Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb5144e9-25fb-4c66-8ce6-fc25439b96c3&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name BIND Biosciences Mailing Address 64 Sidney Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description BIND Biosciences, Inc. is a venture backed biopharmaceutical company focused on engineering targeted therapeutics. BIND’s technology was developed by world class laboratories at MIT and Harvard. Website http://www.bindbio.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $4,750,000 Transaction … Continue reading “BIND Biosciences Garners $4,750,000 New Funding Round”
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Pinkdingo Lands $1,400,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1549472-79aa-4225-85be-6521bcf499fc&Preview=1 Date 10/13/2011 Company Name Pinkdingo Mailing Address 11 Rowayton Avenue Second Floor Norwallk, CT 06853 Company Description Pinkdingo is a young startup looking to breathe new life into the charity space by helping nonprofits to better retain their donors. Website http://www.pinkdingo.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,400,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “Pinkdingo Lands $1,400,000 Seed Funding Round”
Amgen Looking to Improve Focus and “Re-allocate Resources” for R&D, Say More Oct. 24
Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology company, just sent a signal to its staff that cuts could be coming soon to its R&D operations. Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]) is based in Thousand Oaks, CA, and has R&D operations in Seattle, South San Francisco, and Cambridge, MA. News of potential cuts to Amgen’s R&D operations were reported earlier … Continue reading “Amgen Looking to Improve Focus and “Re-allocate Resources” for R&D, Say More Oct. 24″
Pfizer, deCode Genetics Strike Deal To Look For New Lupus Drug Targets
Companies like Pfizer that constantly need to develop new drugs never got much return on the investment in genomics a decade ago. But Pfizer is showing some renewed interest in genomics through a partnership being announced today with deCODE Genetics, the Iceland-based genomics company. deCODE, a 15-year-old operation which Arch Venture Partners and Polaris Venture … Continue reading “Pfizer, deCode Genetics Strike Deal To Look For New Lupus Drug Targets”
Incubator Payoff? TechStars, 500 Startups Alums Among the Tech Deals in the Last Week
We caught a fresh wave of tech startup financings, from companies working on improving e-mail, shopping, wellness, video surveillance, and enterprise computing. Here’s a quick rundown: —Boston-based HelpScout, developers of software for managing group collaboration across a single e-mail address, announced the closing of its $435,000 equity round. The TechStars Boston graduate told me when … Continue reading “Incubator Payoff? TechStars, 500 Startups Alums Among the Tech Deals in the Last Week”
OvaScience Uses Stem Cells to Revive Fertility
Boston-based OvaScience is emerging from stealth mode with a technology designed to improve in vitro fertilization by rejuvenating tired eggs. Yesterday the company unveiled its technique, which is based on technology it licensed from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. OvaScience co-founder Jonathan Tilly—director of the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology at MGH—will talk … Continue reading “OvaScience Uses Stem Cells to Revive Fertility”
Modo Labs, Open Source Spinoff from MIT, Wants to Be the JBoss of Mobile Design
Any question about the impact MIT is having on the field of mobile software design can be answered with two words: Modo Labs. The Cambridge, MA-based startup grew out of the MIT Mobile Framework, an open source project that began in 2007 with the goal of helping developers build mobile websites for universities. The plan … Continue reading “Modo Labs, Open Source Spinoff from MIT, Wants to Be the JBoss of Mobile Design”
Courtagen Grabs $8M, Nuance Buys Swype, OpenView Eyes Expansion Stage Investments, & More Boston-Area Deals News
The death of Steve Jobs dominated the tech news world in the last week, even on this coast, but we still saw some deals headlines from New England IT and life sciences players. —Agios Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, MA-based developer of cancer-starving drugs, added $20 million to the already $130 million collaboration it inked with New … Continue reading “Courtagen Grabs $8M, Nuance Buys Swype, OpenView Eyes Expansion Stage Investments, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Care.com Lands $25,000,008 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ea41b9ec-8842-467e-a1d0-c1115fc83a6d&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name Care.com Mailing Address 1400 Main St. Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Care.com is an online marketplace connecting people seeking care services with a national and local network of trusted providers. The company provides a simple and safe way for families and individuals to manage their care needs. … Continue reading “Care.com Lands $25,000,008 New Financing Round”
Snapette Garners $1,175,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76cbba76-3585-4a24-bfba-4ed06554537f&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 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 “Snapette Garners $1,175,000 New Round”
Black Duck Software Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f00eb4bc-7325-450a-983d-77188e71e42a&Preview=1 Date 10/12/2011 Company Name Black Duck Software Mailing Address 265 Winter St. North Entrance Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Black Duck Software is the leading provider of products and services for automating the management, governance and secure use of open source software in multi-source development at enterprise scale. Website http://www.blackducksoftware.com Transaction … Continue reading “Black Duck Software Lands $12,000,000 New Financing Round”
The Genetics Institute Impact: Join Mark Ptashne, Tom Maniatis & Gabe Schmergel on Dec. 14
Quite a few people study genetics in Boston. But there was—and can only be—one true “Genetics Institute.” Even though 15 years have gone by since the company was swallowed up in a corporate merger, the people who made “GI” one of the biotech industry’s pioneers in the ’80s are still making waves throughout the Boston biotech … Continue reading “The Genetics Institute Impact: Join Mark Ptashne, Tom Maniatis & Gabe Schmergel on Dec. 14”
Courtagen Snaps Up $8M
Woburn, MA-based Courtagen Life Sciences, has pinned down an $8 million equity investment from 67 backers, an SEC filing shows. The company raised $7 million in Series A funding in August 2010, under its previous name Avantra Biosciences. Courtagen is developing protein biomarker technology for disease detection. The technology was purchased from the now-bankrupt Decision … Continue reading “Courtagen Snaps Up $8M”
Agios and Celgene: Anatomy of an Ultra-Valuable Biotech Marriage
It wouldn’t be much of an over-statement to say Cambridge, MA-based Agios’ $150 million cancer-drug development deal with biotech giant Celgene is unprecedented. At least not in the view of Kevin Starr, a partner at Third Rock Ventures, which helped found Agios in 2008, providing part of its $33 million Series A funding. In April … Continue reading “Agios and Celgene: Anatomy of an Ultra-Valuable Biotech Marriage”
How Not to Start a Startup
Startups can be a lot like first girlfriends (or boyfriends). You fall madly, passionately in love, think of them 24/7, talk, walk, eat, drink, breathe them, put everything into them and beyond, but sometimes, despite the passion, it just doesn’t work out. And, actually if you’re willing be to be brutally honest, in retrospect the … Continue reading “How Not to Start a Startup”
Jana, Formerly Txteagle, Unveils Strategy for “Giving 2 Billion People a Raise”—A Talk with CEO Nathan Eagle
One of the Boston area’s most intriguing tech startups—because of its global reach—has emerged from a fairly quiet period with a new name and a refined mission. Boston- and San Francisco-based Txteagle, a mobile research and marketing startup focused on developing countries, has rebranded itself as Jana (pronounced “Jah-nuh”). The name is Sanskrit for “people,” … Continue reading “Jana, Formerly Txteagle, Unveils Strategy for “Giving 2 Billion People a Raise”—A Talk with CEO Nathan Eagle”
Skyword Receives $1,350,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b9507599-6cc0-4d25-8e9a-09ae8d525810&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Skyword Mailing Address 234 Congress St. fourth floor Boston, MA 02110 Company Description Skyword is the leader in Search-Driven Media (SDM). Skyword enables brands to acquire and engage customers through efficient forecasting, creation and placement of brand-aligned content that precisely matches consumer search. Clients include Proctor & … Continue reading “Skyword Receives $1,350,000 New Funding Round”
RemoteReality Lands $2,010,463 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=33864091-2398-42f9-957a-3d4813a3c583&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name RemoteReality Mailing Address 1700 West Park Drive Westborough, MA 01581 Company Description Develops panoramic video Web cameras and related software. RemoteReality designs high performance, custom optics and develops image processing, object tracking and pan-tilt-zoom camera controller software to address a critical physical security problem – the need … Continue reading “RemoteReality Lands $2,010,463 New Round”
Nuclea Biotechnologies Obtains $3,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ede86f79-42b1-461a-8830-589df27e6bab&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name Nuclea Biotechnologies Mailing Address 105 South Street Pittsfield, MA 01201 Company Description Nuclea Biotechnologies’ primary mission is to conduct genomic research in the oncology field so as to discover biomarkers and gene or protein expression profiles that are unique to oncologic diseases. Website http://www.nucleabiomarkers.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Nuclea Biotechnologies Obtains $3,000,000 New Round”
OvaScience Lands $6,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5cbece13-edf3-42f2-a6b5-f927819e6829&Preview=1 Date 10/11/2011 Company Name OvaScience Mailing Address 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 Company Description The company is applying innovative science to improve the quality of eggs (oocytes) and increase the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF). OvaScience’s proprietary technology, exclusively licensed from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, enables … Continue reading “OvaScience Lands $6,000,000 Series A Round”
Smoke on the Water: Fireworks at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit
I spent the early part of this week attending the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit and, despite the fact that the Cleveland Clinic stubbornly insists on holding its conference in Cleveland (aka The Mistake on the Lake), it was well worth attending. Cleveland is an interesting town. Once upon a time, when old white men … Continue reading “Smoke on the Water: Fireworks at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit”
Five Things Industry Can Do to Support True FDA Reform, and Restore Public Confidence
The FDA is one of the easiest punching bags in American politics. Depending on your point of view, it’s either too hard on business with its unreasonable demands, or too soft on those predatory drug companies seeking to profit off Grandma’s illness regardless of whether the products are safe. When it does its job well, … Continue reading “Five Things Industry Can Do to Support True FDA Reform, and Restore Public Confidence”
Gingerd Receives $489,996 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f963017-0458-4d72-8347-5a666c972e10&Preview=1 Date 10/10/2011 Company Name Gingerd Mailing Address 59 Pleasant St. Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description Gingerd runs the DailyData, and it says that it believes mobile devices can and will have a significant positive impact on our wellness. Website http://www.getdailydata.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $489,996 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Gingerd Receives $489,996 New Funding”
Help Scout Lands $435,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b2a83e4-dfd6-485b-86f2-8f476e4f254a&Preview=1 Date 10/8/2011 Company Name Help Scout Mailing Address 500 Harrison Ave Boston, MA 02118 Company Description Help Scout is completely invisible to your customers. Every email looks just like a personal email thread. Even for a big company with 100 agents, your customers get a personal response from a real person … Continue reading “Help Scout Lands $435,000 Seed Round”
Report: Tolerx Folds Its Tent, After $150M in Investment and a Failed Diabetes Drug Trial
Tolerx, a once promising Boston biotech with a novel drug in development for diabetes, has reached the end of the road. The Cambridge, MA-based company is winding down operations, according to a report today in FierceBiotech. The company, which raised more than $150 million in a decade in business, hit the rocks back in March … Continue reading “Report: Tolerx Folds Its Tent, After $150M in Investment and a Failed Diabetes Drug Trial”
Saint Steve? Not Exactly. Apple and the Power of the Dark Side
Today’s column was co-written by myself and Curt Woodward, Xconomy’s Seattle-based senior editor. There’s a great term of art in the history profession: hagiography. It’s from the Greek for “holy writing,” and at one time it pertained mostly to biographies of saints. Well, there’s a whole lot of beatification going on this week as the … Continue reading “Saint Steve? Not Exactly. Apple and the Power of the Dark Side”
Five Perspectives on Steve Jobs: Reflections from Around the Xconomy Network
When the news broke that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died, there was no shortage of tributes and remembrances, from names big and small. And they’re still pouring out, from entrepreneurs, technologists, consumers, and more. We were able to tap into our network of guest authors, known as the Xconomists, for some insights into Jobs’ legacy … Continue reading “Five Perspectives on Steve Jobs: Reflections from Around the Xconomy Network”
Celgene Pays Agios $20M, Lycera Adds Cambridge CEO, Getinge Buys Atrium Medical, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
We saw a mix of personnel, drug partnership, and acquisition news from New England’s life sciences players this week. —Atrium Medical, a Hudson, NH-based developer of cardiology and radiology medical devices, is getting acquired by the Swedish firm, Getinge Group, for $680 million. Atrium will act as an independent business unit of the Getinge subsidiary … Continue reading “Celgene Pays Agios $20M, Lycera Adds Cambridge CEO, Getinge Buys Atrium Medical, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Courtagen Life Sciences Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f13398ca-37d2-4948-a546-4420b2dcd24f&Preview=1 Date 10/7/2011 Company Name Courtagen Life Sciences Mailing Address 12 Gill Street Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc. (“CLS”) provides innovative and disruptive proteomic and genomic products and services to the Life Sciences industry. Our companies deliver tools that enable researchers and clinicians to make better decisions regarding … Continue reading “Courtagen Life Sciences Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding”
Done Deal: Nuance Buying Swype for Around $100M in Cash
[Updated 10/7/11, 8 am Pacific] There’s a Tegic Communications reunion shaping up in Seattle. Documents filed with the SEC show that Nuance Communications is buying mobile software startup Swype for $102.5 million. As we reported last night, based on a source with knowledge of the deal, about three-quarters of the cash is paid up-front with … Continue reading “Done Deal: Nuance Buying Swype for Around $100M in Cash”
The Essential Steve Jobs for Today’s Pharmaceutical Executive
It is hard to overestimate the importance of Steve Jobs on the American psyche. The co-founder and guiding force of Apple has died, succumbing to a long illness after only recently stepping down as chief executive. But his impact continues beyond his life, his business, his industry, his leadership, and his vision. One only needs to … Continue reading “The Essential Steve Jobs for Today’s Pharmaceutical Executive”
Steve Jobs & the Power of Vision: My Visits to the ‘Reality Distortion Field’
Steve was an incredible product visionary and had an uncompromising sense of product design. Aldus and desktop publishing came about because Steve had a vision of what was possible by marrying a plain paper copier to a computer to make the Apple Laserwriter. When the Laserwriter was introduced it cost $7000, more than twice as much … Continue reading “Steve Jobs & the Power of Vision: My Visits to the ‘Reality Distortion Field’”
Steve Jobs: The Soul of an Industry
When I heard the news of Steve Jobs’s death last night, even though I was hardly surprised, I felt like I had been kicked in the gut—as if the industry in which I’ve spent my career had lost its soul. I’m rarely shy about criticizing the titans of our industry, but from the beginning Steve … Continue reading “Steve Jobs: The Soul of an Industry”
Lycera Hires New CEO, Plans Move to U-M Research Center
Plymouth, MI-based biopharmaceutical company Lycera announced yesterday it has hired a new CEO: Kathleen Metters, former senior vice president and head of worldwide basic research at Merck. The company is also in the process of moving from Plymouth to a spot at the University of Michigan’s North Campus Research Center. Metters will continue to be based … Continue reading “Lycera Hires New CEO, Plans Move to U-M Research Center”
Of Aspirin, Bubbles, and Clouds: A Chat with OpenView Venture’s Scott Maxwell
“We’re not social media investors,” says Scott Maxwell. And I like him already. Maxwell is the founder of OpenView Venture Partners. The Boston-based VC firm is different from a lot of its peers in that it doesn’t typically invest in early-stage startups or late-stage growth companies. Instead it specializes in something in between, what it … Continue reading “Of Aspirin, Bubbles, and Clouds: A Chat with OpenView Venture’s Scott Maxwell”
Steve Jobs: A Few Memories
I’m so sad this evening—as millions are—to hear of Steve Jobs’s death. Scattered over the last quarter century, I learned much from Steve Jobs, and was proud to consider him a friend. And indeed, he contributed in various ways to all three of my major life projects so far: Mathematica, A New Kind of Science and Wolfram|Alpha. I … Continue reading “Steve Jobs: A Few Memories”
Xconomist of the Week: Five Questions for New York Life Sciences 2031 Panelist Eric Schadt
Eric Schadt’s career as a scientist has been focused on unlocking genetic cues to common human diseases such as diabetes and obesity. He is the chief scientific officer of Pacific Biosciences, a Menlo Park, CA, company that develops gene-sequencing technologies. He recently joined Mount Sinai Medical Center as the director of the Institute for Genomics … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Five Questions for New York Life Sciences 2031 Panelist Eric Schadt”
How Steve Jobs Rewired Our Lives-and Raised Our Expectations
What was Steve Jobs’ greatest contribution to society? The amazing thing is that there are so many answers to choose from. Was it the insanely great Mac? Or perhaps the iPod and the MP3 music revolution? Or Pixar and Toy Story and all of the studio’s other animated wonders? Or the iPhone and the iPad … Continue reading “How Steve Jobs Rewired Our Lives-and Raised Our Expectations”
iMedX Obtains $950,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82b26bb6-0938-41f0-92c6-56af0ffee78f&Preview=1 Date 10/6/2011 Company Name iMedX Mailing Address Four Corporate Drive Shelton, CT 06484 Company Description iMedX, Inc. is a rapidly growing medical software and services company headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut. The Company’s main product is TurboScribe, a unique combination of medical transcription software and service. With TurboScribe, physician practices can halve … Continue reading “iMedX Obtains $950,000 New Funding Round”
AdhereTx Garners $150,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52fa9082-d8b6-4c80-995f-079769ce7a17&Preview=1 Date 10/6/2011 Company Name AdhereTx Mailing Address 21 Grafton Road Upton, MA 01568 Company Description AdhereTx provides web-based solutions to facilitate patient data collection and automate coordination of care for Medication Management in patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, diabetes, etc. Website http://www.adheretx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “AdhereTx Garners $150,000 Seed Funding Round”
Wave Systems Secures $11,118,617 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0f7f84b1-f26f-4cb3-ad14-c992c9fdfcf5&Preview=1 Date 10/6/2011 Company Name Wave Systems Mailing Address 480 Pleasant Street Lee, MA 01238 Company Description Wave Systems is a leading provider of client and server software for hardware-based digital security, enabling organizations to know who is connecting to their critical IT infrastructure, protect corporate data, and strengthen the boundaries of … Continue reading “Wave Systems Secures $11,118,617 New Financing Round”
Steve Jobs: A Technology Guy For the Rest of Us
It’s impossible to overstate Jobs’s contributions. First, monumental contributions to design. Design is at least as much about what to omit as it is about what to include, and Jobs was a master of both. As you saw in the New York Times last month, Jobs’s design patents ranged from the Mac Air, the iPhone, … Continue reading “Steve Jobs: A Technology Guy For the Rest of Us”
Unless You Are Awesome, You Will Be Outsourced
We’re quickly moving to a new world where the wealth gap is compounding and increasing. We’re moving to a world that is going to look a lot like Hollywood: a few people enjoying insane success … and everyone else spends their days waiting tables. The delta between A-players and B-players in companies has always been … Continue reading “Unless You Are Awesome, You Will Be Outsourced”
Three New England Teams Move on to Cleantech Open Finals in California
Plastic, oil, natural gas, paper, solar panels, analytics, semiconductors, blimps, mobile phones, wind turbines, smart grid. These were some of the words tossed around by the six teams presenting at last night’s Cleantech Open Northeast Regional Finals. Three companies were selected to go on and compete in the Cleantech Open Global Forum in California next … Continue reading “Three New England Teams Move on to Cleantech Open Finals in California”
Tweetchat on RNA Interference Upstages iPhone (Not Really, but It Was Still Fun)
Who says you can’t be smart, witty, or say anything of substance in 140 characters or less? Alnylam Pharmaceuticals CEO John Maraganore had a zinger ready yesterday as Apple’s dog-and-pony show was happening during the first Xconomy “Tweetchat,” on the latest ups and downs in RNA interference. “RNAi vs iPhone, RNAi better for patients” is … Continue reading “Tweetchat on RNA Interference Upstages iPhone (Not Really, but It Was Still Fun)”
Six Cities, Six Big Tech Ideas Coming to Boston on December 1: Stephen Wolfram to Keynote
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. Ahem. [A giant “6×6” fills the screen.] Macho narrator voice: Star Wars had The Empire Strikes Back (Vader: “I am your father”) The Godfather had The Godfather Part II (Pacino: “You broke my heart”) Mad Max had The Road Warrior…well, you get the idea. Now Xconomy presents 6×6, the … Continue reading “Six Cities, Six Big Tech Ideas Coming to Boston on December 1: Stephen Wolfram to Keynote”
Agios Pulls in $20M From Celgene, Under Extended Cancer Metabolism Partnership
Cambridge, MA-based Agios Pharmaceuticals struck a lucrative partnership with Celgene last year that just got more lucrative. Agios, the developer of drugs that seek to starve tumors to death by blocking metabolic pathways they rely on, said today it has extended its exclusive partnership with Summit, NJ-based Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) from three years to four, … Continue reading “Agios Pulls in $20M From Celgene, Under Extended Cancer Metabolism Partnership”
FDA, After Taking Heat, Offers Up Reforms to Support Pharma, Biotech & Device Innovation
The FDA has spent decades talking about how its job is to make sure all kinds of U.S. medical products are safe to use, and effective. Now it’s coming out with a new strategic outline on how it intends to do all that same stuff, while also spurring the development of more innovative drugs and … Continue reading “FDA, After Taking Heat, Offers Up Reforms to Support Pharma, Biotech & Device Innovation”
EMC Picks Up Zettapoint, IBM Scoops Up Q1, Intel’s McAfee Acquires NitroSecurity, & More Boston-Area Deals NEws
New England area security, consumer Web, database, and medical device tech startups have been acquired by firms near and far at a feverish pace in the last week. —CustomMade, a Cambridge, MA-based provider of an online marketplace for connecting consumers with artisans, raised $2 million in funding from an unnamed group of investors. —A trio … Continue reading “EMC Picks Up Zettapoint, IBM Scoops Up Q1, Intel’s McAfee Acquires NitroSecurity, & More Boston-Area Deals NEws”
Scenic Technology Receives $5,149,995 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95f2250e-fd84-4109-99e1-0e30d15935bf&Preview=1 Date 10/5/2011 Company Name Scenic Technology Mailing Address 19 Connector Rd. Andover, MA 01810 Company Description 21st century e-commerce consumer expectations now demand higher levels of near perfect order accuracy, protective product care and customer driven order turnaround at reduced costs. Quiet’s Consumer Driven Fulfillment (CDF) is the new echelon of … Continue reading “Scenic Technology Receives $5,149,995 New Financing Round”