http://www.masshightech.com/latestnews.html Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology : breaking news from Mass High Tech Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:33:15 -0500 en-US http://www.masshightech.com/ http://www.masshightech.com/images/flag.gif http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily55-Maine-startups-projects-land-seed-grants.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The Maine Technology Institute reports it has given out a total of more than $111,000 in a round of seed grants to technology companies in Maine. The MTI gives up to $12,500 in awards six times a year, requiring a one-to-one match of funds, staff time, equipment or other resources from the startups. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily49-Boston-Heart-Lab-pumped-with-new-funds-jobs-office-space.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology It's not the type of story you hear often in the life sciences — a startup raises $2.9 million over two years, then becomes profitable. But that’s what just happened to Boston Heart Lab, a Framingham-based company that makes a diagnostic test for heart disease. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily42-Biotech-startup-Ligon-Discovery-attracts-1M-in-VC-funds.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Cambridge startup Ligon Discovery Inc. reports it has landed $1 million in funding from incTank Ventures. The biotechnology company said it plans to use the funding to screen more than 100 proteins to determine their viability as drugs. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily33-EveryZing-makes-second-name-change-to-Ramp.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology EveryZing Inc. is undergoing the second name change of its short career thus far. The Woburn-based maker of video search technology, originally introduced in 2006 as Podzinger, is now called Ramp Inc., the company announced this morning. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/weekly6-Squeelr-brings-anonymous-microblogging-to-the-iPhone-front.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Matt Mankins, who is working on two Internet startups while running a bookstore that served as a test for a third, has created his latest startup, Squeelr, as an anonymous microblogging platform made for the iPhone. Mankins could see the platform being used for anonymous whistleblowing. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/weekly1-Industrial-energy-efficiency-projects-land-155M-Chamber-advises-cutting-capital-gains-for-startups.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The Department of Energy awarded $155 million in economic stimulus funds for 41 projects to improve energy efficiency at industrial facilities. Also, the state should do more to guard its higher education sector’s advantage over other states in lucrative innovation, avoiding taxes on university endowments and cutting capital gains taxes on startup companies. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily28-Dataupia-CEO-Hinshaw-Rumors-of-shutdown-untrue.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Foster Hinshaw reports he is back in the corner office at Dataupia Inc., the data warehousing startup he founded three years ago, and the company is doing fine. In an interview today, Hinshaw dismissed reports, which had circulated since the summer, that the company was winding down operations and holding a fire sale of its assets. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily27-Scvngr-maps-fast-path-to-doubling-staff-size.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Scvngr Inc. is on track to make $1 million in revenue in its first year of existence, but founder and “chief ninja” Seth Priebatsch doesn’t think that’s enough of a growth curve. So the company will be doubling in size from 20 to 40 employees in the next two months. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily23-Techstars-Boston-plans-spring-startup-program.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology After holding its first session here over the summer, Techstars Boston will shift its 2010 Boston session to the springtime in order to provide better access to mentors. In 2010, the Boulder, Colo.-based technology startup incubator will kick off its Boston program in March and wrap up in June. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily22-Startup-Watch-Five-you-should-follow.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology As part of each week’s Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies, and their business goals, that are profiled in the New England Tech Directory. Included in this week’s Startup Report: Boston Heart Lab, Common Soles, Life Images, Tiverias Apps and uTest.