Waltham-based Building Engines closes a $26M round
Building Engines, a Waltham-based provider of property management software, closed a $26 million round that involved a former partner at Bain Capital Ventures. Building Engines makes property management software for commercial property owners that allows them to track and complete work orders for tenants and to promote their building amenities. [BostInno]
GE’s $100M headquarters get design approval
The Boston Civic Design Commission granted design approval for General Electric’s proposed Boston headquarters this week. The 388,700 square-foot building will be located on a 2.5-acre campus near Fort Point Channel. GE's CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, said the company will spend around $100 million on the new headquarters. [Boston Business Journal]
MIT startup TVision scores $6.3M in funding
TVision, an MIT-born startup that measures “eyes on screens” for television advertising and programming, raised $6.3 million in Series A funding this week, a Form D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows. Founded in December 2014, TVision initially raised $400,000 in funding from family and friends before raising an additional $2.5 million led by Project 11 in December 2015. [Built In Boston]
Cybersecurity provider Carbon Black makes quiet IPO filing
Waltham-based cybersecurity company Carbon Black filed confidentially for its initial public offering this weekend, according to multiple news reports. This makes Carbon Black the third Massachusetts tech company to file an IPO in 2016, following on the heels of Acacia Communications and Everbridge. Carbon Black makes anti-virus software to help companies prevent cyber attacks. In its most recent round of venture funding over a year ago, Carbon Black was valued at about $600 million. [Built In Boston]
Ed tech startup CollegeVine brings on ex-Zipcar exec and Harvard professor
Cambridge-based education technology startup CollegeVine brought on former Zipcar executive Doug Williams as a tech adviser and Harvard Business School professor Deepak Malhotra to its board of directors, hoping the pair would help guide the direction of the company. CollegeVine hires students from top colleges and universities to give admissions advice to high school students at a lower price than traditional private guidance counselors. [Boston Business Journal]
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