Tag: Startups
Blue and green startups avoiding funding crunch
Over the past year, declining investments, layoffs and uncertainty about the future have plagued tech companies throughout the U.S. And while tech giants such...
Five Questions With: Tom Sperry
Tom Sperry | Co-founder and managing director, Rogue Venture Partners
1. Why did you launch Rogue Venture Partners, and what type of startups does it focus...
Five Questions With: Ashley Medeiros
1. How has the role of Innovation Studio’s involvement in Rhode Island evolved?
Innovation Studio began in Cambridge, Mass., as the Venture Café Foundation hosting...
Providence ranked 8th-worst startup city in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Providence was ranked the eighth-worst startup city in the U.S., according to recent data compiled by Clever Real Estate.
Data showed Providence has...
R.I. online food platform tries adding a real-life store
When Matthew Tortora was searching for fresh, local ingredients as a chef at the now-defunct Fish restaurant in Jamestown, he became frustrated by the...
Brown-based bike navigation app hits roads nationwide with public launch
PROVIDENCE – A cycling-focused navigation app co-founded by two seniors at Brown University had its public, nationwide launch this week.
The app, called Pointz and...
RIHub seeing increased demand from startups
PROVIDENCE – When RIHub recently decided to offer monthly office hours for entrepreneurs, the nonprofit was responding to a surge in interest from startups.
“We’re...
Business incubator born in response to COVID-19
Jo Lee’s new business was on the fast track to success.
In a single year, she’d transformed PopUp Rhody LLC from an idea into a...
Big-data policing amplifies bias and overreach
Video of police in riot gear clashing with unarmed protesters in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek...
Raimondo trip pays dividend
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s leadership of the Democratic Governor’s Association paid a local dividend with the recent signing of an agreement with Ben-Gurion University...
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