Employee Skills Training Grant Award

Xcavate

Awarded: November 27, 2007

Location: Milton
Target industry: Information Technology
Grant award: $56,000
Grant match: $1,111,792
Number of jobs to be created: 29

Business Summary:

Xcavate, Inc. is a software development company with a formerly beta-tested product that is now being launched as a new division of the Ropella Group. As information resource and networking specialists for the chemical and allied industries, Xcavate is developing a customer relationship management database and related software programs. The database and programs will contain company information, executive contacts, Internet research tools, and other valuable information and research capabilities for companies in life sciences, medical equipment, biotechnology, nanotechnology, aerospace, biodiesel, alternative fuels, chemical and allied industries. Xcavate was founded to expand, maintain and organize this database of people and companies. More than 90% of the company’s business is from clients outside the region.