News and Events
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We like to keep visitors informed of recent activities, significant events, and progress at portfolio companies, client companies and affiliates.
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January 16, 2012 Calient Technologies Southern Cross Cable Networks Selects CALIENT FiberConnect for Remote Reconfiguration of Network. Read more |
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January 18, 2012 QD Vision receives 2011 SEMI award for North America for its pioneering Quantum Dot research. Read more |
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January 16, 2012 TimeTrade solves the retail "wait" problem. Read more |
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January 10, 2012 Constant Contact appoints Joel Hughes Senior Vice President for Strategy. Read more |
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January 11, 2012 OwnerIQ joins PulsePoint's Real Time Buying Platform. Read more |
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December 21, 2011 Boston Micromachines NASA grants BMC contract to refine microfabrication process. Read more |
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December 14, 2011 Vela Systems Siemens Building Technologies adopts Vela Systems field management software. Read more |
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December 8, 2011 Kinvey Airship teams with kinvey to provide robust mobile cloud solutions. Read more |
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December 1, 2011 Coaltek gets approval for coal processing facility in Inner Mongolia. Read more |
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November 29, 2011 Skyhook Wireless Norton picks Skyhook' Core Engine location system for its new Anti-Theft product. Read more |
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November 23, 2011 Apperian gets recognition in Entrepreneur Magazine. Read more |
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November 16, 2011 Kibits takes mobile group chat "to the next level". Read more |
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November 17, 2011 HistoRx Caliper Life Sciences, a Perkin-Elmer company, launches AQUA technology platform from HistoRx. Read more |
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November 11, 2011 Localytics named runner-up in Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge. Read more |
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October 17, 2011 Desktone announces partnership with VMware. Read more |
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October 14, 2011 SCVNGR. Two SCVNGR Brand Campaigns take home 2011 PRO Awards. Read more |
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October 7, 2011 HistoRx USPTO awards HistoRx two patents for methods of standardization of microscopy instruments. Read more |
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October 4, 2011 SCVNGR Dunkin' Donuts teams up with SCVNGR. Read more |
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October 4, 2011 Iconics Mitsubishi Electric makes investment in Iconics. Read more |
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September 21, 2011 TechStars raises a $24M fund. Read more |
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September 20, 2011 Skyhook Wireless partners with PlaceIQ. Read more |
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September 20, 2011 Apperian hires CMO from Citrix. Read more |
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September 19, 2011 Incentive Targeting and Martins SuperMarkets Announce Deployment. Read more |
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September 8, 2011 QD Vision moves to high-volume production facility. Read more |
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September 6, 2011 Arctaris Capital ventures into Detroit. Read more |
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August 26, 2010 InnerPass is top selling APP in Skype app store. Read more |
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July 11, 2011 Desktone and NetApp partner to deliver high performance Desktops As A Service. Read more |
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August 18, 2011 Hubspot acquires Onefory. Read more |
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August 16, 2011 PowerInBox moves to Cambridge. Read more |
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August 15, 2011 QD Vision awarded $900,000 DARPA contract. Read more |
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August 11, 2011 OwnerIQ gets mention on front page of AdAge.com. Read more |
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August 4, 2011 Kinvey closes a $2M round of funding. Read more |
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August 11, 2011 Localytics now provides analytics on over 100 Million mobile devices. Read more |
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August 8, 2011 Hubspot gets recognized in Fortune magazine. Read more |
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August 11, 2011 Carbonite completes $62 Million IPO in the midst of a tumultuous trading week. Read more |
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August 1, 2011 Incentive Targeting partners with Unilever and Supervalu to provide a Groupon Deal. Read more |
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August 1, 2011 Apperian announces Partner Program, with nine companies becoming initial members. Read more |
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July 20, 2011 Constant Contact opens New York Office. Read more |
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July 17, 2011 Hubspot launches "HubSpot App Marketplace". Read more |
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July 11, 2011 Desktone announces partnership with mindSHIFT Technologies for Virtual Desktops in the Cloud. Read more |
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July 6, 2011 Vela Systems collaborates with Ziggurat to bring Building Information Modelling to the field. Read more |
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June 30, 2011 Localytics is named winner of IBM's SmartCamp global competition for startup companies. Read more |
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June 29, 2011 Terrafugia granted an exemption by National Highway Safety Administration, paving the way for production delivery in 2012. Read more |
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June 22, 2011 Image Fortress helps collectors find and purchase photos from the archives of Chicago Tribune. Read more |
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June 21, 2011 Carbonite brings jobs back to America. Read more |
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June 21, 2011 SCVNGR launches a summer promotion with Coca-Cola. Read more |
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June 18, 2011 OwnerIQ raises $7M in additional funding. Read more |
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June 20, 2011 Apperian Apperian's EASE named Best Mobile Solution at 2011MITX Innovation Awards. Read more |
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June 16, 2010 Hubspot aquires Performable. Read more |
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June 14, 2011 Desktone announces first Cloud-Hosted Windows Desktops on Googles Chromebooks. Read more |
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May 18, 2011 TurningArt nannounces $750K investment lead by NextView Ventures. Read more |
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June 3, 2011 SCVNGR partners with Subway, Sears, and Swatch. Read more |
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June 3, 2011 Apperian names Carlos Montero-Luque Senior Vice President of Engineering. Read more |
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May 31, 2011 HistoRx raises $2.6M for personalized cancer care. Read more |
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May 24, 2011 QD Vision raises $22M to fund expansion. Read more |
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May 19, 2010 Hubspot Mike Volpe promoted to CMO. Read more |
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May 19, 2011 Carbonite is finalist for TechAmerica Foundation's Technoogy Awards. Read more |
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May 16, 2011 QD Vision announces advances in efficiency and performance. Read more |
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May 12, 2011 Carbonite files for $100M IPO. Read more |
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May 11, 2011 Apperian expands management team. Read more |
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May 10, 2011 Localytics finds that 15 percent of app launches happen offline. Read more |
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May 10, 2011 SCVNGR partners with American Express. Read more |
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May 6, 2011 Bantam Group would like to congratulate four of its portfolio companies who were nominated as MITX Innovation Award Finalists: Apperian, Punchbowl, SCVNGR, and TurningArt. Read more |
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May 4, 2011 Skyhook Wireless lands early win in Google suit. Read more |
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May 2, 2011 HistoRx announces launch of new research services. Read more |
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May 2, 2011 Desktone Flagship Restaurant Group Selects Desktone for Cloud-Hoasted Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Read more |
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April 28, 2011 Carbonite selected as 2011 CODiE Awards Finalist. Read more |
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April 21, 2011 Constant Contact names Rick Jensen as Sales and Marketing Chief. Read more |
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April 18, 2011 Localytics raises $2.5M for Mobile Analytics Platform. Read more |
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April 11, 2011 Image Fortress Philadelphia Tribune uses Image Fortress Platform to Digitally Archive and Sell Original Photos. Read more |
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April 5, 2010 Desktone begins selling Virtual Destop direct to consumer. Read more |
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April 5, 2011 Coaltek raises additional $3 Million. Read more |
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March 29, 2011 Apperian receives $9.5M from NorthBridge, Bessemer, and Kleiner Perkins. Read more |
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March 28, 2011 Image Fortress Baltimore Sun uses Image Fortress Platform to Digitally Preserve and Sell Original Photos. Read more |
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March 21, 2011 HistoRx receives Fundamental Patent on Standardization of Results in Digital Pathology. Read more |
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March 16, 2011 SCVNGR CEO is keynote speaker at SXSW. Read more |
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March 10, 2011 HistoRx Caliper Teams with HistoRx on Protein Markers. Read more |
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March 9, 2011 Apperian releases EASE 1.5. Read more |
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November 23, 2010 Hubspot Google, Salesforce and Sequoia invest in Hubspot. Read more |
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March 2, 2011 SCVNGR partners with Dunkin Donuts. Read more |
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March 2 , 2011 Traction Sofware and Attivio collaborate with Enterprise 2.0 Technology. Read more |
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March 2, 2011 Localytics raises another $700K from Launchpad Venture Group, New York Angels, and others. Read more |
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March 1, 2011 Skyhook Wireless technology will be used in Sony's forthecoming NGP gaming console. Read more |
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February 25, 2011 OwnerIQ's behavioral targeting capabilities show interesting correlations. Read more |
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February 23, 2011 Marginize helps build a "parallel web" during Egypt's revolution. Read more |
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February 22, 2011 Boston Micromachines adaptive optics technology enables imaging of exgtra-solar planets. Read more |
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February 22, 2011 SCVNGR surpasses 1 Million users. Read more |
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February 16, 2011 Constant Contact acquires Bantam Live to add Social CRM capabilities. Read more |
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February 9, 2011 SCVNGR announces partnership with SPRINT. Read more |
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February 2, 2011 Localytics reports that 26% of mobile apps are used only once. Read more |
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February 1, 2011 Punchbowl Software aannounces an iPhone App for party planning. Read more |
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January 25, 2010 Autogenomics introduces an assay panel for mutations implicated in the development of familial Mediterranean fever. Read more |
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January 24, 2011 Pixability announces its Online Video Grader, a video marketing effectiveness scoring tool. Read more |
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January 20, 2011 TimeTrade adds a number of brands, in a number of industry sectors. Read more |
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January 11, 2011 QD Vision anounces world's highest resolution quantum dot-based active matrix display. Read more |
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January 11, 2011 Cipher Optics completes $21M financing. Read more |
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January 10, 2011 Arctaris Royalty Fund holds first closing at $18M. Read more |
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January 10, 2011 Carbonite names several senior executives as it continues to grow. Read more |
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January 4, 2011 SCVNGR raises $15M from Balderton, Google and Highland. Read more |
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January 1, 2011 [X+1] raises $10M from Intel Capital and others. Read more |
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January 1, 2011 SCVNGR teams with American Eagle for New Year's eve bash in Times Square. Read more |
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December 22, 2010 Bantam Group Joe Caruso, Bantam Group founder, laments excessive emphasis placed on exit strategies. Read more |
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December 15, 2010 HistoRx Jack Davis joins the HistoRx Board of Directors. Read more |
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December 8, 2010 TimeTrade introduces Appointment Router. Read more |
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December 2, 2010 Localytics signs with Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Turner Broadcasting. Read more |
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December 2, 2010 Texteritypartners with Wonderfactgory to enable cross-platform publishing for magazines. Read more |
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December 1, 2010 Desktone Rackspace offers a $1/day DaaS offering based on Desktone platform. Read more |
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November 30, 2010 GateRocket brings FPGA verification solutions to India. Read more |
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Novemer 30, 2010 QD Vision and Solvay enter agreement to develop Quantum Dot displays. Read more |
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November 22, 2010 Constant Contact opens a San Franciso office. Read more |
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November 25, 2010 Marginize Boston Globe adds Marginize widget for social commentary. Read more |
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November 23, 2010 Hubspot David Meerman Scott becomes "Marketer in Residence" at Hubspot. Read more |
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November 23, 2010 Marginize Xconomy adds Marginize widget for social conversations. Read more |
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November 19, 2010 SCVNGR Coca Cola kicks of national campaign using SCVNGR. Read more |
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November 11, 2010 Terrafugia named one of Time Magazine's "50 Best Inventions of 2010".. Read more |
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November 16, 2010 Vela Systems is featured in Engineering News Record. Read more |
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November 16, 2010 Hubspot wins Sales 2.0 award for best aligment of sales and marketing. Read more |
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November 15, 2010 Desktone announces entry into Rackspace Partner network. Read more |
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November 12, 2010 Punchbowl Software acquires Socializr.com. Read more |
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November 12, 2010 HistoRx announces first clinical diagnostic use of AQUA technology. Read more |
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November 9, 2010 QD Vision and Solvay enter agreement to develop printable electroluminescent platform for Quantum Dot LEDs. Read more |
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November 5, 2010 Carbonite wins the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council's Private Company of the Year Award. Read more |
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November 3, 2010 Localytics makes its real time analytics platform available for Windows Phone 7. Read more |
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November 3,2010 Apperian launches EASE platform for application deployment in the enterprise. Read more |
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October 24, 2010 SCVNGR reaches 500,000 users, and announces major enhancements to it's iPhone and Android apps. Read more |
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October 20, 2010 Constant Contact is ranked 134 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500. Read more |
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October 20, 2010 QD Vision's Seth Coe-Sullivan is named to the National Research Council Committee. Read more |
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October 18, 2010 HistoRx Former president of Roche Molecular Systems joins HistoRx Board of Directors. Read more |
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October 12, 2010 InnerPass LiveLOIntroduces screen sharing capabilities. Read more |
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October 5, 2010 Desktone adds sales and marketing executives. Read more |
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October 4, 2010 HistoRx recognized by Connecticut Technolgy Council as a "company to watch". Read more |
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September 27,2010 Apperian David Patrick appointed CEO at Apperian. Read more |
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September 24, 2010 TimeTrade raises additional $5.6M, Led by Ascent Venture Partners. Read more |
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September 22, 2010 Nimbit, Launches its Free InstantBand (tm) site. Read more |
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September 20, 2010 GateRocket Mentor Graphics and GateRocket collaborate to streamline FPGA verfication-through-synthesis flow. Read more |
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September 21, 2010 BREW - Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week now has fifty events registered. Read more |
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September 21, 2010 Carbonite named finalist in three categories in Mass Technology Leadership Awards Program. Read more |
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September 20, 2010 Dexrex launches ChatSync Mobile Enterprise for BlackBerry. Read more |
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September 20, 2010 Boston Micromachines adaptive optics technology enables retinal imaging at the cellular level. Read more |
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September 15, 2010 Skyhook Wireless claims Google interfered with contracts Skyook had reached with Motorola and other phone manufacturers. Read more |
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September 13, 2010 Incentive Targeting has surpassed 4 million shoppers across its marketing campaign platform. Read more |
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Augsust 27, 2010 Desktone names Peter McKay as CEO and member of the board. Read more |
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August 11, 2010 Marginize raises $650K to pursue the "augmented web". Read more |
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August 3, 2010 Skyhook Wireless has been awarded four new Wi-Fi location patentsl. Read more |
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June 3, 2010 Marginize completes its 13-week stint at TechStars... and begins early fund-raising. Read more |
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May 25, 2010 Boston Micromachines announces enhanced Deformable Mirror to enhance retinal imaging systems. Read more |
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May 24, 2010 Constant Contact acquires NutshellMail. Read more |
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May 19, 2010 Hubspot Schwartz Communications partners with HubSpot to provide integrated marketing services. Read more |
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May 13, 2010 SCVNGR expands from enterprise mobile into the consumer space. Read more |
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May 13, 2010 OwnerIQ names Michael Chass as Vice President, Retail & Manufacturer Business. Read more |
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May 12, 2010 HistoRx receives key patent on applicatino of AQQUA(r) technology to personalized medicine. Read more |
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May 3, 2010 Dexrex launches a new version of ChatSync. Read more |
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May 3, 2010 QD Vision's Quantum Light optic wins the silver at Edison Best New Products Awards in the Energy and Sustainability awards category. Read more |
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April 29, 2010 Thinking Screen Media (formerly Frame Media) raises $2M to shift focus to the iPad. Read more |
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April 28, 2010 Localytics unveils Enterprise Mobile Analytics for apps. Read more |
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April 27, 2010 Incentive Targeting BigY Foods rolls out promotion system from Incentive Targeting. Read more |
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April 28, 2010 Skyhook Wireless Motorola has dropped Google location services in favor of Skyhook. Read more |
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April 21, 2010 Iconics adds StreamInsight to energy analytics software. Read more |
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April 21, 2010 Autogenomics has filed to go public.. Read more |
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April 21, 2010 Nimbit, has announced the appointment of Bob Cramer as CEO. Read more |
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April 20, 2010 GateRocket Qualcomm adopts GateRocket Solution to Address FPGA Complexity Challenges. . Read more |
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April 6, 2010 Hubspot named the "OnDemand Top 100 Winner" by AlwaysOn. Read more |
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March 1 , 2010 Traction Sofware dis named onf of KM Worlds's "100 Companies That Matter" for it's sixth consecutive year. Read more |
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March 30, 2010 English Central has been named one of the 20 most promising startups by Venture Capital Journal. Read more |
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March 29, 2010 Boston Micromachines' develops advanced communication sensor for the Army.. Read more |
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March 23, 2010 OwnerIQ names Steve Ustaris as VP of Agency Relations and Business Development. Read more |
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March 22, 2010 QD Vision Scientific American identifies QD Vision's QuantumLight technology as leading edge. Read more |
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March 21, 2010 InnerPass LiveLOOK announces screen sharing based in InnerPass ptaform. Read more |
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March 17, 2010 Skyhook Wireless Launches SpotRank for location-based consumer intelligence. Read more |
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March 12, 2010 QD Vision wins AlwaysOn GoingGreen East 50 Award for second straight year. . Read more |
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March 9, 2010 Skyhook Wireless Adds its location engine to Gowalla, a location-based social networking service. Read more |
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March 8, 2010 Texterity and Premier Guitar launch new magaine-branded iPhone App. Read more |
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March 8, 2010 Nantero Nantero's patent portfolio was ranked SECOND worldwide onPatent Board's Patent Scorecard based on a number of factors (search "Semiconductor" at the following linke:: Read more |
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March 2, 2010 Desktone has raised $5.4 out of a planned $12.2M offering.. Read more |
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March 1, 2010 Traction Software was named one of KMWorld's "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management" for the sixth straight year.. Read more |
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February 23, 2010 Autogenomics hhas received patent for a microarray system. Read more |
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February 14, 2010 QD Vision is named Finalist for 2010 Edison Best New Product Awards. Read more |
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February 11, 2010 ClutterFreeBox recognized by GoodIdeaGal.com as "Gold Medal Good Idea". Read more |
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February 8, 2010 SiCortex Sadly, John Mucci, co-founder and former CEO of SiCortex, passed away suddenly. Read more |
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February 8, 2010 Carbonite Launches Carbonite PRO, designed for small to medium-size businesses. Read more |
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February 5, 2010 Texterity SuperBowl XLIV has chosen Texterity as its digital publishing partner. Read more |
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February 2, 2010 ClutterFreeBox launches it's patent-pending personal storage service. Read more |
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February 1, 2010 Skyhook Wireless Adds its location engine to Flixster, to provide showtimes and theater information to moviegoers. Read more |
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January 26,2010 Apperian acquires DS Media Labs. Read more |
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January 20, 2010 HistoRx appoints Dr. Richard J. Carroll as Vice-Presdient of Clinical Research. Read more |
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January 18, 2010 Constant Contact named as finalist in 2010 Stevie Awards for three sales and customer service awards. Read more |
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January 13, 2010 CitySquares acquires Yokel.com. Read more |
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January 7, 2010 Autogenomics AIBioTech announces partnership with Autogenomics to Expand Molecular Testing. Read more |
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January 7, 2010 Carbonite raises addtional $20M. Read more |
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January 7, 2010 TimeTrade raises additional $1.7M. Read more |
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December 24, 2009 SCVNGR raises $4M from Google Ventures. Read more |
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December 21, 2009 EMO Labs named one of Forbes "BreakOut" Business Ideas of 2009. Read more |
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December 21, 2009 English Central closes $3.5M Series A financing, with Atlas Ventures and Google Ventures. Read more |
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December 18 , 2009 OwnerIQt has raised $5.8M series C Financing. Read more |
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December 18 , 2009 Hubspot named one of five "Start-ups to watch in 2010". Read more |
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December 16, 2009 QD Vision raised an additional $10M from NorthBridge Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, and In-Q-Tel.. Read more |
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December 7, 2009 Skyhook Wireless Rummble announced it has chosen Skyhook Wireless to power it's location information. Read more |
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October 19, 2009 Dexrex partners with NextPlane for Messaging Data Management. Read more |
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October 19, 2009 Hubspot closes $16 Million Series C Financing. Read more |
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September 19, 2009 Vela Systems Autodesk and Vela collaborate to provide building information modeling for the field. Read more |
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September 14, 2009 QD Vision Continuing its recent string of awards, QD Vision wins the WallStreet Journal's 2009 Technology Innovation Award in the Materials and Other Base Technologies category. Read more |
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September 14, 2009 HistoRx Partners with Aperio to provide integrated flourescence whole slide imaging system. Read more |
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September 8, 2009 Nimbit launches MyStore(TM) for Facebook. Read more |
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August 28, 2009 SiCortex Cray, Inc has acquired SiCortex's PathScale Compiler Suite. Read more |
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August 25, 2009 Skyhook Wireless powers Sherpa's Android application. Read more |
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August 24, 2009 Boston Micromachines' adaptive optics systems are being used by University of Rochester center for Vision Science to improve visual performance. Read more |
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August 24, 2009 Jodange named TrendSetting Product for 2009 by KM World. Read more |
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June 24, 2009 Carbonite Sun Microsystems will distribute an internet-based PC backup service from Carbonite. Read more |
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June 30, 2009 Skyhook Wireless has signed a deal with Dell to supply its hybrid wi-fi positioning system with Dell's Wireless 700 location solution. Read more |
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June 30, 2009 Constant Contact wins awards for "Best Overall Company" and "Executive of the Year". Read more |
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June 24, 2009 Boston Micromachines announced that its deformable mirror products are being used to search extrasolar planets on the Subaru Coronagrphic Extreme-AO project. Read more |
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June 24, 2009 Carbonite is nominated for the PC Pro Reliability & Service Award for 2009. Read more |
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June 16, 2009 Desktone IBM launches Enterprise Cloud Service based in part on Desktone's DAAS offering. Read more |
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June 12, 2009 Carbonite receives the Webware 100 award for Infrastructure and Storage. Read more |
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June 12, 2009 Cognika Iannounces launch of its Trial X offering, a web-based tool for accelerating clinical operations. Read more |
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June 11, 2009 Texterity Releases annual Profile of Digital Edition Reader. Read more |
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June 4, 2009 Desktone Desktone and Marubeni team to deliver Desktops as a Service in Japan. Read more |
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June 1, 2009 Boston Micromachines introduces high speed, high precision controller. Read more |
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May 30, 2009 Frame Media adds content from Twitter, CNET, and Eventful to its FrameChannel offering Read more |
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May 28, 2009 SiCortex This is not the kind of news we like.... but SiCortex has closed operations and is seeking to sell it's assets (ironic after just winning a number of awards). Read more |
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May 20, 2009 Skyhook Wireless releases a report on trends in location-aware applications. Read more |
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May 12, 2009 SiCortex named Alwayson East 100 Winner Read more |
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May 11, 2009 Texterity Turns the iPhone into an always-connected newsstand. Read more |
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May 7, 2009 Bantam Group Joe Caruso, Bantam Group founder, received the "Leadership in Private Corporate Governance Award" from the National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter. Read more |
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May 6, 2009 QD Vision in conjunction with Nexxus Lighting, unveiled the world's first quantum dot lighting solution. Read more |
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May 5, 2009 Iconics introduces its GEO Productivity Portal for renewable energy industries. Read more |
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April 27, 2009 Jodange raises $1.2 Million in difficult economic climate. Read more |
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April 20, 2009 inStream Media closes its Series A round of funding. Read more |
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April 20, 2009 QD Vision has received Department of Energy funding to develop enhanced solid state lighting technologies. Read more |
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April 13, 2009 Boston Micromachines' founder Dr. Thomas Bifano is awarded the Bepi Colombo Prize for his work in micro-deformable mirrors. Read more |
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April 6, 2009 Soundwave Research Shure Inc. has acquired the Crowley and Tripp Ribbon Microphone line from Soundwave Research. Read more |
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April 4, 2009 Sauces 'n' Love was featured on NECN. Read more |
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April 2, 2009 SiCortex announced quarter-on-quarter revenue growth in excess of 100%. Read more |
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April 1, 2009 Constant Contact Daniel T.H. Nye, former LinkedIn CEO, joins Constant Contact's board. Read more |
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March 23, 2009 Linkstorm raises $2.8 funding from new and existing angel investors. Read more |
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March 17, 2009 Terrafugia The world's first "roadable aircraft" makes its maiden flight. Read more |
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March 17, 2009 SiCortex Kicks off "Science to Science" Webinar Series. Read more |
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March 16, 2009 Texterity Releases a New Coverleaf Reader for Enhanced Digital Engagement and Revenue. Read more |
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March 16, 2009 Boston Micromachines announced that it has achieved record revenues for the year ending 12/31/2008. Read more |
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March 13, 2009 Ambit has received Notice of Allowance from the US Patent Office for it's tenth patent related to personal and local area communications systems. Read more |
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March 12, 2009 Skyhook Wireless has been awarded its tenth patent. Read more |
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March 9, 2009 Nimbit has completed a $1M round of financing from Common Angels. Read more |
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March 9, 2009 TimeTrade named "Best of Saas Showplace" award winner. Read more |
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February 25, 2009 Frame Media has partnered with Scala to bring SignChannel to market. Read more |
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February 25, 2009 Coaltek Has been reognized by Going Green as the winner of their Clean Energy award. Read more |
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February 25, 2009 QD Vision has been named a winner by Going Green in the Green Nanotech and Synthetic Genomics category. Read more |
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February 24, 2009 Tizor Tizor has been aquired by Netezza Corporation (NYSE Arca: NZ). Read more |
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February 24, 2009 Interactive Supercomputing announced the appointment of Kevin Shea as Vice President of Engineering. Read more |
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February 17, 2009 Ambit has filed suit against Delta Airlines and AirCell for patent infringement over Delta's Gogo Inflight Internet system. Read more |
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February 2, 2009 Texterity's Coverleaf.com service has added a number of Rodale's digital magazine titles to its offering. Read more |
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January 23, 2009 Nantero Nantero's patent portfolio was ranked fifth worldwide on the IEEE Patent Pipeline Scorecard for semiconductor manufacturing. Read more |
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January 23, 2009 Autogenomics announced that one of its assays was used in a study to demonstrate the value of genetic variants in dosing of the aniplatelet agent, Plavix. Read more |
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January 13, 2009 Skyhook Wireless has added Android support to its software developers kit. Read more |
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January 12, 2009 Linkstorm names media veteran Ari Brandt as its new CEO. Read more |
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December 29, 2008 Image Fortress Launches an Online Archive of the World's Space Exploration Imagery. Read more |
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December 22, 2008 Bantam Group was nominated for "Best of Boston Web 2008" in the Angel Investor category. Read more |
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December 17, 2008 HistoRx Kate Adams joins HistoRx as Vice President, Diagnostics Marketing. Read more |
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December 8, 2008 Boston Micromachines announced that its deformable mirrors are are being widely used by leading astronomers around the world. Read more |
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December 8, 2008 Image Fortress was selected by Numismatic Guarantee Corporation to verify the integrity of any viewed or downloaded photograph. Read more |
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November 13, 2008 Interactive Supercomputing TOMLAB extends Desktop Optimization Solvers using Interactive Supercomputeing's Star-P. Read more |
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November 12, 2008 Texterity Sporting News Today, a "digital only" magazine published by Texterity, was named 2008 Online Launch of the year. Read more |
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November 6, 2008 SiCortex introduced a "Green Computer Performance Index" covering 23 benchmarks. Read more |
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November 4, 2008 Frame Media has announced an advertising test program with IPG's Initiative Innovations. Read more |
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October 22, 2008 CitySquares announced plans for national expansion enabled by a new round of funding. Read more |
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October 21, 2008 Skyhook Wireless Skyhook and Symbian Limited announced a collaboration in which Skyhook's WPS technology is supported by Symbian's LBS architecture. Read more |
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October 7, 2008 Nimbit launches nimbitCards.. their integrated download cards. Read more |
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October 6, 2008 Jodange has begun to get recognition for its "Top of Mind" opinion gathering gadgets. Read more |
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October 4, 2008 Skyhook Wireless Broadcom announced is is adding Wi-Fi positioning technology from Skyhook to its semiconductors. Read more |
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September 23, 2008 Desktone IBM has developed a business and technology patnership with Desktone. Read more |
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September 22, 2008 Interactive Supercomputing announced support of Windows HPC Server 2008. Read more |
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September 22, 2008 Jodange has announced the latest addition to its Opinion Utility offerings. Read more |
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September 17, 2008 SiCortex introduces the world's most energy efficient high performance computers. Read more |
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September 16, 2008 Punchbowl Software raises its second round of financing, led by Contour Venture Parnters, Intel Capital, eCoast Angels and others. Read more |
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September 15, 2008 GateRocket receives $3M in Venture Financing. Read more |
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Sept 15, 2008 Texterity has lauchned it's new digital magazine service, Cloverleaf. Read more |
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Sept 14, 2008 Carbonite announced a partnership with Lenovo, where Carbonite's online backup software is now being pre-loaded on Lenovo IdeaPad and IdeaCentre consumer PC's. Read more |
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Sept 12, 2008 Jodange has announced at DEMO08 a new version of Top of Mind, its opinion discovery platform. Read more |
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Sept 8, 2008 Carbonite has closed its C round of financing, led by Performance Equity of Connecticut. Read more |
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Sept 8, 2008 TimeTrade has been named "Cool Technology of the Week" by a leading healthcare IT blog. Read more |
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Sept 4, 2008 Coaltek Has been reognized by AlwaysOn as the winner of their Clean Energy award. Read more |
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August 22, 2008 Nantero The market for solid state disks is projected to grow from $255 million this year to more than $10 billion in 2012. Read more |
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August 22, 2008 Hubspot has experienced a recent surge in business (number of customers grows over 50% in 60 days). Read more |
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August 19, 2008 CitySquares CitySquares.com is the fastest growing search site according to Quantcast. Read more |
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August 19, 2008 Tizor Tizor's Mantra wins Newtork Products Guide Trust Award for Best in Regulatory Compliance. Read more |
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August 19, 2008 Timetrade now offers a paired down version of its enterprise scheduling application for personal use. Read more |
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August 18, 2008 Skyhook Wireless Announced that they would be integrating neighborhood boundary data from Urban Mapping, Inc. into their platform. Read more |
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August 13, 2008 Nantero Lockheed Marin Acquires Nantero's Government Business unit. Read more |
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August 12, 2008 Constant Contact second quarter revenues increase 82% from the same period last year. Read more |
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August 11, 2008 QD Vision sees growth for 2008. Read more |
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August 4, 2008 SiCortex has named Christopher Stone as CEO. Read more |
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August 4, 2008 Boston Micromachines has introduced a new version of its award-winning deformable mirror system, making it the highest performance deformable mirror system available. Read more |
News items are normally limited to news relating to Bantam's business. However, a high school classmate of mine who died recently received enough press (and was respected enough by me as a teenager) to be worthy of mention. |
August 2, 2008 Peter W. Rodman was a man of extraordinary intellect. He was a strategic thinker who played a key role in shaping US foreign policy for several decades....as advisor to five US presidents and long-time confidant of Henry Kissinger. While some of his opinions were controversial, no one disputed his intellect, his integrity, nor sense of purpose. Read more below: |
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July 25, 2008 Autogenomics has filed with the SEC for its IPO.. Read more |
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July 18, 2008 Frame Media has named Barry Waxman as Chairman of its Advisory Board. Read more |
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July 19, 2008 Vela Systems KM-Plaza enlists Vela Systems' Mobile Field Software for Three Projects in Miami. Read more |
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July 17, 2008 HistoRx William C. Sullivan has joined HistoRx as Senior Vice President, Diagnostic Operations. Read more |
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July 14, 2008 Desktone IBM is providing Virtual Infrastructure Access desktop hosting services to the Pike County Schools, based on software from VMWare and Desktone. Read more |
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July 11, 2008 EdNets Gloucester schools has joined a growing list of school systems using EdNets' OurKidsWin! program. Read more |
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July 11, 2008 Frame Media Kodak has introduced two Wi-0Fi enabled picture frames based on FrameMedia's Framechannel, which allow users to display selected news and information. Read more |
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June 30, 2008 Skyhook Wireless announced the availability of XPS 2.0, a next-generation hybrid positioning system that combines signals from Wi-Fi access points, GPS satellites and cell towers. Read more |
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June 18, 2008 Autogenomics announced that it has been issued a key European patent for human papillomavirus. Read more |
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June 16, 2008 City Squares City Squares announces expansion of its hyper-local search presence into New York City. Read more |
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June 16, 2008 Iconics Microsoft announced that Iconics won Microsoft's 2008 "ISV/Software Solutions Partner of the Year" award. Read more |
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June 6, 2008 Linkstorm CocaCola has announced CokeTag - a Facebook Application based on Linkstorm's PUP technology ("Portable Universal Profile"). Read more |
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June 5, 2008 HistoRx Brigham and Women's Hospital will make HistoRx's Aqua technology for protein biomarker profiling availalbe to over 900 scientists.. --Read more |
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June 5, 2008 Nantero The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has appointed Dr. Brent Segal, a founder and CTO at Nantero, as Technical Advisor to the IEC Nanotechnology Technical Committee. . --Read more |
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June 4, 2008 Hubspot MITX (Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange) announced that Hubspot had won its Impact Award for "Innovative Business Strategy". Read more |
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June 4, 2008 Punchbowl Software MITX (Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange) announced that Punchbowl had won its Impact Award for "Usability". Read more |
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June 3, 2008 Interactive Supercomputing announced two key additions to its management team. Bill Strecker has become CTO and David Rich has joined as VP of Marketing. Read more |
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June 2, 2008 Nantero announced a collaboration with SVTC Technologies to accelerate commercialization of nanotube-based electronics products. Read more |
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May 27, 2008 Nimbit The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has announced a two-year partnership with Nimbit. Read more |
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May 16, 2008 Hubspot Raises $12 million from Matrix Partners, General Catalyst, and existing angel investors. Read more |
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May 13, 2008 Skyhook Wireless announced a series of new partners to power the location-aware internet. Read more |
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May 8, 2008 Constant Contact's first quarter revenue increases 87% to $18.2M. . Read more |
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May 7, 2008 Bill Poduska, founder of of Prime Computer, Apollo Computer and Stellar Computer, joins Interactive Supercomputing's Board of Directors. Read more |
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May 6, 2008 Iconics announced an agreement with Kepware Technologies, a leader in OPC device communications for automation. Read more |
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May 6, 2008 Hubspot is named as finalist for 2008 MITX Technology Awards. Read more |
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May 6, 2008 Skyhook Wireless announced an upgrade to its Software Development Kit enabling location-targeted Advertising. Read more |
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April 25, 2008 TimeTrade's appointment management software was featured in "Integrated Solutions for Retailers". Read more |
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April 22, 2008 Cambria Pharmaceuticals announced its $5.4M Series A financing.. Read more |
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April 22, 2008 Frame Media announced hiring MIT Media Lab Alumna as Vice President of Product. Read more |
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April 9, 2008 QD Vision announced a strategic investment and technology advancement agreement with In-Q-Tel. |
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April 1, 2008 Interactive Supercomputing launched "Star-P On-Demand", an on-demand high performance computing software service in partnership with Tsunamic Technologies. |
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March 26, 2008 HistoRx announced an expanded analysis partnership with Eli Lilly and Company. |
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March 4, 2008 Kodak has announced its intent to purchase Design2Launch. Read more |
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February , 2008 Traction Software was named KMWorld's "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management". Read more |
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February 1, 2008 Frame Media got a nice mention in a recent Business Week article describing the growing role of wireless picture frames as a new media format. Read more |
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February 2008 Hubspot has been recognized by American Venture Magazine as onf ot the "most promising start-ups" of 2008. Read more |
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January 28, 2008 TimeTrade announced TimeDriver, the first on-demand solution allowing individuals to automatically book appointments online. Read more |
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January 15, 2008 Skyhook Wireless, provider of the industry’s first Wi-Fi based positioning system, has received quite a bit of attention after the recent MacWorld conference, where Apple announced inclusion of Skyhooks Wi-Fi based position in it's latest software. The announcement resulted in numerous articles extolling the virtues of Skyhook. Read more |
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October 31, 2007 Permission TV has helped the Boston Pops put its concerts online. Read more |
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July 10, 2007 Nantero, announced that it is working with Hewlett Packard (HP) to explore the us of HP inkjet technology and Nantero's carbon nanotube formulation to create flexible electronics products and develop low-cost printable memory applications. Read more |
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June 15, 2007 Image Fortress has signed the World Bank and U.S. General Services Adminstration to its client list. Read more |
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May. 15, 2007 AOL has acquired Third Screen Media. |
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May. 15, 2007 Interactive Supercomputing announced that Steve Reinhardt has joined ISC as Vice President of Joint Research. Reinhardt was peviously project director for the T3D and T3E projects at Cray Research. Read more |
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April 23, 2007 GateRocket has announced release of it's RocketDrive simulation accelerator, to dramatically speed up FPGA design. Read more |
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January 19, 2007 A key patent has been issued that moves QD Vision closer to commercializing quantum dots. Read more |
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QD Vision, Inc., announced that Co-founder and Chief Technologist Seth Coe-Sullivan has been recognized by Technology Review as one of the world's Top Science and Technology Innovators under the age of 35 for his breakthrough work in quantum dot LED performance and manufacturing process technology. Read more |
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January 19, 2007 Boston Micromachines Corp. announced that it has manufactured a deformable mirror for detecting eye diseases at earlier stages. Read more |
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Aug 23, 2006 Traction Software was named one of KM Magazine's "Trend-Setting Products for 2006". Traction's Teampage won the InfoWorld 2007 Technology of the Year Award as the "Best Enterprise Wiki". Read more |
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Boston MicroSystems was featured on WHDH, NBC's Boston affiliate, describing its MEMs-based picosensor as a means of making extremely sensitive measurements of explosives and chemicals in the wake of the in-air bombing plot uncovered in the U.K. Read more |
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Constant Contact raised $100M in it's recent public offering. Widely recognized as the leading provider of email marketing tools for small business, CTCT rose 70% in its first day as a public company. |
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Nimbit, has announced that it now empowers its musician members to download for sale MP3 files from their personal website. |
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Tizor announced that it has been selected as a winner of the annual “Red Herring 100 North America” award by Red Herring magazine. |
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SiCortex has taken the wraps off of it's strategy to build energy-efficient multiprocessor systems, with its top of the line system being a 5,832 processor system, fitting in a six foot cabinet, drawing less than 10% of power of today's comparable systems. Read more |
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Vanquish Labs' anti-spam technology has been named by PC Magazine as "Best in Class"... surpassing all other anti-spam products evaluated by PC Magazine. |
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Vela Systems closed on a $6 million Series A funding, led by GrandBanks Capital and Commonwealth Capital. Seed investment had previously been provided by Common Angels. |
