Mass High Tech News

The new institute will try to increase student enrollment in the sport leadership and administration program to 200-300 students annually by funding new faculty and academic support, as well as increasing scholarships.

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.

Members of the Boston venture capital community were loath to place blame on worsening economic conditions for OpenView’s decision to abandon its latest fund and part ways with its investment team.

A former researcher at the Open Agriculture Initiative is now suing the university claiming wrongful termination.

The Northern New Mexico lab was the first customer to receive production units of the Boston-area company's systems.

The strategy is part of the administration's new draft plan for the state's economic development, which also touches on the workforce as well as industries like life sciences and climatetech.

The startup, Liquid AI, emerged from stealth on Wednesday with $37.5 million in seed capital.

Advocates for the legislation say it would finally ensure investors were held to the same standards as other employers and workplaces in a time when there are still huge inequities in venture capital funding. Detractors have said it could lead investors to take fewer meetings with underrepresented founders in the first place.

In Rwanda, a group impacted by the genocide in 1994 and poverty formed Rungano-Ndota to support some of the region’s most vulnerable youth, empowering them as people and entrepreneurs.

Launched in 2019 by Nik Shah and Daniel Gedney, Cohere Capital closed its first $200 million fund in the spring of 2020.

The Boston startup raised an $8 million Series A financing led by Armory Square Ventures to expand throughout the country and internationally.

The music-streaming company is subletting some of its office space near Boston’s Government Center.

December's startup and tech events include the BostInno Fire Awards, a tech breakfast club, the NEVY Awards and more. We have all the details.

Layoffs are expected to start on Jan. 26 next year, affecting VM's location at 2 Avenue de Lafayette.

The top two executives at the company sold a record value of shares last month, the highest amount by dollar value sold in a single month at the sports betting company in more than two years.

Check out the 12 mergers and acquisitions of tech and life sciences companies BostInno reported on in November.

It was a slow month for venture capital funding in November, with Boston-area companies raising around $280 million by our count.

A techie gift guide, 'death parties' for shuttered startups, and more startups to watch in our latest National Beat.

Emails shared with BostInno show that WS is moving forward with its plan to operate District Hall as an innovation center for another decade.

This deal fits in with Whoop’s recent moves to invest in its new conversational digital fitness coach.