Tech News

Houwzer Secures $2M in Seed Money

May 18, 2017

Houwzer, a technology company that is looking to disrupt the traditional residential real estate brokerage business, has secured $2 million in seed funding. This is the first outside investment the Philadelphia company has raised and it procured the funds from three main sources: Jay Minkoff, a real estate entrepreneur and co-founder of Homebuilder.com, who also […]

Rajant Advances Onboard Intelligence for UAVs, Opening up Commercial Opportunities for Drone Manufacturers

May 16, 2017

Rajant announced today advancements in its Kinetic Mesh® Wireless Network technology that will power in-air mesh networks, enabling drone manufacturers to strengthen drone-to-drone and drone-to-ground communications. Kinetic Mesh delivers communication and video backhaul capabilities, supporting public safety, border security, search and rescue, and site survey applications, among others. One of the first to capitalize on these […]

Sidecar Just Raised an $11 Million Series C

May 12, 2017

In a new round of equity and debt financing, Center City ecommerce marketing company Sidecar just raised an $11 million Series C. Led by Harbert Growth Partners — a venture firm with offices Virginia, Alabama and Florida, Andre Golsorkhi’s company also secured support from previous investors Ascent Venture Partners and Osage Venture Partners on this round. Per a company press release, the […]

PeopleLinx Just Got Acquired. Here’s a Look Back at its Final Stages

May 4, 2017

How about some breaking news to spice up Philly Tech Week 2017 presented by Comcast? Center City social selling company PeopleLinx got acquired by Alpharetta, Ga.-based FRONTLINE Selling. PeopleLinx CEO Kevin O’Nell announced the news in a blog post published Wednesday, just as the company was getting ready to showcase its tech (and open jobs) at […]

CloudMine and Medical Web Experts Partner to Simplify mHealth Solution-Building for Healthcare Providers

April 27, 2017

Medical Web Experts, a web and mobile design and development house specializing in tailored healthcare solutions, has announced a partnership with CloudMine, a secure, cloud-based platform that enables healthcare organizations to build connected digital health applications. Medical Web Experts provides marketing consulting and HIPAA-compliant mHealth and web design and development services to healthcare industry clients. […]

Dell Boomi and Aspire Systems, Inc. Partner to Accelerate Digital Transformation with Cloud-based Integration Solution

April 27, 2017

Aspire Systems, Inc. a global technology services firm providing digital transformation services, today announced that it has formalized a partnership with Dell Boomi. The partnership will accelerate and simplify API Integration with Aspire’s Unified Reference Architecture (AURAS – Cloud) solution, a future-ready cloud integration platform capable of addressing many different vertical use cases with speed […]

Powerlytics Expands Granular Data Analysis for Online Lending Platform Avant

April 27, 2017

How does an online lending platform fueled by machine learning and big data further sharpen its marketing and income verification systems? With the only big data provider that has complete data at the zip+4 level for the 200 million adults and 30 million businesses that make up the U.S. economy. Powerlytics will provide income insights […]

Philly Startup SocialLadder Wins “Best Management Team” From N.J. Tech Council

April 13, 2017

SocialLadder, a Philadelphia-based startup that enables live events to promote and sell tickets through its peer-to-peer marketing platform, beat 44 competitors for the “Best Management Team” honors at a New Jersey Tech Council event. “We are growing rapidly and hope to become the go-to platform where passionate people connect with experiences, things and causes that […]

Philly in Top 10 List of Emerging Tech Hubs

April 4, 2017

A growing number of startups are being created across the country — and they’re cropping up outside of the top innovation hub cities. That’s according to new data released today by TechNet and the Progressive Policy Institute. Why it matters: Political and economic dynamics are forcing companies and investors to pay more attention to business […]

Keriton wins big at #SXSW: ‘I want to dedicate this award to Philadelphia’

March 23, 2017

As we’ve noted, Philly headed to South by Southwest with a significant presence this year, including Mayor Jim Kenney himself. And one local health IT company just cashed in from that national exposure: Keriton, the makers of a breast milk management system, beat out 150 other startups to win the top prize in the Digital Health portion of the Impact […]