Archive for August 2020
Raptor Maps raises $5M to build analytics software for the solar industry
Somerville-based Raptor Maps, a solar software startup that spun out of MIT in 2015, has closed its Series A round at $5 million. Read More
Read MoreSurvey: Even after Covid-19, half of Mass. office workers could stay home
The Massachusetts Competitive Partnership and several other major business groups polled businesses, and the results do not vary much by a company’s size or location: The shift towards working from home is here to stay. Read More
Read MoreBizSpotlight: The Forsyth Institute
As a world leader in oral biology and salivary dia Read More
Read MoreDesktop Metal to go public via reverse merger
Desktop Metal plans to go public via a reverse merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. It is the first major Massachusetts-based 3-D printing to go the public-company route. Read More
Read MoreHandbags to face masks: Couple pivots new startup to supply Covid needs
This couple pivoted their travel-goods startup to meet a whole new market. Read More
Read MoreDelaware North extends layoffs for thousands in Boston, Cape Cod
Delaware North in June notified its employees, who had been on temporary leave since April, "that the leave will likely be extended through September or beyond," a company spokesperson said. Read More
Read MoreAn ale sale tale: Who can, and can’t, deliver alcohol
Here’s a comprehensive look at who is allowed to bring booze to your front door. Read More
Read MoreLetter: Corporate diversity efforts can quickly become token-makers
Letter to the editor: Many employees who are identified as Latino, or gay, or African-American, as well as female representatives in the upper ranks of companies, suffer the consequences of being the token. Read More
Read MoreAbbvie signs $30 million research deal with Harvard Medical School
The pharmaceutical giant said the research alliance, which it will fund at $30 million over three years, will launch a multi-pronged effort by the Boston medical school. Read More
Read MoreTax break pitched as lift for Mass. consumers, local businesses
For the fourteenth time since 2004, the state will give shoppers buying from Massachusetts retailers this weekend a break from the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax on all purchases under $2,500. Read More
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