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Ben Franklin Healthcare Investments: 1.3 Million in Four Companies

February 29, 2024

Companies featured: Hoth Intelligence -Delaware County Hoth is developing augmented reality software to create a 3D reconstruction of the patient’s brain to support accurate and proper placement of external ventricular drains (EVDs) hothintel.com Vittoria Biotherapeutics- Philadelphia County Vittoria Biotherapeutics is a leading edge, gene-edited cell therapeutics company with novel platform technologies […]

Aston Pierce Joins Ben Franklin As Investment Director For GO PA Fund

January 18, 2024

Contact: Jason Bannon, Ben Franklin jason.bannon@sep.benfranklin.org Pierce to manage development of GO PA Fund and GO Philly Fund portfolios PHILADELPHIA—January 18, 2024—Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) announces that Aston Pierce has joined the organization as Investment Director, Global Opportunity Pennsylvania Fund II (GO PA Fund) and Global Opportunity Philadelphia Fund I […]

Ben Franklin Healthcare Investments: $785K In Four Companies

November 16, 2023

Companies featured: RightAir – Philadelphia County RightAir is a medical device company developing Air-AD, the first portable, negative pressure breathing assistance device designed to make breathing easier for people with respiratory disorders. rightair.io Astarte Medical Partners – Bucks County Astarte Medical is a precision nutrition company leveraging data, analytics, and digital tools and […]

Ben Franklin Tech Investments: $610K In Three Companies

November 14, 2023

Companies featured: Epilogue Systems – Delaware County Epilogue Systems is a B2B SaaS software company whose product, Opus, falls into the Gartner software category called Digital Adoption Platform. Opus makes implementing, learning and using B2B enterprise applications easier. epiloguesystems.com WealthHub – Montgomery County WealthHub combines state-of-the-art CRM with trust-specific business process management […]

Ben Franklin Technology Partners Completes First Close Of Its Expected $100M Venture Fund For Pennsylvania Innovation

November 9, 2023

Contact: Jason Bannon, Ben Franklin jason.bannon@sep.benfranklin.org $28M first close tops total raise of GO Philly Fund; new fund will invest primarily in Pennsylvania-based high growth technology companies already part of the Ben Franklin Network portfolio. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Nov. 9) –Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (“Ben Franklin”) has completed a first close of […]