Web Development News

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

ELERTS launches MBTA security app
Braintree software company ELERTS, which is focused on emergency response tools involving high-speed mobile networks, smartphone technology and social media, has developed an iPhone app with the MBTA to help support the MBTA’s “See Something, Say Something” public safety campaign.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Single Digits gets $10M, targets healthcare, education
Single Digits Inc. in Manchester, N.H., which creates software for hotels, retail stores and organizations to manage high speed Internet access, has received $10 million in funding from Boston-based Tudor Growth Equity, the private equity arm of Tudor Investment Corp.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

GrabCAD launches new service, plans to hire new execs
Cambridge-based startup GrabCAD isn’t content to sit back and enjoy the success it’s had so far — such as more than doubling the number of engineers using its CAD model library since the end of last year and a string of products designed for manufacturers through the site.

Monday, May 14, 2012

SMTP boosts confidence with sale of shares
SMTP Inc. (OTCBB: SMTP) of Cambridge, a cloud-based global email marketing and delivery company, is touting increased confidence from its investors after receiving $500,000 in cash for the sale of 800,000 shares of common stock to Public Financial Services, LLC, which exercised an outstanding warrant.

Friday, May 4, 2012

PayPal ‘data science’ grows in Boston
Yesterday I caught up with Mok Oh, PayPal’s chief scientist, who joined the eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) subsidiary last year in its acquisition of Where Inc., a venture-backed location-based media company based in Boston.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Activate Networks raises last $1M of Series A round
Analytics company Activate Networks Inc. in Newton has raised the final $1 million of a Series A round that began in August of 2012, according to CEO Lawrence Miller.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Locu gets $4M Series A fundraise
Cambridge-based Locu, launched from Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s lab at MIT, has announced a $4 million Series A round of venture capital led by General Catalyst Partners.
Content Raven launches cloud product, seeks CEO
Marlborough-based Content Raven today announced the launch of its flagship product, a business-to-business, cloud-based content control and analytics system which aims to help businesses maintain control over intellectual property.
Care.com ventures into Europe with new subsidiary
Busy mom Sheila Lirio Marcelo was looking for care for her two sons, her father and the family pet when she decided to help fill her need while also finding a way to help others looking for caregivers. She launched Care.com, an online forum that enables users to find and connect with caregivers.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Cloze raises $1.2M from three VC firms
A stealth Cambridge startup that aims to help businesspeople find more meaningful connections with potential partners and clients has received $1.2 million in seed money from three venture capital firms, according to federal filings.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Tim Berners-Lee’s WWW Foundation appoints new CEO
The World Wide Web Foundation, formed by inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, has tapped Anne Jellema to replace Steve Bratt as its new CEO effective May 5. Founded in 2008, the Foundation, which has a location in Geneva and Boston, provides in-the-field training to help create Web services, advancement of Web research, and technology to make the Web accessible to all.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

NextCloud Inc. expands to Connecticut, raises $1.2M
NextCloud Inc., a Sacramento, Calif.-based cloud services provider, has received its first outside investment and will open a site in Connecticut in the next month or two, according to Founder John Reeves.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Flybridge Capital leads $5M investment in Crashlytics
Cambridge-based Crashlytics Inc. has received a $5 million Series A round of funding from investors including Flybridge Capital Partners and Baseline Ventures, the company announced on its blog.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Promoboxx gets $290K to boost retailers' campaigns
Promoboxx Inc. of Boston, a Web-based retail marketing startup, has received a $290,000 seed round, according to federal filings today.
SilverRail pushes forward with $15M fundraise
SilverRail Technologies, Inc. in Woburn, a rail travel booking technology company, is going full steam ahead with $15 million equity fundraise, according to federal documents filed today.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Boston’s Padmatcher lands early stage funding
A new startup company hoping to play matchmaker for apartment seekers has landed its first round of early stage funding to do it. Boston-based Padmatcher Inc. is an apartment rental website that enables users to match apartments.
Fiksu expands with Northampton office
Fiksu Inc., a Boston-based mobile application platform company, said today that it has opened a new office in Northampton that will initially be home to seven new employees.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Embed.ly gets $320K in seed funding
Boston-based Embed.ly Inc., which creates embedded content for any URL on the Web, received a $320,000 seed round of debt funding, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Monotype Imaging buys Bitstream font unit for $50M
Less than a week after Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. Received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice to acquire the font business unit of Bitstream Inc., the company has completed its $50 million acquisition.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Warner Music taps Acquia to build artists’ social sites
Acquia Inc. has launched a new enterprise platform for companies to create and manage content-rich social websites and signed on Warner Music Group.