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Venture Capital’s Bold Move into Population Health

January 10, 2017

Two years ago, Raul Jain joined forces with a friend and others to create TowerView Health, a low-tech prescription management service. Now, the four founders were just named to the Forbes “30 Under 30” list. Startups like TowerView, which offer practical solutions for managing populations, are attracting serious investor interest. Global population health management as […]

Local Startup Viridity Energy Announces Acquisition by Ormat Technologies

January 9, 2017

Ormat Technologies has acquired Viridity Energy, a Philadelphia-based energy tech startup and Ben Franklin portfolio company. The Nevada-based geothermal and renewable energy company will purchase Viridity for an initial consideration of $35 million. Ormat purchased the private company based at Ten Penn Center in Center City with the aim of bringing on its proprietary SaaS platform that manages energy demand, […]

Personnel Profile: New Faces, New Roles

January 6, 2017

First and foremost, on behalf of the entire Ben Franklin team, I want to wish everyone a very prosperous and healthy New Year. 2016 was a noteworthy year for us, from the launch of ImpactPHL to the recent announcement of our digital health partnership with Safeguard Scientifics and Independence Blue Cross. Furthermore, we had many exciting changes […]

Event Recap: Founder Factory 2016

December 15, 2016

Last Thursday, December 8, Philly Startup Leaders hosted its annual Founder Factory, a day-long conference that aims to unleash the potential of Philadelphia entrepreneurs by bringing together the local community of founders, mentors, angels, VC’s, students, government groups, and community partners for a collaborative and engaging day of learning, teaching and community building. The day […]

Essential Medical Inc. Announces the Successful Initiation of the U.S. MANTA Vascular Closure Device Trial With the First Patients Enrolled in TAVR and EVAR Cases

December 12, 2016

Essential Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company addressing the rapidly growing $600M large bore vascular closure market, announced today the start of the MANTA Vascular Closure Device U.S. Pivotal Trial. The first U.S. case was performed on November 28 by Dr. Itsik Ben-Dor, MD at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington D.C. After […]