News Type: News

The Penn Center for Innovation Just Added a $300K Hammer to Its Tool Box

February 4, 2015

Source: Philadelphia Business Journal Penn initiative nabs $300K from National Science Foundation The Penn Center for Innovation was recently awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The $300,000 grant will go toward establishing an NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) site at the University of Pennsylvania. Working as a business accelerator, I-Corps will facilitate the […]

OneTwoSee’s Sports Extras App Went Live With Xfinity!

February 3, 2015

Source: Philly.com Xfinity Sports Extras app developer keeps game-day facts flowing With about 25 seconds to go in Sunday’s Super Bowl and the Seahawks in the red zone, on the television screen, Comcast’s Xfinity Sports Extras app was giving Seattle an 81 percent probability of beating New England. Then Patriots safety Malcolm Butler jumped in […]

Half Way to the Goal in Just 5 Days. Bulogics’ Hive Smart Audio System is Going Strong!

February 3, 2015

Source: Technically Philly This East Falls company built a smart-home device that’s killing it on Kickstarter right now BuLogics’ latest product is a smart-home hub, wireless audio system and mobile app all in one. You may not have heard of BuLogics. That’s kind of by design. The East Falls company, which spun out venture-backed startup […]

Project Liberty’s First Exit! Congrats to the SnipSnap Team!

January 29, 2015

Source: TechCrunch Slyce Snatches Up Mobile Couponing App SnipSnap For $6.5 Million Visual search provider Slyce is expanding its lineup of mobile applications taking advantageof its proprietary image recognition technology with the acquisition of popular mobile couponing app SnipSnap for $6.5 million. The deal was a combination of cash and stock, and brings SnipSnap’s 4 […]

Philly Startup’s Heart Is In The Right Place

January 23, 2015

Source: Philly.com Daniel Cabrera, 22, and Ricardo Solorzano, 25, both of Center City, co-founded BioBots, a firm in Southwest Center City that has developed a toolkit to fabricate the 3-D structure of human tissue. BioBots is a recent graduate of DreamIt Health Philly’s 2014 accelerator. I spoke with Cabrera, the CEO. Q: How did […]

Cloudnexa Raised $4M Last Month

January 22, 2015

Source: Technically Philly Cloudnexa helps businesses migrate to, yep, you guessed it, the cloud. The Navy Yard-based startup is seeing rapid growth and is taking on investment to scale up. Navy Yard-based cloud management startup Cloudnexa rang in the New Year by completing a $4 million investment round funded by existing investors, according to an […]

PeopleLinx Doubles Revenue in 2014, Wins Richy Award for Sales Innovation

January 22, 2015

Source: PR Web PeopleLinx generates record sales in 2014. Announces it has received a prestigious Richy Award for Best Social Selling Tool from sales performance leader Richardson. PeopleLinx announced today that 2014 was its most successful year yet. The company generated record sales, growing revenue to 220% year-over-year. PeopleLinx’s sales growth came on the strength […]

identiMetrics Enhances Student Privacy, School Service Provider Pledge Heralded by Obama

January 14, 2015

Source: PR Web President Obama Announces New Privacy Protections for the Digital Age identiMetrics, the leader in biometric finger scanning solutions in K-12 education, among 75 companies that signed the K-12 School Service Provider Pledge to safeguard student privacy. identiMetrics, the leader in biometric finger scanning identification solutions for schools, has announced that it is […]

First Niagara Invests in StartUp Community with Ben Franklin

January 13, 2015

New Partnership Provides $1.0 Million to Co-invest in Startups in the Five-County Region PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA (Jan. 12, 2015) – First Niagara Bank and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania today announced a new partnership to invest in early-stage companies focusing on the life sciences, information technology and physical sciences sectors within the five-county […]

Would you like your smart TV to alert you of a possible break in?

January 8, 2015

Source: CNET Staples Connect will bring smart-home alerts to some HDTVs Zonoff says you’ll soon see smart-home messages on select HDTVs through the Staples Connect hub. LAS VEGAS — Getting smart-home alerts on tablets and phones is certainly a nifty trick but if you’re engrossed in a movie or grooving to tunes you might miss […]