Archive for September 2021

Two months after its $234 million IPO, genomics testing firm Sophia Genetics (Nasdaq: SOPH) is planning to triple the size of its Copley Square offices, co-founder and CEO Jurgi Camblong told the Business Journal on Thursday. Read More

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

The change comes months after SBA said it was working to raise the limit from the current $500,000. Here’s when small businesses can apply. Read More

The Boston Business Journal reported last month that Cambridge has struggled since passing what was hailed as a groundbreaking cannabis proposal. Read More

The deal comes on the heels of RPT’s $220 acquisition of three shopping centers in Northborough, Canton and Bedford. Read More

Michaele Whelan, the provost at Emerson College, has been named the new president at Wheaton College, a liberal arts school in Norton. Read More

Investors are writing larger checks to acquire pre-IPO stakes in many of the ecosystem’s hottest companies, Pitchbook researchers say. Read More

The growing threat of cyberattacks not only poses a threat to customers of big box stores and mobile carriers, but also U.S. cities and towns, including those in Massachusetts. About 50% of ransomware are focused on municipal governments, Geoffrey Beckwith, executive director and CEO of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, told lawmakers Wednesday. Read More

Spending increased by 25% in the education technology, or edtech, sector, from 2019 to 2020 and U.S. spending in the K-12 sector last year hit $35.8 billion. Here are 8 Boston-area edtech startups you’ll want to get on your syllabus. Read More