{"id":491629,"date":"2010-03-31T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T04:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=71083"},"modified":"2010-03-31T00:01:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T04:01:04","slug":"10m-for-akorri-52m-for-dyax-a-new-partner-for-dicerna-more-boston-area-deals-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/491629","title":{"rendered":"$10M for Akorri, $52M for Dyax, A New Partner for Dicerna, & More Boston-Area Deals News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Roundup<\/a>, deals<\/a>, startups<\/a><\/div>\n

\t\tRebecca Zacks wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The precipitation in New England may have reached near-biblical proportions this past week, but tech and life sciences deal making was more modest.<\/p>\n

—Investors poured $10.1 million into Littleton, MA-based software maker Akorri Networks<\/a>, according to an SEC filing. The filing did not reveal the identity of the 13 backers involved in the equity-based round, but Akorri’s website lists Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, BlueStream Ventures, and Montagu Newhall Associates as existing investors.<\/p>\n

—Erin took a look at the “under-the-radar” deals that New England tech and life sciences companies cut last month. These 26 sub-$1 million deals<\/a>—rounded up for us by our partner, CB Insights, a New York-based private company intelligence platform—included companies focused on software, medical devices, health IT, used clothing, and more.<\/p>\n

—Cambridge, MA-based drug maker Dyax (NASDAQ: DYAX<\/a>) raised $51.8 million<\/a> in an offering of 17 million shares of stock at $3.25 apiece.<\/p>\n

—Software maker Azigo of Wellesley, MA, raised $1.8 million in an equity offering<\/a>, according to an SEC filing. Ten investors participated in the round.<\/p>\n

—Enterprise software maker Rocket Software of Newton, MA, announced it will acquire Waltham, MA-based data management company Computer Corporation of America<\/a> for an undisclosed sum.<\/p>\n

—Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, the Watertown, MA-based developer of RNA interference drugs, cut a deal with Paris-based Ipsen<\/a> to develop drugs for oncology and endocrinology. No financial terms were disclosed, but Dicerna chief business officer Martin Williams described the deal as being “net-neutral” to Dicerna.<\/p>\n

—CardStar, a Canton, CT-based maker of software for storing consumer reward and loyalty card numbers on mobile phones, raised $1 million in Series A venture funding<\/a>. The deal was led by Amplifier Ventures and joined by Acta Wireless and LaunchCapital.<\/p>\n

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