Excel inside an innovation-fueled atmosphere.

Join our team to experience our momentum from the inside.

Working with Ben literally means working to change the world, by collaboratively supporting the pulse of innovation in our region’s technology ecosystem. If you’re looking for purpose and are passionate about driving change, you will find no shortage of fulfillment here. The excitement of burgeoning industries and ideas threads through every moment here, and we invite you to contribute your talents and experience the momentum first-hand as a member of the Ben Franklin team.

Circle of BENefits

Our Circle of BENefits runs deep, especially in our inner circle.

We work hard to maintain role model status, inside and out. We offer comprehensive health care options to full-time and eligible part-time employees. Vision, prescription coverage, dental, paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid personal days, and even healthy lifestyle support are all in the mix.

We invest in you.

The most important investments we make are in our employees. From retirement to life insurance, we want your commitment to us to be rewarding to your financial future, to your family, and to your work-life balance.

We’re a launching pad for the region—and for you.

We know how far mentorship can take you. That’s why we offer tuition support for continuing education and professional certification. We believe in your ongoing professional goals, and we’ll help you get there. We even help you get here, with qualified transportation benefits. Together, we’re going places.

Our Values

 

Mission:

We believe in equitable economic development. We will purposely advance initiatives that deepen our social impact in our region and that sustain our mission.

 

Community:

We value, appreciate and show respect for our colleagues and our entrepreneurs, and their talents and contributions. We encourage initiative, diversity, equity, inclusivity, joy and creativity.

 

Service:

We believe in “giving back”. We will humbly serve each other, our entrepreneurs and our region, and we will constantly seek new ways to better serve. As part of our service, we will show gratitude, employ empathy, and celebrate success.

 

Collaboration:

We will share our information, ideas, suggestions and concerns with our colleagues, and we will listen to our colleagues’ needs. Demonstrating high emotional intelligence, we will treat each other with fairness, honesty, accountability, transparency, integrity and civility.

 

We Are the Change:

We understand that Ben’s continued success depends on our actions. We will challenge the status quo, check our assumptions, and “ask why”. We will maintain an atmosphere where we and our colleagues will be unafraid to explore new initiatives, knowing that some initiatives may fail. We will approach our work enthusiastically, and with fun.

Our Commitment to DEI – We live it, its in our DNA!

Ben Franklin maintains an inclusive workforce, where employees are hired, retained, compensated, and promoted based on their contributions to our mission, free from discrimination, prejudice, and bias. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and our investment practices. Our collective strength is rooted in our values, where we support and honor our mission, appreciate and humbly serve our community and each other, demonstrate collaboration, and commit that “We Are the Change.”

Current Openings

Manager, Portfolio Administration

Full Time

Deadline: Open until filled

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that combines the best practices of venture capital investing with a higher purpose – to lead the region’s technology community to new heights, creating jobs and transforming lives.

Ben Franklin is one of the nation’s leading venture development organizations (VDOs). Nationally ranked among the most active seed and early-stage investors, Ben Franklin works to help high-growth innovative enterprises plant and nurture their roots, supporting more than 2,000 companies to create both immediate connections and growth opportunities, while delivering an economic impact of more than $5 billion and 32,000 jobs in the Philadelphia region.

Summary:

Working in our Finance Department, the Manager, Portfolio Administration will support the Director, Portfolio Administration with the management and monitoring of Ben Franklin’s investment portfolio compliance and reporting.  This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in portfolio administration to gain exposure to administration of early-stage private equity/venture capital investments.

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Summer Intern 2023

Part Time

Deadline: Open until filled

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that combines the best practices of venture capital investing with a higher purpose – to lead the region’s technology community to new heights, creating jobs and transforming lives.

Ben Franklin is one of the nation’s leading venture development organizations (VDOs). Nationally ranked among the most active seed and early-stage investors, Ben Franklin works to help high-growth innovative enterprises plant and nurture their roots, supporting more than 2,000 companies to create both immediate connections and growth opportunities, while delivering an economic impact of more than $5 billion and 32,000 jobs in the Philadelphia region.

Summary:  Ben Franklin’s Investment Group is responsible for stimulating the formation and growth of technology enterprises in the region by attracting investment partnerships, investing risk capital, providing our portfolio companies with customized, hands-on business development services and partnering to create a vibrant, entrepreneurial community through our leadership and/or support of regional entrepreneurial initiatives, organizations, and events.

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