Archive for March 2021
Baker’s labor chief estimates ‘permanent job losses’ at 250K
Massachusetts shed about 690,500 jobs between February 2020 and April 2020, according to estimates based on employer surveys. Read More
Read MoreMass. paid private contractors more than $10M to run Covid vaccination sites
Massachusetts has relied on three private vendors to administer the bulk of the state’s COVID-19 vaccines since January, and the launch of large-scale vaccination sites with their help has cost the state an estimated $10.4 million, records show. Read More
Read MoreDana-Farber, MIT partner on $250M effort to cure most challenging cancers
Two Massachusetts-based cancer research powerhouses have joined together with three other partners to find treatments to some of the most challenging cancers, a pledge for which President Joe Biden has already signaled support. Read More
Read MorePrivate school lands $20.4M bond for cemetery land redevelopment
MassDevelopment, a quasi-public state development agency, said this week it issued a $20.4 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School and purchased by First Republic Bank. Read More
Read MoreRhode Island’s Pangea.app selected for Y Combinator
Unbeknownst to most, the Providence-based startup Pangea.app has quietly been working its way through the same accelerator that has churned out unicorns like Stripe, Airbnb and Coinbase. Read More
Read MoreDespite many PPP changes, this type of small business fell through the cracks
The Biden administration made it easier for some small businesses to get PPP loans. But it left some out too. Read More
Read MoreJudge dismisses claims against John Fish over $1B tower as a ‘red herring’
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has dismissed two counterclaims from Weiner Ventures, which were filed after construction magnate John Fish’s $100 million lawsuit over a scuttled $1 billion air-rights tower in Boston’s Back Bay. Read More
Read MoreIntroducing BostInno’s 2021 Tech Madness bracket — vote here
Boston startups, the time has come. Now introducing Tech Madness 2021. This contest asks the Boston innovation community to vote for the startups they would invest in. Just ask yourself: Which company am I ready to support with my own money? Keep in mind that this isn’t just a "versus" thing. Identify who you’re bullish…
Read MoreIntroducing Rhode Island Inno’s 2021 Tech Madness bracket — vote here
Rhode Island startups, the time has come. Now introducing Tech Madness 2021. Read More
Read MoreFlagship-founded startup gets $110M cash infusion from Koch
Health tech startup Valo Health has added $110 million to its Series B round with a new investment from Koch Disruptive Technologies, a division of Wichita-based Koch Industries. The Flagship Pioneering spinout initially closed the funding round in January at $190 million led by The Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Read More
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