Archive for April 2021

More than two dozen local biotech industry leaders, including both the chairman of the board and the CEO of Biogen, as well as every partner at Atlas Venture, have signed on to an open letter calling on their peers to fight voter suppression efforts. Read More

A business training project, led by the Asian American Civic Association, is targeting the needs of the Asian community by offering entrepreneurial tools to 11 business owners. Read More

“There are very few cities if any outside of Boston where you could have done what we did. The level of access we had, particularly across the Harvard ecosystem, allowed us to build our initial team,” said Legacy CEO Khaled Kteily. Read More

"No matter how good the numbers seem to be month to month, we’re still probably close to $1 billion … short of where we were prior to the pandemic," Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano said. Read More

The pandemic pushed last year’s Way Day to the fall, but Boston-based Wayfair Inc. is scheduling its traditional e-shopping bonanza back in the spring. Read More

Cambridge oncology company Tango Therapeutics has signed a deal with a special-purpose acquisition company sponsored by San Diego’s Boxer Capital, to go public through a reverse merger, combined with a private investment in public equity, or PIPE, from the likes of Avoro Capital and Bain. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day, and why my arm is sore, plus the ultimate add-on to your vaccine playlist. Read More

Marlborough-based CeQur, a maker of insulin delivery devices, has raised $115 million in what it’s calling a Series C5 round as it gears up to launch its wearable insulin injector later this year. Read More

A federal judge has dismissed one former People’s United Bank vice president’s allegations claiming the lender’s senior Mass. leadership repeatedly discriminated against employees on racial and other grounds, but the judge allowed other ex-employee claims. According to the suit, a People’s United executive allegedly said a Black branch manager “dresses like a hood girl" and…

Early college programs enable high school students to take classes for college credit, with a goal of helping low-income students by cutting down on tuition costs and by getting them acclimated with college coursework. Students can even earn an associate degree while still in high school. Read More