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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 […]

Oncora Medical got the Stamp of Approval from a Major Cancer Center

April 12, 2017

Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center, a medical institution on a push to eliminate cancer, just announced a Philly-based partner has joined its fight: health IT startup Oncora Medical. The realLIST honoree and the Texas medical center will be exploring the “potential value of a combined product” between Oncora’s Precision Radiation Oncology Platform and Brocade, a […]

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 […]

VitalTrax First Company to Receive Seed Capital from Digital Health Funding Initiative

March 24, 2017

The $6 million seed fund for digital health startups launched by Safeguard Scientifics, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Independence Blue Cross announced its first investment Wednesday — $150,000 for clinical trial software company VitalTrax. The startup, based at the University City Science Center’s co-working space ic@3401, is the third venture for serial […]

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 […]