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Why PACT’s new rebranding isn’t really about PACT

October 20, 2016

After six years of working to better position the region’s high-tech ecosystem for success PACT, the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital Technologies, is finally giving its own brand some self care. The group, affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, officially unveiled the products of its complete brand re-boot on Friday morning. The rebranding, […]

Bucks County tech firm raises $10M in Series B round

April 11, 2016

LoanLogics, a Trevose provider of mortgage compliance software, hasn’t slowed down in a market defined by consumer protection. The recently merged company raised a $10 million Series B to pan out its research and development, and to increase its marketing and sales teams. The round was led by Blue Cloud Ventures in New York. It […]

Delco food delivery company providing meals for national study

March 30, 2016

A Delaware County healthy meal delivery service company is getting a big boost through its participation in a new national study that will, for the first time, look at the impact of dietary interventions on patients with Crohn’s disease. Dr. James Lewis, professor of medicine and senior scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and […]

Brenda Gavin, Founder of Phila.-based VC firm dies at 67

March 23, 2016

Brenda Gavin, one of the first female venture capitalists who helped guide dozens of local biotechnology firms in their early days, passed away unexpectedly last week at age 67. Gavin — a Missouri native who originally set out to become a veterinarian — was one of the founders of Quaker Partners, a Philadelphia venture capital […]

Local tech firm CloudMine gets big break with Jefferson deal

March 23, 2016

Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, unable to find the cloud-based platform it needed on the national market, decided to look locally at CloudMine. And it hasn’t looked back. CloudMine has gotten a major endorsement in its arrangement with Jefferson, which has also propelled a growing relationship between CloudMine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. […]

AWE Ventures funds two more women-run companies

March 15, 2016

The Alliance for Women Entrepreneurs has just invested in two new companies founded by women — Meg 21 Skincare and Invisalert Solutions. These startups bring AWE Venture’s portfolio up to six companies. The other four are My Milkrate, ROAR for Good, Lia Diagnostics and I’m Sorry to Hear. Meg 21 Skincare has recently started to […]

Oncora Medical could soon change how doctors treat cancer patients

March 14, 2016

Oncora Medical is showing all the signs of a startup about to rattle the marketplace to its core, says the company’s Dreamit Health mentor Steve Barsh. “They’re a great team solving a really big problem,” he said, not to mention Oncora just raised $1.2 million in seed capital from San Francisco-based iSeed Ventures, Philadelphia’s BioAdvance […]

Phenom People raises additional $2.7 million in Series A

March 7, 2016

Phenom People is quietly building some big time support in Philadelphia. A recent $2.7 million tack-on to its Series A shows the human resources tech startup has no plans to stop. Sigma Prime, a Boston-based venture capital firm, led the round with the $2.7 million addition bringing the Series A to a total of $7.6 […]

4 Plexus companies raise $8 million in tough-to-tackle med-tech market

February 22, 2016

Plexus, the med-tech co-working space next to 30th Street Station, is fuller than it was a few months ago when equipment was still being installed. And as member companies have begun to move in, they’ve also raised some money. Four of Plexus’s startups have nearly closed fundraising rounds totaling more than $8 million. Those companies […]

McKesson teams up with Montco health analytics firm

February 12, 2016

Health care services and information technology giant McKesson Corp. is teaming up with a Montgomery County company to help health insurers quickly design and scale complex bundled payment models — and provide accurate payments to health care providers. Financial terms of deal between McKesson’s (NYSE: MCK) health solutions division and HealthQX of King of Prussia, […]