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Dell Boomi and Aspire Systems, Inc. Partner to Accelerate Digital Transformation with Cloud-based Integration Solution

April 27, 2017

Aspire Systems, Inc. a global technology services firm providing digital transformation services, today announced that it has formalized a partnership with Dell Boomi. The partnership will accelerate and simplify API Integration with Aspire’s Unified Reference Architecture (AURAS – Cloud) solution, a future-ready cloud integration platform capable of addressing many different vertical use cases with speed […]

Powerlytics Expands Granular Data Analysis for Online Lending Platform Avant

April 27, 2017

How does an online lending platform fueled by machine learning and big data further sharpen its marketing and income verification systems? With the only big data provider that has complete data at the zip+4 level for the 200 million adults and 30 million businesses that make up the U.S. economy. Powerlytics will provide income insights […]

Philly Startup SocialLadder Wins “Best Management Team” From N.J. Tech Council

April 13, 2017

SocialLadder, a Philadelphia-based startup that enables live events to promote and sell tickets through its peer-to-peer marketing platform, beat 44 competitors for the “Best Management Team” honors at a New Jersey Tech Council event. “We are growing rapidly and hope to become the go-to platform where passionate people connect with experiences, things and causes that […]

Philly in Top 10 List of Emerging Tech Hubs

April 4, 2017

A growing number of startups are being created across the country — and they’re cropping up outside of the top innovation hub cities. That’s according to new data released today by TechNet and the Progressive Policy Institute. Why it matters: Political and economic dynamics are forcing companies and investors to pay more attention to business […]

Keriton wins big at #SXSW: ‘I want to dedicate this award to Philadelphia’

March 23, 2017

As we’ve noted, Philly headed to South by Southwest with a significant presence this year, including Mayor Jim Kenney himself. And one local health IT company just cashed in from that national exposure: Keriton, the makers of a breast milk management system, beat out 150 other startups to win the top prize in the Digital Health portion of the Impact […]

Technology Trends We’d Like to See More of in 2017

January 26, 2017

We live in a world where new technology is constantly and consistently advancing and new companies are born every day. In 2014, the recession maintained its grasp on American ingenuity as entrepreneurship hit a 20-year low. However, according to the Kauffman Index for 2016, startup activity rebounded last year, going up for the second year in […]

Grassroots Unwired Expands Mobile-first Technology for the Greater Good

January 23, 2017

Social service providers are getting better at identifying and tracking people experiencing homelessness. This is due, in part, to having better, more efficient technology like Grassroots Unwired at the ready.

Local startup MilkCrate Nabs Several New Clients, Including Comcast

January 20, 2017

MilkCrate, a Philadelphia-based startup nearly four years in the making, has announced several major new clients, including Comcast. Founder Morgan Berman announced last Thursday that Comcast will introduce its app to a pilot group of employees this spring. A larger roll-out later this year is expected to follow the pilot. “Comcast wants employees to learn how to be […]

Clutch Raised $5.25 million and Acquired Chicago Company, Persio

January 17, 2017

Ambler-based marketing company Clutch has announced its acquisition of Chicago-based company Persio for an undisclosed amount. It also announced a $5.25 million round of funding, bringing the total fundraising to nearly $20 million. Persio, founded in 2012, is an intelligent mobile promotions platform. It has led hundreds of successful campaigns for retailers with inventive mobile marketing techniques like mobile scratch-and-win offers […]

Biomeme Says its New Office is a Longterm Commitment to Philly

December 6, 2016

Biomeme cofounder Max Perelman is pumped about the two meeting rooms at the company’s new Center City office. “Our old meeting room used to be the bathroom,” Perelman joked (we think?). “It used to get awkward when someone came in to pee.” The biotech company just moved into a 4,500-square-foot office at 10th and Chestnut. The move is almost […]