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 | Dec 8, 2015 | Fundraising, Startups
There is a normal lag in investment deal reporting, so we have to wait to see what 2015 will look like. But based on deals reported from January through mid-November 2015 (with comparisons to the same period in 2014) by VentureDeal, we know where the money went in...
by william.brah | Dec 3, 2015 | Fundraising, Hiring, Incubators, Marketing and Selling, Startups
There is a normal lag in investment deal reporting, so we have to wait to see what 2015 will look like, but based on deals reported from January through mid-November 2015 (with comparisons to the same period in 2014) by VentureDeal, we know the headlines will be about...
by william.brah | Nov 2, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Fundraising, General, Mentoring, News and Events, Startups, Views, Women Rising In Tech
Lauren Tracey, founder of X-Factor Films: “Our business model has evolved significantly with the help of the business community at the VDC and their ability to think outside the box.” Why aren’t more women like Lauren connected to the valuable...
by william.brah | Oct 15, 2015 | Fundraising, GEIR program, General, Innovation, News and Events, Startups
Unshackled, an investment fund based in Palo Alto, California, backed by 80 of America’s most influential investors, is offering participants in the Massachusetts Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence (GEIR) program an opportunity to take advantage of its investment...
