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Black Professionals In Private Equity & Finance – Dealmaker Spotlight: Alex King

The following series features interviews with Black dealmakers and trailblazers in the private equity and finance community. Q: What attracted you to PE and venture capital? Alex King: My pathway to private equity and, more significantly, venture capital was part of my entrepreneurial journey. That journey started when I was in high school. I was an avid […]

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RealLIST Engineers 2023: Meet 15 Of Philly’s Most Impactful Technologists Right Now

These Philadelphia tech community members are not only developing cool technology, they’re sharing their skills through volunteering, mentoring, public speaking and more. It’s time again to recognize the people who literally make the tech world function. This is the fifth year that Technical.ly is recognizing influential technologists in our community who show impressive technical aptitude, […]

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New Hope’s Cecilian Partners Raises $11M After Tripling Revenue

New Hope real estate technology firm Cecilian Partners has raised an $11 million Series A after tripling its revenue. The funding round was led by Baltimore-based Resolve Growth Partners. Founded in 2019, Cecilian Partners was creates software platforms and other technology for homebuilders and homebuyers. CEO John Cecilian Jr. said that the fresh capital will […]

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Peep How This Wealth Advising App Strives For Equitable Financial Futures

Mical Jeanlys-White intends to revolutionize investing by creating an equitable future for the finance world. In August 2023, Jeanlys-White launched a tech-centered investing and planning service company called WealthMore. According to Forbes, Jeanlys-White learned valuable lessons from her grandmother, her Haitian-American family’s financial planner. Although her grandmother did not have formal training in financial planning, she used […]

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This Haitian-American Founder Launched A Wealth Advising App To Make Financial Freedom A Reality For All

Mical Jeanlys-White’s grandmother was the family’s financial planner. She didn’t have any formal planning education, but she knew enough to understand the importance of saving. The matriarch taught her Haitian-American granddaughter to live below her means and would often tell her adages like, spend money as slowly as you make it. Sage counsel, but, according to […]

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SkillCycle Upgrades Talent Development Platform To Help Customers Drive ROI Through Coaching and Upskilling

SkillCycle, a learning company focused on helping companies and their employees thrive through upskilling, announced today that their development-first platform enables a direct path from learning to performance management. C-suites and leadership typically look for growth opportunities and competitive advantages when the economy begins to thaw. Today, they increasingly focus on investing in their workforce […]

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Tech-Enabled Real Estate Brokerage Houwzer Formed A New Parent Company, Newfound

This new company will encompass Houwzer and recently the acquired brand Trelora as well as new brands Dash, HomeRise and Newfound Enterprise. Tech-enabled real estate brokerage Houwzer announced this month the launch of its new parent company, Newfound. Mike Maher, CEO and cofounder of Newfound and Houwzer, said that when Houwzer acquired Trelora last year, the Center City-based, venture-backed company went […]

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For EDA Tech Hubs Designation, Philly’s Life Science Leaders Are Reaching Across State Lines

Ben Franklin Tech Partners is leading over 50 partners in applying for the federal program. Here’s why orgs from southeastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware and southern New Jersey have all joined this consortium. Tech leaders from parts of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are working together to apply for federal EDA Tech Hubs designation. The program run by […]

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Call The Navy Yard A Mini Smart City

Rekor Systems installed a system of sensors in the Navy Yard to gather data about traffic in the area. This project is now turning the South Philly site into a living lab for Penn State to research AI technology. David Desharnais isn’t a huge fan of the term “smart cities.” Typically, the term refers to using Internet […]

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Delaware AI Startup WhipFlip Keeps Streamlining The Used Vehicle Industry

The DoorDash-inspired car selling platform is now ready to raise its first institutional round — and founder Roger Clappe intends to stay in the state as the company scales. Back in 2021, before “AI” was the hot topic it’s been since OpenAI launched ChatGPT-3, Roger Clappe founded an AI company called WhipFlip. The company — […]

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