Archive for May 2022
Fidelity backs Elon Musk’s Twitter buy with $316M investment, says filing
Fidelity Investments is among 19 investors backing Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter buyout, according to a recent SEC filing by Musk. The Tesla CEO says he recently secured $7 billion from investors to help finance the deal. Read More
Read MoreAmid nursing shortage, another Mass. college launches degree program
Wheaton College in Norton plans to launch a new four-year bachelor’s nursing program to bring more nurses into the industry. Read More
Read MoreNurse survey indicates many believe patient care suffered during Covid
In a new survey from the Massachusetts Nurses Association, over 80% of registered nurses said that the quality of patient care in hospitals has significantly worsened over the last two years due to the pandemic. Read More
Read MoreForm D Friday: Stealth game platform, crypto startup each raise $3M
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 MoreHeBo Family Foods, maker of Landry’s Meat Pies, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
For the year, Boston has recorded 17 business bankruptcy filings. Read More
Read MoreShe built a business making healthy snacks she couldn’t find in stores
Amanda Gilman’s TMJ and inability to find healthy snacks on the go led to a one-woman business. Her snacks are now in more than 200 stores nationwide, including Whole Foods. Read More
Read MoreHow much Best Buy & IBM paid for Boston startups
BostInno found a couple of deals where large, public companies acquired Boston startups and the financial details flew under the radar. Read More
Read MoreSimpliSafe plans to hire in Boston after $200M in new funding
SimpliSafe Inc. plans to hire 100 new people in Boston this year, particularly software engineers, as the home security platform raised $200 million in debt funding. Read More
Read MoreLots of small solar projects gets Mass. to 10th in national ranking
Massachusetts doesn’t seem an ideal place for solar energy, being pretty far north, densely crowded and otherwise largely wooded and hilly. But thanks largely to incentives, the state ranks 10th nationwide in the amount of solar energy produced here. Read More
Read MoreBoston cybersecurity firm, nonprofit team up to offer defense training
SimSpace and the Advanced Cyber Security Center are teaming up to offer an advanced cyber defense training program to the state and leading financial, health care, tech and higher education institutions in the Boston region. Read More
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