Startups

Massachusetts will steer nearly $169 million in U.S. Treasury funding toward loans and seed money for small businesses and entrepreneurs, the Baker administration announced Tuesday.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. granted $10,000 to the City of Fitchburg for the development of pop-up shops for local artisans, crafters, and entrepreneurs.

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Brenda Tomasetta closed her father's Sena's Barbershop on Grafton Hill and has now moved and joined forces with Kelly Collins at her barbershop, Studio C Hair Artistry, on Massasoit Road in Worcester.

Worcester restaurant Maddi’s Cookery and Taphouse, the second location from the owner of the Depot Street Tavern in Milford, will close on Saturday, becoming the fifth Canal District eatery to close in a few months.

The manager for an elite competitive dance team and an instructor with a background in professional dance is taking over the MEM Dance Theatre in Sterling from retiring founder Paula Meola.

Form First Physical Therapy, a new physical therapy clinic, opened its first location at 48 Main St. in Sturbridge on Nov. 1.

Worcester’s Smokestack Urban BBQ is the latest Canal District restaurant to announce closure or sale since late summer, following The Hangover Pub and Broth, PreGamers Sports Bar and Grill, and Buck’s Whiskey & Burger Bar, which was sold.

Embue, a Worcester-based startup that works with property owners to make buildings more energy and operationally efficient, raised $2.3 million in seed money.

The owner of Precision Heating and Cooling in South Grafton has purchased a 2.3-acre industrial property at 5 Goddard Road Northborough for $2.3 million.