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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 […]

B.PHL Festival Highlights Innovation in Philadelphia’s Healthcare Industry

October 23, 2019

Philadelphia’s ever-expanding healthcare industry was a key topic of discussion during last week’s B.PHL Innovation Festival. A team of local titans in business, healthcare and science, including Comcast, Independence Blue Cross, and the University City Science Center, organized the three-day, citywide festival that attracted thousands of attendees across nearly 200 sessions. Through curated panel discussions, interactive workshops and other events, the […]

Oncora Medical Gets a New Partnership and $3M to Develop its Oncology Software

October 16, 2019

It’s continued to be a big year for this 2017 RealLIST company: Center City health IT startup Oncora Medical announced it had raised $3 million and entered a partnership with a California-based medtech company last month. The software company spent 16 weeks earlier this year at an accelerator at the Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute in Houston, where it has a full-time staff member. […]

Philadelphia: Here are your nominees for the 2019 Technical.ly Awards

October 9, 2019

Every day, we at Technical.ly talk to technologists, entrepreneurs and leaders building in Philadelphia. They span different categories of company and job title, and have different paths and plans for getting to the ultimate destination. Through them all, a couple of threads become clear: a resounding commitment to making an impact in their city, and the […]

Health Care Startup TrekIT Gets New CEO, Funding

October 2, 2019

Tech startup TrekIT Health is moving forward in efforts to get its Penn-grown, patient-focused workflow software into other health systems, securing fresh funding and naming a new CEO. The Philadelphia-based company said co-founder Dr. Subha Airan Javia is taking over as its top executive from former CEO Brendan McCorkle. The C-suite shift comes as the […]