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 »

Boston Roundup: Matrix, Grommet & Rakuten, Ambient, Summer@Highland

Updated 10 a.m. with new item
Some news on VC fundraising, startup investment, corporate layoffs, and student entrepreneurship in this midweek rundown of items to catch up on:

—Matrix... Read more »

Cloudant Raises $12M from Rackspace and Others, Opens SF Office

There’s some more fuel for the online database arms race today: Boston-based Cloudant has secured a new $12 million investment round.

The money will bankroll Cloudant’s general growth, which includes a new... Read more »

LogMeIn’s Xively: An Amazon Web Services for the Internet of Things?

A couple of years back, business software company LogMeIn bought a little startup called Pachube. This happens all the time, of course—a public company snapping up a small fry, hoping... Read more »

Amid Ridesharing Wars, Hailo Sticks to Cabs (and Loves It)

In the rush to revolutionize taxicabs, the hot new property isn’t a fancy black sedan or a network of hustling cabbies. Instead, digital entrepreneurs are suddenly racing toward the 21st century... Read more »

ExtremeReach Adds $50M from Spectrum to Expand Video Ad-Tech

Digital advertising hasn’t cracked the TV industry’s dominant market share yet. But some players are signaling a push for online ads, particularly video, to take a bigger slice of the... Read more »

Boston Roundup: EMC, MyEnergy, Nuance, Balter, ‘Midas’ VCs

Downsizing, buyouts, deals, and investors galore dot this run-through of recent news around the Boston area innovation sector:

—EMC is laying off about 1,000 people. The restructuring had been previously... Read more »

As HubSpot Eyes IPO, Here’s How It Stacks Up Against Competitors

There’s no more obvious IPO candidate among Boston-area technology companies than HubSpot—especially if you ask HubSpot.

The marketing software company, founded in 2006, has been keen to discuss its hopes... Read more »

Pebble, RunKeeper Team Up as Wearable Computing Gains Steam

Way back in 2012, when the folks behind the Pebble smartwatch were still trying to get their dream gadget built, a hunt began for applications that would show off the miniature... Read more »

Fantasy Sports, Real Money: Atlas Re-Ups with $7M in DraftKings

We’re in the middle of a frenzied period in major American sports: the NBA playoffs, the NHL playoffs, and regular-season Major League Baseball all competing for attention, along with the draft... Read more »

Boston Roundup: NEVYs, VMTurbo, Stackdriver, Cue Ball

Some awards, financing, and product launches to cover in this collection of Boston-area news items:

—The New England Venture Capital Association hosted its first-ever “Nevy” awards last night, at the... Read more »

Atlas Venture Raises $265M Fund, Touts Turnaround from Bloated Years

[Updated 1:15 pm, see below] Atlas Venture, a Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm that focuses on early stage tech and biotech companies, has raised a new $265 million... Read more »

Google Fiber Spurs Telcos to Action, but Monopoly Fears Linger

Google’s foray into offering super-fast Internet and TV service sure looks like the kind of thing that could grow into a vertical monopoly. But the reactions of established service providers are... Read more »

Cheezburger Lays Off 24, Restructures to Focus on Mobile

Cheezburger Network, which publishes well-known humor sites such as I Can Has Cheezburger and FAIL Blog, is laying off two dozen employees as it prepares to restructure for mobile-focused publishing.... Read more »

Rue La La’s Fischman Out as CEO—Joining Other Flash-Sales Execs

If you’re the CEO of a flash-sales fashion site, you might want to make sure your resume is in order. The career prospects are looking a little rocky right now.

Today,... Read more »

Man vs. Machine: Can Software Trump Editors in the Newsfeed Wars?

Suddenly, digital newsfeeds are the hottest thing in consumer tech.

Big tech companies have been frantically opening their wallets in recent weeks to buy out small startups making mobile-friendly applications that... Read more »

Schmidt: Google Glass Critics “Afraid of Change,” Society Will Adapt

Google Glass is just getting into the hands of developers, and you’re still many months away from seeing consumers walking around with the voice-activated computer display/camera devices on their faces.

So... Read more »