by william.brah | Aug 7, 2019 | Fundraising, Incubators
(PillPack signing term sheet in May 2015.) In 2019, three of Boston’s earliest startup programs celebrated a significant milestone: ten years of operations and growth in service to the entrepreneur community. From 2009 to 2019, TechStars, MassChallenge and the Venture...
by william.brah | Jun 18, 2019 | General, Innovation, Startups
Venture backed companies in Massachusetts continue to concentrate along the Boston urban area’s transit lines, upon which half or more of their workers depend. Our research shows that during the last ten years, over 1,158 venture-backed companies have located in...
by william.brah | Jun 12, 2019 | GEIR program, Startups
Last week IKEA announced a new robotic furniture line in partnership with Boston-based startup Ori, which incubated in 2016 at the VDC. It is called ROGNAN, and is designed to use space inside the home more efficiently, timely as housing units become smaller to...
by william.brah | May 14, 2019 | Internships, Student Successes
UMass Boston’s Entrepreneur Scholarship founder, Dan Phillips Two more recipients of UMass Boston’s Entrepreneur Scholarship have been named. They are biochemistry major Sarah DuBois-Coyne and management information systems major Nezar Lila. Environmental science...
by william.brah | May 6, 2019 | Fundraising, General, Incubators
The Venture Development Center (VDC) at the University of Massachusetts Boston has supported 102 start-up companies now employing 1,128 people, helped them raise more than $1 billion in investments, and engaged nearly 2,000 students over the 10 years since its...
