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Virus-Fighting Company Aimed at Knocking out HIV Raises $60M

February 17, 2021

A $60 million funding round will help a biotech company start an early-stage clinical trial aimed at chronic HIV infection. Excision BioTherapeutics, with offices in San Francisco and Philadelphia, said the round was led by GreatPoint Ventures and included existing investor ARTIS Ventures plus new investors Adjuvant Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Anzu Partners, Cota Capital, […]

ROAR for Good is Launching Its Wearable Safety Tech in 3 Local Hotels

February 11, 2021

Last spring, ROAR for Good founder Yasmine Mustafa told Technical.ly about her plans for pivoting the company’s personal safety device technology to the hospitality industry. The company had switched its focus from B2C to B2B in 2019, and it was hospitality that ultimately checked the boxes — financially and from a social impact stance — […]

Inspirational Women Leaders Of Tech: Christina Lopes of FidoCure On The Five Things You Need To Know In Order To Create A Very Successful Tech Company

January 29, 2021

Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Before we dive in, our readers would love to learn a bit more about you. Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path? My career has always been mission-focused. Having grown up between Brazil, the US and […]

Meet Bruce Marable: The Serial Entrepreneur Who Wants to Transform Your HR Department

January 28, 2021

Bruce Marable’s first venture was a dud — and he’ll be the first to admit it. Called UniversityBay, it was a crossover between Craigslist and what now is Facebook Marketplace that operated on college campuses. Students could swap items on a transparent and transactional basis, and while the startup got little traffic, it showed Marable […]

These are Philly’s Young Tech Companies to Watch This Year: RealLIST Startups 2021

January 26, 2021

New year means new list of promising local startups to watch. Each January at Technical.ly, it’s become tradition for the reporters in each of our mid-Atlantic markets to pore over their notes, check in on past coverage, and keep our ear to the ground to learn about the most intriguing and innovating tech companies that […]