Christmas came early for six northeast Pennsylvania companies with the announcement of more than $340,000 in new investments from the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
This is the busiest time of year, and Pittsburgh's GiftCards.com is on track to finish 2013 with 1.5 million in sales; 2012 closed with one million cards sold.
Drexel University, and DreamIt Ventures, on a joint mission to support innovators and entrepreneurs in the Philadelphia region, will launch a new innovation hub in April.