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The Founder Building A Wealth-Management Product Her Grandmother Would Have Loved

August 29, 2024

Mical Jeanlys-White built WealthMore out of frustration. She spent years on Wall Street, building products at American Express and serving as a managing director at JPMorgan Chase. She realized the finance industry still had a long way to go when it came to helping consumers build and understand wealth. “Seventy percent of Americans do not […]

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How This Company’s AI Tools Help Prevent Suicide And Mental Health Crises

July 11, 2024

NeuroFlow’s platform uses natural language processing to evaluate suicide risk in patients. Suicide rates are on the rise. Nearly 50,000 people died by suicide in 2022, a 3% increase from the previous year according to the CDC, and a 36% increase since 2000. Not only is suicide traumatic; it’s expensive. During 2015-2020, suicides and self-harm cost an average […]

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Philly startup aims to make investing easier for people who don’t come from wealth

June 21, 2024

WealthMore was created by a first-generation American frustrated by gatekeeping in the world of financial literacy. The world of financial advice can be misleading and full of hard-to-spot scams. It can seem purposely opaque, founder Mical Jeanlys-White believes, to keep people out. Organizing and managing financial assets strategically, however, is widely considered a good first […]

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Philly is ranked one of the world’s best places to found a startup, climbing to No. 25 globally

June 11, 2024

Philly has officially cracked the world’s top 25 startup ecosystems, according to a respected industry ranking. Philadelphia moved up two spots from last year’s No. 27 ranking on the annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report from trade association and research group Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Diverse talent and collaboration helped Philly stand out this year, per Tiffany […]

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Pennsylvania’s Innovation Economy: Powered By Ben Franklin

May 29, 2024

The technology-based economic development program serves all 67 Pennsylvania counties Competition for investments in innovation and technology is fierce. It’s no wonder. These sectors will drive the economies of tomorrow and create the types of new jobs and career opportunities that top talent seeks. As other states look at ways to grow their economy, build […]

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Ben Franklin Tech Investments: $610K In Three Companies

November 14, 2023

    Companies featured: Epilogue Systems – Delaware County Epilogue Systems is a B2B SaaS software company whose product, Opus, falls into the Gartner software category called Digital Adoption Platform. Opus makes implementing, learning and using B2B enterprise applications easier. epiloguesystems.com   WealthHub – Montgomery County WealthHub combines state-of-the-art CRM with trust-specific business process management […]

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Completes First Close Of Its Expected $100M Venture Fund For Pennsylvania Innovation

November 9, 2023

Contact: Jason Bannon, Ben Franklin jason.bannon@sep.benfranklin.org    $28M first close tops total raise of GO Philly Fund; new fund will invest primarily in Pennsylvania-based high growth technology companies already part of the Ben Franklin Network portfolio.  PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Nov. 9) –Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (“Ben Franklin”) has completed a first close of […]

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Greater Philadelphia Region Precision Medicine Tech Hub Earns US EDA Designation

October 23, 2023

Contact: Jason Bannon, Ben Franklin jason.bannon@sep.benfranklin.org  The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has informed Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania that the Greater Philadelphia Region Precision Medicine Tech Hub has been designated as a Tech Hub.   This is a coordinated effort of more than 50 organizations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and […]

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Ben Franklin Healthcare Investments: $250K In Two Companies

September 21, 2023

  Companies featured: Cagent Vascular – Delaware County Cagent Vascular is a medical device company developing minimally invasive technologies to treat cardiovascular disease. Cagent Vascular is led by Co-Founder – President & CEO, Carol Burns cagentvascular.com   OxyDial – Philadelphia County OxyDial developed a new scientific method, medical instrument, and cloud platform for Oxygen-Hemoglobin Equilibrium […]

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Ben Franklin Tech Investments: $75k In Two Companies

September 19, 2023

  Companies featured: Accencio – Philadelphia County Accencio is a technology company driving innovation at the nexus of molecular science and intellectual property. Our cloud-based, subscription products provide fully visualized, data-rich interactive landscapes which accelerate and enhance drug discovery. Accencio is led by its co-founders Kevin Brown (CEO) and Kevin Brogle (CSO) accencio.com   Wealthmore […]

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