Morton Mower Helped Create Device to Prevent Cardiac Arrest

In the basement of Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital, Michel Mirowski and Morton Mower began working in the late 1960s on a project that struck some of their colleagues as lunacy.

The two cardiologists’ goal was to perfect a battery-powered device to implant in human chests and give the heart a shock whenever an irregular heartbeat threatened to cause sudden death

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Matt Paul
Dispatch Announces Growth Raise and Acquisition of Youreka to Accelerate Field Service Innovation

BOSTON, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dispatch, the leading platform for 3rd party field service orchestration, has announced the acquisition of Youreka, the leading smart mobile forms product built on the Salesforce platform. The transaction also adds significant growth capital. The combination will allow Youreka and Dispatch to accelerate their respective business, expand the partnership with Salesforce, and bring new innovation to the enterprise field service market.

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Blackstone Plants Its Flag in Boulder, Colo., an Emerging Biotech Hub

A unit of real-estate company Blackstone Inc. is acquiring a sprawling life-sciences and office campus in Boulder, Colo., the latest sign that the city at the base of the Rocky Mountains is emerging as a hub for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

Blackstone’s BioMed Realty Trust Inc., a real-estate owner that focuses on life science and tech buildings, is paying more than $600 million for Flatiron Park, a 22-building complex. BioMed Realty plans to invest another $200 million in the property, in part toward converting traditional office space to labs targeted at new and existing Boulder life-sciences companies.

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PeopleReign Announces Public Availability of AI-first System of Intelligence for IT and HR Employee Service; Raises New Funding

San Jose, CA (March 23, 2022) – PeopleReign, the leading SaaS platform to automate IT and HR service, announced today its AI-first system of intelligence is now generally available. More than ever, CIOs and CHROs are investing in smart tools to improve employee experiences and combat The Great Resignation. The company also announced it has raised four million dollars in venture capital funding from leading investors and added new team members and partners to support growing demand for its products.

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Cogent cuts off Russia

On Friday, online access was curtailed by both Russian censors and Western businesses as the war in Ukraine became a reason for moves that limited free access to the Internet

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Boulder Aerospace, Venture Pioneer R.C. “Merc” Mercure Dead at 90

BOULDER — R.C. “Merc” Mercure Jr., a technology entrepreneur who helped found Ball Brothers Research Corp., which later became Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., died suddenly on Thursday in Boulder at the age of 90, his family has confirmed to BizWest.

A University of Colorado Boulder graduate, physics Ph.D. recipient and revolutionizer of CU’s process for commercializing research, Mercure was one of the godfathers of Boulder’s world-class technology and venture-capital ecosystems, as well as civic leader.

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