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Philadelphia startups begin 2016 by raising $21M

January 21, 2016

Many Philadelphia tech companies have raised some considerable capital to kick off 2016, according to several filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. At least nine tech ventures have raised funds. They include: Phenom People, a talent relationship marketing platform ($9.4 million) QuantaVerse, a consumer data provider for commercial banks ($1 million) PhotoSonix Medical, an […]

Twitter changes force local tech company to adapt

January 12, 2016

With Twitter’s announcement last week it will soon raise its character limit per tweet from 140 to 10,000, at least one Philadelphia company will be forced to adapt. PeopleLinx markets a social selling platform that enables salespeople to better engage with potential customers on social media. While PeopleLinx emphasizes LinkedIn as the most useful website […]

Biotech elbows its way in

December 21, 2015

When Max Perleman and his fellow co-founders at Biomeme were ready to go out and raise money for their Philadelphia-based medical device company, they went the traditional route of talking with venture capital firms and economic development organizations. They also chose to go a nontraditional route for life science companies and give crowdfunding — raising […]