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Philly-Area Startup For Investing In Real Estate Debt Rebrands With Wider Offerings
April 20, 2024
Once known as Yieldeasy, the Newtown company is now called Finresi. It added hundreds of users after a pivot last spring. A Bucks County startup making an alternative real estate investment marketplace has rebranded: The company formerly known as Yieldeasy...
New VP At Philly Chamber Is A Former Tech Industry Pro Who’s All About Building Relationships
April 16, 2024
After 10 years at Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Jason Bannon left to bring lessons on collaboration to other business sectors. For Jason Bannon, relationship building is what makes the Philly tech ecosystem special. The marketing pro recently left his role...
This Philly Founder Is Making Generational Wealth Building More Accessible
April 8, 2024
WealthMore is a financial planning platform that removes barriers and helps young adults with investment advice. For Mical Jeanlys-White, technology presents an opportunity to empower people to build wealth. The Philadelphia resident in 2022 founded WealthMore, a platform that provides young...
Philly Is on the cusp of marrying innovation with inclusion — finally!
April 8, 2024
Thanks in part to the EDA Tech Hub bid, the pieces are lining up for a major surge in equitable regional growth. Every time I drive home from my Navy Yard office, I wave to the sparkling University City buildings...
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Drives Innovation with Strategic Investments in Four Promising Enterprises
March 25, 2024
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in four dynamic companies. These strategic investments totaling $290,000 are poised...
TechVentures 4,495 SQ Office Suite – Available for Rent
March 25, 2024
Looking for the perfect workspace? Look no further! Located in the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ), Ben Franklin Northeast has a 4,495 square foot private office suite available on our third floor which includes 4 private offices, a bathroom, and a...
TechVentures Electronics Lab – Available for Rent
March 25, 2024
1,881 square feet of TechVentures Electronics Lab space available for rent Details: Power: 120-208 v Single Phase, 208-480 v Three Phase Vacuum Compressed Air Fire Suppression System Cooling: building A/C system with additional 15 ton Liebert A/C Tenants get access...
Two Local Erie Startups win Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator Business Bootcamp
March 21, 2024
On March 20, 2024, the Samuel P. Black III Knowledge Center in Penn State Behrend’s Knowledge Park buzzed with excitement as the Ben Franklin TechCelerator in Erie Finale unfolded, marking the culmination of a transformative 10-week program aimed at nurturing...
Statewide Venture Fund Makes First Investments
March 12, 2024
Four months after taking the field, a statewide venture fund is taking its first shots. The so-called GO PA Fund has invested in two companies, a financial technology firm based in Swarthmore and an advertising tech company based in New...
Ben Franklin Northeast Announces New TechVentures Portfolio Manager
March 5, 2024
NEWS RELEASE Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin Northeast) has announced the appointment of Saima Farooq to TechVentures Portfolio Manager. In this role, she will manage the 40+ early-stage companies housed at TechVentures,...