Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Last year’s PHL Innovation Picnic raised $10,000 for nonprofits in its inaugural run, so the bar is set high for the event’s second […]

A $30,000 Kickstarter campaign will let NextFab-based Tozuda fund the production run of its helmet sensor, a cylinder-shaped add-on that […]

Ambler, Pa.-based Phenom People, makers of a human-resources-tech platform to help companies attract talent, is looking to expand its operations […]

Kapsul Air, the Center City company behind Philly’s biggest biggest Indiegogo campaign — a whopping $2.3 million in 2016 for […]

Add access to follow-on cash to the list of perks at NextFab’s RAPID accelerator program. The South Philly makerspace — which also […]

A comedy club really is a great stand-in for a pitch room: under the bright, hot spotlight, seven startups pitched […]

Grays Ferry’s Pennovation Center is getting a couple of new tenants. Biorealize, makers of a desktop bioprototyping platform, and ZSX […]

After 18 months searching for the right partner, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation has tapped Ben Franklin Technology Partners to […]

Don’t get Chris Molaro wrong, there’s nothing wrong with winning $5,000. For the founder of NeuroFlow, makers of a biometric-tracking platform for mental health […]

The elusive stealth-mode startup we first knew as Curren-C, is all grown up. Now bearing the banner of Amino Payments, the Center […]

The list of nominees is out for the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies’ 25th annual Enterprise Awards. We spy startups like LIA Diagnostics — […]

In a hypothetical room filled with 100 venture-backed entrepreneurs, only four are women. That’s not only the real-life experience of […]

Angel investing group Broad Street Angels, based out of the tony Union League of Philadelphia, came out of stealth mode […]

The RealList 2018 features our very own LeagueSide, Keriton, and NeuroFlow. Truth be told, when we hit “Publish” on the first […]

Practice Enterprise Account Executive Kyle Larrow knows the conference circuit well. In his first two months with the edtech company, […]

It’s at least a little ironic that Wednesday, at what is arguably the biggest and flashiest technology show in the […]

Preparing kids with cognitive disabilities for an increasingly tech-driven reality is the aim of Digitability, the startup formerly known as […]

According to a report from IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology, Philly came in at No. 7 in a ranking […]

Seems like just yesterday we sat down to compile a list of Philly’s most legit startups in 2017. The convo yielded a […]

If you had scoured the room at PSL’s recent Diversity Dinner in search of Practice cofounder Emily Foote, you may have found her off to the […]

Here are two quick lessons for your next pitch competition: Don’t pitch first. Tell your lawyer to keep their phone […]

For the past decade, Temple University professor John Nosek has been working to find a way technology can help people with autism. This year, […]

Before a jam-packed auditorium at the Barnes Foundation, Mayor Jim Kenney — after a 42-day sprint to put together a […]

Here’s some news from that digital health fund put forth by Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Safeguard Scientifics and IBX’s parent […]

Whose Your Landlord, the millennial-focused apartment listing and renter’s information site, closed a $250,000 seed round led by Maryland-based CorLyst […]

Center City health IT company Oncora Medical just announced it raised some follow-on capital to the tune of $1.3 million […]

Long-time Philly tech scene staple Ticketleap has been sold to Patron Technology, a brand-new holding company based out of NYC, in an acquisition/spinout […]

Earlier this year, as the annual Angel Venture Fair was wrapping up, MilkCrate CEO Morgan Berman dropped some truth to […]

When the Google manifesto grabbed headlines last week, several women in Philly tech went in on the doc and Google’s accountability. Yasmine Mustafa, cofounder of ROAR […]

At last year’s Philly Geek Awards, the evening was a whirlwind of Philly’s most passionate people. From technologists to impact […]

It’s not too often edtech companies get funding outside of a pitch competition, so when Center City startup KickUp raised some money for the […]

As if school was letting out, the eight startups in Ben Franklin Technology Partners and Village Capital’s fintech accelerator broke […]

It’s almost summertime, so you know what that means: time to check out what outdoors-y tech events are on the calendar. […]

Fischer Block, founded by electrical engineer Greg Wolfe, secured $300,000 in seed cash at PACT’s IMPACT 2016 conference and its […]

Bala Cynwyd-based venture firm Osage Ventures announced Tuesday it had closed the lid on its OVP IV fund (aka fund […]

What if everyone took the time to share one Philly success story? During the Enterprise Awards, that was the main prompt […]

In a new round of equity and debt financing, Center City ecommerce marketing company Sidecar just raised an $11 million Series […]

How about some breaking news to spice up Philly Tech Week 2017 presented by Comcast? Center City social selling company […]

Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center, a medical institution on a push to eliminate cancer, just announced a Philly-based partner has […]

As we’ve noted, Philly headed to South by Southwest with a significant presence this year, including Mayor Jim Kenney himself. And one […]

Keriton, a member of the 2016 Dreamit Health Cohort, has raised $1 million to produce its Pumped Breast Milk Management […]

It’s all coming together for Philly’s second-annual presence at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2017. Led by the effort called Amplify Philly, […]

Project Liberty is back! The incubator that once housed companies like VUID, ROAR and SocialLadder is now accepting applicants. The deadline to apply is […]

Ambler-based marketing company Clutch has announced its acquisition of Chicago-based company Persio for an undisclosed amount. It also announced a $5.25 million round of […]

Last December, Philly’s potential for health IT growth got a boost. Alongside Safeguard Scientifics and Independence Blue Cross, we announced a $6 million […]

Biomeme cofounder Max Perelman is pumped about the two meeting rooms at the company’s new Center City office. “Our old meeting room […]

As ROAR for Good keeps working on its flagship Athena product (slated to ship early 2017, last time we checked), […]

A week from Thanksgiving, MilkCrate CEO Morgan Berman published an article titled “A bevy of thank yous and news” in […]

Autism Expressed, the digital education platform Michele McKeone built to help students with autism develop digital skills, quietly rebranded as […]

ZSX Medical, a medical device company based out of a life sciences coworking space on Drexel’s campus, won the top […]

Guess what? We’re in there, as are a few of our companies and partners. From Rob Torres @ Technically: Philly, […]

When the University City Science Center put out a call for the second iteration of its Digital Health Accelerator (DHA) […]

The venture-backed company recently announced that it would double down on healthcare customers. They’re doing it with the help of […]

Mann runs Slyce’s 14-person consumer shop in Center City. The rest of the team is in Toronto, but he says […]

The sports media company is right across the street from its new owner: Comcast. If the team at OneTwoSee ever […]

Ben Franklin Technology Partners is working with D.C.-based Village Capital to drum up attention for Philly’s tech community. Interestingly, the […]

The Keystone Innovation Zone tax credit program is back, and bigger than ever. Mayor Kenney will make the announcement at […]

The advice: find partners that believe in your mission. My MilkCrate (née MilkCrate) raised $255,000 from Investors’ Circle, Ben Franklin Technology […]

The message: You should fall in love with Philadelphia. It is high time to drop that tired old Rocky, cheesesteak, […]

Backed by local investors and founded by two Traffic.com alumni, OneTwoSee could be the perfect Philly tech story. Will others […]

Cofounded by a pair of professors, Enable Games uses video games for physical therapy. For Drexel physical therapist Margaret O’Neil, […]

No early-stage capital in Philly? This digital health company will make you rethink that. Oncora Medical just closed a seed […]

That brings the recruitment startup’s total Series A to $7.6 million. Phenom People, the Horsham-based recruitment startup, just raised an […]

Life.io (née Lifevest Health) raised a round from a slate of local investors, something we’ve seen more and more from […]

It adds on to CloudMine’s $7 million Series A led by Safeguard Scientifics. CloudMine just tacked on another $2.25 million […]

A radio wake-up call from Safeguard Scientifics CEO Steve Zarrilli got us thinking about the importance of marketing. We were […]

The angel investor will take over for Guru CEO Rick Nucci. Say hello to the next Philly Startup Leaders president: […]