VDC Partner Company, SQZ Biotech, Raises $5 Million in Series A Round Funding

by christianvialva | Jun 25, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Fundraising, General, Innovation, News and Events, Startups

“This initial round of financing represents the first step in a journey that has the potential to provide a therapeutic dimension heretofore unobtainable.” SQZ Biotech (SQZ), the pioneering company whose CellSqueeze platform enables a variety of materials...

This Woman to Watch is Opening Doors to Innovate at UMass Boston

by edelfreitas | May 20, 2015 | Focus On Founders, General, Incubators, Innovation, Internships, Mentoring, News and Events, Startups, Tech transfer

As most incubators do, we always like to catch up with our graduates to see how they have been doing since they have “left the nest” of the Venture Development Center (VDC). I got a chance to see how Dr. Jill Macoska, director of the Center for...

Founder Update: BIOARRAY Secures Series A Funding

by edelfreitas | Apr 29, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Fundraising, News and Events, Startups

We are excited to announce that VDC Founder company, BIOARRAY Therapeutics Inc., has gained $600,000 of new funding in the initial closing of the company’s Series A funding. The financing, led by Connecticut Innovations, included participation by the Angel...

Gov. Baker Decides International Student Entrepreneurs Are Worth Keeping in Massachusetts

by william.brah | Mar 6, 2015 | GEIR program, Innovation, News and Events

Last November, we wrote about a program to help qualified international students stay in Massachusetts after graduation if they are starting or growing a high potential business. Called a clever immigration workaround by Fortune, it is being piloted by the Venture...

What happens when a badass filmmaker teams up with the VDC to create a corporate video?

by edelfreitas | Feb 26, 2015 | Incubators, Innovation, Marketing and Selling, News and Events, Startups

Well, the VDC isn’t technically a corporation, so this was not REALLY a corporate video.  However, the video that was created stated clear value propositions and call-to-actions, so, in that sense, it achieved a business purpose.  Hence, a corporate video and a...

Plunge into life science entrepreneurship on October 12th

by vdc | Aug 11, 2010 | News and Events

The second week of October is Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week, celebrating everything related to launching and nurturing companies in and around Boston. As part of this celebration, Propel Careers and the Venture Development Center are presenting Entrepreneurship...