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Whose Your Landlord raises $250K, Sets up Shop at Saxbys HQ

October 15, 2017

Whose Your Landlord, the millennial-focused apartment listing and renter’s information site, closed a $250,000 seed round led by Maryland-based CorLyst Group. The round, which includes $50,000 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, is a starting point on the path to a bigger target, according to cofounder Ofo Ezeugwu: On Monday the startup will go live with […]

Whoa: Ticketleap Sold to NYC Holding Company, CEO Raybould to Lead Spinout Startup

September 18, 2017

Long-time Philly tech scene staple Ticketleap has been sold to Patron Technology, a brand-new holding company based out of NYC, in an acquisition/spinout combo that created a new company called Port. As part of the move, CEO Tim Raybould — who became president and COO in 2013 after cofounder Chris Stanchek moved to San Diego — is stepping down to lead Port, which has a team […]

The 2017 Stellar StartUps Winners are …

September 14, 2017

Congrats to our portfolio companies, LeagueSide Inc., and Asset-Map! A seventh grader sewing since she was 6. Recent college graduates helping to make youth sports more accessible. Software developers with a system that predicts individuals’ health needs and steers them to the best-fitting insurance plan. They are among the winners in the second annual Stellar […]

ROAR for Good’s Athena Devices are Coming to a Real Estate Agent Near You

August 28, 2017

When the Google manifesto grabbed headlines last week, several women in Philly tech went in on the doc and Google’s accountability. Yasmine Mustafa, cofounder of ROAR for Good, had an additional thought: is there a way to connect with local companies who want to demonstrate that they care about these issues? She of course already had the answer — Athena. As […]

Here’s a List of 45 Women Investors in Philly

August 28, 2017

Earlier this year, as the annual Angel Venture Fair was wrapping up, MilkCrate CEO Morgan Berman dropped some truth to Philly.com reporter Diane Mastrull: “It is a little bit awkward for me to just go up to all these middle-aged men in sports jackets in the Union League.” A diversity-challenged angel and venture capital scene […]

Wow, NeedsList was Chosen to be Part of Another Global Accelerator

August 14, 2017

It’d be an understatement to say that it’s been a busy couple of months for NeedsList, the currently-in-beta online startup that connects refugee aid workers around the world with people who want to donate much-needed supplies and finances. Let’s recap: The Philly-founded startup from cofounders Natasha Freidus and Amanda Levinson had its beta launch during a citywide celebration commencing World Refugee Day in […]

How the Start-up LeagueSide Aims to Fund and Shake up Youth Sports

August 4, 2017

Evan Brandoff and Zubin Teherani are living the dream as two single guys in their mid-20s sharing an apartment in Center City, free of daunting family responsibilities. In other words, they have no kids. Yet, they work on behalf of them daily as founders of the start-up LeagueSide. Written atop the white board in the […]

Dell Boomi Named a 2017 Best Place to Work by Philadelphia Business Journal

August 3, 2017

Dell Boomi (Boomi), the number one integration cloud provider, announced that the Philadelphia Business Journal has named Boomi as a 2017 Best Place to Work. This marks the third time that the company has been honored with this award. The Philadelphia Business Journal partnered with Quantum Workplace to create this scientific employee engagement survey, which is based on anonymous employee responses […]

CloudMine Builds Role as a Strategic Player as Healthcare Organizations’ Data Needs Deepen

July 26, 2017

Since Philadelphia-based CloudMine‘s launch in 2011, it has sought to offer specialized services for the pharma and healthcare industries to make it easier to develop, test, deploy and manage their mobile applications. These services are seen as a growth area for health IT vendors and nonhealthcare technology companies alike. In a new chapter of the business, […]

Meet the Philly technologists up for 2017 Philly Geek Awards

July 21, 2017

At last year’s Philly Geek Awards, the evening was a whirlwind of Philly’s most passionate people. From technologists to impact leaders, from game developers to nonprofits, the geeked-out gala is back Aug. 26 and we now have the list of nominees you told us about. The full list of nominees is available but we’ve gone […]