by william.brah | Oct 19, 2014 | Fundraising, Marketing and Selling
The funds have started rolling into Parabase Genomics from its new round of financing. The company, which launched from the UMass VDC, offers a rapid, non-invasive genetic test for newborns for hundreds of inherited disorders. What’s surprising isn’t that...
by william.brah | Sep 28, 2014 | Fundraising
Family offices (which have $100 million to $1 billion or more in total assets) investing directly in life science often have a ‘keep below the radar’ mentality, as financial confidentiality and protecting proprietary strategies are of great importance to...
by william.brah | Nov 26, 2013 | General
Five years after the Boston Globe sounded the alarm, the question that is still top of mind in Massachusetts is: How can we do a better job of connecting students to the startups that are driving the growth of our region’s innovation economy and persuade them to...
by william.brah | Oct 18, 2013 | General
Boston is quietly producing one of the most successful classes of startups in the nation, at least in terms of fundraising. The 44 companies – including OnChip Power, Valerion, Ginger.io, Sample6, Peer Transfer, GrabCAD, Boundless, Localytics, Kinvey, and...
by william.brah | Oct 11, 2013 | General
On Wednesday food safety diagnostic test firm Sample6 announced it has secured $11 million in a Series B financing round. But don’t expect them to spend the money on anything but what’s absolutely essential. The discipline of Sample6, embodied by...