A funny thing happened to the unprecedented multi-year bull run in biotech this past summer: it ended. The parade of IPOs and sky high valuations have come to a halt; biotech startups will have to adjust accordingly. Drug companies have become a target in an election year as the pricing debate has taken center stage. … Continue reading “Viehbacher, Sharp & More at What’s Hot in Boston Biotech on April 6”
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Caribou Bio’s New CRISPR Patent Isn’t About Gene Editing
If you ask people who don’t follow biotech too closely what they know about CRISPR, you might get two answers: genetic editing and a big patent fight. But a new CRISPR patent highlights a lower-profile potential use for the biotechnology: genetic detection and analysis. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the patent Tuesday to … Continue reading “Caribou Bio’s New CRISPR Patent Isn’t About Gene Editing”
Indigo Garners $56,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=465c334a-5486-41e5-a8c1-11a6bc2cf770 Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Indigo Mailing Address 101 Main Street 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 USA Company Description Indigo is pioneering microbial solutions for Symbiotic Agriculture — a new approach to naturally improve plant health and growth by promoting a healthy microbiome. Website http://www.indigoag.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $56,000,000 … Continue reading “Indigo Garners $56,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Jana Receives $57,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a531f80a-9e05-454a-bbde-6f4d1e851a50 Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Jana Mailing Address 101 Arch St. 9th Floor Boston, MA 02110 USA Company Description Jana helps global organizations learn, educate and grow in emerging economies by leveraging the power of the mobile phone. Through a network of over 2.1 billion mobile phone subscribers across almost 100 developing … Continue reading “Jana Receives $57,000,000 Series C Financing”
Corvidia Therapeutics Secures $26,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83cefcb0-e4a4-45c7-80cc-897e2ec72b3e Date 2/18/2016 Company Name Corvidia Therapeutics Mailing Address 35 Gatehouse Drive Waltham, MA 02451 USA Company Description Corvidia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the next generation of cardiovascular therapies. Leveraging functional genomics, the company’s founding team has decoded previously unrecognized genetic susceptibilities within general cardiovascular populations. Website http://www.corvidiatx.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Corvidia Therapeutics Secures $26,000,000 Series A Funding”
In Return to Roots, Understory Raises $7.5M & Relocates HQ to WI
Understory is coming home to Wisconsin with $7.5 million in tow. The weather technology startup, formerly known as Subsidence, was founded in Madison, WI, in 2012 and went through Wisconsin startup accelerator Gener8tor’s first session. A year later, the company received an investment and hands-on mentorship from Bolt in the hardware venture firm’s Boston space. … Continue reading “In Return to Roots, Understory Raises $7.5M & Relocates HQ to WI”
Akili CEO Gives Inside Look at Startup’s Therapeutic Video Game Play
Akili Interactive Labs is a medical device company that makes mobile video games—and not the other way around. That’s an important distinction for co-founder and CEO Eddie Martucci. “We’re not a consumer company, nor do we want to be,” Martucci told me recently, as we chatted in a conference room at Akili’s new downtown Boston … Continue reading “Akili CEO Gives Inside Look at Startup’s Therapeutic Video Game Play”
Drones, Bots & More at Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion, 3/31
If you follow emerging technologies and startups, you’ll notice that “machine learning” seems to be everywhere. So are natural language processing and computer vision. So are drones and connected devices. We’re putting all those things together for a business audience at a very special event on March 31, called Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion. It’s … Continue reading “Drones, Bots & More at Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion, 3/31”
Alcohol Delivery App Thirstie Pours Itself a Double, Acquires DrinkFly
The race to be the top app that people use to order alcohol for delivery took a new turn on Wednesday. New York-based Thirstie has acquired DrinkFly, a Chicago-based company also in the alcohol delivery business. With this deal, Thirstie gets into four new markets, bringing its coverage to more than 22 cities, says CEO Devaraj Southworth. The … Continue reading “Alcohol Delivery App Thirstie Pours Itself a Double, Acquires DrinkFly”
Synlogic Nabs $40M, Prepares To Put Modified Microbes Into Patients
Synlogic just inked its first partnership, with AbbVie, last week. Today the Cambridge, MA-based startup got the cash needed to get to another first: tests of its genetically altered microbes in human patients. Synlogic has raised a $40 million Series B round led by new investor Orbimed HealthCare Fund Management. The company—founded in 2014 by … Continue reading “Synlogic Nabs $40M, Prepares To Put Modified Microbes Into Patients”
Talla Garners $3,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cf00ca38-c6f4-4013-82d9-458db3b7bdc2 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Talla Mailing Address 281 Walnut Street Brookline, MA 02445 USA Company Description Meet your new assistant, Talla. Hanging out right in your Slack, Hipchat, or Gchat, Talla responds to natural language and can answer questions, automate workflows, schedule meetings, and much more. Website http://www.talla.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Talla Garners $3,500,000 New Financing Round”
Thermedical Secures $3,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36a2a55e-5973-4598-ac04-60637d750482 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Thermedical Mailing Address 150 Bear Hill Road Waltham, MA 02451 USA Company Description THERMEDICAL is developing preclinical prototypes for Saline-Enhanced Radio Frequency (SERF) ablation systems. Website http://www.thermedical.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. 4 investors participated … Continue reading “Thermedical Secures $3,500,000 New Round”
Synlogic Obtains $40,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=95a8fa6c-a348-4412-9db5-f4c465907a26 Date 2/17/2016 Company Name Synlogic Mailing Address 130 Brookline St. Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Company Description Synlogic leverages the most advanced technology platform available for the creation of synthetically engineered, therapeutic microbes with the potential to make significant advancements in the treatment of disease. Website http://www.synlogictx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Synlogic Obtains $40,000,000 Series B Round”
BetterLesson Grabs $6M to Make Teacher Development More Personal
When former teachers Alex Grodd and Erin Osborn started BetterLesson in 2008, their startup was part of a surge of companies creating online repositories of lesson plans and helping educators collaborate with peers near and far. Now, the Cambridge, MA-based company has its sights set on another growing trend in education technology: personalized professional development … Continue reading “BetterLesson Grabs $6M to Make Teacher Development More Personal”
A.I. Startup Talla Tracks Down $4M From Avalon, Others
The funding deals keep coming for startups developing businesses around artificial-intelligence technologies. The latest is Talla, which is working on a text-based virtual assistant for corporate functions such as recruiting and human resources. We first reported that Cambridge, MA-based Talla was raising a seed round. That deal appears to have closed, as a regulatory filing … Continue reading “A.I. Startup Talla Tracks Down $4M From Avalon, Others”
“Innovation” in a Competitive Startup Economy
Seventy-three percent of U.S. adults agree that we’re living in an age of significant innovation. Indeed, the pace at which new products and services are being developed is truly incredible. In 2014 alone, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a record 300,678 utility patents – the most issued in a single year, ever. … Continue reading ““Innovation” in a Competitive Startup Economy”
Seven Bridges Gets $45M, Begins Test Run for Cancer Genomics Tool
When President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative last year ears perked up at Seven Bridges Genomics, one of a number of startups that helps researchers store, analyze, and interpret huge amounts of genomic data. The announcement meant more large-scale genomic data projects were on the way for the Cambridge, MA-based startup to fight for. … Continue reading “Seven Bridges Gets $45M, Begins Test Run for Cancer Genomics Tool”
Biotech’s Recent Headlines, Reimagined In Verse and On Stage
Dear Theranos, I noticed recently that you’re looking for a writer to work in your Palo Alto office. Please don’t tell my bosses at Xconomy, but I’m throwing my hat in the ring. In your job posting, the final requirement in particular made me think I’d be a good fit: Bold experimentation in different … Continue reading “Biotech’s Recent Headlines, Reimagined In Verse and On Stage”
Understory Secures $7,498,498 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=20033064-f4e6-4cef-87c4-dcc682543bc0 Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Understory Mailing Address 28 Dane Street Somerville, MA 02143 USA Company Description Understory—named for the area in a rainforest beneath the forest canopy—detects rain, hail, wind and other weather events directly at the earth’s surface, where the risk to life and property is greatest. Website http://www.understoryweather.com Transaction … Continue reading “Understory Secures $7,498,498 New Funding”
Next Step Living Lands $4,205,422 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7b1f244a-fb4b-436e-8b62-eef1d673a1c8 Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Next Step Living Mailing Address 21 Drydock Ave 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02210 USA Company Description Next Step Living is a residential energy efficiency company, providing home energy diagnostics and improvements to the greater New England area. We are a socially-conscious. Website http://www.nextsteplivinginc.com Transaction Type Venture Equity, … Continue reading “Next Step Living Lands $4,205,422 New Round”
Interactions Garners $1,500,004 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bc9b3b03-f121-421b-81dc-f9bd973616fe Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Interactions Mailing Address 31 Hayward Street Franklin, MA 02038 USA Company Description Interactions, Inc. is a service provider delivering a unique solution to the call center market that decreases support costs while dramatically improving the customer experience. World Class Personal Service at Breakthrough Economics. Website http://www.interactions.net Transaction … Continue reading “Interactions Garners $1,500,004 New Round”
Asics Buys Runkeeper as Apps & Athletic Gear Continue to Merge
[Updated 2/12/16, 3:32 p.m., to include deal price and details from Asics’s press release.] Japanese shoemaker Asics just acquired one of Boston’s best-known consumer tech companies, Runkeeper, for $85 million, as the virtual and physical worlds continue to collide in athletics. Runkeeper co-founder and CEO Jason Jacobs announced the acquisition in a Medium blog post … Continue reading “Asics Buys Runkeeper as Apps & Athletic Gear Continue to Merge”
Constant Contact Cuts 15 Percent of Staff After Its Acquisition
[Updated 2/12/16, 2:57 p.m. See below.] Constant Contact laid off about 15 percent of its employees worldwide this week, casualties of the integration process with its new parent company, Endurance International Group Holdings. Endurance (NASDAQ: [[ticker:EIGI]]) confirmed the job cuts in an e-mail to Xconomy Thursday night, two days after Burlington, MA-based Endurance’s $1.1 billion … Continue reading “Constant Contact Cuts 15 Percent of Staff After Its Acquisition”
Thetis Pharmaceuticals Receives $1,434,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e665c60-b504-4fc3-ab44-30c028391cb5 Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Thetis Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 167 Old Post Rd 2nd Floor Southport, CT 06890 USA Company Description Thetis Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biopharmaceutical company applying its HEALER technology to discover and develop innovative drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal and cardiometabolic diseases. Using HEALER, Thetis transforms fatty … Continue reading “Thetis Pharmaceuticals Receives $1,434,000 New Funding Round”
CampusTap Lands $1,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fca725d4-daf6-45e4-b667-b73c496bcac9 Date 2/12/2016 Company Name CampusTap Mailing Address Undisclosed Boston, MA 02113 USA Company Description Here at CampusTap we understand students and know that software in higher education has been lacking in design and innovation. We are raising the bar in these categories to provide students, faculty and administrators with great user … Continue reading “CampusTap Lands $1,000,000 New Round”
Jisto Lands $2,450,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d65f22ac-6f9f-43fd-8660-3c75e28a2224 Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Jisto Mailing Address 50 Milk Street 16th Floor Boston, MA 02109 USA Company Description Jisto allows enterprise customers to maximize their data center resources. Founded in 2013 by Aleksandr (Sasha) Biberman and Andrey Turovsky, Jisto is a MassChallenge 2014 Silver winner and a Edison Award 2016 Finalist. … Continue reading “Jisto Lands $2,450,000 Seed Financing”
ASICS Acquires Runkeeper for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0425c433-decc-4664-a2a7-8967b195449c Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Runkeeper Mailing Address 60 Canal Street 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02114 USA Company Description RunKeeper is a fitness technology company that packs the benefits of a personal trainer into the convenience of a smartphone. Website http://www.runkeeper.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A … Continue reading “ASICS Acquires Runkeeper for Undisclosed Sum”
Can Innovation Improve Lives of Vulnerable Children and Families?
Technological innovation is rare in the human services field because most service providers operate with limited resources and they are forced to choose between serving more families or investing in technology. In addition, most funding in human services comes from government sources, which rely on paper processes for accountability. More specifically, social service providers lack … Continue reading “Can Innovation Improve Lives of Vulnerable Children and Families?”
DataRobot Downloads $33M as Machine Learning Eats the World
Machine learning is the new big data. Combine the two fields, and you really have something. Boston-area startup DataRobot has raised a $33 million Series B round, led by New Enterprise Associates. Other participating investors included Accomplice, Intel Capital, and IA Ventures. The new money brings the company’s total raised to more than $57 million. … Continue reading “DataRobot Downloads $33M as Machine Learning Eats the World”
Boston Tech Watch: Disney, DraftKings, Carbon Black, MassChallenge
[Updated 2/11/16, 10:52 a.m., to include the DataCamp announcement.] This week, we’re tracking the latest news about DraftKings, Disney’s local research lab, startup funding announcements, and layoffs at tech companies. Read on for details. —Disney is closing its Cambridge, MA, research lab that opened five years ago, the Boston Herald reported. The lab, one of … Continue reading “Boston Tech Watch: Disney, DraftKings, Carbon Black, MassChallenge”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Scangos, CRISPR, Yumanity, Synlogic & More
Biotech and pharma executives from across the country descended on frigid midtown Manhattan this week for the BIO CEO & Investor Conference, and we’ve got a few tidbits from the festivities—as well as the rest of your East Coast headlines—below. But first, a programming note. The East Coast roundup has moved to a weekly Thursday … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Scangos, CRISPR, Yumanity, Synlogic & More”
Proteostasis Cuts Price But Heads to Nasdaq After $50M IPO
The stock markets haven’t been kind to biotech companies this year whether the companies are already public or trying to be. Proteostasis Therapeutics, a developer of drugs for cystic fibrosis and other diseases, is the latest example. It had to significantly discount its IPO demands to make it to the Nasdaq. Cambridge, MA-based Proteostasis raised … Continue reading “Proteostasis Cuts Price But Heads to Nasdaq After $50M IPO”
TRImaran Licenses WSU Compounds to Develop Neuro Drugs
TRImaran Pharma aims to take on a group of neurological diseases, like depression, by developing drugs that impact three different types of neurotransmitters in the brain. Those drug prospects come from Wayne State University, which licensed a group of molecules to the company this week for an undisclosed sum. Aloke Dutta, a pharmaceutical sciences professor … Continue reading “TRImaran Licenses WSU Compounds to Develop Neuro Drugs”
Homeyou Takes Page From Wayfair Playbook for Home-Contractor Site
Quick, name this Boston-area consumer Web company: It flew under the radar for years, bootstrapped its way to a thriving business built on technology developed in-house and a sharp emphasis on customer service across multiple websites, and then rose to new heights after rebranding itself. If you said Wayfair, you’re right. Another correct answer: Homeyou. … Continue reading “Homeyou Takes Page From Wayfair Playbook for Home-Contractor Site”
Tenacity Receives $1,500,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8febd92-330f-47f6-8fbd-21ef88df3906 Date 2/11/2016 Company Name Tenacity Mailing Address 6th Street Cambridge Boston, MA 02142 USA Company Description Tenacity uses a science-based insights to engage, retrain, and optimize workforces, such as those in contact centers. Actionable analytics and an automated scalable solution reduces attrition, increases productivity, improves customer service, and delivers a high … Continue reading “Tenacity Receives $1,500,000 Seed Funding”
Hexadite Secures $8,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f0b2458b-e34c-4196-8ece-69478f498edc Date 2/11/2016 Company Name Hexadite Mailing Address 101 Federal St. Boston, MA 02110 USA Company Description Hexadite is changing the way cyber incident response is done with the first security orchestration and automation solution that automatically investigates and resolves all cyber security alerts in minutes instead of weeks. Website http://www.hexadite.com Transaction … Continue reading “Hexadite Secures $8,000,000 Series A Round”
Yumanity Secures $45,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=534383f0-a2f4-44c4-a4e9-a7125624f98f Date 2/11/2016 Company Name Yumanity Mailing Address 790 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Company Description Yumanity Therapeutics is working to identify and develop new, disease-modifying therapies that address several illnesses with critical unmet medical needs. Website http://www.yumanity.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $45,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Yumanity Secures $45,000,000 Series A Financing”
DataRobot Obtains $33,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5c9b5cc9-8a56-48e3-b9a5-acbd39fc3525 Date 2/11/2016 Company Name DataRobot Mailing Address One International Place 5th Floor Boston, MA 02110 USA Company Description We’re creating a cloud platform to help teams of data scientists create the most accurate predictive models the world has ever seen. We have a vision of how Data Science will be done … Continue reading “DataRobot Obtains $33,000,000 Series B Round”
DataCamp Receives $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9fdd60c-7a04-4093-853a-f8a1ff036177 Date 2/11/2016 Company Name DataCamp Mailing Address 25 First St. Cambridge, MA 02141 USA Company Description DataCamp is the first online learning platform that focuses on building the best learning experience for Data Science in specific. In our first year, we trained over 100,000 data scientists who completed over 3.7 million … Continue reading “DataCamp Receives $1,000,000 Seed Funding Round”
Hexadite Nabs $8M as Cybersecurity Urgency Grows
This week brought more reminders that cybersecurity remains top of mind for leaders from the White House to boardrooms everywhere. President Barack Obama grabbed headlines with a $19 billion initiative—$5 billion higher than the federal government’s current cybersecurity spending—to battle cyber threats, overhaul federal computer systems, and boost cybersecurity training. The investment, part of Obama’s … Continue reading “Hexadite Nabs $8M as Cybersecurity Urgency Grows”
Gene Editing Execs Talk Scientific, Regulatory Hurdles At BIO Panel
On a day when the top American intelligence chief called gene editing a potential “weapon of mass destruction,” executives of companies working with CRISPR-Cas9, the most widespread gene editing tool, met to discuss ethical and scientific questions that must be answered before it can be used to treat human disease. The hurdles haven’t stopped investors … Continue reading “Gene Editing Execs Talk Scientific, Regulatory Hurdles At BIO Panel”
One Year Post-Launch, Yumanity Lands $45M For Yeasty Discovery
Yumanity Therapeutics has reeled in a $45 million Series A round as it uses nontraditional ways to find drugs that might treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The Cambridge, MA-based startup is based upon a drug discovery system created by its cofounder Sue Lindquist, a member and former director of the Whitehead Institute … Continue reading “One Year Post-Launch, Yumanity Lands $45M For Yeasty Discovery”
Biogen’s Scangos on Pricing, Deals, Hemophilia, Alzheimer’s & More
It’s been a roller coaster year for Biogen. A year ago, the Cambridge, MA-based company was the toast of biotech. Executives telegraphed positive early data about an experimental Alzheimer’s drug, and shares boomed, trading as high as $475 apiece last March. Things have changed since. The biotech bubble has deflated, taking valuations down with them. … Continue reading “Biogen’s Scangos on Pricing, Deals, Hemophilia, Alzheimer’s & More”
Thinking IPO? ThinkingPhones Dials Up $112M, Adopts the Name Fuze
Tech IPOs are sparse in the Boston area (and the rest of the country), but the pipeline seems to grow more crowded every day. The latest local IPO candidate is Cambridge, MA-based ThinkingPhones, which today announced a $112 million growth equity round and a new name. The company—which provides cloud-based business communications software—now goes by … Continue reading “Thinking IPO? ThinkingPhones Dials Up $112M, Adopts the Name Fuze”
Fuze Obtains $112,000,000 Series E Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=37b2e859-a8f0-4761-8d42-dad137982e4a Date 2/9/2016 Company Name Fuze Mailing Address 10 Wilson Road Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Company Description Move your voice, video, text and collaboration apps onto a single, intelligent, mobile-ready cloud platform today. Website http://www.fuze.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $112,000,000 Transaction Round Series E Proceeds Purposes The combined Fuze plans … Continue reading “Fuze Obtains $112,000,000 Series E Funding Round”
What’s New in Boston VC Land: Assemble, Hyperplane, Pillar
As the snow falls in our fair city, let’s take a tour of the winter wonderland that is New England tech venture capital. It should prove useful as a snapshot of what’s new and different in 2016 (plus some national context at the bottom): —General Catalyst Partners has raised $845 million for its eighth fund. … Continue reading “What’s New in Boston VC Land: Assemble, Hyperplane, Pillar”
IlluminOss Medical Garners $4,997,999 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a35538f-d642-41c9-84bc-fde51dd10ab4 Date 2/8/2016 Company Name IlluminOss Medical Mailing Address 993 Waterman Avenue East Providence, RI 02914 USA 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 $4,997,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The offering covered the purchase of … Continue reading “IlluminOss Medical Garners $4,997,999 New Funding Round”
4 Worst-Case Scenarios That Make the Case For Disaster Recovery
It’s a topic frequently heard in board meetings and splashed across the news: storm-related data loss and downtime trigger threats to our IT environments. For instance, last winter in New England caused a scare among executives and IT professionals alike. Record-breaking snowfall and increased risks to regional business data created a huge buzz about the … Continue reading “4 Worst-Case Scenarios That Make the Case For Disaster Recovery”
East Coast Bio Roundup: CRISPR, Tessier-Lavigne, Pricing, Spero & More
There was biotech news up and down the East Coast this week. In Boston, all eyes were on the first biotech IPO of the year—and the sector let out a collective sigh when things went well. New York, meanwhile, suffered a tough blow to its life sciences scene, as one of its strongest advocates announced … Continue reading “East Coast Bio Roundup: CRISPR, Tessier-Lavigne, Pricing, Spero & More”
Baobab, Oculus, Penrose, Et Al: The Disneys Of Early VR Animation?
You’re a film director whose last feature was a blockbuster, and now you’re funded to make a movie from a fabulous script of your own. It’s a dream job, but there’s just one hitch. Every day, a fan is released onto the set to point your cameras wherever he or she wants. When your stars … Continue reading “Baobab, Oculus, Penrose, Et Al: The Disneys Of Early VR Animation?”