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Ben Franklin Technology Partners: Catalysts for Economic Growth in PA
“This is a hub for innovative research and cutting-edge ideas. Ben Franklin Technology Partners is giving a much-needed Read More...
People Are Talking About the Impact of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners
“Ben Franklin Technology Partners helped us get up and running quickly, providing us with specialized equipment and expertise, office space Read More...
States Follow Ben Franklin Technology Partners as Role Model for Tech-Based Economic Development
Proposed Minnesota Science and Technology Authority “The Minnesota Science and Technology Authority, modeled after programs like the Ben Franklin Technology Read More...
BFTP/SEP Approves Second Quarter Investments for Eight Companies
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP) announced second-quarter 2010 investments totaling $2,026,000 for eight early-stage Pennsylvania companies with Read More...
BFTP Prototype Funding Gives Life to Toy Robots
Even though The Jetsons practically promised it, you might be disappointed that robots are not making your sandwiches, giving the kids baths, or hovercrafting you to work. However, make your way to Western Pennsylvania and you’ll find yourself in something of a bot colony. In Read More...
Finalists Chosen for $35,000 New Energy Idea Contest
The $35,000 New Energy Idea Contest, sponsored by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (BFTP/CNP) and the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP), has chosen 7 finalists and is currently determining a panel of judges. Forty applications were received before the deadline of Read More...
Transformative Leaps Begin with Investment in Technology
Rapidly evolving technology has profound and far-reaching effects on how we communicate, how we use and conserve energy and how we live safer, healthier lives. Death rates due to cancer, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, pneumonia and diabetes (6 of the 15 leading causes of death Read More...
Innovation Works Invests $434,500 in Regional Companies
Since February 2010, Innovation Works has invested $434,500 in ten start-up technology companies and innovative manufacturers in Southwestern PA. The re-investments in our portfolio companies help startups move closer to commercialization and help early-stage companies gain increased sales traction. In addition, five new AlphaLab companies Read More...
Epiphany Solar Water Systems Brings Safe Water to Those in Need
Access to clean water is not much of a worry in the developed world. But almost a billion people—one in eight—are without safe water for drinking on a daily basis. In fact, unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80 percent of all sickness Read More...
BFTP/NEP to Invest $992,946 to Support Northeastern PA Economic Development
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s (BFTP/NEP) Board of Directors approved a combined investment of $992,946 in support of regional economic development. BFTP/NEP is an award-winning, state-funded economic development organization that links early-stage technology firms and established companies with experts, universities, funding, and Read More...
