[Updated 4/7/15, 5:13 pm. See below.] In the increasingly active genetic testing space, Natera is trying to lead the pack by harnessing its testing capabilities. And it has plenty of money to do so, after announcing a $55.5 million round of funding led today by Sofinnova Ventures and a group of crossover investors, including Capital … Continue reading “Prenatal Screener Natera Grabs $55M, Considers Cancer Test”
MI Roundup: LevelEleven, A2Tech Job Fair, MTAM, MSU & More
Here’s a look at news from around Michigan’s innovation hubs: — Detroit-based LevelEleven, a sales performance platform that employs gamification to stoke competition, headed to Mountain View, CA, last week to compete in Google’s national demo day on April 2. The company was selected to pitch (out of 60 applicants) at Google’s Detroit demo day … Continue reading “MI Roundup: LevelEleven, A2Tech Job Fair, MTAM, MSU & More”
Boston’s Chef Nightly Helps Pick Dinner, and Delivers It Too
It’s easier than ever to have premade food delivered to your doorstep, with any number of apps from Seamless to Favor to Instacart offering to bring customers almost anything they want. But what about those of us who have a tough time deciding what you want to eat? Every Labs has made an app, Chef … Continue reading “Boston’s Chef Nightly Helps Pick Dinner, and Delivers It Too”
Raleigh-Durham Roundup: Quintiles, BDSI, BioCryst, & More
Here are the headlines from the last week in North Carolina biotech news. —Pharmaceutical services provider Quintiles (NYSE: [[ticker:Q]]) is teaming up with lab testing company Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: [[ticker:DGX]]) to provide clinical trial laboratory services around the world. Durham, NC-based Quintiles will own 60 percent of the joint venture while Quest will own the … Continue reading “Raleigh-Durham Roundup: Quintiles, BDSI, BioCryst, & More”
Is Disney-DraftKings a Done Deal? $250M Reasons to Say “No Comment”
Disney appears to be making a bet with DraftKings, the Boston startup that lets users make fantasy sports bets on a daily, per-game basis. The entertainment conglomerate’s wager is a little more substantial than a guess about a basketball or football player’s performance; Disney is investing $250 million in DraftKings and its digital media tool, … Continue reading “Is Disney-DraftKings a Done Deal? $250M Reasons to Say “No Comment””
MSU Innovation Celebration
The MSU Innovation Center hosts this annual event to showcase the range of inventions and new technology developed at the university. Click here for more information.
Mobile Health Symposium
The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan and Medical Main Street host this event to highlight what the healthcare sector needs from mobile technologists. Learn what problems they need to solve, and what opportunities that provides for mobile/wireless tech firms. For details, click here.
Gene Therapy’s Rebirth Continues With Bristol, UniQure Cardio Deal
There’s no doubt at this point that gene therapy research, after a decade proceeding in relative obscurity, is back. A host of companies are racing to find the best way to harness the science to treat hemophilia, for instance. But a deal this morning between Bristol-Myers Squibb and UniQure focuses on a wider set of … Continue reading “Gene Therapy’s Rebirth Continues With Bristol, UniQure Cardio Deal”
ScoreStream Adds $2M to Build Out Its Web Technology Interface
ScoreStream, a San Diego sports media startup, has raised $2 million in an early stage round led by Sinclair Digital Ventures, a division of the Baltimore, MD-based Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SBGI]]). Existing investors Avalon Ventures and New Enterprise Associates also participated, according to Derrick Oien, ScoreStream’s founding CEO. A number of angel investors in … Continue reading “ScoreStream Adds $2M to Build Out Its Web Technology Interface”
Valore Acquires Boundless: The Netflix of Education Publishing?
A deal at the intersection of e-commerce and education technology is shining a light on some big trends in the publishing world. Those trends could help determine what higher-ed tools will look like years down the road. Valore, a Boston tech company formerly known as SimpleTuition, has acquired online-education startup Boundless for an undisclosed sum. … Continue reading “Valore Acquires Boundless: The Netflix of Education Publishing?”
Academia vs. BioPharma: Young Scientists Between A Rock and A Hard Place
I’ve reached the stage of my career where I’ve been invited to give “career retrospective talks” to grad students and post-docs at academic institutions. It’s been an interesting and enjoyable experience meeting a new generation of young scientists and hearing what’s on their minds. After delivering my seminar and sharing lots of stories and advice, … Continue reading “Academia vs. BioPharma: Young Scientists Between A Rock and A Hard Place”
Women in Engineering, and a Global Call for the Next MacGyver
Apparently, I’m pushy. I can’t help it. It’s my genes, and also all I’ve been through. When you’re a woman in engineering, there are a host of voices (some residing in your head, some not), telling you that you’re not good enough, not smart enough—that when you’re alone amid a sea of male faces at … Continue reading “Women in Engineering, and a Global Call for the Next MacGyver”
DraftKings Receives $250,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59123710-6ccf-4939-a6c3-dfbc667eb66d Date 4/6/2015 Company Name DraftKings Mailing Address 47 Winter Street 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02108 USA Company Description DraftKings, which was recently named one of “Five you should follow” by Mass High Tech’s Startup Watch, allows people to not only play for one day, but they can bet through the website … Continue reading “DraftKings Receives $250,000,000 New Financing Round”
Valore Acquires Boundless Learning for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=09a5a3f5-316f-4652-ab2b-d1828dc9a93c Date 4/6/2015 Company Name Boundless Learning Mailing Address 207 South St. Boston, MA 02111 USA Company Description Boundless is making the world’s open educational content more useful for students by connecting them with the wealth of high quality, openly licensed, and free educational content that has been created by leading educators … Continue reading “Valore Acquires Boundless Learning for Undisclosed Sum”
Mojix Secures $14,000,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a535df3-4582-4a00-a853-ccb9baae1787 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name Mojix Mailing Address 11075 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 USA Company Description MOJIX is presently engaged in developing the next generation of advanced signal processing products for wireless applications. Website http://www.mojix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $14,000,000 Transaction Round Series D Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Mojix Secures $14,000,000 Series D Funding Round”
Gem Obtains $1,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=52f68016-07a2-4329-8224-f7a07ee0c78a Date 4/6/2015 Company Name Gem Mailing Address 1410 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 USA Company Description Gem (previously BitVault) empowers developers to rapidly build apps and solutions using Bitcoin and cryptocurrency without needing to be experts in cryptography, security or the underlying protocols. They provide bank-grade security on cryptocurrency for … Continue reading “Gem Obtains $1,300,000 New Financing Round”
PayNearMe Receives $14,699,988 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d6a19e3-644a-4e12-9459-0e4ac0d8d2bc Date 4/6/2015 Company Name PayNearMe Mailing Address 292 Gibraltar Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Company Description PayNearMe enables consumers to pay conveniently with cash for a wide variety of goods and services from leading companies in e-commerce, direct response and catalog marketing, consumer finance and beyond at a local store, starting … Continue reading “PayNearMe Receives $14,699,988 New Financing”
ZenPayroll Garners $60,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88ec77f0-6427-4297-ac89-2e2be7c80d67 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name ZenPayroll Mailing Address 425 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description ZenPayroll is modern, delightful payroll. Our comprehensive payroll service enables businesses to get set up and run payroll in minutes, from any web enabled device. All government payroll taxes and reporting are taken care … Continue reading “ZenPayroll Garners $60,000,000 New Funding Round”
Educents Secures $2,900,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fbb35ffe-23b4-4c4d-aa2f-9401a239f347 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name Educents Mailing Address 114 Linden Street Oakland, CA 94607 USA Company Description Kate and Kaitlyn, the founders of Educents, are passionate about education. They are passionate about bringing YOU the educational products you love at an affordable price. Shouldn’t everyone have access to education? Website http://www.educents.com Transaction … Continue reading “Educents Secures $2,900,000 Seed Round”
PicnicHealth Secures $2,000,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3c061770-126b-4aa6-920d-ada4f085b368 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name PicnicHealth Mailing Address 88 Hoff St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Once you tell us your doctors’ names — either by phone or by entering them into our site — Picnic is freeing your health data so it’s a joy to use. Website http://www.picnichealth.com Transaction … Continue reading “PicnicHealth Secures $2,000,000 Seed Round”
Natera Secures $55,500,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=23de0e40-ee0d-4fe8-b260-b304cf1ad423 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name Natera Mailing Address 201 Industrial Road San Carlos, CA 94070 USA Company Description Natera is a genetic testing company that has developed a proprietary bioinformatics technology to deliver accurate and comprehensive high throughput testing for reproductive indications from tiny quantities of DNA – as small as that … Continue reading “Natera Secures $55,500,000 New Round”
ConnectAndSell Lands $3,569,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=934603b2-6ba5-4661-ad5d-bd4152eeaca0 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name ConnectAndSell Mailing Address 50 University Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95030 USA Company Description The company provides on demand telephone conversations with prospects and customers. Website http://www.connectandsell.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,569,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact … Continue reading “ConnectAndSell Lands $3,569,999 New Round”
RebelMouse Garners $5,900,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ab9d7ef4-bd82-4950-a858-346298edb530 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name RebelMouse Mailing Address 568 Broadway New York, NY 10012 USA Company Description RebelMouse is a social media aggregation service. Website http://www.rebelmouse.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,900,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing – amended. Contact technology company for … Continue reading “RebelMouse Garners $5,900,000 New Funding Round”
IntegriCo Composites Receives $2,250,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=830eba68-2f6e-4570-b7b4-d776befb6897 Date 4/6/2015 Company Name IntegriCo Composites Mailing Address 4310 Lucius McCelvey Drive Temple, TX 76504 USA Company Description IntegriCo Composites is a Texas-based manufacturer of composite plastic products made from landfill-bound plastic waste. The Company’s initial product is a composite plastic railroad tie, and the technology can be widely applied to … Continue reading “IntegriCo Composites Receives $2,250,000 New Financing”
Seattle Roundup: Founders’ Co-op New Fund and Real Estate Moves
The big Seattle tech news this week was in real estate, as growing tech companies large and small continue the scramble for space. The early-stage startups will at least have another source of capital, thanks to a new fund raised by Founders’ Co-op. Read on for details of Expedia’s relocation, Porch’s new digs, Alibaba rumors, … Continue reading “Seattle Roundup: Founders’ Co-op New Fund and Real Estate Moves”
CU, Feld Create Residency to Lure Foreign Entrepreneurs to Boulder
Boulder is opening its arms to entrepreneurs from around the world with a new program created by venture capitalist Brad Feld and the University of Colorado’s Silicon Flatirons center for entrepreneurship. The university announced this week that it has launched a new entrepreneur in residence program that will give up to four entrepreneurs a year … Continue reading “CU, Feld Create Residency to Lure Foreign Entrepreneurs to Boulder”
Wisconsin Roundup: Ebola, Kiio, The Water Council, Uber, & More
Here’s a collection of the latest updates from Wisconsin’s technology and innovation community: —A new experimental vaccine to battle Ebola has shown early but promising results in protecting monkeys exposed to the virus. The vaccine, which is being co-developed by virus expert and University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist Yoshihiro Kawaoka, takes a different approach than some … Continue reading “Wisconsin Roundup: Ebola, Kiio, The Water Council, Uber, & More”
Bankrate Acquires Detroit-Based Credit Monitoring Company Quizzle
Bankrate, the New York-based aggregator and publisher of online content about personal finance, announced yesterday that it acquired the Detroit credit-monitoring company Quizzle. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Quizzle was part of the “family of companies” under the Quicken Loans umbrella, created in 2008 as a special project by the marketing team … Continue reading “Bankrate Acquires Detroit-Based Credit Monitoring Company Quizzle”
Robot Revolution: Disrupting the Workplace as We Know It
We’re on the brink of the Third Industrial Revolution, with robots moving off the factory floor and emerging in the white-collar office. These “software robots” are being leveraged by businesses across industries to tackle rules-based processes and improve overall operational agility. Operational roles are well-suited for automatons since they, by definition, automatically follow and execute … Continue reading “Robot Revolution: Disrupting the Workplace as We Know It”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: NY Bio Fund, Sarepta, ZappRx, & More
Biotech clusters don’t happen overnight. Entrepreneurs, government agencies, academics, and others have to build them from the ground up. It takes years, a committed, collaborative effort, and an awful lot of money. That’s the kind of thing that’s going on in New York right now. There’s a long, long way to go, of course—Boston and … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: NY Bio Fund, Sarepta, ZappRx, & More”
MX Orthopedics Garners $2,064,952 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=54ef2e9f-ddb0-4f08-9431-7536ec49c1fe Date 4/3/2015 Company Name MX Orthopedics Mailing Address 12 Suburban Park Drive Billerica, MA 01821 USA Company Description Mx Orthopedics has created a next generation hip implant device that it says minimizes future movement of the device. Website http://www.mxortho.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,064,952 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “MX Orthopedics Garners $2,064,952 New Financing Round”
Aircuity Lands $6,245,880 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=956830fd-8e7a-416d-9132-7bce4835390c Date 4/3/2015 Company Name Aircuity Mailing Address 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458 USA Company Description Aircuity is the leading manufacturer of integrated sensing and control solutions that cost-effectively reduce building energy and operating expenses while simultaneously improving its indoor environmental quality. Website http://www.aircuity.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,245,880 … Continue reading “Aircuity Lands $6,245,880 New Funding”
Acorns Grow Garners $10,525,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=da92106b-f9db-4d3f-bc61-9c97712eb34d Date 4/3/2015 Company Name Acorns Grow Mailing Address 4600 Campus Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 USA Company Description Acorns Grow Inc., doing business as Acorns, operates in the technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Newport Beach, California. Website http://www.acorns.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Acorns Grow Garners $10,525,000 New Financing”
Caribou Biosciences Secures $11,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4c61c780-804f-4485-beb8-62e229944743 Date 4/3/2015 Company Name Caribou Biosciences Mailing Address 2929 Seventh St. Berkeley, CA 94710 USA Company Description Caribou Bio was founded in 2011 by Jennifer Doudna, Rachel Haurwitz, Martin Jinek and James Berger. The core technologies were born out of research carried out in the Doudna Lab at the University of … Continue reading “Caribou Biosciences Secures $11,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
SeatGeek Receives $62,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3383b3d-0226-4696-b55b-02c88bff0da8 Date 4/3/2015 Company Name SeatGeek Mailing Address 57 E. 11th Street 8A Floor New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description SeatGeek forecasts the price of sports or concert tickets. So before buying tickets to an event, you can check SeatGeek for a price forecast. If the price is going up, you’ll … Continue reading “SeatGeek Receives $62,000,000 Series C Financing”
Reformation Receives $12,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=72339651-17ec-4f78-aa40-2df19b6a8b69 Date 4/3/2015 Company Name Reformation Mailing Address 23 Howard Street New York, NY 10013 USA Company Description Reformation is a revolution in fashion. Traditional fashion brands concept collections a year in advance of launch at prices inflated by middlemen and staggering costs to the environment. Website http://www.thereformation.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Reformation Receives $12,000,000 New Funding”
Via Obtains $27,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0516647-2a13-4ada-b6e8-a864d665d5f6 Date 4/3/2015 Company Name Via Mailing Address 226 5th Avenue 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description Via. Shared rides in premium vehicles. Smarter than the subway. Better than the bus. Cheaper than a taxi. Website http://www.ridewithvia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $27,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds … Continue reading “Via Obtains $27,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Conceivable Secures $800,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb7d6dee-7207-4b7b-a809-05f5a651c168 Date 4/3/2015 Company Name Conceivable Mailing Address 1011 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description During my 15 years running one of the largest and most influential fertility wellness clinics in North America, I’ve worked with thousands of couples diagnosed as infertile. They wish desperately for a child, but … Continue reading “Conceivable Secures $800,000 Seed Funding”
Doudna’s Caribou Bio Raises $11M To Expand Uses For Gene Editing Tech
Caribou Biosciences, one of the biotech startups working to advance a much-watched new technology for precise gene editing, announced today it has raised an $11 million Series A round from venture capital firms and Swiss drug giant Novartis. The money will help Berkeley, CA-based Caribou speed up its efforts to adapt a versatile genome editing … Continue reading “Doudna’s Caribou Bio Raises $11M To Expand Uses For Gene Editing Tech”
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Auspex, Hyperion, NuVasive, & More
Xconomy national biotech editor Alex Lash is out wandering in the desert this week, so I’m stepping in as drover, and as biotech herds go, the one I’m rounding up today covers a lot of territory. Down San Diego way, Auspex Pharmaceuticals said “Okey Dokey” to a buyout offer worth close to $3.5 billion. Up … Continue reading “West Coast Biotech Roundup: Auspex, Hyperion, NuVasive, & More”
MD Anderson’s Chin Heads to UT to Lead Efforts to Fight Diabetes
Lynda Chin, who led the University of Texas MD Anderson’s efforts to corral big data to fight cancer, is leaving that post to join the UT System as its first associate vice chancellor for health transformation and chief innovation officer for health affairs. In her new position, Chin will create and lead the new Institute … Continue reading “MD Anderson’s Chin Heads to UT to Lead Efforts to Fight Diabetes”
Hawaii Project Taps Search to Suggest Right Books for the Beach
Finding the perfect book to take to the beach could be getting more scientific and serious, at least if Mark Watkins, founder of the Hawaii Project, is on to something. Watkins, a co-founder and former CEO of Goby, an MIT spinout that developed a search and recommendation engine for travelers, is trying to create the … Continue reading “Hawaii Project Taps Search to Suggest Right Books for the Beach”
Via Hails $27M Series B For Ride-Sharing Service
The makers of an app that allows users to request a ride on a shared-car service closed a $27 million Series B round today. New York-based Via has only operated in Manhattan since September 2013, and it plans to use the funding to bring the service to new markets. The company will also make new … Continue reading “Via Hails $27M Series B For Ride-Sharing Service”
Center of Excellence Workshop: Foreign Markets Resources
From the event organizer: “This seminar provides companies with information about the various products and services offered by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. government’s development finance institution. OPIC helps small and mid-size businesses gain footholds in emerging market countries and expand their business overseas. OPIC provides financing options, political risk insurance, and … Continue reading “Center of Excellence Workshop: Foreign Markets Resources”
Center of Excellence Lunch/Presentation: Financing Resources for Small Business
From the event organizer: “Join us for a panel presentation and Q&A with local funding/financing partners on microloan/loan resources. Confirmed resource providers include SBA, WWBIC (Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp). No cost to attend. Free lunch provided! For more information: Contact Karen Frost at [email protected] or 414-988-8755.”
Center of Excellence Workshop: Operations – Funding & Finance
From the event organizer: “A Small Business Workshop that focuses on Operations, with a particular emphasis on financials and funding. GrowthWheel is a visual toolbox for decision-making and action planning for start-up and growth companies. It helps entrepreneurs build their businesses through a simple action-oriented process that stays true to the way most entrepreneurs think … Continue reading “Center of Excellence Workshop: Operations – Funding & Finance”
Water Summit 2015: Creating A One Water Region
Here are the details on The Water Council’s annual water summit: “This year’s theme, ‘Creating a One Water Region,’ focuses on a model that connects and enhances historically independent ‘water silos’ to create a more efficient, effective and comprehensive water system for a region with the priority to improve water quality, knowledge-based stewardship, and water … Continue reading “Water Summit 2015: Creating A One Water Region”
Seattle’s Iconic Helix Biotech Campus to Be Expedia’s New Home
Expedia is moving its headquarters from Bellevue, WA, to the Amgen Helix campus in Seattle, a premier collection of biotech labs and office buildings along Elliott Bay that biotech industry backers had hoped would find a second life hosting another biotech company. Expedia, the online travel giant and one of Bellevue’s largest tech companies, is … Continue reading “Seattle’s Iconic Helix Biotech Campus to Be Expedia’s New Home”
Kayak Joins Growing Field of Tech Giants Hiring in Cambridge
The competition for technical talent in Kendall Square just got a little stiffer. Kayak, the online travel-search company, has recently moved into the neighborhood, and chief technology officer Giorgos Zacharia is spearheading an effort to build out the new office. Zacharia (pictured) leads a team of about 300 people spread out among four offices worldwide. … Continue reading “Kayak Joins Growing Field of Tech Giants Hiring in Cambridge”
Seamless Accelerator to Nurture Next Generation of Connected Devices
Rick DeVos, Amway heir and founder of ArtPrize and Start Garden, is backing a new venture in Grand Rapids, MI: an Internet of Things accelerator. A member of the Techstars Global Accelerator Network, the Seamless Accelerator has forged partnerships with Michigan-based corporations that mostly manufacture or design things, DeVos said. Companies participating as partners in … Continue reading “Seamless Accelerator to Nurture Next Generation of Connected Devices”