Ben Franklin proudly co-sponsored theCleanTech Company of the Year Award on May 9th   Client/Alumni Winners & Finalists Holganix Winner, CleanTech Company of the Year InstaMed Winner, Emerging Technology Company CloudMine Finalist, Technology Startup Company Halfpenny Technologies Finalist, Emerging Life Sciences Company (an Emerald Stage2 Ventures client) Kerathin Finalist, Life Sciences Startup Company James Foster of The Neat Company Finalist, Technology CEO of the Year OxiCool Finalist, CleanTech Company of the Year Rajant Finalist, IT Innovator Award of Excellence Vascular Magnetics Finalist, Life Sciences Startup Company Zonoff Finalist, Technology Startup Company     About Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA Ben Franklin is celebrating our 30th year ... — Read More

A Marketing and Branding Webinar for technology companies selling into the building, construction and utility markets. The EEB Hub Commercialization Center™ (HCC) presents “Breaking Into U.S. Markets In Building, Infrastructure and Environmentally-Related Industries.” The webinar will give an introductory session on what to consider when entering the U.S. markets, and specifically how to best position and launch a revolutionary product or service that touches building, infrastructure and environmentally-related industries. It will cover best practices for sales channel development, as well as how ... — Read More

Philadelphia Business Journal | Peter Key | May 8, 2013 The Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies has announced the winners of the Philly Enterprise Hackathon. John Quillen won the life sciences track, which was sponsored by Teva (NYSE:TEVA) and required contestants to build an app for simplifying project/content management. He received $50,000 in cash and $1,000 in Amazon Web Services credits. My Flow, a team led by Charlie Giammattei, won the infrastructure track that required entrants to develop a mobile app ... — Read More

John Quillen of the Euclidean Group wins life sciences award; Charlie Giammattei of team My Flow wins infrastructure award Philadelphia, PA, May 7, 2013 — The Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) today announced the winners of its first-ever Philly Enterprise Hackathon: John Quillen of the Euclidean Group won the life sciences track, sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals, and received $50,000 in cash and $1,000 in Amazon Web Services Credits. Charlie Giammattei of team My Flow, won the infrastructure track, sponsored ... — Read More

Check out a few photos from the event here!     Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA is sponsoring a regional company casting call for the popular ABC TV program Shark Tank, hosted by NextFab Studio tomorrow, May 4th, from 5pm to 8pm. 40+ regional companies will pitch to a panel of expert judges, selected by Ben Franklin.  The best companies will receive VIP passes to the nationwide Shark Tank casting call on May 11th.   Thank you to our panel of expert judges: Jim Betlyon, ... — Read More

    Come to the largest Entrepreneurship/Investment event during the third annual Philly Tech Week Presented by AT&T as sponsored by Ben Franklin Technology Partners/SEP, celebrating 30 years of helping our region’s talented entrepreneurs bring their Dreams to Reality. The event, the anchor of the Philly Tech Week Entrepreneurship/Investment track sponsored by Ben Franklin, Morgan Lewis and Safeguard Scientifics, will be held at Building 101 in the Navy Yard on Friday, April 26, 2013 from 1pm to 5:30pm, before many will attend the ... — Read More

April 17, 2013 PHILADELPHIA, PA – The EEB Hub Commercialization Center (HCC), created by the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP), is hosting a series of webinars to introduce the Ben Franklin Navigator™ virtual business services program for HCC clients. Located at Building 101 in The Navy Yard, the HCC will house and support startup, growth and established businesses focused on improving energy efficiency in new and retrofitted buildings.  HCC offers a suite of ... — Read More

Ami Miron’s Dream Inspired Millions of Interactive Cable Boxes Ami Miron, an Israeli American entrepreneur, changed the face of television. He credits much of his drive to his parents. He attended the Israel Defense Force’s Officers Academy, where he graduated first in his class. He went on to earn engineering and management degrees at the Israel Institute of Technology, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Columbia University and Babson College. Miron spent his early engineering career at Philips Electronics and General Instrument Corporation ... — Read More

Philadelphia Business Journal | John George | May 6, 2013 InstaMed said Monday it has raised $3.5 million in what the company called an internal round of funding. The identity of the investors was not disclosed. InstaMed, which has offices in Philadelphia and Newport Beach, Calif., said the proceeds will be used to support the growth of its health-care payments network, which links health-care providers and payers. The company works with more than 400 hospitals, more than 60,000 health-care practices and clinics and ... — Read More

NewsWorks | May 1, 2013 | Zack Seward Philadelphia is testing a new tool for keeping major events safe. In advance of the Broad Street Run this Sunday, officials trotted out SENTRY. Joe Sullivan, chief inspector with the Philadelphia Police Department's homeland security team, says the mobile surveillance unit kind of looks like a big generator mounted on a trailer. "Except this has a pole that extends far up into the air with one to four cameras on it," said Sullivan. "The cameras ... — Read More