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Technology Trends We’d Like to See More of in 2017

January 26, 2017

We live in a world where new technology is constantly and consistently advancing and new companies are born every day. In 2014, the recession maintained its grasp on American ingenuity as entrepreneurship hit a 20-year low. However, according to the Kauffman Index for 2016, startup activity rebounded last year, going up for the second year in […]

Grassroots Unwired Expands Mobile-first Technology for the Greater Good

January 23, 2017

Social service providers are getting better at identifying and tracking people experiencing homelessness. This is due, in part, to having better, more efficient technology like Grassroots Unwired at the ready.

Local startup MilkCrate Nabs Several New Clients, Including Comcast

January 20, 2017

MilkCrate, a Philadelphia-based startup nearly four years in the making, has announced several major new clients, including Comcast. Founder Morgan Berman announced last Thursday that Comcast will introduce its app to a pilot group of employees this spring. A larger roll-out later this year is expected to follow the pilot. “Comcast wants employees to learn how to be […]

Clutch Raised $5.25 million and Acquired Chicago Company, Persio

January 17, 2017

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 funding, bringing the total fundraising to nearly $20 million. Persio, founded in 2012, is an intelligent mobile promotions platform. It has led hundreds of successful campaigns for retailers with inventive mobile marketing techniques like mobile scratch-and-win offers […]

Biomeme Says its New Office is a Longterm Commitment to Philly

December 6, 2016

Biomeme cofounder Max Perelman is pumped about the two meeting rooms at the company’s new Center City office. “Our old meeting room used to be the bathroom,” Perelman joked (we think?). “It used to get awkward when someone came in to pee.” The biotech company just moved into a 4,500-square-foot office at 10th and Chestnut. The move is almost […]

BBC’s ‘100 Women 2016’ List Features ROAR for Good’s Yasmine Mustafa

November 23, 2016

As ROAR for Good keeps working on its flagship Athena product (slated to ship early 2017, last time we checked), CEO Yasmine Mustafa landed some more press. This time, it’s international, thanks to a spot on BBC’s 100 Women 2016 list, published on Monday. “I was speechless when I first got the news in August […]

MilkCrate for Communities comes to Philadelphia University

November 23, 2016

A week from Thanksgiving, MilkCrate CEO Morgan Berman published an article titled “A bevy of thank yous and news” in which she announced the company would be pivoting toward a business to-business model under the MilkCrate for Communities platform. “Free sustainable lifestyle consumer app? Not anymore! Welcome to the world of B2B enterprise software and the […]

Greenphire Is Upgrading Clinical Trials Worldwide

November 16, 2016

Who knew clinical trials were still so stuck in the past? Besides the big ethical questions the studies raise, enrollees also face a number of taxing hurdles that can sometimes bar participation. For those with rare orphan diseases, for example, just traveling to the studies can be a financial and logistical nightmare. And when it’s […]

Cloudnexa Places Second as the Region’s Fastest-Growing Business

October 31, 2016

Cloudnexa, internationally recognized as a premier cloud service provider, has ranked in second place of the prestigious Philadelphia 100® list for 2016. The Philadelphia 100® has been the hallmark of entrepreneurial achievement in the region since 1988. Each year, the project identifies and honors the 100 fastest-growing, privately held entrepreneurial companies in the Greater Philadelphia […]

12 Philly fintech players worth keeping an eye on

October 20, 2016

Guess what? We’re in there, as are a few of our companies and partners. From Rob Torres @ Technically: Philly, with its nationally respected cluster of universities and research hospitals, might be better known as a tech city that shines in the “eds and meds” arena, but there are also some fintech initiatives that can give the […]