Alternative agriculture goes 2.0 with conference for innovators and investors
Alternative agriculture is going Wall Street thanks to a multi-national cottage industry with significant operations in Pennsylvania.
GoodCompany launches sustainable business incubator at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ten promising companies will be setting up shop at a "green business incubator" in Philadelphia's Navy Yard this summer in hopes of attracting investors with the help of GoodCompany Ventures.
Pittsburgh's Technology Collaborative funds nine companies $1.5M
The Technology Collaborative, the Pittsburgh-based economic development organization, has awarded $1.5 million to nine companies and one Carnegie Mellon University project.
Entrepreneurs sweat for success at DreamIt Ventures' boot camp
DreamIt Ventures doesn't refer to its entrepreneurs training program as a boot camp because it's particularly intense or physically taxing.
Investment in Quantum will bring expansion, speed commercialization of new technologies
The ideas Quantum Technology Group are developing are dynamic, like Teradyne Technologies' compact detection system that can scan for plastic explosives and diagnose skin cancer.
Sanovia Corporation to use $8M in venture funding to develop pharmaceutical offerings
Sanovia Corporation, which delivers savings in pharmaceutical spending through automated decision-making technology, is not owned by any Pharmacy Benefit Manager, health plan or pharmaceutical manufacturer.
Three Emerging Trends in Innovation--and Three Concerns
Jeff DeGraff, known to major corporations like Apple, Pfizer and Toyota as the "innovation guru," will be in Bethlehem next week for Ben Franklin Technology Partners' i xchange 2009 networking event.
Life sciences cluster study initiated by Philadelphia region leaders
MD Becker Partners brings together biotech players for roundtable
A simple task like returning a phone call in a timely manner shouldn't be an issue for a life sciences company dealing with complexities such as clinical trials, drug research, or licensing transactions.
University City Science Center launches proof-of-concept funding program
In October of 2007, the CEO Council for Growth's study to identify opportunities to connect universities with industry for regional economic development cited a funding gap between research grants and seed money in life sciences technology.