Erik Mellgren
Erik Mellgren is a Swedish journalist who worked for Xconomy Boston in 2008 as part of the Stanford Innovation Journalism Fellowship program. He is a 26-year veteran of Ny Teknik, a leading technology and innovation magazine in Sweden.
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The typical venture capital investor is still a white, middle-aged man. But the picture might be changing, albeit at a slow pace, according to a report released yesterday by Dow Jones and the... Read more »
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In March, we wrote about local investment firm Allied Minds, which has a strategy of investing very early in technology developed in university research labs. Today, Allied Minds announced that it has... Read more »
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If you want to search the Internet, you’ll probably use your PC rather than your cell phone. But that’s likely to change in the future, I was told the other night at... Read more »
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Software developer Aveksa, based in Waltham, MA, announced today that it will open a headquarters for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in London. Aveksa’s business is “enterprise access governance solutions”–in other... Read more »
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Two Boston area venture capital firms, Castile Ventures and Battery Ventures, both of Waltham, MA, have invested big in Agito Networks, a mobile technology company based in Sunnyvale, CA, the... Read more »
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Late last year a fire destroyed the biochemistry department at the Southern University of Chile and dealt a severe blow to its researchers. But thanks to Seeding Labs, a non-profit based in Cambridge,... Read more »
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The newly-formed Clinical Research Consortium of Massachusetts has signed an agreement with the government of the Lombardy region in northern Italy to help make the area more attractive to drug companies... Read more »
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Biopharma company ImmunoGen, (NASDAQ: IMGN), of Waltham, MA, announced today that it has sold 7.8 million shares at $3.20 per share to Ziff Asset Management. ImmunoGen, which is expected to... Read more »
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Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ: ESLR) has signed two new long-term orders, valued at approximately $600 million, bringing the company’s total contractual backlog up to $1.7 billion. The new orders, combined... Read more »
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Battery Ventures of Waltham, MA, together with Gemini Israel Funds, has invested $11.4 million in Neocleus, a software company based in New Jersey. Neocleus makes software for PC networks that... Read more »
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Castile Ventures of Waltham, MA, together with Nexit Ventures, Walden International, and HIG Ventures, have invested $12.5 million in Funambol, a firm based Redwood City, CA, that develops... Read more »
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Cambridge, MA-based Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) announced today that it has applied for approval in the United States and the European Union of a new drug, Mozobil, that would aid the treatment... Read more »
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In four years’ time, New England can get $1 billion more in new cleantech investments, claims a report from the New England Clean Energy Council and the consulting firm Topline Strategy.... Read more »
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If you’re both profitable and growing at a rate of 400 percent for three years in a row, do you still need outside financing?
Yes, says Arthur Papas, CEO and co-founder of Bullhorn,... Read more »
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Computer users are a seasoned breed, accustomed to less-than-perfect service from their machines. That applications suddenly freeze, forcing you to restart your PC every once in a while, is just a reality of modern... Read more »
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Medical device and diagnostics company Hologic (NASDAQ: HOLX) of Bedford, MA, hopes to accelerate its growth in the diagnostics market. To that end, the company today announced an agreement to... Read more »
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If you’re concerned about global warming, what breakfast cereal should you buy to support the company with the best record on greenhouse gas emissions? Soon, you might be able to make... Read more »
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Ten cities, mainly inside the famous Route 128 belt around Boston, dominate New England’s digital economy, according to a survey released today by MITX, the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange.... Read more »
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Soon, transatlantic flights may no longer be a safe haven from the daily grind of e-mail and the Web. AeroSat, an aviation communications company based in Amherst, NH, has developed a broadband... Read more »
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Virtualization software company VMware today announced that it will buy B-hive Networks of San Mateo, CA.
VMware, a Palo Alto, CA-based subsidiary of Hopkinton, MA, storage giant EMC, makes software for both desktop... Read more »
