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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Presents: Feed the Founders Networking Event Featuring Special Guest Simone Kendle, CEO of Wove
February 28, 2024
Calling all entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts! Ben Franklin Technology Partners is thrilled to announce the upcoming Feed the Founders networking event, scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. This event will take place at the...
Building Future Tech Company Founders and Leaders: Ben Franklin Technology Partners Supports CC4H Robotics
February 28, 2024
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) is thrilled to sponsor the Centre County 4-H Robotics (CC4H Robotics) program, recognizing the profound impact it has in empowering young minds. In total, the program has ten...
2023 Philadelphia Venture Report
February 26, 2024
VC dealmaking slowed across the entire US in 2023, and Philadelphia was no exception. But maintaining its reputation for gritty resilience, the Philly ecosystem held stronger than many other, larger venture hot spots, particularly at the pre-seed and seed stages,...
Cagent Vascular Raises $30 Million Series C Financing
February 22, 2024
Funds will be used to accelerate US market adoption and to expand the product portfolio of the first and only Serration Angioplasty Technology Cagent Vascular, Inc., a rapidly growing commercial stage medical device company, today announced a Series C Financing...
Take home up to $10,000 to help launch your startup with Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator!
February 19, 2024
STATE COLLEGE, PA – Calling all aspiring entrepreneurs! Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator is offering a 10-week business boot camp with a chance to win up to $10,000 in prize money to help you launch your startup. Ben Franklin Technology Partners of...
What Does The Philly Tech Community Hope To See In 15 years? A Larger, More Inclusive And More Robust Ecosystem
February 13, 2024
Eight local leaders look back, and forward, in honor of Technical.ly’s 15th anniversary. What were you doing in 2009? That February, Chris Wink, Sean Blanda and Brian James Kirk launched a blog called Technical.ly Philly aiming to cover the growing technology ecosystem...
Fast-Growing Swarthmore Fintech Raises $28M, Plans Hiring Spree
February 13, 2024
LoanStar Technologies, the rapidly growing Swarthmore fintech, has raised nearly $28 million to accelerate sales and expand headcount. The Series A was led by Connecticut-based Sageview Capital, with participation from Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ Go PA Fund. The $27.85 million infusion brings...
OK2StandUP Inc Secures $150,000 Investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA
February 6, 2024
OK2StandUP, a cutting-edge healthcare technology startup dedicated to preventing falls among seniors, is thrilled to announce a strategic investment of $150,000 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania (CNP). In Pennsylvania alone, 71 older adults suffer serious...
This New ‘Digital Bridge’ Could Cultivate A Thriving Impact Investing Ecosystem In Philadelphia
February 2, 2024
ImpactPHL’s OptImpact tool aims to connect accredited investors with investable opportunities for good. The devastating consequences of divestment, like deteriorating infrastructure, vacant lots, and vast expanses of food and green space deserts, are glaringly obvious in low-income areas of Philadelphia....
The Philly Company That Makes Autonomous Farm Robots Just Raised $24M
January 11, 2024
Burro hopes to have 800 plant- and produce-hauling vehicles in operation by the end of the year. Philly’s small-but-growing robotics presence is attracting national attention, as evidenced by a big cash infusion for a company named after a hard-working beast...