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	<title>Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Pennsylvania</title>
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		<title>Locate to HCAR and Receive Up to $2 Million in Non-Dilutive Capital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let us help you find the next great healthcare advancement. HCAR is Accepting Applications Now! For eligible* new tenants, leasing laboratory, clean room or production space at HCAR could lead up to a $2 million grant. To take advantage of this offer, call Jack Atchason, Director of Business Development at 717-566-8900 or email him to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Energy Regional Innovation Cluster Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[$129 million Interagency Energy Efficiency Cluster Initiative to be located in Philadelphia August 26, 2010 Tuesday was a landmark in our nation’s technology innovation policy, as CAP’s Sean Pool explains. The Department of Energy announced that a consortium of more than 90 public- and private-sector organizations based in the Philadelphia region will host the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benfranklin.org/uncategorized/first-energy-regional-innovation-cluster-announced</link>
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		<title>Penn State to Lead Philadelphia-Based Team that will Pioneer New Energy Efficient Building Designs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Research consortium led by Penn State to receive up to $122 million in federal funding for “Energy Innovation Hub” at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Washington, D.C. – A team led by The Pennsylvania State University will receive up to $122 million over the next five years from the Department of Energy to establish an Energy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benfranklin.org/uncategorized/penn-state-to-lead-philadelphia-based-team-that-will-pioneer-new-energy-efficient-building-designs</link>
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		<title>Energy Commercialization Institute Awards $510K to Alternative Energy Companies &amp; Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA &#8211; The Energy Commercialization Institute (ECI), the region’s first university-based energy commercialization partnership, has awarded $510K to five regional alternative and clean technology companies and three university-based research projects. The funding is intended to jump-start promising technologies and help build Southeastern Pennsylvania’s alternative energy infrastructure. The ECI, with funding from the Commonwealth’s Ben Franklin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benfranklin.org/uncategorized/energy-commercialization-institute-awards-510k-to-alternative-energy-companies-research</link>
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		<title>Biogen Idec and Ben Franklin Portfolio Company, Knopp Neurosciences, Annouce License Agreement for Late-Stage ALS Drug Candidate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WESTON, MA, and PITTSBURGH, PA, August 18, 2010—Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Knopp Neurosciences today announced they have entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement under which Biogen Idec will develop and commercialize KNS-760704 (dexpramipexole) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and potentially other indications. KNS-760704 is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benfranklin.org/uncategorized/biogen-idec-and-ben-franklin-portfolio-company-knopp-neurosciences-annouce-license-agreement-for-late-stage-als-drug-candidate</link>
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		<title>LinkedIn purchases CMU spinoff mSpoke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, August 05, 2010 By Erich Schwartzel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Major social networking site LinkedIn announced Wednesday that it had purchased mSpoke, a Carnegie Mellon spinoff that works with recommendation technology designed to hold users on websites for longer periods of time. This is the Mountain View, Calif-based company&#8217;s first acquisition since rising to become a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benfranklin.org/uncategorized/linkedin-purchases-cmu-spinoff-mspoke</link>
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		<title>LOCKE NAMES ROSEANN ROSENTHAL OF BEN FRANKLIN TO NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 13, 2010 News Media Contact: Nick Kimball, (202) 482-4883, nkimball@doc.gov Council will advise the president on ways to foster entrepreneurship and transform laboratory ideas into new businesses and jobs  ANN ARBOR, Mich. – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the members of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benfranklin.org/uncategorized/locke-names-roseann-rosenthal-of-ben-franklin-technology-partners-of-southeastern-pa-national-advisory-council-on-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-members</link>
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		<title>Ben Franklin Technology Partners: Catalysts for Economic Growth in PA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is a hub for innovative research and cutting-edge ideas. Ben Franklin Technology Partners is giving a much-needed boost to Pennsylvania entrepreneurs. This is part of the firm foundation upon which America can build.&#8221; —The Honorable Joe Biden Vice President of the United States of America &#8220;As I look back on the past 27 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benfranklin.org/news/ben-franklin-technology-partners-catalysts-for-economic-growth-in-pa</link>
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		<title>People Are Talking About the Impact of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Ben Franklin Technology Partners helped us get up and running quickly, providing us with specialized equipment and expertise, office space and wet lab space. They also invested in the company and helped create our administrative infrastructure. This freed us to focus on technology development and long-term funding. Ben Franklin has been with us every step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Follow Ben Franklin Technology Partners as Role Model for Tech-Based Economic Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposed Minnesota Science and Technology Authority &#8220;The Minnesota Science and Technology Authority, modeled after programs like the Ben Franklin Technology Partners in Pennsylvania, would&#8230;oversee economic development efforts, including money to retain local grown companies and attract out of state ones.&#8221; [Full Story] New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation &#8220;Lawmakers [have] installed the [...]]]></description>
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