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Kibits Responds to Popular Demand, Releases Android-native App

May 17, 2012
Publisher: BostInno

Ask Kibits, and you shall receive. Today the Cambridge-built micro-network app will be expanding its demographics with the unveiling of an Android version (pictured left) of its already-popular iOS software. The main reason behind the expansion? User requests.  The release will be a custom...

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Category: BostInno, Kibits, Matt Cutler

Chris Lynch, former Vertica chief executive, joins up with Atlas Venture

May 16, 2012
Publisher: Innovation Economy

Not even two months after announcing his intention to become an active angel in the "big data" sector, former Vertica CEO Chris Lynch is joining Atlas Venture, the Cambridge VC firm.  What gives? Lynch told me yesterday that he felt compelled to sign on with a VC firm because he'd been...

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Category: Atlas Venture, Chris Lynch, Innovation Economy

CloudTop, Ketchup, Todd Park, & A New President: An MIT Recap

May 16, 2012
Publisher: Xconomy

It’s been an eventful 24 hours for MIT.  The university held the finale of its $100K Entrepreneurship Competition last night, naming CloudTop the grand prize winner.  The company comes from the Web/IT track of the competition and is developing an application allowing users to access of all their online...

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Category: CloudTop, MIT $100K, Xconomy

GrabCAD to launch new service for engineers, hire exec team

May 15, 2012
Publisher: Boston Business Journal

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...

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Category: Boston Business Journal, GrabCad, Hardi Meybaum

Mass. IPOs don’t create many angel investors

May 13, 2012
Publisher: Innovation Economy

This month’s initial public offering of Facebook will mint a lot of new multimillionaires. No doubt they will spend some of their wealth on fast cars, private jets, jumbo-size boats, and stunning vacation spreads in Hawaii.  But as is the Silicon Valley tradition, they’ll also put some of it into a new generation of...

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Category: Chris Lynch, Dave Balter, Innovation Economy, Jean Hammond, Jennifer Lum, Jit Saxena, Jon Pierce, Steve Papa

'Big data' community hacking center to open in Cambridge

May 11, 2012
Publisher: Boston Business Journal

A new community space aiming to stimulate "big data" talent and startups in the Boston area, Hack/Reduce, is aiming to open in June after raising more than $500,000 from seven local venture capital firms and other backers.  The space, likely to be located in Cambridge, will offer free...

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Category: Boston Business Journal, Frederic Lalone, hack/reduce, Hopper

The 8 Lucky Teams Who’ve Made it to the Final Round of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

May 11, 2012
Publisher: BostInno

This year, 215 teams submitted to the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, competing in six different tracks: Mobile, Web/IT, Products & Services, Life Sciences, Energy and the Emerging Markets. After narrowing the pool down to 50 semi-finalists, Managing Directors Alice Francis and Adam Borelli...

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Category: BostInno, MIT $100K

Modo Labs, One Year Into Kurogo, Talks Mobile and Education Tech Trends

May 10, 2012
Publisher: Xconomy

Lately there has been a lot of talk about education technology in these parts. For example, MIT and Harvard are about to put more classes online with their new, $60 million edX partnership. But are universities really taking advantage of the latest tech trends? Though they were early adopters of the Web...

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Category: Andrew Yu, Modo Labs, Xconomy

CoachUp readies for launch, aiming to connect aspiring athletes with private coaches

May 9, 2012
Publisher: Innovation Economy

A Cambridge native who played professional hoops in Israel is getting ready to launch a new online marketplace for private coaches. CoachUp founder Jordan Fliegel took the wraps off a test version of the site recently — and among more than 100 golf, squash and baseball coaches on CoachUp, you'll...

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Category: CoachUp, Innovation Economy, Jordan Fliegel

Kyruus Takes Big Data Approach to Identify Qualified Physicians

May 4, 2012
Publisher: Xconomy

Hospitals typically check patients in with one system, track their healthcare with another, and process insurance claims with yet another. Boston-based Kyruus is looking to pull together all these different data points and many more to help healthcare providers tackle patient care more efficiently...

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Category: Kyruus, Xconomy