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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 […]

Everyone, Meet Joanne Lang of AboutOne

February 5, 2015

Source: Keystone Edge Joanne Lang of AboutOne Two years ago, Keystone Edge interviewed Joanne Lang about her company, AboutOne, then in its infancy. We are revisiting her now that the company is about to launch a new app, Family Calendar, which combines their cloud platform with a calendar-based organizing system for everything from medical records […]

The Penn Center for Innovation Just Added a $300K Hammer to Its Tool Box

February 4, 2015

Source: Philadelphia Business Journal Penn initiative nabs $300K from National Science Foundation The Penn Center for Innovation was recently awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The $300,000 grant will go toward establishing an NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) site at the University of Pennsylvania. Working as a business accelerator, I-Corps will facilitate the […]

Half Way to the Goal in Just 5 Days. Bulogics’ Hive Smart Audio System is Going Strong!

February 3, 2015

Source: Technically Philly This East Falls company built a smart-home device that’s killing it on Kickstarter right now BuLogics’ latest product is a smart-home hub, wireless audio system and mobile app all in one. You may not have heard of BuLogics. That’s kind of by design. The East Falls company, which spun out venture-backed startup […]