Latest News July 9, 2008

Cambridge investors pump $13M into Accuri Cytometers

Two Cambridge private equity firms, Flagship Ventures and Fidelity Biosciences, have led a $13 million third-round financing of life sciences company Accuri Cytometers Inc. to expand commercialization of its cell analysis tool.

GT Solar expands IPO plans to $500M

GT Solar Inc., a manufacturer of photovoltaic equipment, has boosted the amount it intends to raise to almost $500 million in an initial public offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

PerkinElmer chief scientist Marshak to lead China operations

Daniel Marshak, senior vice president and chief scientific officer at PerkinElmer Inc., has added a third position, president of Greater China operations, responsible for leading new product development and overall operations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Codon Devices partners for algae-made ethanol

Codon Devices Inc. has announced a multi-year partnership with Naples, Fla., biofuel tech firm Algenol Biofuels to develop biofuels from algae, relying on Codon’s “BioLogic” protein engineering platform.

Anika Therapeutics irons out U.S. distribution deal with Artes Medical

Tissue therapeutics company Anika Therapeutics Inc. has signed an exclusive deal with Artes Medical Inc. of San Diego to distribute and market Elevess, Anika’s wrinkle filler.

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The PITCH

LOCATION INC.

Headquarters: Woonsocket, R.I.
Employees: 6
Founded: 2002
The Pitch: Location Inc.’s product is NeighborhoodScout, a search engine for neighborhoods intended to help homebuyers focus their house hunt.
Web: www.neighborhoodscout.com

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Health-care websites finding new life as online interactive communities

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From the July 4, 2008 Print Edition

From Web 2.0 has come Health 2.0, the next generation of health information sites that, beginning a decade ago, initially provided users with static information but that, with time, have morphed into an interactive community of patients and doctors sharing and using health-care records and information.

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Signature Programs

Women to Watch 2009

Mass High Tech’s Women to Watch program honors 10 New England-based women each year who are leading the way in entrepreneurship, technological innovation and lifelong learning. Read the profiles from the most recent publication, and be sure to nominate someone for Women to Watch 2009 before it’s too late!

Mass High Tech All Stars

Nominations are open as we gear up for Mass High Tech's 13th Annual All-Stars roster. Identify your industry's key players so we can fill our 2008 Mass High Tech All-Stars lineup card with winners.

Individuals will be selected from such sectors as: Advanced Energy, Biotech, Education, Electronics, Hardware, Internet, Medical Devices, Software and Telecommunications. In addition, we'll name players to the Bullpen (which could include lawyers, financiers, public policy makers, association representatives or others who help our high tech industries thrive).

If you have an All-Star worthy of being honored, let us know about him or her by Aug. 22. Winners will be honored this fall at an invitation only dinner reception at a location to be determined on Oct. 30, and profiled in a special section included in our Oct. 24th issue.

Tech Dealmakers

Mass High Tech and the Association for Corporate Growth Boston (ACG) announced the winners of the 2007 Tech Dealmaker Awards at the ACG Boston 2007 Tech conference Wednesday night. This is the first year for these awards that honor and recognize the most interesting, most complex and largest financial transactions involving New England-based high tech companies. The winners are also featured in a special supplement in Mass High Tech's Friday, Dec. 7 issue. Read the full article »

Tech Citizenship: Alive and well in New England

Mass High Tech annually honors New England technology companies that use their innovation to improve their communities as part of our Tech Citizenship section and related awards event. This week, we highlight 19 such companies for their charitable efforts in 2006. Read profiles of each company and learn how they met the criteria to be named a Tech Citizen. Their stories offer ideas from which we can all learn.