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Winners Announced in Ben Franklin’s Agriculture, Food & Beverage BIG IDEA Contest!
October 21, 2022
On October 20, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM, eight finalists from the BIG IDEA Contest made their pitch presentations to a panel of independent judges from PA Department of Agriculture, Sheetz, Penn State Extension, and Trilliant Food & Nutrition LLC....
Mentorship Program In Philly Is Working To Make The Entrepreneurial Journey Less Lonely
October 18, 2022
Behind a successful entrepreneur is often another seasoned entrepreneur that has served as a guide. In Philadelphia, industry leaders are putting this into practice through a mentorship program for the city’s founder ecosystem. Ben Franklin Technology Partners and Philadelphia Alliance for Capital...
Payback of Ben Franklin Investment Fuels New Startups
October 17, 2022
Members of the Erie community came together to celebrate some of the local innovators who’ve successfully made the leap from start-up to up-and-running and recognized the efforts of some of Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ newest portfolio clients. Sixteen companies either...
Mental Healthtech Company NeuroFlow Raised A $25M Growth Round
October 17, 2022
Plans for the round include investing in R&D for its tech platform and hiring across all teams. The news follows the company’s recent move to a new Center City office. Following a $20 million Series B round last year, NeuroFlow just closed a $25...
Ven Raju Named Innovation Works CEO
October 14, 2022
Ven Raju has been named president and CEO of Innovation Works, a North Shore-based seed stage investor in tech startups, replacing Rich Lunak, who is retiring. Mr. Raju, 43, was chosen from among more than 135 candidates nationwide after a...
App + AMEX = Millions For Good
October 12, 2022
Keith Leaphart’s Philanthropi has partnered with American Express to let 25,000 members round up their purchases to give to charity. Keith Leaphart has a big dream for Philanthropi, the doctor/entrepreneur’s four-year-old company that works to turn everyday people into individual foundations: He...
Now Hiring: Regional Manager, Upper Susquehanna
October 11, 2022
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA has an opening for a Regional Manager, Upper Susquehanna. Overview To lead and direct entrepreneurial and advanced manufacturing activities in the Upper Susquehanna Region of Pennsylvania (Counties of Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland,...
Ben Franklin’s Agriculture, Food & Beverage BIG IDEA Contest Finale
October 11, 2022
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE BIG IDEA CONTEST FINAL PITCH COMPETITION! Join us for the virtual final pitch competition for Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ $25,000 Agriculture, Food & Beverage BIG IDEA Contest. On October 20th, selected finalists will pitch their ag,...
A Bold Effort To Cure HIV—Using Crispr
October 11, 2022
An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection. IN JULY, AN HIV-positive man became the first volunteer in a clinical trial aimed at using Crispr gene editing to snip...
Lehigh Provost Dr. Nathan Urban Appointed to Ben Franklin Board
October 10, 2022
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania has announced the appointment of Nathan Urban, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lehigh University, to its board of directors. Ben Franklin Northeast has had a decades long and...