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GO PA Fund Makes First Investments

March 7, 2024

Contact: Jason Bannon, Ben Franklin jason.bannon@sep.benfranklin.org Audigent and LoanStar receive first investments from Ben Franklin’s statewide fund for growth stage ventures PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (March 7, 2024)—Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (“Ben Franklin”), a leading seed stage capital provider, today announced that its Global Opportunity Pennsylvania Fund II, L.P. (“GO PA Fund”) has made […]

Ben Franklin Tech Investments: $300K In Three Companies

March 4, 2024

Companies featured: On The Goga – Philadelphia County On the Goga is a platform that helps insurance brokers turn employee wellbeing into revenue. Our product lets benefit consultants effortlessly customize their own wellbeing & culture platform and offer it to their entire book of business, at no cost to their customers. onthegoga.com […]

Ben Franklin Healthcare Investments: 1.3 Million in Four Companies

February 29, 2024

Companies featured: Hoth Intelligence -Delaware County Hoth is developing augmented reality software to create a 3D reconstruction of the patient’s brain to support accurate and proper placement of external ventricular drains (EVDs) hothintel.com Vittoria Biotherapeutics- Philadelphia County Vittoria Biotherapeutics is a leading edge, gene-edited cell therapeutics company with novel platform technologies […]

Aston Pierce Joins Ben Franklin As Investment Director For GO PA Fund

January 18, 2024

Contact: Jason Bannon, Ben Franklin jason.bannon@sep.benfranklin.org Pierce to manage development of GO PA Fund and GO Philly Fund portfolios PHILADELPHIA—January 18, 2024—Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) announces that Aston Pierce has joined the organization as Investment Director, Global Opportunity Pennsylvania Fund II (GO PA Fund) and Global Opportunity Philadelphia Fund I […]

Ben Franklin Healthcare Investments: $785K In Four Companies

November 16, 2023

Companies featured: RightAir – Philadelphia County RightAir is a medical device company developing Air-AD, the first portable, negative pressure breathing assistance device designed to make breathing easier for people with respiratory disorders. rightair.io Astarte Medical Partners – Bucks County Astarte Medical is a precision nutrition company leveraging data, analytics, and digital tools and […]