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The John Brown House in Providence is known for brick Georgian architecture and its namesake’s place in 18th-century Rhode Island – not fire alarms or wireless technology.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Forbes Magazine has named Swipley Inc. one of “America’s Most Promising Companies.” Swipely, which was founded in 2009, is the first Rhode Island company to make the list.
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Brown University senior David Emanuel garnered some attention for a student business called Lock’d when he won first place in the statewide Elevator Pitch competition at Johnson & Wales University’s Harborside Campus in Providence on Dec. 5.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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In late January, GTECH Corp.’s Rome-based parent company Lottomatica Group SpA announced its decision to re-brand to GTECH SpA, pending shareholder approval. Along with the name change, the group also announced plans to reorganize its business structure from units focusing on their respective products to focusing on geographic regions: the Americas, Italy and international.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Much has changed since Cherrystone Angel Group in 2004 became the first angel investment vehicle to surface in Rhode Island, perhaps nothing so much as how prominent the entrepreneurial community has become in the region.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Amgen Inc., one of the world’s biggest biotechnology companies, will spend as much as $180.5 million for the right to develop cancer drugs using nanotechnology from closely held Bind Biosciences.
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By Elizabeth Lopatto |
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Nabsys Inc., a life sciences company focused on the creation of a single-molecule platform for genomic analysis, has closed a $20 million Series D financing round, the company announced Wednesday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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There’s plenty that could go wrong with a business plan dependent on attracting small businesses to work in stacked shipping containers, beside a train track, near a busy convergence of highways pouring into downtown Providence.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Who couldn’t use a little extra motivation to get moving?
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By Rebecca Keister |
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GreenBytes Inc., a developer of virtual desktop and cloud-scale IO-offload and data deduplication solutions, has landed $7 million in a Series C funding round from General Investment Management LLC and Battery Ventures, the company announced Wednesday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |