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JVS Philadelphia Fund for Women Invest and Provides Grants of $650k to 12 Philadelphia Women-Led Regional Businesses

June 2, 2022

Judith von Seldeneck and Ben Franklin Technology Partners provide grants, direct investments to 12 regional businesses PHILADELPHIA, PA June 2nd, 2022 – The JvS Philadelphia Fund for Women (JvS Fund) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) today announced that within five months of launching their partnership, they have made three grants […]

Ben Franklin Approved $3.1M in 14 Early Stage Companies

April 19, 2022

Companies featured: Envara Health – Chester County Envara Health offers a structured lipid platform that allows for improved absorption of healthy fat calories, essential fatty acids, and nutrients for millions of people who struggle with disease-related malnutrition, unintentional weight loss and malabsorption. Envara Health is led by Linda Palczuk (COO), Jim Blessington (VP Marketing […]

CY: 2021 Ben Franklin Approved $8.4 Million in 39 Companies

March 10, 2022

To view details about each company, visit our directory page. Physical Sciences AmorSui DreamVu Inc. Impact Wrap Naturaz Tozuda Information Technology Cecilian Partners CollX Employee Cycle GoCoach GoWellbenefits.com Houwzer* Jenzy Kognition Lithero Lula Nickl* Noble Piano SocialLadder Sweft Yellowdig Healthcare Astarte Medical Partners Avisi Technologies CareAlign CrossBridge Eliksa Therapeutics Envara Health Envision2bWell ExpressCells Friends […]

Ben Franklin Approved $2.4M in 12 Early Stage Companies

January 24, 2022

Companies featured: CareAlign – Montgomery County CareAlign is a Care Orchestration platform that helps clinicians coordinate care when multiple providers are caring for one patient. CareAlign works in acute care/in pattient settings, as well as for out-patient and value based care institutions. The platform has three core components: 1. Data Visualization – which connects […]

Judee von Seldeneck Establishes JVS Philadelphia Fund for Women

December 28, 2021

Fund to Provide New Capital for Women Entrepreneurs in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, PA – December 28, 2021– Judee von Seldeneck, Founder and Chair of Diversified Search Group, the largest woman-founded executive search firm and a Forbes top-ten executive search firm, announced today the establishment of the JVS Philadelphia Fund for Women, a multi-million-dollar partnership with Ben […]