Boston Startup Community News & Content

Looking at some data, firing off some e-mails, and making some phone calls to understand what’s shaking in the local innovation economy as we head into the first full work week of March . . . To understand Boston’s shift from a tech-driven town to one focused on health care, all you need to do

Business incubators tend to be buzzing hives of young disrupters. But a new co-working space for startups in Kendall Square is aiming for a different vibe. Agency, ramping up in a hip new Cambridge Innovation Center building at 245 Main St., styles itself as a “global longevity collective.” It’s designed as a gathering place for

Circle, one of the biggest cryptocurrency startups in the U.S., is seeking to raise about $250 million in a combination of equity and debt, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans. If it succeeds, Circle would be the latest in a series of cryptocurrency firms to raise money as they grapple with

Cambridge startup Jobcase, a professional network for blue-collar workers, has raised $100 million in new funding — more than five times its previous total. The massive cash infusion, led by investment firm Providence Strategic Growth, signals confidence in Jobcase’s ability to compete with LinkedIn and other more specialized networks such as WorkHands, which targets trade workers.

Polis founder Kendall Tucker began her professional life as a campaign organizer in local Democratic politics, but — seeing an opportunity in her one-on-one conversations with everyday folks — has built a business taking that shoe leather approach to political campaigns to the business world. Now the company she founded to test her thesis that […]

MassChallenge, the Boston-based nonprofit that offers grants and training to promising startups, is getting a new chief executive for the first time in its nine-year history. Siobhan Dullea will take the reins from John Harthorne, the founder of MassChallenge, who is departing to work on a for-profit project to help companies that have been through

NYC and Boston were handed huge setbacks this week when Amazon and GE decided to bail on their commitments to build headquarters in the respective cities on the same day. But it’s worth pointing out that while these large tech organizations were pulling out, Google was expanding in both locations. Yesterday upon hearing about Amazon’s decision […]

General Electric may have backed off its plans for Boston, but at least it’s not leaving town. A student loan startup in Boston eyes help from Capitol Hill. Deals, fundings, and founders moving on. The week in Boston tech is here: —A bill introduced this week in Congress could provide a boost to local student […]

Everyone loves the frenetic energy Boston’s startup ecosystem. You could go for days jumping from networking event to networking event, eating free pizza and sipping microbrews while talking with like-minded entrepreneurs about the latest trends. But that kind of energy, while intoxicating, doesn’t always help build strong, thoughtful networks that will help a company get