Archive for May 2023
Drift hires new CFO from another private equity-backed firm
Tim Redfern, 45, joined Drift as chief financial officer last week. He’s succeeding Jim Kelliher, who was with Drift for over five years. Read More
Read MoreMass. insurance regulators investigate Point32Health data breach
Officials want to ensure that the situation is being properly addressed because a data breach could affect the financial condition of an insurer. Read More
Read MoreAfter a year of optimism, women founders find funding elusive
Female and minority founders experienced few investor meetings and increased startup scrutiny in 2022, as 2021 optimism fades. Read More
Read MoreAs cannabis industry nears saturation, Insa continues to grow
Insa has grown to have the maximum number of licenses and five dispensary sites, the most out of any other cannabis business, according to state data. Read More
Read MoreForm Energy celebrates groundbreaking of big battery plant in West Virginia
Form Energy, the Somerville-based firm that is building a utility-scale battery factory in West Virginia, marked the next big milestone in its development with a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of a steel plant. Read More
Read MoreHundreds of jobs cut at First Republic Bank by new owner JPMorgan Chase
About 15% of the San Fransisco-based bank’s workforce will lose their jobs. Read More
Read MoreThis Boston ad firm just moved downtown. But don’t call its new digs an ‘office.’
Allen & Gerritsen and its chief executive, Andrew Graff, are using a new term to describe its workplace., retiring "office" from their lexicon. Read More
Read MoreFormer HubSpot VP takes on her first CEO role at wellness software company
Kim Walsh rose through the ranks at HubSpot from inbound growth specialist to global VP of GTM partnerships and then guided sales, partnerships and customer success at Apollo.io. Read More
Read MoreMeet the two new hires at the State House working toward climate goals
Two new Healey administration appointees are tasked with meeting aggressive carbon-emissions goals. Here’s how they plan to do it. Read More
Read MoreCleantech is on the rise. Here are the local startups we’re watching.
Greater Boston is known as a hub for climate tech companies. But in the last few years, the entrepreneurs in this field have upped their game. Read More
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