The Big One

A breakdown on the day’s biggest Inno story.

Sri: Equal pay done the right way!

Massachusetts will put a new gender equal pay law into effect on July 1 for the first time since 1945. The state will bring equal pay act into effect and is working towards closing the current wage gap in the state. (Women make 84.3 percent of what men make in the state.)

KG: Employers also can’t prevent employees from talking about how much they make. Not only that, it also includes a language change that mandates that employees who are ‘comparable’ be paid equally. More on that here.

In The Know

The Inno stories you need to read today.

Elsewhere in Inno

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

– Find Out How Boston’s Neighborhoods Compare by Rents (BostInno)
– EVO Payments Doubles IPO, Could Raise Company Value Over $1.2 Billion (Atlanta Inno)
– This Austin-Made App Lets You Control Content and Monetization (Austin Inno)

Making Moves

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

Sri: Southie Autonomy Works (SAW), a resident of robotic startup incubator, MassRobotics came out of stealth mode and is working on a (patent pending) solution that will lower set up time by enabling any robot to be told what to do, not how to do it. SAW also appointed Barbara Finer, former CEO of TechSandBox as the new CMO and Peter Vicars, former CEO of VGo as an advisor.

KG: Waltham, Mass.-based Building Engines, a software for managing commercial real estate acquired AwareManager, another property management software company for an undisclosed amount. Building Engines will also move its HQ to Downtown Boston.

New Money

Your daily funding roundup.

Sri: Home equity investment platform Hometap raised $12M in a Series A funding led by G20 Ventures and existing investors General Catalyst, American Family Ventures, and Pillar Companies participated in the round. Hometap makes investments of up to 20 percent of a current home‘s value and aims to exit within 10 years. The company will also be the second lien on the property.

Player Personnel

Who’s moving where.

KG: Pixability has added two more execs to its C-suite. Nancy Lazaros has been promoted from CFO to the newly created COO position. Todd Taplin is now CRO. He was previously CRO of Celtraand VP of Adobe’s Advertising division. They also added Grant Stratemeyer as VP of Biz Dev and Anthony Mazzarella as VP of Strategic Accounts.

In The Community

The events and happenings to know about tonight and this week.

KG: TechJam, the 8,000 person tech hang at City Hall Plaza has announced some more programming. There will be live music at the Spotify Stage (East Coast Soul and Day Wave), interactive art at the live mutual lounge, and a top robotics showcase at the future village. It’s always a great day of getting the entire Boston tech community together. Snag your tickets now.