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Cogito Secures New Funding to Empower Better Agent and Customer Experiences
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cogito, the leader in real-time AI coaching and guidance for the enterprise, today announced it has secured new funding to help advance features aimed at better supporting agents in the contact center and improving customer experiences. The...
Agility Robotics Broadens Relationship with Amazon
CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agility Robotics, creator of the groundbreaking bipedal robot Digit, announced that Amazon will begin testing Digit for use in their operations. Digit will first be tested at Amazon’s robotics research and development facility just...
Amazon rolls out robotic system at Houston warehouse to speed up deliveries
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) said on Wednesday it was using a robotic system at one of its Houston warehouses to improve inventory management and speed up deliveries, building on its years-long bet that automation will help boost sales and worker safety. The...
Amazon begins testing Agility’s Digit robot for warehouse work
At today’s Delivering the Future event, Amazon announced that it will begin testing Agility’s bipedal robot Digit in its facilities. Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye Brady said the testing is in its “very, very early stages,” adding, “We’re take a lot to...
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231016683632/en/Venti-Technologies-Honored-by-Boston-Business-Journal-and-BostInno-as-Top-Earlier-Stage-Software-Company
BOSTON & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BostInno, the sister publication of Boston Business Journal, today announced that Venti Technologies, a world leader in autonomous vehicle logistics, was named a top Earlier-Stage Software Company in the 2023 BostInno Fire...
Lucy Therapeutics Expands Cutting-Edge Medical Research Program
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lucy Therapeutics (LucyTx) has secured new funding from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) to invest in pioneering treatments for children and adults living with Rett syndrome, and to grow LucyTx’s groundbreaking...
Health Care Originals Acquires Dawn Health’s Virtual Care Platform, Paving the Way for Insurance-Covered Access to Respiratory Care Nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health Care Originals (HCO), a leading pulmonary care innovator, has announced the strategic acquisition of Dawn Health’s virtual care platform. Founded with the mission to democratize high-quality sleep care, Dawn Health has spent...
Gradiant Acquires H+E Group, a Leading European Water Technology Company, to Amplify Semiconductor and Industrial Water Expertise
Gradiant, a global solutions provider for advanced water and wastewater treatment, today announced its acquisition of H+E Group (Hager+Elsasser), an established European water solutions provider with over 100 years experience in providing end-to-end solutions to...
Venti Technologies Founder & CEO Receives 2023 Women in Supply Chain Award
BOSTON & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global cold food supply chain, and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the only publication covering the entire global...
Agility Robotics Opening RoboFab: World’s First Factory for Humanoid Robots
CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agility Robotics, creator of the groundbreaking bipedal robot Digit, today revealed that the company is opening RoboFab™, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more than 10,000 robots per year....
Chris O’Donnell Founder and CEO of OAM Quant joins Safar Partner’s Business Advisory Board
We are very excited to have Chris join Safar’s Business Advisory Board! His experience as a Founder, CEO, and entrepreneur in the investment space makes Chris a strong asset for our growing portfolio. Chris O’Donnell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of OAM...
Professor Danielle Benoit joins Safar Partner’s Scientific Advisory Board
We are very excited to have Danielle join Safar’s Scientific Advisory Board! Her experience as an academic in the tissue engineering space makes Danielle a strong asset for our growing portfolio of material science and life science companies. Danielle Benoit is a...
Sophie Vandebroek joins Safar Partner’s Scientific Advisory Board
We are very excited to have Sophie join Safar’s Scientific Advisory Board! We are confident Sophie will be a strong asset for our growing portfolio of cleantech and material science, as well as AI and IT companies. Sophie Vandebroek is founder and owner of Strategic...
Timothy Swager, member of Safar Scientific Advisory Board and scientific co-founder of two Safar portfolio companies to be inducted as fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
We are excited to announce that Timothy Swager will be inducted as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors at the NAI Annual Meeting on June 8, 2021. National Academy of Inventors – "The NAI Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who...
Safar Partners featured by Climate Tech Venture Capital
We are so excited to be featured in Climate Tech Venture Capital’s list of Deeptech Climate Tech VCs. We are honored to be highlighted together with The Engine, Data Collective VC, Future Ventures, Lux Capital, Starlight Ventures and others.
Professor Conor Walsh joins Safar Partner’s Scientific Advisory Board
We are very excited to have Conor join Safar’s Scientific Advisory Board! His experience as an academic, advisor, and entrepreneur in the wearable technologies and manufacturing space makes Conor a strong asset for our growing portfolio of material science and...
Professor Reza Dana joins Safar Partners’ Scientific Advisory Board
We are very excited to have Reza join Safar's Scientific Advisory Board! His experience as an academic, advisor, and entrepreneur in the clinical development space makes Reza a strong asset for our growing portfolio of life science companies. Reza Dana is the Claes...
Safar Expands Business Advisory Board with Addition of Leading Healthcare Investment Professional
We are very excited to have Bijan join our Business Advisory Board at Safar! His experience as an investor in healthcare companies at NaviMed Capital and previously at Highland Capital Partners makes Bijan a great addition to our team of experienced Board Members....
Cogito Secures New Funding to Empower Better Agent and Customer Experiences
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cogito, the leader in real-time AI coaching and guidance for the enterprise, today announced it has secured new funding to help advance features aimed at better supporting agents in the contact center and improving customer experiences. The...
Agility Robotics Broadens Relationship with Amazon
CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agility Robotics, creator of the groundbreaking bipedal robot Digit, announced that Amazon will begin testing Digit for use in their operations. Digit will first be tested at Amazon’s robotics research and development facility just...
Amazon rolls out robotic system at Houston warehouse to speed up deliveries
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) said on Wednesday it was using a robotic system at one of its Houston warehouses to improve inventory management and speed up deliveries, building on its years-long bet that automation will help boost sales and worker safety. The...
Amazon begins testing Agility’s Digit robot for warehouse work
At today’s Delivering the Future event, Amazon announced that it will begin testing Agility’s bipedal robot Digit in its facilities. Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye Brady said the testing is in its “very, very early stages,” adding, “We’re take a lot to...
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231016683632/en/Venti-Technologies-Honored-by-Boston-Business-Journal-and-BostInno-as-Top-Earlier-Stage-Software-Company
BOSTON & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BostInno, the sister publication of Boston Business Journal, today announced that Venti Technologies, a world leader in autonomous vehicle logistics, was named a top Earlier-Stage Software Company in the 2023 BostInno Fire...
Lucy Therapeutics Expands Cutting-Edge Medical Research Program
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lucy Therapeutics (LucyTx) has secured new funding from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) to invest in pioneering treatments for children and adults living with Rett syndrome, and to grow LucyTx’s groundbreaking...
Health Care Originals Acquires Dawn Health’s Virtual Care Platform, Paving the Way for Insurance-Covered Access to Respiratory Care Nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health Care Originals (HCO), a leading pulmonary care innovator, has announced the strategic acquisition of Dawn Health’s virtual care platform. Founded with the mission to democratize high-quality sleep care, Dawn Health has spent...
Gradiant Acquires H+E Group, a Leading European Water Technology Company, to Amplify Semiconductor and Industrial Water Expertise
Gradiant, a global solutions provider for advanced water and wastewater treatment, today announced its acquisition of H+E Group (Hager+Elsasser), an established European water solutions provider with over 100 years experience in providing end-to-end solutions to...
Venti Technologies Founder & CEO Receives 2023 Women in Supply Chain Award
BOSTON & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global cold food supply chain, and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the only publication covering the entire global...
Agility Robotics Opening RoboFab: World’s First Factory for Humanoid Robots
CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agility Robotics, creator of the groundbreaking bipedal robot Digit, today revealed that the company is opening RoboFab™, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more than 10,000 robots per year....
Lucy Therapeutics Expands Cutting-Edge Medical Research Program
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lucy Therapeutics (LucyTx) has secured new funding from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) to invest in pioneering treatments for children and adults living with Rett syndrome, and to grow LucyTx’s groundbreaking...
Health Care Originals Acquires Dawn Health’s Virtual Care Platform, Paving the Way for Insurance-Covered Access to Respiratory Care Nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health Care Originals (HCO), a leading pulmonary care innovator, has announced the strategic acquisition of Dawn Health’s virtual care platform. Founded with the mission to democratize high-quality sleep care, Dawn Health has spent...
Embr Labs and UMass Amherst Develop Technology that Can Predict Hot Flashes
BOSTON, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based technology startup Embr Labs is announcing the next stage of development for the Embr Wave: a consumer wearable that utilizes temperature sensations as haptic therapy. Together with researchers at the University of...
Cogito Expands Relationship with Leading U.S. Health Plan and Deepens API Integration with Fortune 25 Telecom Provider
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cogito, the leader in real-time AI coaching and guidance for the enterprise, today announced the expansion of collaboration with a leading U.S. health plan and the deepening of its integration with a Fortune 25 telecom provider. These...
VICHY Laboratoires Partners with Embr Labs to Bring Clinically Proven Care to Women in Menopause
NEW YORK, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VICHY Laboratoires, a doctor-founded brand with 90 years of skin health expertise and over 30 years of menopausal skin research, announced today a partnership with Embr Labs, a leading health-tech company addressing hot flashes...
Embr Wave® Now Available at QVC UK
BOSTON and LONDON, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Embr Labs, Inc, makers of Embr Wave®, the leading wearable to treat the symptoms of menopause, announces its launch at qvcuk.com. QVC launched Menopause Your Way online and on-air in 2022, sharing a range of tools and...
Concerto Biosciences announces discovery initiative to combat recurrent vaginal yeast infections with novel live microbial product.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Concerto Biosciences today announced the launch of a discovery endeavor to develop a new microbial product for the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), a vaginal yeast infection that adversely affects 75% of...
C2Sense and Princeton BioMeditech receive NIH RADx ® Tech Funding to Advance a Digitally Connected At-Home Diagnostic Reader for Sensitivity Enhancement of an OTC COVID-19/Flu A&B Rapid Test
The funds will be used to accelerate commercialization of a highly sensitive, fluorescent version of PBM's Status™ COVID-19/Flu A&B antigen test used in conjunction with C2Sense's Halo™ diagnostic reader. WATERTOWN, Mass. and MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., May 16,...
Embr Labs Secures $35 Million to Fund Market Expansion
BOSTON, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Embr Labs, Inc, makers of Embr Wave®, the leading wearable to treat the symptoms of menopause, today announced that it has raised $35 million via intellectual property (IP)-based debt financing. Led by GT Investment Partners ("Ghost...
Lucy Therapeutics Receives $4.9 Million Grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- April 11, 2022 — Lucy Therapeutics (LucyTx), a biotech with a unifying mitochondrial platform, today announced it secured funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson's...
Membrion Series B round closes at $12.5M
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electro-desalination membrane manufacturer, Membrion today announced the completion of their Series B funding round, raising a round total of 12.5 million dollars. The second close of 5.5 million dollars is anchored by Samsung Venture...
This Fusion Reactor is Held Together With Tape
ON THE SITE of a former U.S. Army Reserve base near Boston, an unusual structure is rising from the rolling hills. Brandon Sorbom, the scientific director of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), leads me toward the center of the building’s cross-shaped footprint,...
Latest Gradient Comfort Investment Round Totals $9 Million
SAN FRANCISCO — Gradient Comfort, a company built by thermal scientists to develop and build climate-friendlier HVAC products, has closed a follow-on round of funding that raised $9 million, bringing its total Series A funding to $27.5 million. The round was led by...
Membrion taps water expert to lead commercial expansion
SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 20, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Electro-ceramic desalination membrane manufacturer, Membrion announced today that Judith Herschell Cole was named their senior vice president of commercial strategy. An engineer with a deep knowledge base...
Government of Canada Invests in First-of-its-Kind Filtration Technology in Grande Prairie to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB, June 13, 2023 /CNW/ - Clean technologies and low-carbon solutions are a critical part of our plan to lower emissions while growing Canada's economy. Developing and deploying these technologies not only helps to fight climate change but also creates...
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Selected by U.S. DOE for Milestone Program to Accelerate Commercial Fusion Energy
DEVENS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as an awardee in its $46 million milestone-based commercial fusion energy development program, a program designed to solidify U.S. leadership in...
Startup Gradiant Reaches Billion-Dollar Valuation Cleaning Up Wastewater For TSMC, Coca-Cola And Pfizer
A typical semiconductor fab uses 10 million gallons of water a day, and in the process of making chips it contaminates that water with chemicals and other toxic materials. That’s a big cost for the factory and an environmental problem. In cleaning up industrial...
Gradiant Raises $225 Million to Accelerate Business Expansion
BOSTON, MA – May 17, 2023 – Gradiant, a global end-to-end solutions provider of advanced water and wastewater treatment, today announced it has raised $225 million in its first close of Series D financing. The round was led by BoltRock Holdings and Centaurus Capital,...
Drilling 12 Miles Down to Tap Geothermal Energy
Most geothermal power today comes from natural geysers or drilling operations that plunge a few miles down to harness heat from buried rock. Quaise Energy, a startup based in Boston, is taking a third approach: digging deeper—and using more heat—than any company has...
Revolutionizing Food Safety Through the Integration of Biomolecular Engineering, Nanotechnology, and AI
WATERTOWN. Mass., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xibus Systems, Inc. announces the development of XiSafe™ for high-speed detection of disease-causing bacteria in food and beverages. According to the WHO, food safety is key to sustainability and economic security. Yet...
Cogito Secures New Funding to Empower Better Agent and Customer Experiences
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cogito, the leader in real-time AI coaching and guidance for the enterprise, today announced it has secured new funding to help advance features aimed at better supporting agents in the contact center and improving customer experiences. The...
Agility Robotics Broadens Relationship with Amazon
CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agility Robotics, creator of the groundbreaking bipedal robot Digit, announced that Amazon will begin testing Digit for use in their operations. Digit will first be tested at Amazon’s robotics research and development facility just...
Amazon rolls out robotic system at Houston warehouse to speed up deliveries
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) said on Wednesday it was using a robotic system at one of its Houston warehouses to improve inventory management and speed up deliveries, building on its years-long bet that automation will help boost sales and worker safety. The...
Amazon begins testing Agility’s Digit robot for warehouse work
At today’s Delivering the Future event, Amazon announced that it will begin testing Agility’s bipedal robot Digit in its facilities. Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye Brady said the testing is in its “very, very early stages,” adding, “We’re take a lot to...
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231016683632/en/Venti-Technologies-Honored-by-Boston-Business-Journal-and-BostInno-as-Top-Earlier-Stage-Software-Company
BOSTON & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BostInno, the sister publication of Boston Business Journal, today announced that Venti Technologies, a world leader in autonomous vehicle logistics, was named a top Earlier-Stage Software Company in the 2023 BostInno Fire...
Venti Technologies Founder & CEO Receives 2023 Women in Supply Chain Award
BOSTON & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global cold food supply chain, and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the only publication covering the entire global...
Agility Robotics Opening RoboFab: World’s First Factory for Humanoid Robots
CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agility Robotics, creator of the groundbreaking bipedal robot Digit, today revealed that the company is opening RoboFab™, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more than 10,000 robots per year....
Venti Aims To Bring Autonomous Vehicles To Ports, Factories And Airports
Much has been written about the failures of autonomous driving cars in places like San Francisco. But the real success and perhaps even bigger opportunity is in industrial vehicles in ports, factories and airports. In fact, the global heavy-duty autonomous vehicle...
Cogito Introduces Real-Time Supervisor Alerts and Generative AI-Driven Smart Summaries for Agents to Drive Operational Excellence in the Contact Center
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cogito, the leader in real-time coaching and guidance for the enterprise, announced a new twist on generative AI applications combined with real-time supervisor alerts, empowering frontline leaders to proactively address operational...
ISEE Wins “Autonomous Truck Of The Year” in 2023 SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Self-driving technology company ISEE today announced it is the recipient of the “Autonomous Truck Of The Year” award in the annual SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by SupplyTech Breakthrough, a leading independent...
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