Boston Roundup: Covestor, Smart Lunches, Spark, Matrix, CareCloud

A smattering of fundraising news from companies and investors around the Boston area, and beyond:

—Covestor, a Boston-based online investing marketplace, has raised $12.75 million in private investment. The... Read more »

Amid Flashier Projects, Is Google Finally Serious About Enterprise?

Google was back on the stump Tuesday, trying to convince enterprise software buyers that it really, truly cares about their business.

Amit Singh, the president of Google’s enterprise business, took the... Read more »

Can CEOs Win Without Being Jerks? RunKeeper’s Jason Jacobs at XSITE

Unless they’re insanely lucky, pretty much every worker bee out there has a horrifying tale of a despicable boss.

They rule through threats, intimidation, and political gamesmanship. They’re unpredictable. And when... Read more »

Jazz Lessons for Startup Success: Dyn CEO Jeremy Hitchcock at XSITE

Dyn is one of those boring-but-important players that make the online economy possible.

Big names like Twitter, Tumblr, and Netflix rely on it to connect millions of users with their... Read more »

Boston Roundup: Grousbeck, ConnectEDU, Certica, Content Raven

Updated 2 pm
Some interesting bits of fundraising and buyout news from around the Boston-area innovation scene:

—Boston Celtics CEO and co-owner Wyc Grousbeck is starting a new investment fund... Read more »

Edtech Acclerator LearnLaunchX Names First Class

Summer’s here, but that doesn’t mean the focus on schooling stops—at least not in the Boston area, where education is big business and a driving force in regional culture.

Today, a... Read more »

Facebook Ad Startup Brand Networks Gets $68M to Fuel Growth

A year after Facebook went public in the most anticipated tech IPO of its generation, money is pouring into companies that might help the social network deliver more profits to its... Read more »

Boston Roundup: Affirmed Networks, BitSight, Mobiquity, Spark Capital

It’s suddenly a busy week for fundraising news around the Boston-area innovation scene, and it’s only half over:

—Affirmed Networks, an Acton, MA-based startup that sells software for improving... Read more »

Amazon’s Grocery Expansion: A Match Made in Sales-Tax Heaven

In Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, people are pretty used to the sight of bright green Amazon Fresh trucks zipping around the city, loaded down with containers and bags full of groceries... Read more »

How Carbonite, EMC Beat a Patent Troll Tied to Intellectual Ventures

[Updated 6/4, see below.] Intellectual Ventures, the controversial patent licensing company headed by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, is under the microscope again. And a pair of Boston-area... Read more »

With Big Bucks Chasing Big Data, Will Consumers Get a Cut?

As consumers, we’re often told a stampede of “big data” will soon make our lives better.

Safer and cheaper healthcare, more effective government, lower prices at the corner store—it’s all possible... Read more »

Boston Roundup: Nuance, Twitter, Carbonite, NuoDB, Adelphic

[Updated 4:20 pm] An acquisition, a product launch, some executive shuffles, and more in this collection of recent tech-news headlines from around the Boston area:

—Nuance Communications,... Read more »

NVCA: Venture Capital Finally Returned More Than It Took in 2012

It’s no secret that venture capital has struggled since the dot-com implosion. The latest dispatch from the industry’s U.S. trade group, however, says there might be some promising signs of better... Read more »

Twitter Shows Off Bluefin Labs Buy with New TV Ad Targeting

When Twitter landed in Boston earlier this year it didn’t mess around, spending around $200 million for two startups. And we’re starting to see more of the payoff for that... Read more »

TechStars Boston Demo Day: Four Startups Taking Innovation Offline

TechStars Boston has officially unleashed its latest group of early stage companies, 14 startups with well-practiced pitches and big hopes. And this time around, several companies stood out for their... Read more »

Boston Roundup: Adelphic, SoundBite, MIT $100K, Acquia, & More

[Updated 12:55 pm] A CEO swap, some corporate M&A, student entrepreneurship, increased sales numbers, fundraising, and general deal-making in this quick trip through some Boston-area innovation headlines:

—Mobile advertising... Read more »

Boston Roundup: Skyword, SimpleTuition, Jelly, Pebble, MIT

A smattering of fundraising announcements involving Boston-area companies and investors, along with a student entrepreneurship program in this collection of local news tidbits:

—Skyword, a Boston-based marketing company that... Read more »

Tableau Shares Jump More Than 50% in IPO

No question, traders in the stock market knew there was going to be an appetite for shares of data visualization provider Tableau Software. But that hunger for business-tech IPO stocks is even... Read more »

Tableau Software to Reap $155M from IPO at $31 per Share

Wall Street’s hunger for business-tech companies is on display again with the initial public offering of Seattle-based Tableau Software.

Tableau, a provider of data-visualization software, begins trading today (NYSE: DATA... Read more »

Cambridge Innovation Center Strikes Deal for St. Louis Expansion

The Boston area’s best-known startup hub is taking another big step in its national expansion plans.

The Cambridge Innovation Center, an all-in-one office space and services provider that houses some... Read more »