Medbox Inc., a California-based company that's capitalizing on medical marijuana dispensary regulations in Massachusetts and other states, is “jumping into a different ball game” in its bid to become a fully-reporting company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), CEO Vincent Mehdizadeh said this week.
The amount of money raised by U.S. venture capital firms declined 33 percent in the second quarter of 2013, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association, signaling a consolidation of the industry and contraction of fund size, NVCA President Mark Heesen said.
The Westborough-based accounting and consulting firm Stowe & Degon LLC has expanded its business to include an internal audit and forensic services practice.