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52 Boston Startups Net $1.5 Billion+ In May

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Boston’s biotech industry raised more than $1.5 billion in venture capital funding in May, BostInno reported. BostInno reported that fundraising for new investments by venture capital and private equity firms was less but still evident. Below are the startups that raised capital in May, according to data compiled by BostInno.

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Mastercard acquires data platform SessionM to help brands boost customer loyalty

Bank Innovation

Payments giant Mastercard has acquired Boston-based SessionM, a nine-year-old software company that helps clients improve customer relationships through data analysis.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

CB Insights

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates

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With blizzard Stella faded like Blanche Dubois’ southern charm, Boston still had its winter chill. But on the second day of Innovation Project 2017, eyes were beyond Beantown and cast toward the world at large. What would a discussion about payments, innovation, cybersecurity and all manner of commerce be without a few laughs?

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Niche B2B Startups Surprise With High-Value Funding

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Word on the street is that B2B startups may be landing on the same path as B2C startups when it comes to the venture capital wells drying up. It could explain India’s rare absence from our B2B Venture Capital Roundup this week. Instead, the funding landed in the U.S., eProcurement.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

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Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Kenna said it plans to use the funds to expand its team, focus on sales and continue innovation efforts. Cybersecurity.

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Cable Startup Layer3 Bets Against Streaming

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Consumers haven’t had a young innovative company to provide [pay TV] services to them since the mid-1990s, when Dish and DirectTV came on the scene.”. Data from the Pew Research Center shows that one in seven Americans have dropped their cable services as prices continue to rise.