by william.brah | Jan 29, 2017 | Innovation, News and Events
(Kensho joined the Venture Development Center in May 2016.) “In addition to being a customer, Goldman is also Kensho’s largest investor. Nadler, who is 32, spent the rest of the morning checking in with some of the bank’s most regular Kensho users — a top...
by william.brah | Jan 29, 2017 | Innovation, News and Events
(Ori Systems joined the Venture Development Center in November 2015.) “Ori is a new line of furniture that its founder, Hasier Larrea, describes as robotic, intelligent, and dynamic. That’s not how you usually talk about tables and shelves. But then again, most...
by william.brah | Jan 29, 2017 | Innovation, News and Events
(Blue Fever moved to the Venture Development Center in January 2014.) “Entertainment industry professionals announced the launch of the Blue Fever Streaming Platform, which aims to transcend Hollywood sexism. As an entertainment company, Blue Fever will...
by william.brah | Jan 29, 2017 | Fundraising, Innovation, News and Events
(eGenesis moved to the Venture Development Center in August 2016.) “Luhan Yang, one of the authors of the paper and now president and chief scientific officer of EGenesis Bio, which she and Dr. Church co-founded, says the company has used Crispr to create pig...
by william.brah | Jan 29, 2017 | Fundraising, Innovation, News and Events
(Neurala joined the Venture Development Center on June 1, 2012, and launched one year later.) “Artificial intelligence is swiftly becoming a commodity thanks to the rise of AI-as-a-Service offerings from Amazon and IBM. Today, Neurala is joining this list thanks...
by william.brah | Oct 23, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Innovation, Startups
Joseph Hooley, CEO of State Street Corp., believes the financial services industry is entering a period of “radical transformation” in part because of changing customer demands. In lending, equity financing, digital payments, accounting, portfolio management, and...
