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Educational Service Centers of Indiana Partners with Scrible to Help Indiana Schools Affordably Access its Research and Writing Super App

Scrible, the super app that streamlines the research and writing process for students and educators, announced today its new partnership with the Educational Service Centers of Indiana (ESC of I) to provide its members access to its platform at a considerable discount. ESC of I is a collaborative of Indiana's nine individual Education Service Centers (ESCs). Read more >>
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OmniLife Named Winner of the 2022 Lyfebulb-CVS Kidney Care® Innovation Challenge

Lyfebulb, a patient-empowerment platform that connects patients with industry experts to support user-driven innovation, and CVS Kidney Care®, a CVS Health® company, are excited to announce that OmniLife was selected as the winner, and Kindness for Kidneys International received an honorable mention, at the 2022 Lyfebulb–CVS Kidney Care® Innovation Challenge: Accelerating Innovations in Kidney Disease to Improve Health Equity and Outcomes. Read more >>
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CleanFiber secures $14 million for Lackawanna expansion

A past 43North winner is expanding again after securing $14 million in debt financing. Five years after the company moved to Buffalo, CleanFiber now employs more than 70 people in its Lackawanna factory. The funding will support the addition of new equipment that allows the company to fulfill the demand for its product. “We’ve had a significant uptick in hiring that’s been driven by growth and demand,” CEO Jonathan Strimling said. “We have a long backlog of demand for our...
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Michael Bayer: ‘CFOs Are Storytellers’

Michael Bayer, CFO of Wasabi Technologies, asked this rhetorical question in response to CFO’s inquiry about the business outlook for his company and cloud storage. In preparation for this week’s CFO Leadership Council Conference, we took the opportunity to ask Bayer to reflect on his own career in finance and how his organizational structure empowers Wasabi to greater opportunities. Read more >>
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A Founder Focused Approach

We focus on and celebrate Boston Harbor Angels Founders!             A seasoned serial founder once said, "If it feels easy it means you are doing something wrong" , building a business and being accountable to investors is very hard and that is why the success and exit rates are so low. Aligning yourself with the right #AngelInvestors is key and keeping them updated makes the journey much simpler. Angels are here to help! Boston Harbor Angels fund and support dozens of Founders! There is nothing more...
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Akston Biosciences Doses First Participants in Phase II Clinical Trial for Shelf-Stable COVID-19 Booster

Akston Biosciences Corporation, a developer of new classes of biologic therapeutics, announced today it dosed the first set of volunteers in an open-label study of AKS-452, its protein subunit COVID-19 vaccine, as a booster. The Phase II booster study is designed to investigate the response of the immune system in up to 600 volunteers who have previously been vaccinated with EMA-registered vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) and AstraZeneca. The study is being conducted at the University Medical...
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US Veterans and Injured Workers Find Injury Solution With sam® Sustained Acoustic Medicine Treatment

Sustained acoustic medicine, or sam®, is a non-invasive ultrasound device from ZetrOZ Systems used to treat soft tissue injuries and arthritis. The U.S. Federal Drug Administration cleared sam® for clinical use in 2013, but many health care providers are just now discovering the many benefits it provides to treatment and recovery efforts. The sam® pain relief device has helped thousands of patients, including U.S. Veterans and Active Duty Members, regain mobility and reduce pain from common overuse injuries and osteoarthritis....
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Wasabi Technologies Opens Storage Region in Sydney

Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, has opened its 12th global storage region, located in Sydney, Australia, to help organizations in the Asia Pacific region capitalize on the growing adoption of hybrid cloud and digital-first infrastructure, while also addressing data sovereignty. Sydney is the latest in Wasabi's expansive international rollout. In 2021, the company opened APAC headquarters in Tokyo and a short time later launched a storage region in Osaka. This year, Wasabi began service in Toronto, Frankfurt, Paris,...
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OmniLife Receives $250,000 SBIR Grant in Support of Transplants for Kids project

OmniLife, a health technology communication and collaboration platform, and collaborators Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Starzl Network have been awarded a $250,000 SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) will support the “Transplants for Kids” project, which will use AI / machine learning algorithms to align optimal donor grafts with children awaiting liver transplants. Previous work completed by members of the Starzl Network and...
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