Startups

As an engineer, Mark Durrenberger has plied his craft in the nuclear energy and information technology fields. When he formed New England Breeze Solar — later renaming it New England Clean Energy — he engineered the formation of a new business in a relatively new industry: solar installation. His efforts in growing the business earned him Business Leader of the Year honors (for small businesses and entrepreneurs) in 2012 from the Worcester Business Journal.

SimpliVity Corp., a Westborough-based IT startup, said it has secured $58 million in Series C financing to support continued growth.

A Northborough company that provides lending services for people who buy mobile homes, will expand outside New England, establishing operations in Maryland, Delaware and New York. Chris Schofield, who founded Priority Funding in 2003, made the decision to grow to the south and west after maximizing the company's potential in New England. Schofield said Priority Funding has serviced about 3,500 loans for its clients, who provide financing on mobile homes built on leased land, and now he sees great potential to grow the business outside the region.

Earlier this month, Framingham State University (FSU) announced it will launch its Entrepreneur Innovation Center, creating workspace for area entrepreneurs in the earliest stages of business. According to Robert Krim, an economics professor hired by FSU to oversee the center, it's essentially an incubator, making it the second to open in MetroWest this year.

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I'm constantly meeting entrepreneurs, would-be-entrepreneurs, educators, students and government officials and am amazed at how many of...

Citing rapid growth, Salespod Inc., the maker of a field sales and retail merchandising tool by the same name, has moved into an office in Worcester.

Protecting intellectual property has always been a key business priority, especially in highly competitive, high-cost industries like software and drug development. But today, the stakes are even higher.

The Venture Forum (TVF), a Worcester-based organization that supports technology and life sciences entrepreneurs, is accepting business plan entries for its 2013 Business Plan Contest (BPC) this fall.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher is being awarded a $40,000 grant to fund experimentation of a new biomass-to-energy process.