First Off

Announcements and the like.

Sam: Happy Thursday Boston, and a merry Christmas Eve Eve. The Beat will be off tomorrow, returning next week.

Before we get to the holiday fun, stick with us for one more day of big news. Recently-public 3D printing company MarkForged is relocating its global headquarters to Waltham from Watertown.

The new Waltham office, which has a maximum capacity of 500 people, will occupy 120,000 square feet across four floors at 60 Tower Road. Lucia Maffei of the Boston Business Journal has the story.

And now for some special year-end news of our own:

The Big One

A breakdown of the day's biggest innovation story.

There's no better way to end the year than by looking ahead to the next one. With that in mind, BostInno rounded up a list of 22 Startups to Watch in 2022.

Whether they just launched this year, are starting to pull in capital, or are on the verge of something big, the companies and nonprofits we're highlighting here are ones to keep an eye on.

Some of them will be familiar to loyal BostInno readers, like food waste startup Spoiler Alert, which we featured a few weeks ago. Others, we're just learning about too, like the clean energy firm Verdox. But they'll all be on our radar next year as they continue to grow.

Making Moves

Inside the people, companies and organizations making moves in Boston.

Show Me The Money

TireTutor, a Brookline-based automotive tire marketplace, has raised $4.2M in equity, according to a new SEC filing.

Making Moves

Tempo Software, a Boston company developing team time management and productivity-enhancing software, has acquired ALM Works, another local company building a project and portfolio management tool.

In the Know

The local startup and innovation stories you need to read today.

Baker gives out $3.5M in technology grants to towns and cities — BostInno
Boston medtech startups finish MassMEDIC accelerator — BostInno
Dental AI startup Overjet raises $42.5M in oversubscribed Series B — BostInno
How Cambridge Innovation Center's Covid policies helped boost its business
— BostInno

Elsewhere in Inno

Stories from around the Inno network we think you'll dig.

Project Admission closes $5.5M seed funding round, persists despite pandemic's impact on live sports and entertainment — Nashville Inno
UNM professors researching sensors that can detect early-stage methane leaks in natural gas infrastructure
— New Mexico Inno
Davis medtech startup AmCyt has working prototype of pathology robot — Sacramento Inno
Portland startup Polytechnica wants to make it easier to interpret zoning laws — Portland Inno

Featured Jobs

Below are featured jobs from our Careers Directory. To feature a job in this newsletter, read more.

Starry — Vice President of Product Management
MassDevelopment — Investment Analyst ETF (Emerging Technology Fund)
VUI — Backend Developer
Fiverity — Account Executive
New Dimensions in Technology — Product Marketing Manager

In the Community

The events and happenings to know in the ecosystem

For more upcoming events, be sure to browse the Inno events directory.

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Random

Truly, random

Sam: The chair of the Physics Department at the City College of New York in Harlem received a nice surprise in the mail: $180,000 in cash, with a note asking for it to be used for scholarships for the program. More from the New York Times.