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Governor Wolf Requests Disaster Declaration for Small Businesses and Non-Profits to Obtain Loans

March 18, 2020

Governor Tom Wolf today requested that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) implement an SBA disaster declaration to provide assistance in the form of SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans for businesses and eligible non-profits in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. “The impact of financial losses related to COVID-19 will be felt for years to come,” […]

Wolf Administration Updates Businesses on Guidance for COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts

March 17, 2020

Earlier today, the Wolf Administration strongly urged non-essential businesses across the state to close for at least 14 days to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The governor’s request protects employees, customers, and suppliers and limits the spread of the virus through personal contact and surfaces. Previously the governor designated Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware […]

Ben Franklin Companies Fighting Infectious Disease and its Effects

March 16, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 has galvanized the life sciences community worldwide to help stem the spread of the virus, mitigate the effects of the virus and prevent or minimize future outbreaks. While southeastern Pennsylvania has numerous large companies working on novel technologies to address these issues across many aspects of pandemic mitigation – vaccines, therapeutics, […]

Coronavirus Test Available Now as COVID-19 Spreads Worldwide

March 13, 2020

In the time of the virus, it is as important as ever to remain calm and practice preventative measures. At the time of writing, WHO characterized COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) as a pandemic and has infected over 120,000 people with over 4,000 casualties. With that said, over 66,000 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have […]

Check Out How Exyn Technologies Made a 3D Map of a Historic Finnish Mine

March 5, 2020

Cool partnership alert: Grays Ferry-based drone startup Exyn Technologies announced this week that it recently worked with a Toronto-based company to map a historic Finnish gold mine. Exyn is a spinout of University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab and uses drones and ground-based robots to collect data from places where maps and GPS don’t exist. The […]

Inside Annovis Bio’s $13.8 Million IPO

February 5, 2020

Maria Maccecchini made no effort to hide her glee a day after her company completed a multimillion-dollar initial public stock offering. “We aren’t cash-strapped anymore,” said the founder and CEO of Annovis Bio, greeting a visitor at her Chester County office. Annovis ended up raising a total of $13.8 million from its IPO, which closed […]

These $600 Smart Glasses for Helping People Focus Can Track Your Brain Waves and Will Darken the Lenses if They Sense You’re Not Concentrating

November 7, 2019

A Pennsylvania-based wellness technology company called Narbis announced a new pair of smart glasses this week that are meant to change the way kids focus. The glasses are designed to encourage the wearer to concentrate — Narbis envisions them being used in a situation like homework. According to the company, the glasses provide nuerofeedback, penalizing or rewarding […]

She Came up With a Device to Keep Hotel Workers Safer. Warby Parker’s Co-Founder Weighs In on How to Take the Startup to the Next Level

October 2, 2019

To mark its 40th anniversary, Inc. is matching 40 aspiring founders with 40 experienced mentors in the Founders Project. The most recent mentor-mentee pair each has a mission to improve lives: Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker, and Yasmine Mustafa, founder of ROAR for Good. Neil Blumenthal co-founded Warby Parker in 2010 with a dual […]

Bainbridge Health Partners with Tabula Rasa HealthCare’s subsidiary DoseMe To Expand Medication Management Capabilities to Health System(s)

August 23, 2019

Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc (TRHC) (TRHC), a healthcare technology company advancing the field of medication safety, today announced a partnership between its precision dosing software subsidiary DoseMe and Bainbridge Health, a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) spin-off. “Managing medications to prevent patient harm and to reduce waste is an incredibly complex and challenging process for […]

This Precision Medicine Company Just Raised $5M to Help Save Preemies

May 9, 2019

Astarte Medical, a Yardley, Pa.-based software company in the precision medicine space, announced Tuesday it raised a $5 million Series A round led by Keiretsu Forum MidAtlantic. The company, founded in 2016 by former investors Tracy Warren and Tammi Jantzen, will use the funding to complete the development of its flagship product: NICUtrition, a suite of digital tools and diagnostics […]