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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 […]

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She Came up With a Device to Keep Hotel Workers Safer. Warby Parker’s Co-Founder Weighs In on How to Take the Startup to the Next Level

October 2, 2019

To mark its 40th anniversary, Inc. is matching 40 aspiring founders with 40 experienced mentors in the Founders Project. The most recent mentor-mentee pair each has a mission to improve lives: Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker, and Yasmine Mustafa, founder of ROAR for Good. Neil Blumenthal co-founded Warby Parker in 2010 with a dual […]

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As E-cigarettes Come Under Fire, Hava Health Readies a Vape Pen to Help People Quit Smoking

September 26, 2019

In a small corner on the second floor of a roughshod maker space in Philadelphia, the founders of Hava Health  are plotting the launch of what they call the first vaporizer designed for smoking cessation. Robots roam the open floors of the offices at NextFab, where Josh Israel and Devin Serago, two serial entrepreneurs and college friends, […]

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Philadelphia Cancer-Fighting Biotech Startup Raises $3.2M

September 17, 2019

Navrogen Inc., a Philadelphia biotechnology company that has set up shop on the campus of St. Joseph’s University, closed a $3.2 million financing. The convertible note financing was led by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and a group of private investors. Navrogen plans to use the proceeds to advance its humoral immuno-oncology discovery […]

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Wins Grant That Will Help Create 100 Jobs

August 28, 2019

State-backed seed fund Ben Franklin Technology Partners hopes to spur the creation of more than 100 jobs in the region’s life sciences field after receiving a $633,555 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. Combined with a matching $646,712 from BFTP and other organizations in the region, the award will allow BFTP […]

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