Bob Moul, Chairman and CEO of AppRenaissance, announced today that the year-old company has raised a $1.5 million seed round of investment led by FirstMark Capital, with contributions from Moul and other Philadelphia angel investors.
With a CO2-neutral truck providing all power via solar, medals made from recycled materials and runner bibs made of seed paper, the 31st annual race fits the bill.
Scientists across Pennsylvania are advancing the field of nanotechnology, developing devices that depend on particles many times smaller than the thickness of a human hair.
As a New Yorker architecture critic once said, if Pittsburgh were in the heart of Europe, people would travel hundreds of miles out of their way to see it. This German blogger agrees.
When Tim Martin came to PDC Spas seven years ago, perhaps 5 percent of its hot tubs and other products were sold overseas. Since then, that percentage has climbed to nearly half.
An estimated 56 percent of small businesses in Pennsylvania don�t have a website. Google and the state's Small Business Development Centers are hosting a workshop to show them how to build an online presence.
The Marcellus Institute, recently launched at Mansfield University, will train students to work on local natural gas-drilling sites through two new degrees offering specialized training.
Grease and waste food from restaurants often ends up in landfills, but one company near Lancaster has figured out how to transform that garbage into energy.