Return of the MAC: Bipin Shah and company seek $72M for payments startup
Main Line resident and MAC inventor Bipin Shah seeks $72 million, targets payroll processing, debit and credit card transaction processing, and prepaid plastic.
Faces of Energy: James Cartledge, BrighterEnergy.org
This journalist moved to south-central PA from England to help care for his ill mother-in-law and has since launched a news website focused on shining a light on energy developments nationwide.
Carlisle's WebpageFX gets Entrepreneur of the Year award, plans to grow by 35 percent
WebpageFX received the 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC. The company designs websites and smartphone applications, but expertise in search engine optimization is its main driver of growth.
Happy trails: Statewide contest seeks smartphone apps using state trail data
The state has a wealth of information about Pennsylvania's trail system, from the trails' GPS coordinates to the location of boat docks on waterways. Sounds like a recipe for a smartphone app.
Philly mayor goes on camera with Bethlehem's InterviewStream to help teach job interview skills
Philadelphia welfare recipients who get job training services can practice interview questions posed by Mayor Michael Nutter, made possible by a Bethlehem company's video interview platform.
Erie's Kold-Draft partners with Texas company on automatic ice-bagging machine
When a Texas business, In-Store Bagging Machine Co., came up with a new way to package bags of ice, it wanted to partner with a company that specialized in making commercial ice machines. It found the right fit in Kold-Draft, based in Erie.
Food for Thought: Elizabethtown College Takes Scraps to the Farm
While many schools are addressing food waste issues on campus, E-town has gone all out, partnering with a Lancaster farm and company to recycle food waste, reducing water consumption, trash fees and environmental impact and creating energy.
King of Prussia's Prism Pharma Gets FDA Approval for heart condition treatment
King of Prussia's Prism Pharmaceuticals announces FDA approval of Nexterone, the firm's premixed injection for two critical heart conditions.
Sprout Fund supports 20 new biodiversity projects; Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse on the move
PLSG received $500,000 in funding that will help to establish a life sciences campus on the South Side at the River Park Commons Business Center.
Conshohocken's Monetate hiring 20 new staffers, explores new features with huge private investment
With new private financing from well-heeled investment funds, Monetate looks to hire 20 new employees by the end of the year.