Waltham cybersecurity company acquired as part of $2.8B deal

by synergycap1 | Nov 4, 2016 | Bad Credit Loans, Business Lending, Business Loans, Working Capital

Cryptzone, a Waltham-based cybersecurity firm, was acquired as part of a multi-party $2.8 billion deal that aims to create a new company focused on providing businesses with secure access to cloud data storage. The new entity, which doesn’t yet have a name, is a...

Chobani founder to MassChallenge: ​‘Keep it freaking simple’

by synergycap1 | Nov 3, 2016 | Bad Credit Loans, Business Lending, Business Loans, Working Capital

Hamdi Ulukaya, who bought a failing yogurt plant for $700,000 in 2005 and turned it into the multi-billion dollar company Chobani, had some words of advice for the graduating class of the MassChallenge Boston 2016: “Keep it freaking simple.”...

MassChallenge 2016 winners span the globe — some in more ways than one

by synergycap1 | Nov 2, 2016 | Bad Credit Loans, Business Lending, Business Loans, Working Capital

Boston-based startup accelerator MassChallenge awarded $100,000 prizes to three of the “highest-impact” companies from its 2016 class at a ceremony on Wednesday night. Those companies, which lead a pack of 128 startups that entered the accelerator in June,...

Start-Ups for the End of Life

by synergycap1 | Nov 2, 2016 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

A crop of tech start-ups is looking to capture a slice of the funeral sector and end-of-life care. Many of them are founded by millennials, who have grown up online.

Harvard-born startup adds $3.1M to help mentor high school students

by synergycap1 | Nov 2, 2016 | Bad Credit Loans, Business Lending, Business Loans, Working Capital

CollegeVine, an education technology startup specializing in high school mentoring for college applications, has closed a $3.1 million Series A funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures with participation by New York-based University Ventures. Morningside...

Boston startup Burst gives ‘poll watchers’ a whole new meaning

by synergycap1 | Nov 1, 2016 | Bad Credit Loans, Business Lending, Business Loans, Working Capital

Boston-based startup Burst is capitalizing on the tumultuous 2016 election as a way to showcase for its ability to connect news outlets with user-generated video. The mobile video company is partnering with Sinclair Broadcasting Group, one of the largest owners and...