Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization established in 1982 that promotes the development and adoption of new technologies in the region. Over the past 30 years, it has emerged as a prominent provider of seed stage capital, investing more than $170 million in over 1,750 technology companies, many of which have achieved significant industry success. In addition to financial support, Ben Franklin fosters university and industry collaborations to expedite the commercialization of scientific innovations. The organization is dedicated to enhancing the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, creating jobs, and transforming lives through its initiatives.

Jason Bannon

VP, Marketing and Communications

Jonathon Beschen

Investment Director, IT Investment Group

Margaret Berger Bradley

VP, Strategic Initiatives

Patrick J. Foley

Former Member of Physical Sciences Investment Advisory Committee

Elaine Fulton

Operations Associate

Richard E. Genzer

Director of Investments and Information Technology

Mark de Grandpre

Portfolio Executive

Anthony P. Green

Chief Scientific Officer

Jennifer Hartt

MD, Healthcare Investment Group

Alan R. Kraus

Senior Director of Investment Group for Information Technology

John A. Loftus

Director

Tristan Ly

Director, Portfolio Administration

Adare Mcmillan

CFO

OMAR G. MENCIN, DBA

MD, IT Investment Group

Scott Nissenbaum

President and CEO

Douglas R. Petillo

Member of Information Technology Investment Advisory Committee

Matthew Rieke

Director and Member of Life Sciences Investment Advisory Committee

Charles M. Robins

Director

RoseAnn B. Rosenthal

CEO Emeritus

Stephen Spinelli

Director

Sri Sriadibhatla

Investment Director, Healthcare Investment Group

Kate Srinivasan

Client Engagement Manager

Chris Starr

Member of Information Technology Investment Advisory Committee

Mark S. Trabbold

SVP, Strategic Initiatives Group

Stephen T. Zarrilli

Vice Chairman

715 past transactions

CyberCrunch provides nationwide computer recycling and hard drive shredding services. CyberCrunch, provides secure data destruction and electronics recycling services. The company provides recycling solutions for computers, computer accessories and components, monitors, networking, consumer electronics, light bulbs, point of sale equipment, servers, server components, printers/copiers/scanners, freon appliances, commercial non-electronics recycling, and batteries. The company also destruction services that include on/off site shredding, magnetic degaussing, low level wiping, mailback, secure transportation, imaging, secure storage, and videotaping.
InfraScan, Inc., a medical device company, develops, commercializes, and distributes hand-held diagnostic devices for head injury and stroke assessment based on near-infrared (NIR) technology. It offers Infrascanner, a diagnostic device that enables clinicians to detect intracranial bleeding in patients with head trauma; and education and training services. The company’s device is used in hospital and intensive care monitoring, military, screening in remote areas, sports medicine, pediatrics, ambulance services, and other applications. It sells its products through distributors in North America, South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. InfraScan, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with research and development lab in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Manufacturer of smart wireless earbuds designed to provide simpler audio and communication systems for people in motion. The company's earbuds fit comfortably under any helmet which make them ideal for activities that require wearing a helmet such as motorcycle, bicycle and power-sports, enabling riders to get clear audio at any speed.

Healthy Humans, LLC

Healthy Humans, LLC operates Health eHub, a patient-empowering medical home online platform that provides continuity care and enhanced care-coordination to improve the quality of care that physicians provide to their patients. Its platform allows patients to access to the healthcare system, message with doctor, schedule appointments online, request prescription refills online, view lab results online, track diet and exercise habits, manage prescriptions, set health goals, and follow important vitals, as well as automatically track their vitals, meals, and recommended diagnostics. The company serves healthcare providers, patients, and insurers. Healthy Humans, LLC was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

PDA Companies LLC

PDA Companies LLC develops and sells biobased product labels. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

CD Diagnostics

Seed Round in 2012
CD Diagnostics is developing assays for orthopaedic surgeons and rheumatologists who would like greater diagnostic confidence in joint fluid analysis. Unlike current technologies, which often yield vague and ambiguous results, CygnaSure™, our lead product, offers orthopaedic surgeons and rheumatologists a rapid, accurate and reliable diagnostic answer.
PChem Associates, Inc. engages in the development and production of metallic nanoparticles for the printed electronics market. It offers commercial formulations, developmental formulations, and custom formulations. The company serves printed electronic, prospective development, display, surface enhanced raman scattering substrates, fuel cell and hydrogen storage, antimicrobial, ink manufacturers, security printing, and solar applications. PChem Associates, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Choice One Partners, Ltd.

Developed an automated benefit enrollment system designed to incorporate Internet/Intranet and Interactive Voice updating efficiencies to the traditional employee benefit records management tasks - enrollment, billing and database maintenance

Instadiagnostics

Seed Round in 2016
Instadiagnostics Inc. develops a point-of-care (POC) diagnostic platform with the aim of bringing centralized laboratory testing to the patient’s bedside. The platform allows early diagnosis, and/or treatment monitoring of patients at the POC (primary care centers, community clinics, emergency departments etc.) without requiring additional trips to have blood drawn, lengthy wait times for results or having to wait for diagnosis/follow up testing. Instadiagnostics Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Clutch serves as a customer marketing platform for business-to-consumer brands. It provides traditional marketing CRM, loyalty, gift card, mobile, email, and direct mail solutions. The company was created to help businesses succeed in an evolving marketing landscape. Since 2012, they have continued to grow their platform into an innovative, data-centric marketing solution with one focus that empowering brands with the best technology so that they can identify, understand and motivate their customers.
Navrogen, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, develops technology platforms that enable users to discover and assemble a database of tumor types that produce or induce factors that suppress humoral immunity against cancer cells. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Scientific Software Tools, Inc., is a developer of scientific and engineering products for the PC based Mircrosoft Windows platform. The company was founded in 1988, and headquartered in suburban Philadelphia. Based in Media, Pennsylvania, the firm offers comprehensive software: DriverLinx, Real-time hardware-independent data-acquisition drivers; LabOBJX Real-Time Chart, a control for charting of real-time data; LabOBJX Gauge, a activeX control for adding virtual instrument panels and man-machine interfaces to your Windows apps; VisualSCOPE Digital Storage Oscilloscope, a virtual oscilloscope for data-acquisition boards; ExceLINX, a excel add on to acquire data directly from hardware. Scientific Software works cooperatively with Keithley Instruments, Inc., to resell data acquisition hardware.
NovaFlora, Inc. is a privately-held biotechnology company focusing on the genetic improvement and commercialization of high-value ornamental plants. NovaFlora is involved in the development of value-added dwarf and early flowering varieties of roses and other ornamental plants. The company plans to market its products through key strategic alliances like The Conard-Pyle Co., one of the largest licensors of garden roses in the United States. NovaFlora, Inc. was founded in 1993.
RXVP, Inc., is a provider of two-way wireless health communication services for the consumer market. Designed as an internet based platform tool to remind patients of recurring conditional needs and medication alerts, RXVP offers the 'Postscript' prescription reminder service through text or voice messages, email, or other wireless connection technologies. When contacted, patients confirm that the medication is being taken by pressing a button on the devise and the response is transmitted back to the network. Reply is distributed via email to a third party, authorized by the patient. Formed by Samuel A. Nalbone Jr., the company began operations in 1998 and is based in Chester, Pennsylvania.
SQUAREKNOT LLC operates a Website that allows users to build step-by-step Minecraft branches and projects. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
ROAR for Good is a woman-led and mission-driven technology company dedicated to cultivating safer workplaces. Their employee safety platform, called AlwaysOn, is specifically designed for the hotel industry and exceeds compliance standards to protect employees and promote well being. Built upon banking-level mission-critical networks, it is the most reliable and cost-effective staff security product on the market. It is built to work without wifi, cell, or even power – guaranteeing the solution is _always_ at work.
NanoBlox, Inc. develops products utilizing detonation synthesis to create materials known as Ultra-Dispersed Diamond, and Nanocrystalline diamond or Nanodiamond for industrial and biomedical uses. It applies its materials for catalysis of electrolytic metal finishing, texturing of magnetic storage media, friction reduction, lubrication, and tribological modification of wear surfaces. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Delray Beach, Florida.
Superior Solar Design LLC is located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, a suburb just west of Philadelphia. Their roots began as a "PA Sunshine Grant" approved solar electric and solar heating system sales and installation company for commercial and residential customers. Superior Solar Design LLC is immersed in all things solar powered and recognized the opportunity to build a superior solar charging table and solar powered mobile device charging stations. Their off grid solar power centers and solar charging tables make an excellent addition anywhere or anyplace under the sun. Just like all of their solar projects the SolarPower Table solar charging table is designed and built to be the best in class and perform beyond expectations.

Sensemaking Technologies

Sensemaking Technologies is based in the United States.
Polynetworks is a privately held company headquartered in Narberth, Pennsylvania which provides a variety of services in the field of Telecommunications and Networking. They provide research, consulting, integration, and product design and development services to a myriad of government, government contractors, and commercial entities in the field of wireless communications. They have more than 5 years of experience in broadband wireless networks – both static and mobile. They have extensive hardware and software knowledge and expertise to create practical real-world systems – having a holistic approach for deployable products. They have performed training, installation, and troubleshooting of tactical and mission-critical wireless solutions in the field.
Structure Probe, Inc. provides analytical and laboratory services to the microscopy and microanalysis community. It offers analytical research services, which include instrumental analysis, sample preparation, multi-technique services, asbestos analysis, and consulting; testing and analytical laboratory services in the fields of cosmetics, polymers and polymer coatings, chemistry, ceramics, metallurgy, microelectronics, biology, physics, and life sciences to customers in government, industrial, academia, legal, independent laboratory, and pharmaceutical sectors; claim substantiation services for cosmetics and toiletries industries; and failure analysis services. The company also manufactures and distributes sample preparation equipment and consumable supply items, which include cryogenic labware for storing and dispensing small quantities of liquid nitrogen; embedding kits for use in critical sample preparation; Vacseal, a silicone-based liquid resin system for sealing leaks in high and UHV systems; highly ordered pyrolytic graphite for applications in the scanning probe laboratory; and original micro-analysis standard blocks. In addition, it offers high vacuum bench top evaporators, silicon membrane window grids, ampoule breakers, UHV view ports, plasma etchers, electronic analytical balances, backscattered electron detectors, brand portable fume hoods, electron microscope films, coated microscope slides, desiccator cabinets, osmium plasma coaters, and lubricants and greases. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, representatives, and agents in the United States and internationally. Structure Probe, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is based in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Switchboard Live

Private Placement in 2017
Switchboard is a live video, social media management platform that helps Creators, Producers, and Brands to manage their live streams, create workflows, that extend reach to online audiences and social connections. Switchboard develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of live streaming activations to social video platforms and broadcast destinations. We are always looking for innovative ways to simplify the "how you do live" process by combining best in practice tools and technology. Switchboard Live Inc. was founded in February 2016, ​headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Lewis Designs, LLC

Lewis Designs, LLC designs, develops, and tests brake designs for heavy duty truck manufacturers and suppliers for increased safety, stability, control, and fuel efficiency standards. The company offers an alternative to the conventional air disc design. Lewis Designs, LLC was founded in 2010 and is based in Waterford, Pennsylvania.
Sweet Note Bakery is a gluten-free and allergen free bagel manufacturer based in Manayunk. It recreated an authentic New York-style bagel to be completely free of the top 8 common food allergens, along with being gluten-free. Sweet Note Bakery ensures to use only high quality natural ingredients in their products to deliver nothing but the best.
Guiding Technologies is a Philadelphia-based start-up dedicated to helping individuals with autism reach their full potential. Our product, GAINS™, is the first haptic feedback guidance and analysis software program designed exclusively for Applied Behavioral Analysis instruction management. GAINS™ guides and track ABA instruction in real-time with unprecedented detail and ease. It records each activity or trial with tactile input and unobtrusive audio response, avoiding any client distraction. The haptic feedback and seamless program-to-program transitions allow staff to focus on client instruction. Bulky program binders are consolidated into a tablet computer, and after-session reports can include detailed real-time performance data. GAINS™ automatically retrieves and evaluates client progress and staff management reporting with clearly designed charts and graphs – allowing you to maximize the performance of your organization.
Halo Labs Inc. operates as a cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution company that grows, extracts, and processes cannabis flower, oils, and concentrates. The company also offers edible products in California and Oregon. It serves licensed retailers and wholesalers. Halo Labs Inc. has a strategic partnership with High Tide Inc; and with OG DNA Genetics Inc to develop genetics in Oregon. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Practical Reasoning, Inc., is a developer of software marketed for the museum trade to provide more efficient access to gallery collection information in all forms. The proprietary 'Core of Discovery' platform tool is designed for museum clients, researchers, and staff seeking to view various collections of works as well as examine unusual data requests. It is a specially tailored web-search engine that works from filtered copies of an organization's data archive. Teamed by Professor Steven O. Kimbrough and doctoral candidate Garett Dworman of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Practical Reasoning is based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
Innova Materials LLC, a materials technology company, develops and markets an infusion technology for the antimicrobial market. The company develops IonArmour, an antimicrobial protection seal that defends and inhibits the growth of bacteria, fungus, mold, and other microorganisms on the product surfaces. Its technology is used in sports and fitness, food and beverage, healthcare and medical products, home products, consumer electronics, commercial and foodservice, kitchen and bath, building products, automotive and aerospace, apparel, textiles, footwear, and coatings and adhesives industries. Innova Materials LLC was founded in 2007 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Intelligent Buildings, Inc.

Intelligent Buildings, Inc. develops and tests the Geo Watt Save (fm) prototype: a digital motor manager designed to operate on single-phase and three-phase induction alternating current (AC) motors.
Bainbridge Health provides hospital systems with a clinical intelligence and data analytics platform to improve medication safety. It provides hospital safety professionals with an infusion pump management software solution to better manage pump data and enhance patient safety. Bainbridge Health also offers a clinician-focused infusion pump management system known as InfusionWare that enables clinicians to manage infusion data in one centralized location.

CHI Software, Inc.

CHI Software, Inc. is based in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania.
Exyn Technologies is a spin-off of the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and is commercializing over a decade of research and development in the area of autonomous flight and aerial robotics. Exyn is creating drone platforms that do not rely on human control or GPS information. Exyn's unique technology is built upon the fusion of multiple redundant sensors, mapping for obstacle avoidance, and autonomous flight planning. Exyn’s robots are highly differentiated and robust, making them ideal and practical for complex commercial environments.
Relmada is a clinical-stage pain management company with a diversified portfolio of products for the treatment of chronic pain. It specializes in analgesic Drug Development, Chronic Pain, Pharmaceutical Development, and Opioid Addiction. The company was founded in 2004 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.
Dash Solutions Inc provides software and cloud services to secure information managed by healthcare firms. The platform provides real-time notifications, documents repository, auditing and backup integrations, and compliance reporting features for business operations. In addition, the platform helps clients to reduce third party risk. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Devon, Pennsylvania.
Remote Play, Inc. develops and markets wireless products and networks based on radio frequency identification tags to help individuals and organizations keep track of people or physical assets. The company offers personal electronics, laptop security, and network scalable asset and patient tracking solutions. Its products include TagAlert, a system that helps prevent loss or theft of laptop, cell phones or iPODs, or other valuable property by sounding an alarm; In-Reach, a system that helps parents and guardians monitor and locate their children around a neighborhood or in public places; and Domino, a networked product for the commercial market. The company also provides SilverLink, a network platform that provides indoor and outdoor asset and people tracking for corporations, institutions, resorts, amusement parks, and hospitals. In addition, it provides single tags, dual tags, laptop tags, child monitors, game player tags, I-pod tags, car tag alerts, briefcase tags, and pet monitors for preventing loss, theft, or forgetting an item. Remote Play, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Newtown, Pennsylvania. It has a manufacturing support office in Fo Tan, Hong Kong. The company has engineering resources in Chennai, India; and the United States.
Therapeutic Articulations, LLC designs and manufactures orthopedic measurement devices. It offers Mobil-Aider, an orthopedic device used during joint mobilization to measure linear translation of a joint; iOrtho+, a physical therapy app which provides ortho exam techniques, videos, and screenshots; Quick Notes, which are laminated clinical reference cards that provides orthopedic tests and joint mobilization techniques organized into four versions- Upper Extremity, Cervical-Thoracic Spine, Lower Extremity, and Lumbo-Sacral Spine; and Notes Book, which is a handy pocket guide to use in examination and treatment in the notes format. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Spring City, Pennsylvania.

MedHesives Inc.

MedHesives Inc. offers adhesive, filler, and sealant products. The company is based in Ithaca, New York. It is a parent company of North Sea Resins and operate as a subsidary of KensaGroup LLC.
Robots That Feel the World ​ Ghost Robotics™ is revolutionizing legged robotics and the market for highly-agile and fast tele-operated and autonomous unmanned ground drones for military, homeland, intel, and enterprise markets. Our quadrupedal UGVs (Q-UGVs) are unstoppable.

Halo Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Halo Labs (formerly Optofluidics) is a venture backed scientific instrumentation company that commercializes high throughput biopharmaceutical quality control tools using the latest optics, image processing and microfluidics. Our investors and development partners include BioAdvance, the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Ben Franklin Technology Partners. In 2012 Optofluidics was named Philadelphia Life Sciences startup of the year.

Mega Metrics International

Mega Metrics International provides Data Mining services. The company is based in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Fresh Air Solutions

Fresh Air Solutions engages in design and sale of desiccant air-conditioning systems, energy recovery ventilators (ERVs), and custom air handlers. Its air-conditioning system is sold under the DesertCool brand name. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
DECNUT LLC develops point of care solutions for health care organizations designed to improve clinical decision making. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Quadrivium, Inc. provides software programs for college and university newspapers. It offers AdPro, an integrated software system for managing ads, as well as the sales contacts, production work, and cash and accounting transactions connected with ads. The company’s AdPro multiuser program handles display ads, classified display ads, and line ads, as well as inserts, Internet ads, and ads for nonprint media. Quadrivium, Inc. is based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
InfoCommerce Group is a boutique consulting and research firm, serving the specialized business information publishing community. Our research, client project work and annual conferences provide the market with the insight, information, and inspiration needed in this time of transformational change. The InfoCommerce Group consulting practice has helped clients across the full range of business information products, but is particularly renowned for its deep expertise in all facets of commercial data publishing. InfoCommerce Group also offers an unparalleled base of knowledge and insight into the nuances of health content publishing through its health content advisory practice.
Zuppler Onl. Food Order, LLC operates an online ordering e-Commerce platform for restaurants, sports venues, grocery stores, hotels, caterers, hospitals, hotels, delivery services, etc. Its platform lets customers to order food online for takeout or delivery; and adds online ordering menus to restaurant's website, mobile app, social pages, and popular dining guides. It serves customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania with additional offices in Romania and India.
TriviaNote is the first AI-backed study platform to save students time by automatically creating study tools in a social learning environment. TriviaNote accomplishes this by utilizing natural language processing to create player vs. player trivia challenges and flashcards based on the notes students take in TriviaNote's real-time collaborative note-taker. By creating a social and engaging environment that also centralizes the tools that students use most into a cross-platform application, studying has never been easier, and it has never been more fun!
Novetas Solutions LLC manufactures New Age Blast Media, an alternative recycled glass sandblasting media that are substituted for silica sand and other blasting media in shipyard trials, construction projects, and equipment cleaning. The company offers Coarse 1040 for heavy blasting, mill scale, heavy rust, barnacles, thick coatings, concrete, structural steel, tanks, barges, and ships; and Medium 4070 for smoother finishes on substrates, aluminum, stainless steel, fiberglass, wet blast operations, and restoration/graffiti removal, as well as vinyl, epoxy, and enamel coatings. It also provides FINE 70100 for lighter duty fine blasting on substrates, restoring cars, powder coatings, and slurry blasting, as well as cleaning medical parts, radiators, electrical motors, welds, bolt heads, and spots. The company was formerly known as New Age Solutions. Novetas Solutions LLC was founded in 2008 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
MicroMRI engages in the development and commercialization of medical devices. It involves in the clinical routine bone assessment of bone micro-architecture using magnetic resonance imaging technology. The company offers imaging coils, image post processing software, and biomarker analysis system for radiologists. It also offers contract research services to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as provides guidance and assistance services.
E-Pak Technology, Inc. produces evaporative cooled package chillers and chilled water plants. Its chilled water plants include duplex chilled water pump systems. The company also provides installation and warranty services through component manufacturers. Its products are used in commercial, residential, educational institutions, lce rinks, and thermal storage applications. E-Pak Technology, Inc. is based in Oreland, Pennsylvania.
BINTO LLC designs and manufactures fertility supplements, women's health supplements, and organic period products. It offers supplement pouch, slide out box for personalized day packs, and organic and chemical free tampons. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ThromboSys, Inc.

ThromboSys, Inc. engages in the development of its novel blood diagnostic test that reduces patient's risk of forming clots. ThromboSys, Inc. is based in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
Chatten Associates, Inc. designs and develops head-aimed remote viewer (HARV) systems for military and industrial applications. It offers two-axis HARV for night-vision driving and surveillance applications; three-axis HARV for head-aiming and motion-stabilized applications; and HARV -laser rangefinder, which identifies and targets images to a two kilometer range in surveillance and remote weapons applications. The company also involves in the development of hardware and software for electroencephalography, polysomnography, radiology, and video applications. Its products are used in commercial, military robotics, night driving, remote weapons, surveillance, situational awareness, and medical applications. The company was formerly known as Telefactor Corporation and changed its name to Chatten Associates, Inc. in 2003. Chatten Associates, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
LIA Diagnostics Inc. develops and supplies a pregnancy test kit. The company provides pregnancy tests to addresses the challenges surrounding privacy, usability, and sustainability. It offers flushable tests kits. LIA Diagnostics Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Nayatek LLC

Nayatek LLC develops integrated content archiving platform. It offers Datosphere platform, an enterprise integrated content archiving platform designed to provide comprehensive content archiving, e-discovery, storage management, business continuity, and compliance functionality. The company’s platform assists organizations to ensure the security, integrity, and privacy of their electronically stored information and to maintain verifiable procedures to comply with industry regulations. It serves small and medium businesses, banking and finance, government, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and education sectors. Nayatek LLC was founded in 2006 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.
C.H. Briggs is a building materials company specializing in hardware and production supplies.

RetinaPharma Technologies, Inc.

RetinaPharma Technologies, Inc., a development stage biotechnology company, develops technologies for blinding retinal diseases. Its products include the PhotoTarget intravenous drug carriers that provide intravenous delivery of drugs for tissue targeting to obviate intra-ocular injections for the delivery of drugs to the retina and choroid, including photodynamic agents, anti-VEGF's, and siRNA's; and TonoPach, a portable simultaneous intraocular pressure and corneal thickness measurement device for use in the diagnosis and treatment of various patients improperly diagnosed for glaucoma and ocular hypertension. The company’s PhotoTarget line of products include Light-Targeted Angiography that provides a means to study retinal vasculature and blood flow; Light Targeted Occlusion, which provides light-targeted delivery using a photodynamic drug and aluminum phthalocyanin tetrasulfonate that acts on choroidal neovasculature; and PhotoTarget Fundus System, an imaging and treatment station to view and generate the photonic energy to view and treat the eye. It offers its products and services for the prevention, treatment, rescue, and recovery of neurodegenerative and neurovascular diseases, as well as for the treatment of glaucoma, macular degeneration, and retinitis pigmentosa. RetinaPharma Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Tampa, Florida.
Protective Sports Equipment International, Inc., doing business as Defend Your Head, designs, manufactures, and distributes protective headgear for the sports industry. The company markets its products under the ProCap brand name. Protective Sports Equipment International, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
Habitat Logistics powers delivery for restaurants. We provide a turnkey delivery system and can fulfill orders from customers who call-in, as well as from 3rd-party online ordering services such as Grubhub, Zuppler (Conshohocken-based), Snackpass, and others. The company only delivers to restaurants that are within 10 minutes of a customer’s home, saving them time on long deliveries. Restaurants ping Habitat when they have delivery needs and the company sends a driver to complete the delivery. Habitat says they are growing 17 percent month over month, currently collecting $110,000 monthly revenue by charging restaurants per delivery.
Predictive Pop, Inc., doing business as AuDigent, operates a party data platform for entertainment, sports, and lifestyle brands. Its platform allows brands and agencies to launch advertising campaigns; and artists and influencers to monetize audiences across online, mobile, social, and OTT channels. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York and additional locations in London, United Kingdom.
Wearwell LLC offers online apparel retail on subscription. It provides women cloth. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
WM MortgageWare, LLC, doing business as WebMax, LLC, provides digital mortgage software solution. The company streamlines the mortgage application process with a range of products, including enterprise-level mortgage websites, graphic pre-qualification forms, and point-of-sale (POS) applications. It offers POS application, START, which makes borrowing easier with smart data entry, auto-fill fields, and a user-friendly interface that walks applicants through each step of the loan application. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Turnersville, New Jersey.
Since the 1950's, Hull Corporation's Plastics Equipment Division (now Hull/Finmac) has established a worldwide reputation in engineered equipment and systems. In the early 1990's, the company acquired Finmac Inc., specializing in deflashing systems for thermoset plastics and electronics. Today Hull/Finmac offers a wide range of equipment for plastics processors, backed by special engineering and turnkey design and installation. Their staff of engineers design equipment and systems for high productivity and quality output. Hull/Finmac brings extensive knowledge of plastics processing applications to its customers. Among the company's many contributions to plastics processing technology are: 1. High efficiency systems for encapsulation and deflashing of miniaturized electronic components 2. Pioneering work in precision molding of fiber optic components 3. Development of the first integral injection molding/deflashing system
PeopleJoy is a financial wellness benefits provider for the modern workforce.PeopleJoy helps CEOs and HR grow their businesses by attracting and retaining their most valuable resource. People. Their unique benefits help you develop a stronger employer/employee relationship, by addressing the financial wellness needs of your employees outside of work. Your employees become more committed to you because of shared values and commitment to their financial wellbeing. Through the increased retention, recruiting, and productivity gains of partnering with PeopleJoy, you can maximize your ROTI (return on talent investment).
Montgomery Chemicals: The Best Choice for Your Borohydride Needs. As the second largest manufacturer of Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4) in North America, Montgomery Chemicals is a leader in Borohydride reducing agents for use in the pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, organic chemical purification, metal recovery, textile and fuel cell industries.
Xcelis Communications (Xcelis) develops integrated telecommunications products , including devices to integrate landlines and cellphones across a single platform for residential and commercial users. The company’s technology Unum architecture integrates cellular, Internet Protocol (IP), data, video, and voice on a single platform. Xcelis offers Pantheon Version 1.0 (P150Xs) that is compatible with all Bluetooth enabled cellular phones. The company is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania and has an additional office in Columbia, Maryland.

EcoTechnology, Inc.

EcoTechnology, Inc., a wastewater bio solid treatment company, builds a wastewater treatment system that dries and recycles sludge into fuel and then uses the fuel to create power. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Sacramento, California.

Telefactor Robotics

Seed Round in 2014
Telefactor Robotics makes advanced vision & dexterity solutions for robots, telepresence, and human-machine interfaces. ​ The company's goal is to empower robotic systems to better perform tasks that would otherwise be performed by a human and to provide advanced technologies for projecting the operational capabilities of a skilled human into remote and potentially hazardous or extreme environments. Product areas include high performance camera systems, dexterous gripper solutions, and intuitive control interfaces. Telefactor Robotics is focused on bringing these technologies to bomb disposal robots and other robotic platforms.

Microptics

Microptics is based in the United States.
Tassl LLC provides a mobile app for schools, colleges, and universities. It offers Tassl that enables the users to search alumni, get sports updates, and get IPhone screen shots. The company’s Tassl also provides ways to stay informed, connected, and engaged. Tassl LLC was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Camden, New Jersey.

CrowdJoy

Venture Round in 2015
CrowdJoy is a mobile application that enables its users to privately share their locations with friends. The application also develops a mobile application that helps fans to find and enjoy parties on game days and other events. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States.

Millennium Medical Products, Inc.

Millennium Medical Products, Inc. develops and markets a portable lift-and-transfer system for patients weighing up to 700 pounds. It offers the product under the brand name LIFTEM. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Broomall, Pennsylvania.
Monticello Technologies, LLC, also known as Jefferson’s List, operates a website that publishes information about politics, including information about political consultants. Its online database features information on political campaigns, political consultants, and elections, as well as provides information to assist candidates for office and political parties and to obtain political information for users. The company also compiles publicly available data sets from reporting commissions across the country that were produced by campaigns required by law to provide itemized information on expenditures. Monticello Technologies, LLC was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC develops inventory management solutions for the retail sector by robotics using computer vision and artificial intelligence. The company’ technology enables robots to navigate retail store floors, managing inventory, ensuring planogram, and promotional compliance, as well as provides indoor localization and turn-by-turn navigation in environments, such as indoors. Its technology also maps stores, including layout and architecture. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Intellifit Corporation

Intellifit Corporation designs, develops, and markets consumer measurement technologies and hardware for apparel industry. The company provides Intellifit Virtual Fitting Room (VFR) that gathers customer measurements, and provides custom made clothes and personalized fit suggestions; and Intellifit Virtual Fitting Room software, which uses the VFR scan data to construct a three dimensional image and generate measurements. It also offers Intellifit Sizing Solutions, a software application that matches consumer measurements against a database of apparel item specifications and provides size recommendations; and Intellifit Fit Specification Consulting, an apparel technical design consulting solution. Intellifit Corporation was formerly known as Made4Me Corporation. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. It has locations in West Chester, Pennsylvania; Woodburn, Oregon; Calexico, California; and Woodbridge, Virginia. As of January 31, 2009, Intellifit Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Unique Solutions Design Ltd.
DermAvance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately held dermatology pharmaceutical company founded in January 2006. They are focused on acquiring, developing, and commercializing innovative and highly efficacious anti-aging products to treat dermatologic conditions and diseases that enhance the health and appearance of aging skin. The company markets and sells both prescription and cosmeceutical products to dermatologists and aesthetic physicians in order to meet the rapidly growing patient demand for facial skin rejuvenation products. In addition to the DermAvance management team, which includes industry experts in the fields of dermatology and marketing, the company has assembled a distinguished group of world-renowned dermatologists to serve as scientific advisors.
Cloudnexa, a Premier Consulting Partner of Amazon Web Services, is the next era cloud management solutions leader for small and large enterprises or government moving business applications to AWS Cloud and GovCloud. It is an experienced Cloud Service Provider (CSP) dedicated to managed services on Amazon Web Services. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

VITA Products, Inc.

VITA Products, Inc. develops a platform that allows wearable consumer devices to act as a medical ID bracelet. It offers VITAband, a medical ID bracelet that provides patient information, including identification, relevant medical history, and emergency contacts to medical professionals to provide proper care in the event of an emergency. The company’s platform also provides a contactless payment solution. It sells its products through retailers, including convenience stores, restaurants, gas stations, drug stores, and movie theaters. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sage Technologies, Ltd. was founded in 1986 as an engineering consulting company that provided both engineering and software design services for helicopter ASW systems for the Naval Air Development Center. Sage has since provided engineering services to multiple aircraft programs. Sage also provided rapid prototyping products for both the Damage Control Project Office of US Navy and the Night Vision Laboratory of the U.S. Army. These products consisted of wearable computer systems and both infrared and video helmet mounted camera systems. Building on its extensive portfolio of experience with the Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster, Penna., and as contractors to major DoD agencies and defense firms, Sage Technologies today provides the U.S. military and first responders worldwide a unique level of integrated system solution capabilities.

BioDetego LLC

BioDetego LLC develops a new biomarker test for selecting cancer treatment protocols. Its product includes VASPfore, which provides information that will direct chemotherapy to high risk patients. The company is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Alteris Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of therapeutics and vaccines based on alternative gene splice forms for the treatment of cancer. Its compound, ALT-110, a therapeutic vaccine against the splice variant growth factor EGFRvIII, is currently being tested in a Phase I cancer trial. The company also has a drug discovery program, which targets tumors, including breast, colon, lung, ovarian, and central nervous system cancers. Alteris Therapeutics, formerly known as Spliceomix, Inc., was founded in 2002 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of October 12, 2005, Alteris Therapeutics Inc. is a subsidiary of Celldex Therapeutics Inc.

RMH Sciences, LLC

RMH Sciences, LLC develops and commercializes antibiotics to combat hospital acquired bacterial pathogens. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

PharmCell Research Co.

Developer of instrumentation for laboratory testing
NexusPharma is dedicated to the discovery of novel anti-cancer treatments. Novel drug candidates are tested in patient derived xenograft tumor models or patient derived tumor cell lines that are derived from such PDX models – we are creating these models to reflect human disease in the most predictable ways. Please ask us if we could help you in your dicsovery projects with these technologies – creating drug candidates wit a higher chance of success in clinical trials.
SkillSurvey Inc. develops cloud-based reference checking and credentialing solutions for employers. It offers SkillSurvey Reference, a solution that helps users to create an automated and engaging referencing process; and Hire 360, an online reference assessment that gives predictive insight into a candidate’s future job performance. The company also provides SkillSurvey Credential OnDemand, an online web enabled solution that allows applicants, providers, references, and affiliated hospitals to respond immediately online; and SkillSurvey Source, a solution that helps users to find new candidates through references and referrals. In addition, its solutions include in-house recruiters and talent leaders, staffing and recruiting firms, healthcare credentialing professionals, background screeners, and university and college career services. The company serves healthcare, higher education, staffing and recruiting, retail, consumer products and services, engineering and construction, small and medium business, and power sectors. SkillSurvey Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
Verif-y Inc. develops a digital identity and credential verification platform. The company offers Background Checks For Pre-employment screening; The Verif‑y Know Your Customer (KYC), a platform that allows businesses to trust unknown customers in a prompt, efficient, auditable, and secure manner; and credential and identity verification, a platform provides a more reliable, less expensive, real-time verification process by replacing current legacy methods with a direct and more accurate data-driven model. It serves individuals, license provides, government, employers, credential providers, and membership organizations. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Avada operates SourceSync.io, which is a cloud-centric platform that allows content owners to design and fulfill advanced metadata and personalization strategies against their content. The company is based in the United States.
SFA Therapeutics, Inc., a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical company, manufactures microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs for the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease. The company is based in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
KMiller Designs, LLC offers chew bones and refills for dogs. It offers Twist-A-Treat Chew Bone, a chew toy and treat dispenser. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
MemVu.com is a patent-pending social brain training program that allows users to utilize their own photos uploaded into a brain game or exercise. MemVu is a brain training program allowing users to personalize brain exercises using their photos for facial recognition. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

OrthogenRx, Inc.

OrthogenRx, Inc. develops Class III generic orthopedic medical devices. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
CRO Analytics provides an unprecedented level of insight into outsourced clinical research performance. They offer the only on-line validated performance data collection system independent and objectively capable of capturing thousands of performance assessments. The assessments are provided by biopharma and service provider personnel directly responsible for outsourced clinical research. It can be analyzed by the service provider, sponsor, region, study type, phase, functional area, and therapeutic area.
The Hollis Group, Inc. is a consulting firm that provides Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services to commercial companies for computer operations, vendor qualification, and software/systems integration projects. The Hollis Group's services include: information systems security (INFOSEC) training, design, audit and challenge testing; year 2000 project and vendor audits; computer technology training for systems integration teams and managers; independent vendor & product evaluations; systems integration project methods design, training, management, and compliance audit; independent prototypes, simulations, and benchmarks; structured verification & design walk-throughs; module design testing and test challenge / audit; systems validation planning, testing, and documentation. The Hollis Group, Inc. specializes in regulated industries, such as bio-tech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, clinical / contract research, laboratories, and professional practices. The Hollis Group, Inc. delivers their services via on-site consulting and in-house project teams.
Vy Corporation, a software development company, provides shape detection and object analysis software and services for the medical imaging market. It offers CytoSavvy.com, an image analysis and data collection service that is delivered over the Web as a cloud-based service, as well as allows users to upload and analyze a single image. The company also provides VectorSavvy.com, a Website that provides users with access to image analysis technology, as well as allows them to load images and view results; and develops custom projects. Vy Corporation is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

LiftDNA

Debt Financing in 2011
LiftDNA is the only yield optimization platform that is a first party to the publisher's ad server, and is the industry's most advanced yield optimization platform for publishers. We believe that maximizing demand competition for every impression is the key to maximizing revenue yield for publishers. We also believe that the publisher's ad server is where the data and value should remain. With direct ad server integration, LiftDNA derives unparalleled insight for data-driven optimization, audience segmentation and performance-driven campaign management.

AgileSwitch

Grant in 2011
AgileSwitch plug and play drivers were designed from the ground up to address these challenges and the drivers are among the most efficient and reliable in the market. Furthermore, AgileSwitch drivers can be fully customized to meet the needs and demands of virtually any customer application. With an ongoing product development commitment, AgileSwitch is continuously expanding the product line of gate drivers.
Prescription Advisory Systems & Technology, Inc. develops and offers PASTRx, a software that helps doctors treat patients with chronic pain and reduce the abuse of controlled substances. Its software retrieves PMP reports and highlights patient risks in advance. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
Atrin Pharmaceuticals LLC, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of proprietary medications. It offers ATRN-502, a p53 activator; and ATRN-507, a dual ligand showing specificity and selectivity against cancer cells. The company also provides Atrize, a platform that offers phenotypic FACS-based screening that is applicable across R&D, clinical applications, and a tool for personalized medicine. Atrin Pharmaceuticals LLC was founded in 2011 and is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
The company was founded in 2002 by a team of engineering, design, and product development professionals with many years of experience in the Musical Instrument and Pro Audio fields. Aviom's mission is to create innovative, technology-based products that address the real-world needs of audio professionals and musicians working in a variety of environments. Both Aviom's Pro16 and Pro64 products are used in a range of portable and fixed installation applications, including live sound reinforcement, broadcast, recording studios, houses of worship, theaters, schools, and post-production facilities worldwide.