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Author: Jason Heritage
Ben Franklin Technology Partners and The Importance of Funding
July 20, 2015
Last Thursday, Mark DeGrandpre travelled to West Chester to speak on behalf of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of South Eastern Pennsylvania. The topic of the briefing was commercialization and investment. As Mark spoke, there appeared to be a hunger in the room. The large crowd that had assembled sat tentatively and eager to devour any […]
The Revolution Report
July 16, 2015
In a region steeped in history, our cause is young but strong. A look at how Ben Franklin has helped fuel the innovation revolution in Southeastern Pennsylvania. View full Revolution Report
Missed one of our briefings?
July 16, 2015
No worries! Rewatch Mark deGrandpre at Walnut Street Labs. Ben Franklin’s free Briefings for entrepreneurs, companies and business advisors cover investment (application process, company qualifications, and proposal preparation) and commercialization programs and services. Our Briefings support all technology sectors, including Health, Digital Health, IT, Physical Sciences and Alternative Energy/Clean Technologies. Interested? Check out our Entrepreneurs […]
Zagster Raises $3.5 Million to Take Bike-Sharing Across the U.S.
July 14, 2015
Public bike-sharing programs in North America have performed variably, with less than hoped-for ridership in Chicago, Denver, Chattanooga and Minneapolis, and technical glitches and disputes over where to place bike kiosks in New York. One supplier of bikes and related technology to a public bike-sharing program in Toronto, Bixi, even went bankrupt. But venture investors […]
Meet BioBot, the 'MakerBot of biology'
July 14, 2015
A $5,000 desktop bioprinter developed by two University of Pennsylvania grads lets nearly anyone print living tissue. Inside a tiny office on the second floor of a South Philadelphia makerspace, the future looks like a large, greenish booger. The machine responsible for printing such an object: the BioBot, a bioprinter that prints living cell tissue […]
Location-sharing app for sporting events raises $1.5 million
July 2, 2015
A real-time location sharing navigation app called MeetBall, which is based out of Doylestown, Pa., just finished raising $1.5 million in its pre-Series A round. Philadelphia-based Ben Franklin Technology Partners led the round. MeetBall plans to direct the capital to its tech team and toward MeetBall’s launch in the fall, during the heat of NASCAR […]
Ben Franklin Approves $2.8M for 14 Early Stage Companies
July 1, 2015
In the final quarter of FY ’15, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania approved $2.8M in investments to 14 companies in IT, Health, Digital Health, Advanced Manufacturing, and Physical Sciences. Companies included are American Aerospace, BioBots, Core Solutions, DECNUT, Defend Your Head, Gencore, Grand Round Table, KickUp, MeetBall, Optofluidics, ROAR, Rocker Tools, Yorn, and […]
OneTwoSee is throwing much heat this week
July 1, 2015
Whoa—good shouts for their live sports stats tech in Engadget, Technical.ly Philly, Philly Mag, Sports Business Journal (paywalled), and Multichannel News. Gotta love that Comcast is proud, too. Here’s their own blog post: Comcast Corporate Blog: Watch A Game Like Never Before With New Baseball Extras For The X1 Platform When I sit down to watch a […]
AWE Ventures—Powered by Ben Franklin aims to raise capital for women-led businesses
June 25, 2015
In 1995, a small group of Philadelphia-region women entrepreneurs got together for mutual support and access to capital. Now, 20 years later, the group — renamed the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) — is the Mid-Atlantic’s largest organization dedicated to fostering high-growth businesses founded or led by women. Still, according to Executive Director Victoria Burkhart, “there is […]
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