News Type: News

Ben Franklin Approved $2.1M for 16 Early Stage Companies

November 10, 2015

Companies approved for funding: Advent Therapeutics – Bucks County Advent Therapeutics focuses on providing therapies for micro-orphan applications. The company is currently working on its first product which will address a serious disorder in newborn infants in the ICU. Advent Therapeutics is led by President and Chief Business Officer, David Lopez, Esq., CPA. ApprenNet […]

FY 2015: Ben Franklin Approved $9.6 Million in 47 Companies

July 16, 2015

Ben Franklin Approves $2.8M for 14 Early Stage Companies

July 1, 2015

Companies approved for funding: American Aerospace – Montgomery County American Aerospace provides long endurance, beyond line of sight unmanned aircraft system products and services to oil and gas, electric transmission, and emergency management customers. American Aerospace is lead by David Yoel, CEO and Founder; Marty McGregor, CTO; and Al Pizzica, VP of Strategy. americanaerospace.com […]

Ben Franklin Technology Partners Announces Investment and Commercialization Briefings

June 12, 2015

Ben Franklin’s free Briefings for entrepreneurs, companies and business advisors cover investment (application process, company qualifications, and proposal preparation) and commercialization programs and services. The Briefings support all technology sectors, including Life Sciences, IT, Physical Sciences and Alternative Energy/Clean Technologies. Please register below: Thursday, June 25th – 9:30 AM – 11:00AM Montgomery County Community […]

Ben Franklin Approves $2M for 10 Early Stage Companies

April 29, 2015

Companies approved for funding: Atrin Pharmaceutical – Bucks County Atrin Pharmaceuticals is a dynamic biopharmaceutical firm focused on the discovery and development of proprietary medications. Atrin centers its research on modalities which treat cancers lacking effective therapies. This technology will advance drug development for the treatment of solid tumors currently having limited or ineffective […]

Is Philly on its way to tech hub status after lagging behind?

April 17, 2015

Source: UpStart Business Journal This year, Philadelphia’s technology scene is well-positioned to see an uptick in mergers and acquisitions. It’s already off to a good start. The last week in January, and just spilling into February, there was a flurry of activity. At the same time biotech company Spark Therapeutics went public with a $161 […]

Temple Ventures | Please Join Us in Sparking Technological Innovation

April 17, 2015

Details When: April 24, 2015 Where: Temple University – Serc Building 1925 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Agenda 10:00-11:00 Refreshments, Networking, and Technology Showcase Next Generation Antimicrobial Agents Dr. William Wuest Assistant Professor of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology; New Therapeutic Approach for ALS (LouGehrig’s Disease) Dr. Benjamin Blass, […]

Philadelphia health IT company adds Apple Pay

April 16, 2015

Source: Philadelphia Business Journal A Philadelphia company that processes tens of billions of dollars in health care payments each year has added Apple Pay to its payment network. InstaMed, which has offices in Center City and Newport Beach, Calif., operates an integrated health care payment network that connects more than 1,500 hospitals, more than 70,000 […]

Meet Philly’s supermaterial maker: Graphene Frontiers

April 16, 2015

Source: Technically Philly The company is mass producing graphene, a Nobel Prize-winning nanomaterial, in a “gamechanging” fashion. What’s thin, flexible, transparent, highly conductive, ten times more durable than diamond and won a Nobel Prize back in 2010? That’s right, we’re talking about graphene. Graphene Frontiers CEO Mike Patterson says that back in 2010, one square […]

Third acquisition’s the charm. Change.org now owns Versa!

April 10, 2015

Source: Venture Beat With 90M users, Change.org buys Versa to expand its petition platform Today Change.org, a rather large site for creating and promoting petitions, announced its third acquisition: Versa. Versa tried to make sense of chaotic comments on news articles with a sponsored comment tool. That tool was designed to help politicians, corporations, and […]