Power Assure Named a ‘Cool Vendor’ by Leading Analyst Firm

Power Assure has been named one of Gartner’s “Cool Vendors in Data Center Infrastructure Management, Power and Cooling, 2013″. This list is a regular report that Gartner issues to identify innovative technology that enables users to do things they could not do before, is impactful and has been found to be intriguing by analysts over the past six months.

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Nest Acquires MyEnergy

Nest Labs today announced that the company has acquired MyEnergy to further Nest’s goal of helping people understand and address home-energy consumption. The acquisition also accelerates Nest’s services for energy providers, giving them a cost-effective way to share data with their customers.

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City of Memphis selects Envista Right of Way Coordination Platform

Envista Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise right-of-way coordination solutions via the web, announced that the City of Memphis has selected Envista’s Utility Project Coordination module, and Citizens View to manage activities in the public right-of-way more proactively and cost-effectively.

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ParElastic and Retroficiency named as Lead411′s “Hottest Companies in Boston”

Point Judith Capital portfolio companies, Retroficiency and ParElastic were named as Lead411′s “Hottest Companies in Boston”. The winners were chosen from over 1400 companies in the Software, Wireless, Internet, Hardware, and Media industries who have shown 100% increase in revenues over the past 2 years and/or have received over $2M in funding in the past 2 years.

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Fortune 1000 Companies & Global Technology Partners Flock To SpotlightTMS

Online ticket management leader Spotlight Ticket Management announced new Fortune 1000 customers, an agreement with Cvent, the leading online provider of events and surveys, and the Corporate Ticket Impact Conference as drivers behind a record first quarter.

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ParElastic Raises $5.7M in Series A Round

ParElastic, an emerging leader in cloud data management, announced today that it has raised $5.7M in a Series A round financing. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from existing investors including Point Judith Capital, CommonAngels, and LaunchCapital. The Series A brings ParElastic’s total financing to $8.7M.

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Pittsburgh Awards Envista Two-Year Contract

Envista Corporation, the world’s leading provider of enterprise right-of-way (ROW) coordination solutions via the web, announced that the City of Pittsburgh, PA has awarded the company a two-year agreement to license its Envista Enterprise ROW Coordination Platform. Led by Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and the City’s  Public Works Department, Envista will enable internal departments to communicate and coordinate in real time with each other, as well as area utilities.

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Envista and Google Enable the World’s First PaaS Technology Powered by Google Maps Engine

IRIS, Envista’s new Platform-as-a-Service that allows the rapid configuration of custom apps for the utility, pipeline and other industries, signed an agreement with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) to utilize and resell Google Maps Engine. IRIS is designed to enable an organization to rapidly configure, not code, location aware web apps without the need for any special training.

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Nabsys Secures $20 Million Series D Financing

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MyEnergy Proven to Save Households Hundreds on Utility Bills

FSA Store Introducing New FSA Resource for HR Professionals

FSAstore.com announced a new program for HR departments that will allow HR professionals to learn about their website and the resources FSAStore.com offers for their employees.

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3 Tips to Get that Investor’s Attention

Point Judith Capital Co-Founder and General Partner, Sean Marsh,  joined other fundraising experts at the MassChallenge Accelerator Sampler Mini-Series to give entrepreneurs advice on funding their startups. After his keynote speech, Sean moderated a panel of experts featuring Kit Hickey, Co-Founder of Ministry of Supply, Drew Volpe, CTO of Locately, and Chris Howard, Prime Minister of Libboo to give tips on getting the most out of fundraising partners.

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Antenna Named Finalist for “Best Enterprise Mobile Service”

Enterprise mobility specialist Antenna Software announced it has been shortlisted as a finalist for GSMA’s 18th annual Global Mobile Awards, in the Best Enterprise Mobile Service category, for the second time in three years.

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MyEnergy Teams Up With Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative

MyEnergy and Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative (MVEC) announced the first customer engagement program launched by a cooperative to gamify energy efficiency and demand response. Using MyEnergy’s customer engagement platform, MVEC will give its customers the chance to win prizes and earn rewards for participating in energy-saving challenges during times of peak energy consumption.

Read the entire press release here.

Retroficiency to Enable 1,000+ Energy Audits for Utility Small-to-Medium Business Energy Efficiency Program

Retroficiency and the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) today announced a multi-year agreement for COSE to utilize Retroficiency’s Automated Energy Audit (AEA) to deliver more than 1,000 comprehensive small-to-medium business energy audits. COSE selected Retroficiency’s AEA as the standard audit software program for utility-funded energy assessment programs for which COSE is serving as the program administrator.

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Antenna Software’s AMPchroma Propelled Company to New Heights in 2012

Today Antenna Software announced it had an extremely successful 2012, including solid customer and partner growth and the notable launch of AMPchroma, a platform that integrates its award-winning, patented technologies and enables businesses to take full control of all of their mobile initiatives. AMPchroma proved a hit with industry analysts, and was instrumental in garnering Antenna status as a Leader in Gartner’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms.

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Ticket Management Software Need Rises at Super Bowl

Game management at the Super Bowl extends beyond the field and into the stands, and Tony Knopp is at the center of it. As chief executive of Spotlight TMS, Knopp heads a company that’s one of a small but growing number of makers of software that helps large companies manage all the tickets they have for various functions such as concerts and sports events like the Super Bowl.

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SpotlightTMS CEO Joins Fox Business to Discuss Corporate Ticket Buying Culture

CEO of SpotlightTMS, Tony Knopp joins Lauren Simonetti of Fox Business to discuss Super Bowl ticket costs and the corporate ticket buying culture.

Watch the full interview on Fox Business.

Social commerce Startup Kitsy Lane Banks $3.5 million

On top of a $1 million seed round supplied last year by Point Judith Capital and angel investors, Kitsy Lane announced a $3.5 million funding round led by Data Point Capital and Longworth Venture Partners. Kitsy Lane, dubbed “the Tupperware party of the Twitter era,” allows anyone to launch their own online jewelry and accessories boutique for free. The company says that revenues have been growing 40 percent month-to-month.

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Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Completes Acquisition Of GetWellNetwork

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a private equity firm exclusively focused on information/business services and healthcare, today announced the completion of the acquisition of GetWellNetwork, Inc., the leading provider of Interactive Patient Care solutions.  Point Judith Capital co-led the Series A round for GetwellNetwork when the company was a startup pioneering the emerging field of Interactive Patient Care.  We are proud to have been a partner with Michael O’Neil, the founder and CEO, and the entire team that has built the leading company in this industry with over 30,000 hospital beds nationwide that facilitate over seven million patient interactions per year.

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GetWellNetwork Ranks #1 for Third Consecutive Year

GetWellNetwork today announced that it has been named the category leader for Interactive Patient Systems (IPS) for the third consecutive year by KLAS. The 2012 Best in Klas Awards: Software & Services report celebrates vendors that received the highest customer satisfaction scores for software and professional services, and serves as a guide to enable health care providers make informed technology decisions.

To read the entire article visit GetWellNetwork’s website.

Power Assure and iTRACS Target the Energy Market with an Integrated DCIM Solution

Power Assure, Inc. and iTRACS, Inc. announced at the Gartner Data Center Conference 2012 the availability of an integrated DCIM solution that turns data centers into revenue centers with increased reliability and availability, better server utilization, and new revenue streams generated from energy market participation. According to a release, the Power Assure and iTRACS collaboration unlocks operational data and turns it into actionable insight.

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VA Taps GetWellNetwork to Provide Patient Engagement Platform to Transform Care for Veterans

GetWellNetwork announced today that the company will implement its Interactive Patient Care System across 21 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers to help engage and empower Veterans in their own care.

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GetWellNetwork Launches First Interactive Patient Whiteboard

GetWellNetwork, Inc. has partnered with Sharp Heathcare to launch GetWellNetwork’s Interactive Patient Whiteboard. This customizable tool transforms care at bedside by enabling patients, families and care team members to easily share vital information on everything from the patient’s care plan to his or her medications, daily schedule and other pressing patient concerns.

To read the entire article, visit GetWellNetwork’s Website.

Bowdoin Entrepreneurs: Ambitious Students Set Up Entrepreneurs Club

Sean Marsh, Point Judith Capital Co-Founder and General Partner, will serve as an advisor to Bowdoin College’s newly formed Entrepreneurship Club. The club will both introduce students to entrepreneurial strategies and concepts, and encourage them to focus with like-minded students on one of four specific fields: retail, biotech, finance and web/hardware/social media.

Read the entire article from the Bowdoin Daily Sun.

Students Trek to Boston for the 2nd-Annual Tech Tour

Last Friday, a group of forty-four Bowdoin College students participated in the 2nd-Annual BizTech Trek. Sean Marsh ’95 of Point Judith Capital, who organized and conceived the idea for both this year and last year’s trek, led the group on tours of five companies around Boston to gain exposure to opportunities in technology, business or entrepreneurial fields.

Read the entire article from the Bowdoin Daily Sun.

Sports Ticket Management Goes Mainstream

A recent influx of Fortune 1000 customers, major team partners, and strategic alliances has Spotlight Ticket Management reporting record numbers. The cloud SaaS provider has a simple goal: demand more from company tickets. After adding a dozen Fortune 1000 customers in 60 days including JPMorgan Chase, Aetna, Exelon, and Schlumberger as well as key global partner in English Premier League brand Arsenal, they are achieving that goal.

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Power Assure Selected by AlwaysOn for the Second Consecutive Year as a GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 Winner

Power Assure today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to reduce green house gas emissions and improve the global environment. Power Assure was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

Read the entire article from Marketwire.

Retroficiency Launches New Strategic Advisory Board to Help Fuel Next Phase of Growth

Retroficiency, provider of the on-demand Building Efficiency Intelligence platform, today announced the launch of its new advisory board. The board, which consists of several well-recognized figures in the energy efficiency industry, will be tasked with helping guide the company in its next phase of growth and product development.

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GetWellNetwork Completes 350th Integration Project

GetWellNetwork has reached a milestone that marks the 350th interface the company has implemented in hospitals across the United States. Today, GetWellNetwork is implemented in more than 20,000 hospital beds.

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Power Assure’s Peter Maltbaek to Speak at Military & Commercial Microgrids Summit

Power Assure today announced that Vice President of Channel Sales Peter Maltbaek will join a panel about campus microgrids at the Military & Commercial Microgrids Summit, taking place November 7 – 9 at the Hilton San Diego/Del Mar in San Diego, CA.

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DSS, Inc. and GetWellNetwork Collaborate to Enhance the Patient Experience for Veterans

DSS, Inc. in partnership with GetWellNetwork, Inc. today announced the implementation of a new personalized patient experience platform into two Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) to enhance veteran engagement in their health care and recovery.

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Antenna Customer, Eaton Corporation, Wins Prestigious Mobile Application Award for PowerSource™ App

Antenna Software, leading mobile specialists, announced that Eaton Corporation, a global diversified power management company, has won the 2012 Forrester Groundswell Award in the category of Business-to-Employee Mobile Application for its Eaton PowerSource  App — an interactive, multi-media iPad catalog app that is powered by the award-winning Antenna Mobility Platform (AMP).

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GetWellNetwork Growth Surges as Patient Engagement Takes Its Place as a Strategic Pillar of Accountable Care

GetWellNetwork, Inc., the leading provider of interactive patient care (IPC) solutions, announced today that the company has seen 125% growth through September 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 and is on pace for another record year.

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GetWellNetwork and Treatment Diaries Team to Further Empower Those Affected by Illness

GetWellNetwork, Inc, provider of the industry’s leading interactive patient care solution, announced that it is teaming with Treatment Diaries, a leading social network for those living with illness or caring for someone with a medical condition, to provide additional resources for patients to remain engaged in their well-being during and after they leave the hospital.

Read the full article from Marketwire.

Nabsys Moves Toward Product Launch, Names Execs

This week, Nabys announced the appointments of executives Darren Lee as CFO and Peter Lewis as Vice President of Business Development to help facilitate the company’s transition from technology development to product commercialization.

Read the full article from Mass High Tech.

Power Assure CTO to Speak at Storage Networking World Fall 2012

Power Assure today announced that Clemens Pfeiffer, Chief Technology Officer, will present a session at Storage Networking World Fall 2012 titled “Improving Data Center Efficiency and Reliability”. The conference is taking place October 16 – 19 in Santa Clara, CA.

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Retroficiency’s Richard Huntley to Address Utility Customer Service Executives at Chartwell’s EMACS Conference

Retroficiency today announced that company Vice President Richard Huntley will outline how energy analytics enable utilities to effectively target and engage commercial customers with efficiency programs at Chartwell’s 15th annual EMACS – The Customer Experience Conference.

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FSAstore.com Closes More Than $2 Million Financing

FSAstore.com, the only e-commerce site exclusively stocked with Flexible Spending Account (FSA) eligible products and services, closed its second round financing of more than $2 Million. The financing, led by Originate Ventures, includes investment from previous investors Point Judith Capital and Columbia Business School Lang Fund, as well as additional angel investors.

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Database Tech Startup ParElastic Raises $1M

Waltham startup ParElastic said today that it has raised $1 million in new funding from previous investors and new individual members of CommonAngels.

Read the complete article from the Boston Business Journal.

Power Assure Selected as 2012 Platts Global Energy Awards Finalist

Power Assure, Inc. announces today that it has been selected as a top 10 finalist in the 2012 Platts Global Energy Awards, an annual program recognizing exemplary industry leadership.

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Retroficiency Wins Innovative Energy Technology of the Year Award

Retroficiency today announced it won Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) Innovative Energy Technology of the Year Award. Retroficiency was awarded for its unique platform that enables energy service providers, utilities and building owners to cost-effectively evaluate energy efficiency opportunities in minutes.

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General Dynamics Acquires Fidelis Security

Point Judith portfolio company Fidelis Security announced today that they have been acquired by General Dynamics. Fidelis will remain a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.

Read more at Mass High Tech

Kitsy Lane introduces first-of-its-kind social commerce platform

Kitsy Lane recently announced the launch of its social commerce and marketing platform. Kitsy Lane brings the concept of direct selling online, allowing users to open and customize their own fashion boutiques and leverage their social media networks to develop a customer base.

Read more at MarketWatch.

Retroficiency announces partnership with CLEAResult

Retroficiency recently announced a partnership with CLEAResult, an Austin, TX based company that manages about 200 utility energy efficiency programs in 25 states. CLEAResult will now be using Retroficiency’s Automated Energy Audit (AEA) product to cut the time spent on their energy audits.

Read more at Greentech Media.

Apptegic Presents at TechCrunch Disrupt

Point Judith portfolio company Apptegic recently launched as part of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield. Apptegic has developed a “customer guidance system” (CGS) which allows SaaS companies to identify trends in customer behavior and increase customer engagement.

Read more at TechCrunch.

Retroficiency Implements Green Button Compatibility with Virtual Energy Assessment

Retroficiency has recently announced full implementation of Green Button with its Virtual Energy Assessment solution. An industry-led initiative inspired by the White House, Green Button is a standard format designed to provide easy, secure access to energy data with the goal of enabling education, awareness and insights about energy consumption and how customers can reduce it.

Read more at MarketWire.

Governor Deval Patrick to flip switch on Westford Solar Park

Governor Deval Patrick will flip the switch today on the 4.5 megawatt Westford Solar Park. The complex was built by Cathartes Private Investments and will be operated by Nexamp.

Read more on Boston.com.

Retroficiency Featured by Xconomy

Xconomy recently featured Point Judith portfolio company Retroficiency. The article discusses the impact that the acquisition of Nexamp’s CES division has had on Retroficiency.

Read more at Xconomy.

MyEnergy featured in Fast Company

Ben Bixby from MyEnergy was recently featured by Fast Company, discussing his journey as a co-founder and CEO.

Read the article here.