53a9-5331-42c1-9973-9da920fa759b&Preview=1 Date 10/4/2012 Company Name Libboo Mailing Address One Marina Park Drive 14th Floor Boston, MA 02210 Company Description Libboo is a platform that connects buzzers (readers who love to share and talk about books) with books they’ll enjoy, to create the next digital bestseller and help talented authors get discovered. Buzzers … Continue reading “Libboo Receives $1,100,000 Seed Funding”
GSN Digital Adds Ex-Zynga Exec to Amp Up Mobile, SF Presence
Last time I caught up with Waltham, MA-based GSN Digital, the digital games unit of the Game Show Network was seeing its Facebook business really start to heat up. About a year and a half later, the company is experiencing a similar take off with its newly launched mobile channels, and is figuring just how … Continue reading “GSN Digital Adds Ex-Zynga Exec to Amp Up Mobile, SF Presence”
Top Angel Investors of New England: An Innovation Slideshow
Angel investors play a crucial role in any startup ecosystem, by making bets on companies at their earliest stages—to help them develop prototypes, get through beta phases, and attract early customers and the next level of investors. It seems every time a Boston-area company announces it has landed some seed funding, a mysterious crop of … Continue reading “Top Angel Investors of New England: An Innovation Slideshow”
Sarepta Drug Helps Boys With Duchenne to Walk; Shares Boom
[Updated 9:42 am ET] Sarepta Therapeutics looked like road kill last spring when researchers pored over early results from a clinical trial of its drug for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. But now, as long-term follow-up data has arrived, the company looks like it is onto something big and important in the treatment of this crippling genetic … Continue reading “Sarepta Drug Helps Boys With Duchenne to Walk; Shares Boom”
TripAdvisor, Nuance, Thinking Phone, & Others in the Boston Deals Roundup
[Updated 10/3/12 1:05 pm. See below.] Venture funding, acquisitions, and partnership news has been breaking in the last week among New England IT and Web companies. —Speech communication software giant Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NUAN]]) made its second healthcare software-related acquisition announcement in a week, this time buying Atlanta-based J.A. Thomas and Associates (JATA), which develops clinical documentation … Continue reading “TripAdvisor, Nuance, Thinking Phone, & Others in the Boston Deals Roundup”
Dyn Garners $38,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4b68beaa-abb9-4dd1-b608-0cfb79b91722&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2012 Company Name Dyn Mailing Address 150 Dow Street Manchester, NH 03101 Company Description Dyn (pronounced “dine”) is the worldwide Internet Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) leader, powering Managed DNS and Email Delivery for over four million enterprise clients, small businesses and home users. Simply put, Dyn helps websites run … Continue reading “Dyn Garners $38,000,000 Series A Round”
Thinking Phone Networks Secures $16,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5143dc89-131e-45c6-927b-1887ce4fd8ec&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2012 Company Name Thinking Phone Networks Mailing Address 54 Washburn Ave Cambridge, MA 02140 Company Description Thinking Phone Networks helps enterprises define their unified communications vision and simplify execution of that vision by deploying collaboration services via its cloud-based software platform, driving dramatic business process improvement and significantly reduced costs. … Continue reading “Thinking Phone Networks Secures $16,500,000 New Financing Round”
BioBehavioral Diagnostics Garners $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9089a47-9f72-42e0-bc29-5458e561ed40&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2012 Company Name BioBehavioral Diagnostics Mailing Address 239 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 Company Description BioBehavioral Diagnostics Company (BioBDx) is a privately held company whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and market proprietary diagnostic systems for the quantitative assessment of behavioral disorders, including the measurement of medication response and the … Continue reading “BioBehavioral Diagnostics Garners $1,000,000 New Funding”
ThredUP Secures $14,500,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=12e6675f-78b6-4d06-bcdc-b1bd6cfec052&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2012 Company Name ThredUP Mailing Address 580 Market St 4th Floor San Francisco, MA 94104 Company Description We started thredUP in January, 2009 mainly because as football loving, bike riding, beer drinking men we couldn’t be caught dead at a clothing swap. That, and the whole absurdly inefficient $2B used … Continue reading “ThredUP Secures $14,500,000 Series C Funding Round”
Punchbowl Software Secures $1,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17d220e1-bccf-420c-98ce-ebed6be4700d&Preview=1 Date 10/3/2012 Company Name Punchbowl Software Mailing Address 873 Concord Street Framingham, MA 01701 Company Description At Punchbowl Software, we believe that planning an event or party should be enjoyable and easy. Website http://www.mypunchbowl.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The funding will be used to … Continue reading “Punchbowl Software Secures $1,500,000 New Funding Round”
Bye Bye, Bootstrap: Dyn Digs Up $38M from North Bridge
If you’re bootstrapped and growing fast, there’s only so long you can fend off VCs with a stick. Dyn, the Web infrastructure company in Manchester, NH, said today it has raised a $38 million first round of venture financing from North Bridge Venture Partners. Ric Fulop and Russ Pyle from North Bridge are joining Dyn’s … Continue reading “Bye Bye, Bootstrap: Dyn Digs Up $38M from North Bridge”
The Reproducibility Initiative: A Good Idea in Theory that Won’t Work in Practice
The failure of scientists to independently confirm much of the data contained in “hot” academic publications is casting a long shadow over the biopharmaceutical industry. Research groups at Amgen and Bayer reported that the data in a significant percentage of published “breakthrough” papers from academic scientists could not be confirmed in their labs. Given that … Continue reading “The Reproducibility Initiative: A Good Idea in Theory that Won’t Work in Practice”
Intelligent Clearing Network Obtains $501,416 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dab862d4-a367-48b6-bda4-029cda48595b&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name Intelligent Clearing Network Mailing Address 31 Lakeview Ave. New Canaan, CT 06840 Company Description ICN was founded by a team of software engineers and business managers who realized that the efficiency and fraud related to coupons was well documented and persistent. While digital couponing is by far … Continue reading “Intelligent Clearing Network Obtains $501,416 New Financing Round”
Cloudant Obtains New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f93f7d00-6ba2-4b21-a0b4-042860a609da&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name Cloudant Mailing Address 580 Harrison Ave Boston, MA 02118 Company Description Cloudant offers an integrated database, analytics, and search, providing businesses with an easy to use, highly-scalable data platform based on Apache CouchDB. Website http://www.cloudant.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Cloudant Obtains New Funding Round”
GnuBio Garners $10,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f97f451-bd28-4577-a0c6-8753b8fb1577&Preview=1 Date 10/2/2012 Company Name GnuBio Mailing Address 64 Sidney St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description GnuBIO is a genomics company developing next-generation sequencing technology for the molecular diagnostic and applied research markets. The GnuBIO system is based on emulsion and microfluidic technology developed at Harvard University. Website http://www.gnubio.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “GnuBio Garners $10,000,000 New Funding”
Global Cleantech Meet-up
Rather than pulling together formal keynote talks and panels, this series of events aims to connect people in the cleantech sector through a slew of informal meetings and snappy talks. Those sessions will be split up to feature investors, utilities, flagship cleantech companies, and startups. You can register here.
Future M Boston
This week of events throughout Boston aim to celebrate marketing innovation in the city, with more than 100 speakers across 75-plus sessions. Panels cover topics from mobile commerce to geo location to customer engagement, so you can tailor your event schedule to get the most out of it. Take a look here to register and … Continue reading “Future M Boston”
Golden Seeds, Now 260 Angels Strong, Looks to Amp Up Investor Education
Before getting involved with the women’s angel investing group Golden Seeds, former Wall Streeter Peggy Wallace was “fascinated by the question of where was the female Warren Buffet, of why we don’t read about famous women investors.” She connected with Golden Seeds founder Stephanie Newby (who’s now at an interim CEO job at Boston-based Crimson … Continue reading “Golden Seeds, Now 260 Angels Strong, Looks to Amp Up Investor Education”
Genentech, ImmunoGen Souped-Up Breast Cancer Drug Extends Lives
Genentech dominated the headlines with its “souped-up” breast cancer drug at the big American cancer meeting in the spring. Now it’s making headlines again this fall at a European cancer meeting with some new details about the drug. The South San Francisco-based biotech company said today that its experimental drug trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) was able … Continue reading “Genentech, ImmunoGen Souped-Up Breast Cancer Drug Extends Lives”
World Energy CEO Talks Growth and Profitability Amid Cleantech Downturn
It’s not every day I make it out to Worcester. Especially not the nicest office space in Worcester. Well, at least I haven’t seen a better one. I made the trek out there to visit World Energy Solutions (NASDAQ: [[ticker:XWES]]), an energy management company that occupies the 20th floor of 100 Front Street in downtown, … Continue reading “World Energy CEO Talks Growth and Profitability Amid Cleantech Downturn”
Betting on Biotech to Catalyze U.S. Job Growth? Don’t Count On It
The big national conversation this election year is about jobs. The number of unemployed, underemployed, and discouraged workers in the U.S. has been scary-high for a few years now. Everyone wants to know in the wake of the Great Recession how to create more jobs, more high-wage jobs, and train more Americans to get those … Continue reading “Betting on Biotech to Catalyze U.S. Job Growth? Don’t Count On It”
Combinent BioMedical Systems Lands $600,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49677378-bc8c-4189-ba2c-91f4103a29d3&Preview=1 Date 10/1/2012 Company Name Combinent BioMedical Systems Mailing Address 420 Bedford Street Lexington, MA 02420 Company Description Combinent BioMedical Systems, Inc. is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company that is developing novel drug combinations and formulations of existing pharmaceutical products using its proprietary transvaginal drug delivery system (TVDS). Website http://www.combinentbiomedical.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Combinent BioMedical Systems Lands $600,000 New Round”
Continuity Engine Obtains $286,458 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4f4c5ca5-a262-450c-8980-9b28a36532d2&Preview=1 Date 10/1/2012 Company Name Continuity Engine Mailing Address 5 Science Park Third Floor New Haven, CT 06511 Company Description Our mission is to help community financial institutions survive and thrive by cutting their Compliance Tax through the use of cutting edge technology. Website http://www.continuity.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $286,458 … Continue reading “Continuity Engine Obtains $286,458 New Funding”
Xconomy Boston’s Top 20 Stories of Q3 2012: Editor’s Picks
On a rainy Friday morning, it’s time to look back at the past quarter and select a few stories that stand out. These are my picks for the top Xconomy Boston stories of Q3. If you can only read a few, read these. They represent the kind of reporting, writing, and editing that we strive … Continue reading “Xconomy Boston’s Top 20 Stories of Q3 2012: Editor’s Picks”
Nuance, IlluminOss, and Biogen Among the Boston Life Sciences Headlines
Drug development, financing, and acquisition news was big in the New England biotech and health IT scenes this week. —InVivo Therapeutics, a developer of treatments for spinal cord injury, celebrated the opening of its new Kendall Square office and lab space in Cambridge, MA, which will serve as the company’s headquarters. —On Wednesday Biogen Idec and … Continue reading “Nuance, IlluminOss, and Biogen Among the Boston Life Sciences Headlines”
SimpliVity Secures $500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e8816967-7ac3-47fb-88c9-675ad31fc08d&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2012 Company Name SimpliVity Mailing Address 8 Technology Drive Westborough, MA 01581 Company Description SimpliVity is an exciting high-tech startup, developing radically new IT infrastructure technology for the modern data center and the cloud. SimpliVity is led by a team of veterans with proven track records of building successful companies, … Continue reading “SimpliVity Secures $500,000 New Funding Round”
IlluminOss Medical Secures $28,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5a1a60c1-1b74-43bf-a65c-d2a44b948b3d&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2012 Company Name IlluminOss Medical Mailing Address 993 Waterman Avenue East Providence, RI 02914 Company Description The company is a medical device startup developing technologies for orthopedic surgery applications. Website http://www.illuminoss.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $28,000,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes We are pleased to have attracted … Continue reading “IlluminOss Medical Secures $28,000,000 Series C Round”
RAMP Obtains $15,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fa05947-0b7d-4dec-9b20-f66cec28350f&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2012 Company Name RAMP Mailing Address 27 Wormwood St Boston, MA 02210 Company Description RAMP has developed the Web’s first Content Optimization platform, and is the only universal solution for all types of web content – video, audio, text and images. Using RAMP, our customers are able to fully leverage … Continue reading “RAMP Obtains $15,000,000 Series C Financing”
Water Innovation in Massachusetts: 31 Startups and Counting
I sometimes wonder why there aren’t more entrepreneurs working on the really big problems of the environment. Well, it turns out there are, and many of them are right here in Massachusetts. An intriguing event has come to my attention: The Environmental Entrepreneurs group (E2) has organized a discussion about water issues and innovation at … Continue reading “Water Innovation in Massachusetts: 31 Startups and Counting”
Kinsella Redux: Charting a Way Back for Life Sciences Startups
As a man of many talents, Avalon Ventures’ Kevin Kinsella has a tendency to apply a term from one of his fields of interests in a conversation about another. Kinsella’s career as a biotech venture investor has spanned nearly 30 years and more than 100 financings. These include early stage bets on San Francisco-based Onyx … Continue reading “Kinsella Redux: Charting a Way Back for Life Sciences Startups”
Mimecast Reels In $62M Expansion Round for E-mail Management
Some big news in the corporate e-mail world today. Mimecast, a London-based e-mail management company with a sizable office in Waltham, MA, has raised a $62 million Series C financing round led by Insight Venture Partners, a New York private-equity firm. Previous investor Dawn Capital also participated in the round, which brings Mimecast’s total raised to … Continue reading “Mimecast Reels In $62M Expansion Round for E-mail Management”
TraceLink Secures $3,158,923 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ec405423-a228-417c-9fdd-7b56b4a87b19&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name TraceLink Mailing Address 300 TradeCenter 100 Sylvan Rd Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description TraceLink is Creating the Predictable Supply Network by Executing Any Business Process with Any Partner at Any Time. Website http://www.tracelink.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,158,923 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “TraceLink Secures $3,158,923 New Financing”
HubCast Obtains $4,384,532 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b43b9483-46f3-4a7a-9989-b585d3ddc33e&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name HubCast Mailing Address 500 Edgewater Drive Wakefield, MA 01880 Company Description HubCast is an Open Commercial Print Utility. We connect print communication service providers to a certified global network of digital and offset print. HubCast members can offer their corporate clients the most economical and environmentally efficient … Continue reading “HubCast Obtains $4,384,532 New Funding Round”
Mimecast Obtains $62,150,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=502c59e9-ebad-4ac9-a796-f8c394754025&Preview=1 Date 9/27/2012 Company Name Mimecast Mailing Address 203 Crescent Street Waltham, MA 02453 Company Description Mimecast is a rapidly expanding Software as a Service (SAAS) company. We provide an online technology platform that radically improves the way companies manage their most important business communication and data. Website http://www.mimecast.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Mimecast Obtains $62,150,000 Series C Funding Round”
5 Questions with Formlabs: How a 3D Printer Could Change the World
A stealthy tech startup in Cambridge, MA, is unveiling its product to the world today. Oh, and what its product does is build other products. Formlabs, a one-year-old company founded by MIT alums, has developed a low-cost 3D printer—a desktop device that fabricates models for industrial designers, architects, and engineers. The device is available for … Continue reading “5 Questions with Formlabs: How a 3D Printer Could Change the World”
RSA, Stratus, SimpliVity, & More from the Boston Deals Roundup
Acquisitions in the software space were big in the past week, as were financing deals for other New England IT startups. —RSA, the Bedford, MA-based security software division of EMC (NYSE: [[ticker:EMC]]), announced last week that it acquired Silicium Security, a Montreal-based developer of endpoint monitoring technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Silicium … Continue reading “RSA, Stratus, SimpliVity, & More from the Boston Deals Roundup”
Recruit Co. Acquires Indeed.com for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8c8f513-dbc5-4042-9d20-5f53931691ce&Preview=1 Date 9/26/2012 Company Name Indeed.com Mailing Address 177 Broad St. 6th Floor Stamford, CT 06901 Company Description Breaking into the job search market at its very beginning, Indeed now grows its job index by almost 1 million jobs per week. Searching major career websites such as Monster to blog job boards … Continue reading “Recruit Co. Acquires Indeed.com for Undisclosed Sum”
Genomes-R-Us: Is BGI now Complete?
The sad endgame in the acquisition of Complete Genomics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GNOM]]) came last week: having failed to create a sustainable business, CGI was put up for sale in June of this year, culminating in a takeover by sequencing powerhouse BGI for $117.6 million in cash plus $30 million in bridge financing. Behind that headline is … Continue reading “Genomes-R-Us: Is BGI now Complete?”
Detroit Leading U.S. Development of New Vehicle-to-Grid Technology
It’s no secret that auto manufacturers, battery manufacturers, government officials, and champions of renewable energy everywhere are disappointed by the slow rate of consumer adoption when it comes to electric vehicles like the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf. But imagine how that might change if consumers could earn money from their electric cars. That concept, … Continue reading “Detroit Leading U.S. Development of New Vehicle-to-Grid Technology”
Punchbowl Brings Party Data to E-Retail and “Deductive Commerce”
It’s a classic case of big data meets retail. With some partying thrown in. Punchbowl, a Framingham, MA-based startup known for its party-planning software and digital greeting cards, is rolling out a big e-retail component today. The idea is to use information the company has on customers’ event-planning behaviors to offer them products they might … Continue reading “Punchbowl Brings Party Data to E-Retail and “Deductive Commerce””
FreePriceAlerts Obtains $2,500,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=933bc1e1-61b8-4b35-9bbb-2bfad2782fb0&Preview=1 Date 9/25/2012 Company Name FreePriceAlerts Mailing Address 29 Armory Road Milford, NH 03055 Company Description FreePriceAlerts is a consumer shopping price engine owned and operated by myVBO. myVBO, founded in 2008, is a cloud-based solution for business that combines business reports, purchasing functionality and social media in one unified interface. Website … Continue reading “FreePriceAlerts Obtains $2,500,000 Series B Funding Round”