Author: technically_repost
Traditional PPE Isn’t Made For Everyone. Here’s How One Startup Is Fixing It.
February 24, 2025
AmorSui’s new approach to the safety gear is also more environmentally friendly, and stays usable for longer. It started with an accident that should never have happened. While a PhD student in 2013, Beau Wangtrakuldee was working in a lab when her ill-fitting lab coat got caught, causing a vessel to tip over and spill […]
Philly Trading Card Startup CollX Raises $10M Series A, Will Focus On Growing Community
February 20, 2025
While the company is largely a marketplace for buying and selling collectibles, it wants to help users connect with one another. Philly-based trading card platform CollX raked in millions more dollars last month, once again receiving support from local investors. CollX raised a $10 million Series A, with plans to use the funding for marketing and […]
Philly startup aims to make investing easier for people who don’t come from wealth
June 21, 2024
WealthMore was created by a first-generation American frustrated by gatekeeping in the world of financial literacy. The world of financial advice can be misleading and full of hard-to-spot scams. It can seem purposely opaque, founder Mical Jeanlys-White believes, to keep people out. Organizing and managing financial assets strategically, however, is widely considered a good first […]
Philly is ranked one of the world’s best places to found a startup, climbing to No. 25 globally
June 11, 2024
Philly has officially cracked the world’s top 25 startup ecosystems, according to a respected industry ranking. Philadelphia moved up two spots from last year’s No. 27 ranking on the annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report from trade association and research group Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Diverse talent and collaboration helped Philly stand out this year, per Tiffany […]
RealLIST Connectors 2024: In Philly’s Tech And Startup Community, 20 People You Want To Know
May 6, 2024
Shining a spotlight on the most connected and community-oriented people in the region’s innovation ecosystem. (RealList Connectors acknowledges our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Tony Green & Art Director & Manager of Marketing and Communications, Calan Wilson) If you’re seeking connections in Philly’s tech and startup community, we can make it simple: These are the people […]
Philly-Area Startup For Investing In Real Estate Debt Rebrands With Wider Offerings
April 20, 2024
Once known as Yieldeasy, the Newtown company is now called Finresi. It added hundreds of users after a pivot last spring. A Bucks County startup making an alternative real estate investment marketplace has rebranded: The company formerly known as Yieldeasy is now Finresi. The new name squishes together the words finance and residential. “I think […]
New VP At Philly Chamber Is A Former Tech Industry Pro Who’s All About Building Relationships
April 16, 2024
After 10 years at Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Jason Bannon left to bring lessons on collaboration to other business sectors. For Jason Bannon, relationship building is what makes the Philly tech ecosystem special. The marketing pro recently left his role as VP of marketing and communications at Ben Franklin Technology Partner of Southeastern PA after 10 years […]
This Philly Founder Is Making Generational Wealth Building More Accessible
April 8, 2024
WealthMore is a financial planning platform that removes barriers and helps young adults with investment advice. For Mical Jeanlys-White, technology presents an opportunity to empower people to build wealth. The Philadelphia resident in 2022 founded WealthMore, a platform that provides young adults with access to wealth advisors and financial planning. A first generation American, Jeanlys-White remembers […]
Philly Is on the cusp of marrying innovation with inclusion — finally!
April 8, 2024
Thanks in part to the EDA Tech Hub bid, the pieces are lining up for a major surge in equitable regional growth. Every time I drive home from my Navy Yard office, I wave to the sparkling University City buildings and the many cranes, as I know the innovations they are sparking are going to […]
What Does The Philly Tech Community Hope To See In 15 years? A Larger, More Inclusive And More Robust Ecosystem
February 13, 2024
Eight local leaders look back, and forward, in honor of Technical.ly’s 15th anniversary. What were you doing in 2009? That February, Chris Wink, Sean Blanda and Brian James Kirk launched a blog called Technical.ly Philly aiming to cover the growing technology ecosystem in Philadelphia. Since then, Technical.ly has watched and reported as a community of technologists and […]
