News Type: News

Milkcrate helps people wanting to live green

April 10, 2015

Source: Philly.com In those cash-strapped days when you first moved into your own place and used plastic milk crates as furniture, you might not have considered yourself part of the sustainability movement. But you were, by repurposing that crate. A few years ago, Morgan Berman decided she, too, wanted to live a greener existence. “I […]

35 New Jobs Coming to KOP-Based Greenphire

April 10, 2015

Source: Philly.com Greenphire to add 35 at new KofP HQ Flush with new investor cash, clinical-trials payment-technology provider Greenphire says it has moved to an 18,000 sq. ft. office at 630 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, from a smaller location nearby. The company employs 65, and plans to have over 100 by the end of […]

Panasonic and Neat Company are Now a Thing

April 8, 2015

Source: Business Wire Panasonic Announces New Bundled Product Offering with the Neat Company, a Leading Provider of Expense Management Software for the Small Business New hardware and software bundle delivers affordable and versatile expense management capabilities and scanning solution NEWARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, a provider of industry leading document management […]

I Spy With My Little Eye…Bryce Harper Holding a Chandler Bat on the Sports Illustrated Cover!!!

April 7, 2015

Source: The Big Lead Bryce Harper Is Very Jacked on the Sports Illustrated Baseball Preview Cover Bryce Harper and Max Scherzer adorn the cover of the Sports Illustrated baseball preview this year. More specifically, Bryce Harper’s Hulk Hogan-level left forearm graces one of the magazine’s four different regional covers — the Indians, Mariners and […]

A less frustrating customer service call? Yes please!

April 6, 2015

Source: Technically Philly This Philly startup is using live video to enhance customer service calls Livegenic aims to make calling in insurance claims much less frustrating. “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” It’s a question we’re asked in many a customer service phone call. For good reason, too: it’s a starting point. […]

Let’s stop talking about Negadelphia

March 20, 2015

Source: Technically Philly At young pros panel, big names implore: ‘Stop comparing Philly to Silicon Valley’ “Let’s stop talking about Negadelphia, let’s stop talking about cheesesteaks and Rocky, let’s start talking about what really matters in this city.” Reading Terminal Market was hopping Thursday night. Crazy specials at Olympia Gyro? Nope. Big dairy sale at […]

Woop! Woop! Hurray for Solar Grid Storage!

March 6, 2015

Source: PR Newswire SunEdison Becomes First Renewable Energy Company To Offer Solar, Wind, And Energy Storage SunEdison Acquires Energy Storage Operating Projects, Pipeline, and Project Origination Team from Solar Grid Storage BELMONT, Calif. and PHILADELPHIA, March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), the world’s largest renewable energy development company, and Solar Grid Storage […]

Got an overabundance of chicken manure? We’ve got a company for that.

March 6, 2015

Source: Keystone Edge Philadelphia’s EnviroKure turns chicken waste into organic fertilizer The words “Philadelphia” and “agricultural products” don’t usually go together, but the growing company EnviroKure is making organic fertilizers near the city’s Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. “Agriculture is of course a major industry throughout Pennsylvania,” says company president and CEO Mark Lupke. “We located our pilot […]

$5M Series A for Cloudmine…CHECK!

March 4, 2015

Source: VentureBeat Mobile Backend Startup CloudMine Picks up $5M Image Credit: John Karakatsanis/Flickr CloudMine, a startup that sells a cloud service for operating mobile apps and websites, is announcing today that it has picked up $5 million in new funding. CloudMine offers several components for mobile developers to tap, including object storage, push notifications, load […]

One of our coolest alum was acquired over the weekend!

March 3, 2015

Source: PR Newswire Hot Tub Leader Watkins Manufacturing Corporation Acquires Aquatic Fitness Innovator Endless Pools, Inc. VISTA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Watkins Manufacturing Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of hot tubs, has acquired Endless Pools®, Inc. through its parent company, Masco Corporation. The acquisition allows Watkins to expand its line of personal well-being […]