by william.brah | Dec 18, 2020 | Fundraising, General
The VDC turned 11 in May 2020, but there was no opportunity to celebrate in person as all of our community expect for the biotech and healthcare members were working remotely. I’ve tallied what’s been accomplished. From July 1, 2019 to July 28, 2020, the 110 current...
by william.brah | Aug 12, 2020 | General
Samantha Truex (front, left in the company’s team photo), CEO of Quench Bio, closed a $50M Series A Since opening the Venture Development Center in 2009, I’ve noticed a much larger number of women in the biopharma startup companies launching at the UMass...
by william.brah | Jul 30, 2020 | Fundraising, Startups
Will tech talent flee to the suburbs because of the pandemic? Perhaps it will accelerate a trend of a subset of millennials turning their minds to marriage, and moving to areas that offer more space. But there’s not much evidence that the pandemic has changed the...
by william.brah | Mar 7, 2020 | General, Innovation, Startups
Economic development planners trying to spread the innovation economy beyond Boston wish more entrepreneurs would follow the lead of Julie Bliss Mullen, CEO of water treatment company, Aclarity. Eschewing Boston, unlike most of her peers, the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30...
by william.brah | Dec 31, 2019 | Hack.Diversity
Hack.Diversity, the New England Venture Capital Association’s initiative to help diversity the ranks of Boston’s fastest growing tech companies, has selected 17 Fellows from UMass Boston. Fellows participate in an eight-month career development program with...
