Archive for March 2021
SBA cash grant program has sent its first checks. Here’s how many have applied.
The agency also said it will begin to shift to a supplemental $5,000 grant program. Read More
Read MorePandemic upends economics for public-private projects on campuses
The campus narratives unfolding in southeastern Massachusetts and elsewhere highlight both the risks and rewards that stem from such public-private partnerships. Read More
Read MoreFast 50 2021: Here are the fastest-growing private companies in Mass.
The Fast 50 were selected and ranked based on a formula that calculates overall revenue growth from 2017 to 2020. The numbers were crunched and analyzed by the Business Journal’s research department. Read More
Read MoreMarriage of machine learning, biology to be focus of new Broad Institute center
Fueled by a $150 million gift from former Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife and partner in philanthropy, Wendy Schmidt, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT is launching a new center that aims to bring together biological research and machine learning. Read More
Read MoreMariano to pursue clean energy investments on South Coast
In a speech to the Boston Chamber Thursday, the House speaker committed to pursue a “large-scale bonding effort” to make the South Coast a regional hub of the offshore wind energy sector. Read More
Read MoreThe Petri Dish: Pfizer signs licensing deal with oncology startup, Ikena sets IPO terms
While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings.…
Read More‘Dozens’ of STAT journalists to join Boston Globe union
The main union representing Boston Globe journalists and business employees says that journalists at the health care-focused journalism startup STAT, which launched five years ago and is based at the Globe’s headquarters, will join its membership. Read More
Read MoreExecutive exodus at Mass General Brigham as system undergoes integration efforts
In the last five months, at least nine executives or senior leaders at the state’s largest health system, Mass General Brigham, have said that they would leave their roles as the organization undergoes restructuring to more closely integrate its hospitals. Read More
Read MoreLargest Cybersecurity Companies in Massachusetts
Rank Firm/Prior rank (*unranked in 2020)/ Mass. cybersecurity employees as of Feb. 1, 2021 Total Mass. employees Total number of employees (all offices) Types of cybersecurity tech products Top local executive(s) 1 VMware Carbon Black, 1100 Winter St., Waltham, MA 02451, 617-393-7400, carbonblack.com 1319 1319 35000 Offers cloud-native endpoint and workload protection Patrick Morley, Senior…
Read MoreLargest Robotics Companies in Massachusetts
Rank Company/Prior rank (*unranked in 2020)/ Number of Massachusetts employees as of Feb. 1, 2021 Total employees Types of robotics systems % of business from government contracts in 2020 % of business from commercial contracts in 2020 Top local executive(s) 1 iRobot Corp., 8 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730, 781-430-3000, irobot.com 698 1229 Consumer robots…
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