Wendy Hamilton was cruising along in her career as the global head of life sciences at Thomson Reuters when she got the call from her dad, William Hamilton. He told her was planning to step down as president of TechSmith, the... Read more »
Founder and CEO of Brooks Bell Inc.
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VP of Research and Special Initiatives, Google
Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint
Executive Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
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Wendy Hamilton was cruising along in her career as the global head of life sciences at Thomson Reuters when she got the call from her dad, William Hamilton. He told her was planning to step down as president of TechSmith, the... Read more »
Houston—Three years ago, when I first met Seamus Curran, he was one of the pioneer entrepreneurs coming out of the University of Houston’s Energy Research Park.
His startup, C-Voltaics, produced a chemical solution that could stain-proof wood, carpets, and... Read more »
The global workforce is in the early stages of a shift away from traditional 9-to-5 office jobs and toward more flexible freelance work, thanks to new technologies and preferences among younger workers.
The question is what a typical career will look... Read more »
We hope everyone enjoyed the long holiday weekend. After all the fireworks last night, it’s time to catch up on some of the hot news in Boston-area tech from the past week:
—Boston-based HourlyNerd said Tuesday it raised $22 million in... Read more »
Bristol-Myers Squibb has acquired cancer and rare disease drug developer Cormorant Pharmaceuticals, a deal that includes an early-stage cancer compound that could complement the way Bristol’s own immune-oncology treatments work.
New York-based Bristol (NYSE: BMY) said Tuesday that it has... Read more »
San Antonio—The founders of Rising Barn didn’t even know each other when they started working on what would become their San Antonio, TX-based company, which uses software to build affordable housing with designs developed by an architect.
Pegy Brimhall... Read more »
Happy Independence Day Weekend. (And Happy Canada Day to our neighbors to the north.) Xconomy Seattle is planning to harvest some Dungeness crab from Puget Sound, eat fresh berries in patriotic colors, and contemplate freedom in the midst of the craziest... Read more »
Since launching in 2013, Mequon, WI-based iDAvatars has mostly focused on applications for its intelligent virtual assistant software in the healthcare industry. That will likely change following the startup’s acquisition of CodeBaby, which has developed similar technology to iDAvatars’.
CodeBaby’s... Read more »
Here we are at the midpoint of 2016 already. Time to look back on the past six months—and some of the top stories of the year so far.
The following represent a cross-section of what Xconomy offers on a daily basis:... Read more »
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is marching forward in its pursuit of developing a pair of RNA interference drugs that aim to reduce the levels of a protein known to cause a type of rare disease that can harm the nervous system or the... Read more »
Challenge Detroit kicked off its fifth year this week, announcing the selection of 42 fellows—its largest cohort ever—for the 2016-2017 class, which will spend the next year building leadership skills and connecting with the community.
Challenge Detroit is a professional development... Read more »
The word of the week was “moonshot,” as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer initiative convened a summit in Washington, DC. At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said... Read more »
San Antonio—For those engaged in the ongoing saga of Uber and Lyft versus fingerprinting, the next date to mark is in October, at least in the Alamo City.
Uber, Lyft, and Get Me will be able to continue offering rides... Read more »
Bioventus, a company that develops treatments that harness the body’s own biology to help bones heal, is joining the list of life science firms lining up to go public.
The Durham, NC-based biotech company filed paperwork on Thursday for a $150... Read more »
Detroit-based digital marketing startup Quikly announced this week that it has closed on a new $3 million round of funding. Ann Arbor’s Plymouth Ventures led the round, with participation from PennStro Ventures, BRMR (a subsidiary of BDS Capital), Hyde Park... Read more »
Wisconsin Investment and Strategic Capital (WISC) Partners, a Madison, WI-based venture capital group formed to support early-stage companies in the state, has raised $8.2 million for its first fund, according to an SEC filing.
David Guinther, one of two general... Read more »
Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012.
They wanted to combine Hinshaw’s experience in starting and growing health... Read more »
[Corrected 6/30/16, 2:49 p.m. See below.] Google Capital’s $46.35 million investment in publicly traded Care.com, announced Wednesday, marked a departure from the firm’s usual bets on late-stage private companies and illustrated how the traditional lines in the venture capital... Read more »
As part of a national cancer “moonshot” initiative led by Vice President Joe Biden, the FDA said Wednesday it would retool the way it evaluates cancer treatments and tests.
But to what end?
The goals of the FDA’s new Oncology Center... Read more »
Inside our bodies, our cells move around, communicate, form new tissue, and heal wounds with the help of proteins called integrins. But when disease occurs, integrins get the wrong cues and do damage—they might help tumors grow, or promote inflammation or... Read more »
Syros Pharmaceuticals has a long way to go before it knows whether its drug discovery work will pay off. But insiders and Wall Street investors have given the firm’s efforts a boost, helping it go public Wednesday evening with a $50... Read more »
San Antonio — [Corrected 6/30/16, 9:52 a.m. See below.] The San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, one of several organizations working to promote business development in the Alamo City, has hired a new president and CEO: Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, an executive... Read more »
Co-Founder and CEO, 23andMe
Medical College of Wisconsin director of research commercialization
VP of Research & Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Co-Founder and CEO, DNAnexus
CEO of Dynamis Corporation