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Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Published on March 25, 2025

Openly Raises $15M for Home Insurance Platform, Plans to Grow Team

Openly says its tool can provide independent insurance agents a quote in 15 seconds with nothing more than a customer’s name, date of birth and address.

Miranda Perez Miranda Perez
Updated on March 25, 2025

Divert Is Actively Hiring Amid Growing Demand for Its Food Waste Tech

Divert has added 1,500 retail partners over the last two years and works with companies like Target and Kroger.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 25, 2025

BlueSnap expands its Waltham HQ to make room for 40 additional hires

BlueSnap is expanding its office and hiring more people.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on March 25, 2025

HYCU Lands $87.5M Series A Led by Bain Capital Ventures, Plans 100 Boston Hires

CEO Simon Taylor says demand for HYCU’s multi-cloud data protection has grown amid the pandemic, causing the business to grow by 450 percent. Now, this fresh funding serves as “gas in the tank” to help the company grow both its customer base and Boston team.

Justine Hofherr Justine Hofherr
Updated on March 25, 2025

How fintech startup Elsen helps anyone become a data whiz

Jeff Link Jeff Link
Updated on March 25, 2025

Behavioral Design Makes It Easy to Do ‘the Right Thing’

Rooted in human psychology, this design framework can motivate users to change their habits.

Behavioral Design Makes It Easy to Do ‘the Right Thing’
Justine Hofherr Justine Hofherr
Updated on March 25, 2025

3 Boston tech companies share cool ways employees volunteer

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on March 25, 2025

Boston’s 5 Largest Tech Funding Rounds Totaled $1.3B in February

Venture funding for Boston startups last month topped what the city pulled in during January. Thras.io continues to lead the way with another generous raise, and several other companies are following suit with sizable rounds of their own. Read on to find out what all this cash is going to bring to the city’s tech scene.

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