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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...

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...

The Forgotten Metric: The Importance of “Supplier Acquisition Cost” for Online Marketplaces

by christianvialva | Jun 18, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Fundraising, GEIR program, General

by Bryan O’Connell I’ll let you in on a secret about venture capital investing – often the decision to invest isn’t as complex as most VCs would have you believe. Despite all of the smoke and mirrors, the litany of meetings, the endless diligence – it...

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