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Calendar Year Wrap Up: Ben Franklin Approves $7.4M for 44 Early Stage Companies

February 24, 2015

What Can’t Bulogics Make?

February 18, 2015

Source: Philly.com An engineering firm, for the ‘Internet of Things’ FELICITE MOORMAN, 41, of East Falls, is CEO of BuLogics, which calls itself an “Internet of Things” engineering firm. Founded in 2003, the East Falls company certifies, designs and builds wireless systems connecting everyday objects for Fortune 500 clients and individuals. Q: What’s […]

BioBots is Back in the News Again and This Time They’re Heading to SXSW!

February 17, 2015

Source: 3D Printing Industry BioBots Low-Cost BioPrinter Heads to SXSW as Accelerator Finalist BioBots is a 3D bioprinting startup located right in the heart of Philadelphia. After working to push BioBots out of their University of Pennsylvania dorm rooms and into hands of researchers, the firm took to the DreamIt Health accelerator program, officially launching […]

Ben Franklin Approves $1.9M for 11 Early Stage Companies

February 12, 2015

Companies approved for funding: BioBots – Philadelphia County Within 20 years, BioBots’ 3D bioprinters will allow patients with organ failures to receive custom replacement organs built by and constructed out of their own cells. BioBots’ 3D bioprinters will allow people to print living tissue and build with life. BioBots is led by Danny Cabrera, […]

“Do Well by Doing Good”

February 6, 2015

Source: Region’s Business This oft used quote by Ben Franklin is finding new life in the convergence of two worlds: the for-profit and the charitable. By RoseAnn B. Rosenthal The primary focus of the for-profit world is and has been bottom line, shareholder value. Commitments to community have taken the form of donations, sometimes via […]