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Dashlane can now track employees’ password health over time
Dashlane is introducing a new dashboard that gives businesses historical perspective on the health of their employees'...
Nvidia acquires Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion
Nvidia confirmed that it is acquiring processor architecture firm Arm from Softbank for $40 billion. The deal confirms weeks of...
After COVID, a hub-and-spoke office style could become the norm
Most experts agree that a hybrid home/office work model will be the new norm for companies. And this will change the real estate...
Why your team should be engaging with policy makers — now more than ever
A single change in policy can transform the trajectory of your organization or even your industry as a whole. It's critical to...
iOS 14: What developers need to know
Not sure what to expect when iOS 14 releases, or what you and your team should be doing to prepare? This guide will help game...
If Nvidia buys Arm, how open will it remain?
Nvidia is rumored to be in talks to buy Arm for more than $40 billion from SoftBank, according to a report in the Wall Street...
Why Apple’s anti-tracking move hurts everyone … but Apple
Apple’s limit on ad tracking is not only monopolistic but also harmful to the very stakeholders who made Apple’s...
Why niche SaaS scales so well
The market for vertical SaaS is strong, tripling in the last decade. And even niche verticals are proving they can be...
Blightbound interview: Dungeon-running, Early Access-style
Blightbound is a darker multiplayer co-op game, but that's not the only thing different for Ronimo Games' approach to its latest...
Facebook adds new requirement for Oculus Quest sideloading
Facebook is requiring a new step to sideload content on the Oculus Quest standalone headset. This change begins October 8.Read...
NPA News
Let’s accelerate clean tech
Hi all!
According to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), Massachusetts needs 38,100 workers to transition to a clean energy state.
Their webinar forecasts thousands of new jobs by 2030 to meet the state’s decarbonization goals.
Tiny robots and lots of exciting new startups
I hope all my American friends are enjoying their Independence Day Holiday. We are off to a great barbecue with friends.
Barbecue and beer aside for a moment, this is pretty exciting. A group of MIT engineers are developing new Soft Robots made of fiber-based actuators and magnetic elastomer composite helical structures that move when exposed to unidirectional magnetic fields. I can think of some pretty interesting applications.
Summer fun and Boston startups are doing great in exits and raising money
Summer is coming, and we started celebrating it with some of our Boston team. Can’t wait to do it more often and with more of our colleagues.
Big manufacturing investments
Has it stopped raining yet? I am digressing, here is some good US news!
Need funding, look at these Solo GPs
Hi all!
Come and meet the NPA team at the FORGE Spring Startup Showcase on Apr. 13 at 3DEXPERIENCE Lab at Dassault Systèmes in Waltham, MA.
Let’s get past the SVB drama
Hi all!
Given all the SVB hype over the past few days, let’s focus on what we can control and celebrate the Boston Startup Ecosystem for what it is. It’s incredible, it’s resilient, and they want to make the world a better place!
Top 10 Hardware VCs and excellent Startup Accelerators
Hi all!
… did you miss us in January? We were changing our newsletter setup a bit and decided to start in February.
Mass beats California for IPOs this year.
We hope you all had some fantastic Holidays and are like us now, preparing to party well into 2023 tonight. What a great year at NPA!
Boston produces the most startup founders
Boy, are we late this month, but we were pretty busy. Keep a lookout for some very exciting NPA news. We have been working on this for ~12 months, and it’s finally coming all together.
Lots of fresh dough for Boston startups
If you like tech and independent journalism, you might already have heard of Nicholas Thomson, the CEO at The Atlantic.
