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← Older postsBoston Tech Watch: MIT Epstein, Notarize Cash, New Carbonite Execs
For a week shortened by the Labor Day holiday heralding the coming end of summer, the past few days yielded their fair share of Boston-area technology business news. Read on for a roundup of the news. —MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte reportedly argued it was right to take money from disgraced financier and convicted […]
Posted in Boston, Boston blog main, Boston top stories, National blog main | Tagged acquia, Acquisition, carbonite, Chad Bacher, Cogito, cohesion, Colin Angle, deals, Drift, drupal, fundriasing, geolo capital, giant otter, Goldman Sachs, hal lonas, health, hire, HP, IDC group, IKEA, iora, IRobot, jeff orkin, Jeffrey Epstein, john post, Joi Ito, keith hartsfield, khosla, M&A, Media Lab, MIT, mohammah ali, Nicholas Negroponte, Notarize, notiary, ori living, Rafael Reif, Salesforce, scott semel, sidewalk labs, Steve Munford, Tech, vcdeals, volta networks, Webroot | Comments Off on Boston Tech Watch: MIT Epstein, Notarize Cash, New Carbonite ExecsBio Roundup: Pfizer’s Future, CRISPR in Patients, Drug Imports & More
[Corrected 12:55 p.m. ET. See below.] Acquisitions made Pfizer what it is today: the world’s biggest drug maker measured by revenue. But as the company maps its future, CEO Albert Bourla is breaking some of that legacy apart. Blockbuster drugs such as Viagra, which was discovered in-house, and Lipitor, which came via acquisition, are currently […]
Posted in Boston blog main, Boston top stories, Boulder/Denver blog main, Boulder/Denver top stories, Detroit blog main, Detroit top stories, Indiana blog main, Indiana top stories, National, National blog main, National top stories, New York blog main, New York top stories, Raleigh-Durham blog main, Raleigh-Durham top stories, San Diego blog main, San Diego top stories, San Francisco blog main, San Francisco top stories, Seattle blog main, Seattle top stories, Texas blog main, Texas top stories, Wisconsin blog main, Wisconsin top stories | Tagged AbbVie, Adverum Biotechnologies, Albert Bourla, Alzheimer's disease, Amgen, Amicus Therapeutics, Arvinas, Batten disease, bayer, Biogen, Biotech, Breast Cancer, Brian Stuglik, cancer diagnostics, cancer immunotherapy, Casimir Trials, Celenex, Christine McSherry, Chuck Schumer, clinial trials, CRISPR Therapeutics, Cystic Fibrosis, Dan Chevallard, Darolutamide, deals, Diagnostics, diroximel fumarate, drug prices, EpiPens, Eteplirsen, Exact Sciences, Frontier Medicines, Gene Therapy, generic drugs, Genomics Health, Geoffrey Porges, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, Harvard University, Immunotherapy, Inflammatory Diseases, Johannes Hermann, Kaiser Family Foundation, Kamala Harris, Kevin Webster, KRAS, Kurt Azarbarzin, Kymriah, Life Sciences, Lipitor, long-chain fatty oxidation disorders, Mark Avagliano, medicare, Mehdi Gasmi, Merck, messenger RNA, Mindy Leffler, Mylan, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Novartis, Orion, pembrolizumab, Pfizer, President Trump, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, RAPT Therapeutics, Rare diseases, Roche, Ronald Peck, Sarepta Therapeutics, Sherlock Biosciences, sickle cell disease, Spark Therapeutics, startups, SVB Leerink, Tecfidera, Translate Bio, triheptanoin, triple-negative breast cancer, Turning Point Therapeutics, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Upjohn, Vas Na, Verastem Oncology, Verb Surgical, Viagra, Victoria Gray, Vida Ventures, Viracta Therapeutics, Wellington Partners, William Blake, Yescarta, Yi Larson | Comments Off on Bio Roundup: Pfizer’s Future, CRISPR in Patients, Drug Imports & MoreAmperity Raises $50M for Marketing Software Used by Consumer Brands
Amperity, a Seattle-based startup developing software to help consumer-facing brands collect and manage customer data, announced Monday it has raised $50 million in new financing to add more clients in industries on which it hasn’t previously concentrated. New York-based Tiger Global Management led the Series C funding round. Other participating investors included Goldman Sachs, Madera […]
Posted in National blog main, New York blog main, Seattle, Seattle blog main, Seattle top stories | Tagged alaska air group, Amperity, Analytics, b2b, b2b2c, big data, data, deals, derek slager, Goldman Sachs, Kabir Shahani, Lucky Brand, Madera Technology Partners, Madrona Venture Group, marketing, Optimove, oracle, planet fitness, Sales, Salesforce, sap, Software, startups, Tech, Tiger Global Management, VC | Comments Off on Amperity Raises $50M for Marketing Software Used by Consumer BrandsMoney Transfer Services Remitly Bags $135M in New Equity Funding
As larger sums of cash are remitted from first-world countries to the developing world, upstart money transfer services are competing with established businesses for a piece of the growing pie. One of the newer entrants to the international money transfer market, Seattle-based Remitly, announced this week it has raised $135 million in new equity funding. […]
Posted in National blog main, Seattle, Seattle blog main, Seattle top stories | Tagged Airwallex, Al Gore, banking, banks, Barclays, Bridge Bank, deals, DN Capital, dollars, Donald Trump, Finance, fintech, Flywire, Goldman Sachs, Immigration, Matt Oppenheimer, Money, Naspers’ PayU, Owl Rock Capital, PayPal, Princeville Global, Prudential Financial, Remitly, remittance, remittances, Schroder & Co. Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Software, startups, Stripes Group, Tech, Top Tier Capital Partners, VC, Western Union, World Bank, Xoom | Comments Off on Money Transfer Services Remitly Bags $135M in New Equity FundingBoston Tech Watch: LearnLaunch, Starry, Bodeswell, HqO & Pillo
A wave of funding crashed on Boston startups this week, as well as a major acquisition of a cybersecurity and threat intelligence company. Read on for more of this week’s Boston-area tech news. —Kytopen, a Cambridge, MA-based technology company engineering testing and manufacturing systems for cell therapy, raised $3.6 million in seed funding from MIT’s […]
Posted in Boston, Boston blog main, Boston top stories, National blog main | Tagged AI, allegion ventures, Bernard bernstein, bioadvance, bodeswell, Boston, Boston Red Sox, Cell Therapy, celtics, civilization ventures, Commercial Real Estate, Cybersecurity, dan koh, DivcoWest, Financial Planning, fintech, gerald chan, Goldman Sachs, goodwin, hackensack meridien health system, Hikma Ventures, HqO, incido, insight partners, Insurtech, jane swift, Kytopen, landlord, LearnLaunch, massachusetts governor, matt wielbut, Matthew Bellows, mike gordon, MIT, Morningside Group, openly, Pillo Health, pria, Recorded Future, RoboticsAI, sam kennedy, Samsung Ventures, Stanley Black & Decker, Starry, Steve Pagliuca, Tech, tenant, The Engine, threat intelligence, Tom Wilde, TripAdvisor, ty harris, wireless internet service provider, Yesware | Comments Off on Boston Tech Watch: LearnLaunch, Starry, Bodeswell, HqO & PilloNew Funds for ParkHub, Neighborhood Goods, Rabbet, & More TX Tech
Let’s catch up with the latest innovation news in Texas. —ParkHub, a Dallas startup that is digitizing how and when users pay for parking, raised $13 million in a Series B funding round, according to a press release. The investment round was led by Arrowroot Capital in Santa Monica, CA and is the first institutional money […]
Posted in National blog main, National top stories, Texas, Texas blog main, Texas top stories | Tagged Accelerator, AI, Arrowroot Capital, Artificial Intelligence, AT&T Stadium, austin, Camber Creek, Christiana Care Health System, construction, Consumer Products, Cultivation Capita, Dallas, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Innovates, Draper James, e-commerce, e-retail, exobyte, funding, Goldman Sachs, Health IT, Health X Ventures, innovation, investment, Jerry Jones, MedCity News, medtech, Narrative Dx, Neighborhood Goods, ParkHub, parking, people, Plano, Principal Strategic Investments, QED Investors, Rabbet, Reese Witherspoon, retail, robotics/AI, Santa Monica, Serena Williams, SKU, Software, startups, Summation Health Ventures, Tech, VC, Venture Capital, Will Mitchell, Y Combinator | Comments Off on New Funds for ParkHub, Neighborhood Goods, Rabbet, & More TX TechBoston Tech Watch: Thermo Fisher in China, 1upHealth, Anaqua & More
[Updated 2/25/19, 10:55 am. See updated item.] Plenty of Boston technology news this week, from acquisitions to fundings, machine-learning-powered awards predictions and more: —The New York Times says police-affiliated scientists in China were using equipment from Waltham, MA-based Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) to collect DNA data and build “an enormous system of surveillance and […]
Posted in Boston, Boston blog main, Boston top stories, National blog main | Tagged 1uphealth, Anaqua, astorg, Attunity, autonomous vehicles, Boston, China, CyberArk, Cybersecurity, DataRobot, discount capital, EHR, Electronic Health Records, ENIAC Ventures, FHIR, Flybridge Capital, Goldman Sachs, intellectual property, IP, Lecorpio, M12, masschalenge, Meridian Street Capital, Microsoft, Nasuni, New York Times, North Bridge, nsknox, nuTonomy, Oscars, qlik technologies, Self-Driving Cars, siobhan dullea, Social Leverage, Tech, Telstra, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Viola Ventures | Comments Off on Boston Tech Watch: Thermo Fisher in China, 1upHealth, Anaqua & MoreCloud Tech Firm Nasuni Takes in $25M in Telstra-Led Funding Round
It wasn’t the monthly bank statement that made Nasuni, a Boston-based cloud storage technology startup, run out and raise $25 million in venture funding. The company had yet to burn through even half of the $38 million it raised in September 2017 in a venture round led by Goldman Sachs. So, why did Nasuni recently […]
Posted in Boston, Boston blog main, Boston top stories, National blog main, Raleigh-Durham blog main, Raleigh-Durham top stories | Tagged archiving, Boston, breakeven, cash flow, cloud data, Data Backup, Durham, enterprise, Files, Flybridge Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs, management, Massachusetts, metro west, Nasuni, North Bridge Venture Partners, North Carolina, on site storage, Paul Flanagan, Profit, Sigma Prime Ventures, Tech, Telstra, VC | Comments Off on Cloud Tech Firm Nasuni Takes in $25M in Telstra-Led Funding RoundSeattle Venture Capital Watch: Alpine Immune, Wyze, Aduro, Gaia & More
Welcome to February! Whether your weekend plans involve watching the Super Bowl, tracking this year’s prediction by famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, or other activities, take a few minutes to catch up on some of the notable funding rounds raised by Seattle-area tech and life sciences companies in January. —Alpine Immune Sciences (NASDAQ: ALPN), a Seattle-based […]
Posted in National blog main, Seattle, Seattle blog main, Seattle top stories | Tagged ABRY, Aduro, Alpine Immune Sciences, Angie's List, david vaskevitch, deals, gaia platform, Goldman Sachs, hal berenson, HomeAdvisor, Matt Williams, mehtap ozkan, Microsoft, Nivalis Therapeutics, Porch, Pro.com, Redfin, startups, VC, westriver goup, wyze cam, wyze cam pan, wyze labs | Comments Off on Seattle Venture Capital Watch: Alpine Immune, Wyze, Aduro, Gaia & MoreRetailers Brace For Possible Economic Headwinds in 2019
Even as retailers struggle with a technology-disrupted business model and changing consumer desires, at least a generally positive overall economy and low unemployment rates seemed to keep shoppers’ wallets open. But a 2019 that started with stock market losses, a recently ended (but longest-ever) government shutdown, and other headwinds might now force consumers to pull […]
Posted in Boston blog main, Boulder/Denver blog main, Detroit blog main, Indiana blog main, National, National blog main, National top stories, New York blog main, New York top stories, Raleigh-Durham blog main, San Diego blog main, San Francisco blog main, Seattle blog main, Texas blog main, Texas top stories, Wisconsin blog main | Tagged Adidas, Analytics, Brexit, China, CNBC, David Solomon, Davos, e-commerce, exobyte, Federal Reserve Bank, FindMine, Goldman Sachs, Government Shutdown, innovation, Janet Yellen, John Varvatos, Michelle Bacharach, National Retail Federation, Neiman Marcus, people, Perch, Recession, retail, robotics/AI, Scott Emmons, Software, Startup, Stock Market, Tech, TheCurrent Global, Trade, World Economic Forum | Comments Off on Retailers Brace For Possible Economic Headwinds in 2019← Older postsArchives
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