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 | 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...
by william.brah | Jan 31, 2019 | General, Incubators, Innovation, R & D
With all of the technical resources available in the Kendall Square area, why do Cambridge-based Platelet BioGenesis scientists travel to the UMass Boston campus one day per week to use the animal facility and confocal microscope? According to Lea Beaulieu, Platelet’s...
by william.brah | Dec 19, 2017 | Incubators
A lucky place is somewhere that people believe helps them to be successful. And in March 2012, an otherwise bleak time for biotech venture capital, after we announced the 2nd Series A financing (Valerion) in nine months, a lucky place is what Micah Rosenbloom, CEO of...
by william.brah | Jun 29, 2017 | Fundraising, Incubators
The one thing almost all startups need and want in their early stages is investment. The 78 companies which joined the VDC since 2009 have raised $561,367,265. This is the list (updated June 29, 2017) of their investors. We’re proud it includes 5 of the top ten...
by william.brah | Jul 14, 2016 | Incubators, Startups
Platelet BioGenesis co-founders Jonathan Thon, Joseph Italiano and SvenErik Karlsson have developed a way to produce human platelets in a lab using a microfluidic-based bioreactor. Platelet BioGenesis, a spinout of Harvard University that is developing a radical new...
