An edtech startup with a great idea to improve math instruction might find the competition pretty daunting by now. Crowds of math products are already vying with each other for teachers’ attention and school district dollars. Yet NewSchools Ignite, a non-profit edtech accelerator that helps young companies fill gaps across the digital learning landscape, announced … Continue reading “For Grabs: $1.5M To Edtech Startups That Fill Math Learning Gaps”
Startup RewardStock Points the Way to Credit Card Rewards & Travel
If someone offered you a way to take a free tropical vacation, you might think it was too good to be true. But Jon Hayes traveled to a tropical island for free. His global jaunts also include trips throughout South America and Europe, all taken for free or relatively little cash cost. Hayes left a … Continue reading “Startup RewardStock Points the Way to Credit Card Rewards & Travel”
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”
LiveAction Garners $36,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c4e28e1f-5517-4566-9cbc-b1343fcd51af Date 2/16/2016 Company Name LiveAction Mailing Address 825 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description Initially developed to aid the U.S. Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveAction features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics for decision-making and deep integration with routers and … Continue reading “LiveAction Garners $36,000,000 Series B Round”
PathSource Secures $650,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59d81f34-9f8e-423f-8963-d5432cbf89bf Date 2/16/2016 Company Name PathSource Mailing Address 1633 Bayshore Highway Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description PathSource is America’s premier career navigation and education software. We use 1-3 minute informational interviews on video to help young people select careers, figure out what to do with their lives and then help them … Continue reading “PathSource Secures $650,000 New Funding”
Nimble Collective Receives $8,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b55612a9-d94d-4565-884d-f27694931d7a Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Nimble Collective Mailing Address 150 Forest Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Based in Palo Alto, CA, Nimble Collective is focused on revolutionizing the $90 billion animation content market with the industry’s largest cloud-based, end-to-end platform and community where users develop and distribute their own … Continue reading “Nimble Collective Receives $8,500,000 New Financing Round”
YouTube Acquires BandPage for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c96f9df2-1bc8-43c2-aede-6719ad07a784 Date 2/16/2016 Company Name BandPage Mailing Address 334 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description More than 500,000 musicians use BandPage to reach & build deeper relationships with music lovers everywhere, and make a more sustainable living by engaging with fans in new and creative ways. Music fans use … Continue reading “YouTube Acquires BandPage for Undisclosed Sum”
Giphy Garners $55,000,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb294ff2-7dd1-430b-a219-1b86aa35cb0f Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Giphy Mailing Address 29 Little West 12th Street New York, NY 10014 USA Company Description Animated GIFs have existed for decades, but there was still no good way to browse and discover the best the web had to offer. And the vision for Giphy isn’t really just … Continue reading “Giphy Garners $55,000,000 Series C Funding”
Vive Lifestyle Obtains $2,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=80325fc7-8d4e-45d7-8e7a-d68c92fc77a4 Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Vive Lifestyle Mailing Address 119 24th Street New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description We find the perfect, last-minute blowout appointment for you at one of our top-rated partners salons. Just tell us where and when and we’ll do the rest. We use your location, time selection … Continue reading “Vive Lifestyle Obtains $2,300,000 New Financing Round”
Biodesix Secures $17,756,512 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6481ed84-ce3e-4912-869d-b1b037e58253 Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Biodesix Mailing Address 2970 Wilderness Place Boulder, CO 80301 USA Company Description Biodesix was founded in 2005 to apply the principles of complex data analysis and mass spectrometry (MS) to the discovery and development of improved multivariate tests that give physicians better information to understand the patient … Continue reading “Biodesix Secures $17,756,512 New Financing Round”
BiOptix Diagnostics Obtains $663,300 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0398b884-8683-44cc-9699-ba0ba109eeac Date 2/16/2016 Company Name BiOptix Diagnostics Mailing Address 1775 38th St. Boulder, CO 80301 USA Company Description The company’s mission is to develop its proprietary E-SPR (Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance) technology platform for the detection of molecular interactions. Website http://www.bioptix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $663,300 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “BiOptix Diagnostics Obtains $663,300 New Funding”
EnTouch Controls Obtains $8,000,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a9619d7-e12f-4d82-8a77-0a7c333bf360 Date 2/16/2016 Company Name EnTouch Controls Mailing Address 661 N. Plano Rd. Richardson, TX 75081 USA Company Description With simple to use features, an intuitive full color touchscreen interface, and access through a standard web browser, the EnTouch EMS provides powerful control. Website http://www.entouchcontrols.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 … Continue reading “EnTouch Controls Obtains $8,000,000 Series C Round”
WigWag Obtains $3,175,436 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=953e544e-afe8-4b44-8c0e-2730b154fd8f Date 2/16/2016 Company Name WigWag Mailing Address 4009 Banister Lane Austin, TX 78704 USA Company Description WigWag delivers a powerful, simple platform to make connected devices more manageable, secure and automatic. Built on our open-source runtime devicesJS, the WigWag platform removes the complexities of competing Internet of Things (IoT) device protocols … Continue reading “WigWag Obtains $3,175,436 New Financing”
Smart Choice MRI Garners $3,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=42d11a92-1e73-40e5-8914-8b63cfa43a67 Date 2/16/2016 Company Name Smart Choice MRI Mailing Address 1621 Miller Park Way West Milwaukee, WI 53214 USA Company Description Smart Choice MRI was built around the idea of transparency and affordability in imaging, specifically MRI. With an increasing population of patients with high-deductible insurance plans or Health Savings Accounts (HSA), … Continue reading “Smart Choice MRI Garners $3,000,000 New Financing Round”
Got Your Back End: Exis, 4 Other Startups in Gener8tor’s New Class
Last month, Facebook announced it was shuttering Parse, a platform for software developers that the social network acquired in 2013 for a reported $85 million. The news came as both a rush and a blow to Dale Willis, co-founder and CEO of Exis, a Madison, WI-based startup. Like Parse, Exis makes tools and services to … Continue reading “Got Your Back End: Exis, 4 Other Startups in Gener8tor’s New Class”
Seattle Week in Review: Space, VR, Machine Intelligence
Welcome to Xconomy Seattle’s new Week in Review. Today, we’ll look back at significant happenings from the Seattle area and beyond, in space, virtual reality, and machine intelligence. The idea is to give you a quick, visual way to digest some of the week’s news. As we all know, dealing with information overload is an … Continue reading “Seattle Week in Review: Space, VR, Machine Intelligence”
NYTM Recap: Digital Drawings, Dinosaurs, & an App That Fines Tardiness
Judging by the audience’s reaction, people who visit the New York Tech Meetup want to draw in new dimensions, talk to dinosaurs, and make their friends pay money if they are chronically late to events. Those were a few of the extremely varied demos (see slideshow) presented this week at the monthly gathering for new … Continue reading “NYTM Recap: Digital Drawings, Dinosaurs, & an App That Fines Tardiness”
Campless Morphs Into StockX, a “Stock Market” for Sneakers
In October, we brought you the news that Campless, a Philadelphia-based website calling itself the “Kelley Blue Book for sneakers,” had relocated to Detroit at the behest of investor Dan Gilbert. On Monday, Campless morphed into a new venture called StockX, which CEO Josh Luber described as the world’s first online “stock market of things,” … Continue reading “Campless Morphs Into StockX, a “Stock Market” for Sneakers”
Smart Choice MRI Receives $3M from ThedaCare for Midwest Expansion
Merging with a rival often makes a lot of business sense. Investing in a company that provides competing services, by contrast, may require more explanation. Today, most magnetic resonance imaging scans are done at hospitals. But they’re being challenged by companies like Mequon, WI-based Smart Choice MRI, which charges patients a flat $600 rate for … Continue reading “Smart Choice MRI Receives $3M from ThedaCare for Midwest Expansion”
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”
The Companies: San Antonio’s Techstars Cloud 2016 Demo Day Pitches
[Corrected 2/15/16, 2:15 p.m. See below.] San Antonio — One company lets you send encrypted, secure e-mails. Another finds the meaning in your mounds of unfiltered data. Saw a photo online of a dress that you loved but can’t find? At the Techstars Cloud Demo Day in San Antonio, there was a company that proposed … Continue reading “The Companies: San Antonio’s Techstars Cloud 2016 Demo Day Pitches”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Grail, Juno, Amgen, Imprimis & More
The continuing market selloff has been brutal to biotech stocks. Barron’s reports that the SPDR S&P Biotech exchange traded fund and the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF are both in bear territory, having dropped 50 percent and 39 percent, respectively, since their summer peaks. Yet in San Diego, at least, the preceding boom has enabled a … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Grail, Juno, Amgen, Imprimis & More”
With Free Headsets, Nearpod Enticing Schools to Try Virtual Reality
Education is often mentioned as one of the many future uses of virtual reality technology, though most observers predict that gamers will dominate VR’s early years. But edtech startup Nearpod saw VR’s potential for instruction, and decided, why wait? The company, whose core business is a course-creation platform for teachers, developed an inexpensive way to … Continue reading “With Free Headsets, Nearpod Enticing Schools to Try Virtual Reality”
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”
LiquidPlanner Lands $2,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=384d01a6-e2f5-4035-9028-bd6ce79d9c3b Date 2/12/2016 Company Name LiquidPlanner Mailing Address 2324 Eastlake Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102 USA Company Description LiquidPlanner is a company founded on the belief that even in the face of complexity, uncertainty and constant change, project management should be simple and effective. Website http://www.liquidplanner.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “LiquidPlanner Lands $2,000,000 New Funding”
Mozio Garners $2,718,990 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8354c93f-54ce-4856-bb97-2449f7ce3a7f Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Mozio Mailing Address 139 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94115 USA Company Description Mozio is an airport transportation search engine. If you have no idea how you are going to quickly and economically find your way to the airport, Mozio will show you all the shared-ride shuttles, … Continue reading “Mozio Garners $2,718,990 New Funding Round”
Zero Motorcycles Secures $5,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=675faced-be38-49c9-b0c6-31d0b2830caa Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Zero Motorcycles Mailing Address 380 El Pueblo Road Scotts Valley, CA 95066 USA Company Description Zero Motorcycles is the next step in motorcycle evolution and represents the ultimate electric motorcycle technology. Website http://www.zeromotorcycles.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Zero Motorcycles Secures $5,000,000 New Round”
Renew Financial Obtains $70,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6c466ebc-bd47-4773-aa3f-409493bad246 Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Renew Financial Mailing Address 1221 Broadway 4th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 USA Company Description Renew Financial is one of the nation’s leading clean energy financing companies. Founded in 2008 by Cisco DeVries, who created the concept of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model, now provides … Continue reading “Renew Financial Obtains $70,000,000 New Financing Round”
Diffbot Garners $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=126cb5ef-a792-45fa-8f4c-677b97ea264a Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Diffbot Mailing Address 144A Kingsley Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Diffbot, the first company funded out of Stanford’s StartX accelerator program, makes its APIs available to users wanting to extract the components of web pages in a way that makes that content reusable and … Continue reading “Diffbot Garners $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
Uber Secures $200,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=065e9386-880f-4b17-9429-7dd218218dc4 Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Uber Mailing Address 1455 Market St. 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description The company has created a mobile application that allows users to request car service to pick them up wherever they are located. Website http://www.uber.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $200,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Uber Secures $200,000,000 New Round”
Gorgias Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1f4ec07-a27a-4041-b568-bc5a60a02a58 Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Gorgias Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10022 USA Company Description Respond faster to your customers. Gorgias is a helpdesk built to provide great support at scale. Website http://www.gorgias.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company intends to use the … Continue reading “Gorgias Obtains $1,500,000 Seed Round”
IdealSpot Receives $1,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=83d751ce-800a-4d34-9a80-324189442adf Date 2/12/2016 Company Name IdealSpot Mailing Address 902 E 5th St. Austin, TX 78702 USA Company Description IdealSpot is developing a commercial real estate marketplace where buyers can find their ideal locations, and sellers can find their ideal tenants by applying machine-learning, predictive algorithms to big data. Website http://www.idealspot.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “IdealSpot Receives $1,000,000 New Funding 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”
Life360 Acquires Couple for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be3278a1-e8e8-411e-b0d9-a40120917637 Date 2/12/2016 Company Name Couple Mailing Address 59 Grant Avenue San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Couple is an app just for the two of you. It helps you stay connected, and feel close to each other. Whether it’s texting, sharing videos, photos, sketching together and more, Couple let’s your … Continue reading “Life360 Acquires Couple 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?”
The Zebra Aims to Help Consumers Navigate the Insurance Jungle
Austin — One of the biggest promises of the Internet is its ability to make clear obscure corners of the marketplace. The Zebra, an Austin, TX startup, has set its sights on the murky confines of the insurance industry. “From early on, the goal was the simplify insurance,” says Adam Lyons, Zebra’s founder and CEO. “I … Continue reading “The Zebra Aims to Help Consumers Navigate the Insurance Jungle”
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”
Diffbot Raises $10M To Expand AI Engine That Mines The Web
Diffbot, an artificial intelligence company that helps clients extract and combine data from multiple Web sources, announced today it raised $10 million from investors including Tencent and Felicis Ventures to expand its “knowledge-as-a-service” offerings to businesses and consumer apps. The Palo Alto, CA-based startup, founded in 2009, still has a tiny staff of 14. But … Continue reading “Diffbot Raises $10M To Expand AI Engine That Mines The Web”
Latest Techstars Cloud Startup Class Presents Today in San Antonio
San Antonio — For 11 early stage businesses in San Antonio, TX, three months of planning, trepidation, and retooling business plans is coming to a head. The participants of the Techstars Cloud accelerator program are holding their Demo Day today in the Alamo City. Techstars is the Boulder, CO-based mentorship accelerator that offers versions of … Continue reading “Latest Techstars Cloud Startup Class Presents Today in San Antonio”
BrightStar Reveals Phoenix Investment, Sale of $500K in Tax Credits
BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has made its first investment of 2016 and has sold $500,000 in “early-stage seed” tax credits to several individuals, the foundation said this week. Phoenix Nuclear Labs, a Madison, WI-based startup that has developed particle accelerator technology with applications in areas like medical imaging and weapons inspection, is raising a funding round … Continue reading “BrightStar Reveals Phoenix Investment, Sale of $500K in Tax Credits”
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”
SOLS Takes a New Step to Find Its Stride in 3D-Customized Products
Will ExoSOLS give a maker of 3D-printed foot care products a boost in scaling up? On Thursday, New York-based SOLS introduced a new app, revised website, and ExoSOLS, the chief product in its new “science of comfort” line. When we first got introduced to SOLS, its focus was on 3D-printed medical orthotics and custom insoles … Continue reading “SOLS Takes a New Step to Find Its Stride in 3D-Customized Products”
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”