TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

NextView Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital fund, has raised an $89.6 million fund, according to SEC filings. The firm’s fourth fund, its largest to date, is oversubscribed, with early documents indicating a $70 million goal. More Boston coverage. A hot Boston VC Summer. venture deals, and 10.3%

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

City Spotlight: Boston Register for the free event here! 5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

One startup that’s developing a new technology to address the issue is Boston Metal. Boston Metal, which previously raised $20 million back in 2019, uses a process called molten oxide electrolysis (“MOE”) to make steel alloys — and eventually emissions-free steel.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 21, 2025

Their operations are sustained through a combination of hospital system funding, philanthropic contributions, and government grants, underscoring the collaborative effort to fulfill community benefit requirements while addressing health inequities.

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The MatrixFiles

AUGUST 5, 2022

Last week, I attended and spoke at the International Foundation’s Technology and Benefit Communications Conference, held in Boston, MA. If you think about it, a project is more likely to succeed when ALL project components are properly funded, including the marketing needed to promote the new initiative to the proper audiences.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. If your nonprofit is seeking funding, it’s critical to identify the foundations whose interests and funding priorities align with your own. Funding Priority: Education. Global Fund For Children. Daniels Fund.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While there’s no disputing SV’s place and continued prominence in the startup world, today’s early-stage founders have more geographic freedom and funding options than ever before. This is why we’re excited that Mark Crane , a partner at General Catalyst, will hold forth at TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It’s been more than 10 years since that percentage fell below 30%, the study said, despite the fact that the country is on track to see record amounts of venture funding overall this year. We dug into the report and talked to Revolution CEO and Chairman Steve Case about the findings. Image Credits: Revolution/PitchBook.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Family offices and accredited investors are eager to get involved in high-quality funds, but face hurdles like access to fund managers. The company, founded by Samir Kaji and Hana Yang in February 2021, is developing an approach to venture capital fund investing that provides a way for investors of any size to participate.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

“Only well-funded institutions with access to a massive amount of GPU power are capable of building these models,” says Encore co-founder Eric Landau, who recommends using the iterative process of active learning to “leapfrog the AI production gap and build models capable of running in the wild more quickly.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Food Rocket has taken an unconventional route, striking a funding deal with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. The new $25 million in Series A investment, led by Alimentation Couche-Tard via its Circle K Venture Fund, will enable Food Rocket to deliver in 26 countries and territories, including more than 7,000 U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Today, in a twist, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced a proposal for a $10 million allocation in the state budget to create a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). of the total $87.3

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Boston-based Filtered.ai That timing was somewhat fortuitous for its investors — Silicon Valley Data Capital and the AI Fund — as Filtered’s CEO said that that was the company’s best quarter in its history. Per Bilodeau, he didn’t want to raise money.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 19, 2024

(Photo courtesy of Bank of America) There’s a big difference between running a marathon and achieving a high jump – unless one is talking to the Boston Athletic Association, organizers of the Boston Marathon. million total claimed by the Boston Athletic Association. The final donation tally leapt from $40.2 While 2024’s $45.7

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In part driven by capitalism but mostly driven by an eagerness to help his child and others like him, Male dove in and, earlier this year, teamed up with Brian O’Callaghan to found t he Autism Impact Fund (AIF). He then launched his own venture fund. Image Credits: Autism Impact Fund.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Minter-Jordan joins AARP from the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health in Boston, Massachusetts where she was president and CEO. Myechia serves on several boards and committees, including BlueShield of California, The Boston Foundation, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Aqua Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps companies protect their cloud services, has raised $60 million in funding, extending its previously announced $135 million Series E round of funding to $195 million.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

JourneyOne ventures told TechCrunch it’s closed a $10 million fund and has started making its first few investments. I spoke with the fund’s solo fund manager, Helene Servillon , to figure out where the opportunities are in this market. For me, an emerging fund manager, this is an entry point into venture capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. More than 380 funding deals were made into Austin startups in 2021 , amounting to $4.9 Keri Findley, founder of Tacora.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Three years after announcing its sixth fund, OpenView Venture Partners is back with $570 million in capital commitments for its new, seventh fund. It represents a 25% increase over the firm’s $450 million sixth fund, its largest to date. That gives you a range, and that range is from right about where we closed the fund.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One of the big leaders in buying up and scaling third-party merchants selling on Amazon and other marketplace platforms is announcing a major round of funding today as it continues to expand its ambitions. Upper90, funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., It said that it’s currently on a rate of buying 1.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The two companies underscore how possible it is to build large startups in markets outside of the traditional collection of cities most associated with technology entrepreneurship in the United States, like Boston, New York City and San Francisco, to name a few. A funding boom. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

In an email interview with TechCrunch, CEO Simon Taylor said that the proceeds will be put toward expanding HYCU’s 300-person team with a particular focus on customer success and partnerships as well as funding the development of new products and services, including a software-as-a-service product.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The funding will be used to launch virtual neurology clinics and to support Neuroglee’s move to Boston. In an email, founder and chief executive officer Aniket Singh Rajput told TechCrunch that the company is moving to Boston because the city “is one of the largest digital health hubs in the world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

While this is happening around the world, few startup hubs in the world are reveling in a greater boost to their ability to attract capital than Boston. However, data indicates that Boston’s startup activity in fundraising terms has reached a new, higher plateau, funneling record sums into the city’s upstart technology companies this year.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2021

To put Musk’s claims in context, remember that Boston Dynamics, a company which makes Atlas, the most advanced bipedal robot in the world, has never described its machines as anything but R&D. Atlas, says Boston Dynamics, is simply a way to push the cutting edge of robotics: it’s not even close to commercial deployment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

June Homes , a proptech startup that aims to make renting less painful and more flexible for both tenants and landlords, is emerging from stealth today with $50 million in total funding. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Boston. SoftBank Ventures Asia led the startup’s latest round — a $27 million Series B.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

City Spotlight: Boston Register for the free event here! Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify Boston has had a thriving tech startup ecosystem for a while, but things can change fast. Register for the free virtual event here.

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The Verge

APRIL 29, 2021

The New York Police Department has canceled its trial of a robot dog made by US firm Boston Dynamics after receiving fierce criticism regarding the “dystopian” technology. Spot, as the machine is called by creators Boston Dynamics, has never been weaponized, and doing so would break the company’s terms of service.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2024

Two days after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the Boston Foundation set up a special fund to provide rapid-response support to local nonprofits serving communities disproportionately affected by the outbreak. The first 15 grantees supported communities of color, immigrants, seniors, children, and the homeless, among others.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

And I ask for two promises in return,” said Paul English — currently the co-founder of Boston Venture Studio but perhaps best known as the co-founder and CTO of travel platform Kayak. ” Boston Venture Studio co-founder Paul English. “When I hire someone, I make two promises. Do they enhance your ideas?

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The MatrixFiles

AUGUST 13, 2022

Last week, I attended and spoke at the International Foundation’s Technology and Benefit Communications Conference, held in Boston, MA. If you think about it, a project is more likely to succeed when ALL project components are properly funded, including the marketing needed to promote the new initiative to the proper audiences.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

with New York City and Boston. With today’s new funding round, it should definitely boost usage in the U.S. As the startup’s operations are extremely local, Too Good To Go is starting with specific metropolitan areas in the U.S. In September, the company started its operations in the U.S. In the U.S. It has sold 50,000 meals.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Today, it’s Mozilla’s turn to solidify its investment endeavors via a new dedicated $35 million VC fund targeted at early-stage startups. More recently, Mozilla joined a $900,000 pre-seed funding round into password management startup Heylogin. “We’ve taken a lot of inspiration from funds like these.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

The company was incubated by FXP , a Boston-Israel startup venture studio. Jit , a startup that helps developers automate product security by codifying their security plans and workflows as code that can then be managed in a code repository like GitHub, today announced that it has raised a $38.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Whether you’re in the idea stage or building on the friends-and-family plan or preparing to pitch investors, it’s imperative to understand the shifting VC funding landscape as you plan for future growth. What will the funding scene in these major metropolitan areas look like this year?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Pat Kinsel, founder and CEO of Boston-based Notarize, worked to get appropriate legislation passed across the country to make it possible for more people in more states to get documents notarized digitally. The ability to get a document notarized without leaving one’s home suddenly became more of a necessity than a luxury.

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