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And the 2018 Stellar StartUps Finalists are …

August 23, 2018

This year, we received nearly 100 applicants for the Inquirer’s third annual Stellar StartUps contest recognizing some of the region’s best new companies. And from them we have 30 finalists in nine categories. The finalists The following is the complete list of 2018 Stellar StartUps finalists. Winners in each category, along with a grand-prize winner, will be announced […]

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Companies Respond to an Urgent Health Care Need: Transportation

August 9, 2018

As America’s baby boomers are hitting 65 at a rate of 10,000 a day, and healthier lifestyles are keeping them in their homes longer, demand is escalating for a little talked-about — yet critical — health care-related job: Transporting people to and from nonemergency medical appointments. “It’s going to become a massive phenomena,” said Ken […]

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Philly Start-up Kapsul is Making a Quieter Air Conditioner Thanks to $2.3 Million From Crowdfunding

August 8, 2018

The summer months when air conditioning is considered a necessity are winding down, but a Philadelphia start-up is working to offer improved window units to make it through next year’s scorching heat. Kapsul, a company that designed a smaller and quieter air conditioning window unit, raised $2.3 million on crowdfunding platforms Indiegogo and Kickstarter in […]

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Allevi and Made In Space Partner Up for New Initiative: 3D Bioprinting in Outer Space

August 7, 2018

3D bioprinting company Allevi, formerly known as BioBots, is on a mission to make it easier for scientists and researchers to design and engineer 3D tissues. The company, which was founded four years ago, develops 3D bioprinters, software, and bioinks for the purposes of solving the most difficult biomedical problems that plague our world, such […]

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Monetate Names New CEO, Lucinda Duncalfe to Remain on Board of Directors

August 7, 2018

Lucinda Duncalfe, likely the leading figure of female tech CEOs in the region, has stepped down from her leadership position at venture-backed Monetate, which she held since 2014. A new CEO has been announced in Stephen Collins, the former president and CFO of AI-based adtech company Quantcast. The Asheville, N.C.-based exec and investor will relocate to Conshohocken to be close […]

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