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The sciences companies in Central Massachusetts that received venture capital funding from 2018 to 2023.

Large for-profit life sciences companies have called Central Mass. their home for decades. Now, they play an important role in bringing talent, investment, and research to the region.

Space and cost issues have begun to creep into Cambridge and Boston, forcing companies, especially startups, to look outside of the Route 128 belt and increasingly more towards Central Massachusetts.

The directory is a list of organizations with a location in Central Massachusetts that support the life sciences industry, including contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations, and companies providing custom products, technologies, or other services.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council granted $2,500 each to 69 Central Massachusetts organizations as part of $1.85 million doled out statewide in 2023 Festival Grants Projects.

Mercy BioAnalytics, a life sciences company born in Cambridge and now based in Natick, has closed a $41 million Series A financing round.

Lavalley, the executive director, is in his 19th year in charge and trying to keep the nonprofit’s legacy alive while it continues to transform to something new in its post-COVID existence.

Natick-based clean energy company Ameresco has entered into an agreement to acquire Italy-based energy efficiency and renewable energy company ENERQUOS Energy Solutions S.r.l.

Natick software developer MathWorks donated $2.5 million to build a new regional YMCA in Ashland.