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Blue Fever Streaming Platform Launches to Overcome Hollywood Sexism

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...

Genetically Modified Pigs Could Ease Organ Shortage

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...

Neurala closes $14M Series A to bring machine learning to the edge.

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...
Building a Blueprint for Supporting Gender Diversity in Entrepreneurship

Building a Blueprint for Supporting Gender Diversity in Entrepreneurship

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...
Unshackled to Offer Investment Capital to GEIR Program

Unshackled to Offer Investment Capital to GEIR Program

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...

Meet Our Newest Partner Company, Perfetch!

by christianvialva | Jul 16, 2015 | Focus On Founders, General, Innovation, News and Events

Activity trackers and the like have become commonplace in today’s tech news. It seems like every month or so, I read about the release of a new activity tracking device that will help me reach my fitness goals better and faster than without the device. This is all to...
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