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These $600 Smart Glasses for Helping People Focus Can Track Your Brain Waves and Will Darken the Lenses if They Sense You’re Not Concentrating

November 7, 2019

A Pennsylvania-based wellness technology company called Narbis announced a new pair of smart glasses this week that are meant to change the way kids focus. The glasses are designed to encourage the wearer to concentrate — Narbis envisions them being used in a situation like homework. According to the company, the glasses provide nuerofeedback, penalizing or rewarding […]

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ROAR plan to protect housekeepers with panic buttons

November 7, 2019

After years of developing and fundraising for the Athena, a wearable personal safety device, ROAR for Good CEO Yasmine Mustafa and other members of the team announced that they will be officially discontinuing the device and the ROAR Mobile Safety App at the end of this year. It’s part of the company’s plan to pivot to B2B services, using the Athena’s technology […]

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Medecision Acquires Health Delivery System Transformation Pioneer GSI Health

October 31, 2019

Medecision, an integrated health management solutions provider that supports the health and care of more than 50 million consumers nationwide, has acquired Philadelphia-based GSI Health, a SaaS provider of workflow, engagement and compliance solutions and related services. The GSI Health platform is used by some of the nation’s leading health systems to coordinate and optimize […]

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Accolade Expands Partner Ecosystem with New Trusted Supplier Program, Integrating Best-in-class Benefit Solutions for Employers

October 30, 2019

Accolade, a personalized health and benefits solution for employers, health plans and their members, announced today its new Trusted Supplier Program (TSP). With the Accolade TSP, employers have an opportunity to achieve marked increases in employee benefit engagement, while HR teams can experience significant time saving around benefit selection and management. Accolade will demonstrate its […]

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New Ben Franklin Roles to Build More BENefits for Companies and Partners

October 25, 2019

To increase our support for growing the capital, counsel, and connections that Ben Franklin delivers to its companies and partners, we’re happy to share the following updates on the roles of our teammates:    Jonathon Beschen is promoted to General Partner, GO Philly Fund   Margaret Bradley promoted to Vice President, Strategic Initiatives   Mark deGrandpre is now Portfolio Executive  Johnson Eapen promoted to Director, HR & Ops  Anthony Green is now Vice President, Science […]

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