Archive for July 2021
Office-to-lab swaps in Southie, South End get city’s OK
The Boston Planning and Development Agency board also approved five residential projects in Dorchester, Roxbury, Fenway and Hyde Park. Read More
Read MoreAI startup OM1 bags $85M as Mass. VC deal activity reaches new high
Boston-based OM1 announced on Friday an $85 million financing led by D1 Capital Partners, Kaiser Permanente, and Breyer Capital. The startup provides an AI-powered software for the analysis of health care data. Located in Boston’s Prudential Center, the company has 130 employees. Read More
Read MorePartners with a Purpose: Vertex, Bottom Line help first-generation college students
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has been teaming up with Bottom Line, an organization dedicated to getting first-generation college students through college to bring more people of color into the STEM field. And the investments are paying off for everyone. Read More
Read MoreMilliporeSigma partnership provides STEM summer camp for girls
With the financial help of Burlington-based life science company MilliporeSigma since 2017, Girlstart has been able to reach 53,000 underserved girls nationally through hosting summer camps and after school programs. Read More
Read MoreForm D Friday: DraftKings founders invest in legal tech startup
Form D Friday is a Boston Business Journal feature highlighting regulatory filings from Boston-area companies raising capital for new projects or expanding their businesses. Read More
Read MoreMass. rail improvements included in $117B multi-state plan
Rail service improvements in the Boston area figure prominently in a new $117 billion plan assembled by officials in eight states along the Northeast Corridor that holds the promise of generating $1.7 million jobs over 15 years. Read More
Read MoreNew mural aims for ‘a sense of place’ for Chinatown residents, businesses
Facing increasing gentrification, the Chinatown community recently came together for a public art mural titled "Where We Belong" that emphasizes the importance of Asian culture, stories and history. Read More
Read MoreLooking up: Covid slowed construction, but cranes still dot Boston’s skies
Boston is back to building, with projects ranging from long-dreamt-of air-rights projects to luxury residential towers to a state-of-the-art track and field complex — and labs, labs, labs. Here’s our latest installment of Crane Watch. Read More
Read MoreAided by moratorium, foreclosure filings are down 61%. But volume of seriously delinquent loans remains high.
Foreclosure filings hit a new all-time low in the first half of 2021. Read More
Read MoreLowell microbial testing startup lands its IPO
Rapid Micro Biosystems, a 15-year-old biotech that tests drug products and vaccines for microbes, has made its landing on the Nasdaq. Read More
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