Xconomy: Boston Tech Watch: Eric Schmidt's MIT Role, CIC's New Digs & More

The new capital arrives a few months after Humatics announced an $18 million Series A funding round. The Boston-based firm was one of the early companies to participate in the STEX25 startup accelerator program at MIT. (Humatics is another company that has received support from the initiative, according to the STEX25 website.) The Toro Company, the Minnesota-based maker of lawn mowers and other equipment, bought a minority stake in GreenSight Agronomics, a Boston drone startup serving the agricultural sector. Meanwhile, Radian Capital made a growth equity investment in Boston-based retail software company Blueday, which also named former Salesforce executive Graeme Grant as its CEO. The company's founding CEO, serial entrepreneur Dave Balter, shifted to the role of chairman in November in part so he could focus on his latest venture, Flipside Crypto.