28Oct
26Oct
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Tours Landsdowne Labs
“Children swallow button batteries. That’s the reality of our world. Because the batteries become loose from devices, and then can literally burn through the throat of a young child. It happens again and again…[leading to] years of treatment, surgery, and therapy.” So said U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, on an October 7 visit to Landsdowne Labs, at Fairfield University, in Fairfield, CT. Link to video of remarks. Landsdowne has since received a patent for technology that rapidly reduces chemical reactions...
24Oct
At the Forefront of Change says Ziad Moukheiber
"It is our responsibility as the Angel Investing community to be at the forefront of change #investingforabetterwork. We have no choice but to change our habbits to set a good example. Travel less and to see friends and family not for a one hour meeting! Cut plastics out of our lives! Fix things don’t buy new! And more… It is shocking to see the irreversible damage made to the environmen t! The list is long of what we can do and what we...
20Oct
Meet The New Unicorns Minted In September 2022
Twelve companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in September 2022, adding $19.6 billion in value to the board. These companies have raised $3.8 billion total in funding with 62% of that amount raised in September 2022. Wasabi on list. Read more >>
20Oct
CleanFiber seeks approval for expansion project in Hamburg
CleanFiber Buffalo – which won $500,000 in the state-funded business-plan competition in 2016 as UltraCell – is planning to construct a 5,250-square-foot metal panel addition to its existing 60,000-square-foot masonry-and-panel building at 250 Lake Ave., bringing the total size to 66,000 square feet. That will give the company more room for material handling, as well as new equipment, as part of what CEO Jonathan Strimling described as a $15 million investment in the facility. The project will be reviewed at...
15Oct
From the bottom of rocks to the halls of Harvard, this CEO has been looking for a new way to feed fish
After founding alternative feed ingredients biotech firm KnipBio in 2013, Larry Feinberg, a baseball loving, mountain biker, says he has brought the business to the cusp of commercialization. "It all looks like a straight line in the rear view mirror, as you are driving it might be a little windy," Feinberg said, reflecting on his life and career so far. Read more >>
15Oct
Wasabi continues Asian partner expansion, adds new regional leader
Wasabi Technologies has chosen Sunny Chua as its Southeast Asia country manager, with the remit of enabling partners and customers in the region to accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Read more >>
15Oct
Chariot Payments Network Emerges from Reorganization
Chariot Payments has emerged from reorganization with a reconstructed board, a new CEO, and an experienced team poised to launch its bank-compliant, hybrid-payment network to introduce a new way to connect traditional finance and banking to the emerging digital economies burgeoning in the world of decentralized finance. Read more >>
14Oct
Elizabeth Banks and Archer Roose Experience their New Bubbly Rosé In the Metaverse. Sort of.
While seemingly every brand has been racing toward the new technological playground known as the metaverse, Archer Roose - a leading canned wine company - has decided to participate in a different way, by highlighting the confusion behind what the metaverse actually is. And they've done so alongside Chief Creative Officer Elizabeth Banks. Read more >>
14Oct