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Get your marketing emails into customer inboxes with Kirim Email
SPONSORED JOBS: Email marketing has been around just about as long as email itself has. Ever since there has been an inbox,...
Get your marketing emails into customer inboxes with Kirim Email
SPONSORED JOBS: Email marketing has been around just about as long as email itself has. Ever since there has been an inbox,...
Sonic the Hedgehog marks 30th birthday with an encyclo-speed-ia and other merch
Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating his 30th birthday next year, with 2021 marking the milestone anniversary of his 1991 debut for...
Idriverplus raises over $14.6 million for autonomous street cleaners and cars
Beijing-based self-driving startup Idriverplus raised $14.6 million in funding to further develop its autonomous robot and...
Boston Dynamics CEO talks profitability and the company’s next robots
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter discusses profitability; Spot, Pick, Handle, and Atlas; the company's broader roadmap,...
Nvidia researchers detail AI-powered clinical speech transcription system
In a new paper, Nvidia researchers describe a system that automatically transcribes speech from clinical patients and maps it to...
August 2020 NPD: Madden and UFC supercharge U.S. game sales
Consumers spent $3.3 billion on video game hardware, software, and accessories in August, according to industry-tracking firm...
The promise of voice AI in game development
AI voices are sounding more realistic today than ever before in the history of synthetic voice technology -- and this could be a...
Conductive VC raises $150 million for (mostly) enterprise software and hardware startups
Conductive Ventures has raised $150 million for its second venture capital fund with a focus on funding enterprise software and...
Airtable raises $185 million to grow its low-code app platform
No-code development platform Airtable raised $185 million at a $2.5 billion valuation, which the startup plans to use to expand...
NPA News
$17.4 billion funding for Massachusetts startups
Massachusetts startups raised a record $17.4 billion in VC funding during the first six months of 2021.
New CEOs, Mega Rounds and good ol’ Ops News
Just when my airline awards account hit rock bottom, I saw this CNN report on a 2021 finalist of the Crystal Cabin Awards. Just when my airline awards account hit rock bottom, I saw this CNN report on a 2021 finalist of the Crystal Cabin Awards. The name sounds interesting, “Chaise Longue Economy Seat”, but geez, imagine being at the bottom row and the dude in the top row lets one rip.
Who let the pigs out?
It’s amazing how Boston has already changed with the latest relaxations in Covid precautions. It will be such an epic summer, and we can’t wait for the borders to open soon again.
NFTs are a huge hit.
Somewhat unrelated to what we do………
If you are new to NFTs, you might want to read this article from The Verge to get acquainted with this technology trend.
A new Boston Billionaire, of course, he has a startup- Duh
According to the Boston Business Journal, Jason Robins, CEO and co-founder of DraftKings, became part of the elusive “Three-Comma Club”.
2021 will be a great year
Ouch, this guy threw away a digital wallet with 7,500 Bitcoins, now worth ~$375M, and he wants it back badly.
Mining for coin just got real…at the local landfill.
NPA’s Startups To Watch In 2021 & A Cool $2B investment
Lots of exciting news this month! First off, we announced the NPA’s Startups to watch in 2021. Check these companies out.
Leaving 2020 in Style, see which Hardware Startups
The 2020 NPA’s Hardware Startups to watch raised $1.3B this year!
One went IPO, one became a Unicorn, and many won awards, forged new alliances, and were able to significantly grow their businesses.
Hardware Startups to watch in 2021
Happy Thanksgiving week all!
There are a few items we cherish at NPA, amongst them are friends, family and excellent food. For these, we have much to celebrate later this week.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! Here is to using innovative and fun ways to connect with our families and friends that might not be able to visit in person this year. Teach your Grandma how to use Snapchat filters, it’s hilarious.
Startups- NASA, Bucket Seats & good Engineering
Welcome to Fall! It’s sweater weather, some horror flicks are popping up and the Indian Summer in Boston could sure use a few more warm days. It may be hard to believe, but we are just one week away before the US election. Go Vote!
