Insurance Giant Creates Investment Fund To Support Springfield Entrepreneurs

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published June 30, 2014 at 12:33 PM EDT

One of the oldest and largest businesses in western Massachusetts has launched an initiative to help small start-up companies. MassMutual has announced the creation of the Springfield Venture Fund. It is intended to serve as a catalyst for economic growth in the state’s third largest city. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Nick Fyntrilakis, vice president of Community Responsibility at MassMutual.

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