13Sep
13Sep
DetraPel Raises $1 Million Seed Round Led by Boston Harbor Angels
DetraPel, a Boston-based fast-growing cleantech manufacturer of protective coatings, announced today the first closing of its $1 million Seed Round led by the prestigious angel investor group, Boston Harbor Angels. A number of other new, as well as existing, investors also participated in the expected oversubscribed round. Read more >>
11Sep
Rapid Lyme test developed at Cornell could be ‘major breakthrough’ in treatment
The test would quickly confirm the presence of the bacteria that causes Lyme, rather than waiting for weeks for a patient’s body to develop the antibodies that current tests detect, Cornell said. "It’s a major breakthrough, ”said Joel Tabb, president and co-founder of Ionica Sciences, the private company working on the test. Ionica is housed at Cornell’s McGovern Center, which serves as an incubator for businesses. Read more >>
10Sep
Platelet BioGenesis Raises $26 Million
Platelet BioGenesis Inc. said Sept. 9 that it raised more than $26 million in a Series A round co-led by Ziff Capital Partners and Qiming Venture Partners USA. Read more >>
06Sep
Canadian Olympian gold medal Bruny Surin Assessed by KneeKG, Becomes Brand Ambassador
Emovi, Inc. today announced that Canadian Olympian Bruny Surin, a KneeKG™ patient, has joined as an official Brand Ambassador and spokesperson for KneeKG, the first in-clinic device that meets the global need for measuring knee function with objective and quantifiable data associated with mechanical knee markers and functional deficiencies. Read more >>
06Sep
Credit union adopts digital piggy bank benefit for student loan repayment
A latte costs $4.50 — round it up to $5 even and that extra 50 cents can help employees pay off their student debt years sooner. UMassFive College Federal Credit Union is experimenting with such a benefit. The credit union's new student loan repayment benefit uses change from employees’ personal purchases to pay down the interest of student loans. Read more >>
06Sep
BrandVerge Appoints Former NBCUniversal Executive Scott Schiller to Advisory Board; Unveils Latest Product Features
BrandVerge, a premium advertising marketplace for media buyers and sellers, today announced the appointment of Scott Schiller, Digital Media Executive, formerly of NBCUniversal, to its all-star Advisory Board. The company is celebrating a successful first year in business, experiencing 30 percent month-over-month growth, adding 257 active accounts to its platform. Read more >>
05Sep
Carbonite Names Executive Team
Newly appointed COO, CPO, CTO and Interim GC to accelerate Carbonite’s integration of Webroot. Results-driven leadership team to deliver on vision of a combined data protection and cybersecurity solution for SMB and mid-market. Read more >>
05Sep
Rapid Lyme disease test may be available in late 2020
The drawn-out process for diagnosing Lyme disease could become a thing of the past – good news for the thousands of people each year who get the tick-borne illness. A new detection test created by Ionica Sciences – located at Cornell’s McGovern Center life sciences incubator – has been sparked by a FuzeHub grant to begin moving from the laboratory bench into approvals, production and doctors’ offices. Read more >>
04Sep