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A Worcester-based group of angel investors has banded together to form Wire Group, which invests up to $150,000 a year in high-growth startups and has already made three commitments to Massachusetts companies.
By Livia Gershon This story appeared in the Special Section: Worcester Emerging, detailing the buzz building around the city. To see the entire section, click here When Becker College in Worcester announced it will be closing its doors in August, the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute had a big question to answer. The statewide center for video game entrepreneurship, known as MassDiGi, had been based at the college since its start a decade ago. Where would it go now? “We were flattered by the range of institutions that were interested in talking with us,” said CEO Timothy...
MassDigi has created a reputation as producing some of the best minds in video game development.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute will take over the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute after Becker College, MassDiGI's host, closes following the end of the spring semester. WPI previously offered to host the video game center when Becker announced in late March it would close its doors because of financial difficulties. That was made official in an announcement at the center on Monday. Timothy Loew, the MassDiGI founder and executive director, called the institute and WPI a perfect match. Like Becker, WPI, located only a few blocks away, has an internationally renown video game design pro...