Tech News

Biggest Philly-area raise in a while: Phenom People raises $22M for global expansion

May 24, 2018

Ambler, Pa.-based Phenom People, makers of a human-resources-tech platform to help companies attract talent, is looking to expand its operations to Europe and the Asia Pacific region with fuel from a recently-closed $22 million Series B round. Led by New York VC firm AXA Venture Partners, the round was also joined by several of the […]

The Real Estate Disruptor

April 24, 2018

Have you ever watched someone at 30th Street Station pass up a taxi cab for an Uber? In truth, why wouldn’t they? Uber is cheaper, often times quicker and frankly, much more enjoyable than riding in a taxi cab––it reinvented the transportation game. Well, think of Houwzer, the Philadelphia-based start-up brokerage, as the Uber of real estate. […]

Philadelphia Beats Boston, San Francisco in Attracting Skilled Workers, Analysis Finds

April 18, 2018

Philadelphia beat out powerhouses like Boston and San Francisco in a new JLLSnapshot analysis of cities drawing the most highly skilled workers. In the brief report released Wednesday, JLL used census bureau estimates to measure the growth of a specific segment of the city’s population — adults over 25 with a bachelor’s degree in the region […]

SXSW Day 1: Philadelphia Doesn’t Want to Be the Silicon Valley of Anything

March 12, 2018

Philadelphia wants the world to know that it’s not the Silicon Valley of anything, and down in Austin, Philly entrepreneurs are practically screaming this out on every busy downtown block at South by Southwest this year. The “not Silicon Valley” attitude is also how Philadelphians welcomed the rest of the world to its first ever […]

Amino Payments Raises $4.5M Seed Round to Ramp up Hiring

February 22, 2018

The elusive stealth-mode startup we first knew as Curren-C, is all grown up. Now bearing the banner of Amino Payments, the Center City company that combines the adtech and blockchain worlds has raised a new $4.5 million seed round in a bid to expand its footprint in the Philly office and capture the market. “What this means is expansion right […]

Philly Makes Amazon’s List of Top 20 HQ2 Finalists

January 22, 2018

The Amazon shortlist is in and Philly made the cut. Congrats, Philly. Amazon has narrowed its list of potential host cities for its second headquarters, and Philly made it through the first round of cuts. The company announced on Thursday morning that just 20 cities – out of 238 – remain in the competition. The list […]

What it’s Like Joining a Company and Traveling to 10 States in Two Months

January 22, 2018

Practice Enterprise Account Executive Kyle Larrow knows the conference circuit well. In his first two months with the edtech company, Larrow’s team traveled to 10 cities — a tour that included a visit to Orlando, Fla., for the well-regarded Masie Learning Conference. Still, Larrow quickly felt at home. The tone of the company was set […]

5 Philly Startups Spotted at CES 2018

January 11, 2018

It’s at least a little ironic that Wednesday, at what is arguably the biggest and flashiest technology show in the world, the power went out for a good couple of hours. Naturally, chaos ensued at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: some attendees were evacuated, some people got their phones trapped in fancy charging stations and others fumbled in the […]

Digitability to Help Students with Cognitive Disabilities at 18 Philly Schools

January 5, 2018

Preparing kids with cognitive disabilities for an increasingly tech-driven reality is the aim of Digitability, the startup formerly known as Autism Expressed, creators of a workplace-readiness training program. A new partnership with Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) will let the company deploy its system at 18 Philly schools, reaching […]

What was Philly’s realLIST Class of 2017 up to all Year?

January 2, 2018

Seems like just yesterday we sat down to compile a list of Philly’s most legit startups in 2017. The convo yielded a crop of 10 startups we thought could have an interesting year. Either the idea behind each venture was strong, the people involved were legit or there was a good chunk of cash backing the company […]