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Networking & Infrastructure

Business infrastructure is the underlying framework that supports companies in an area. Elements of infrastructure include physical buildings (such as business incubators), the availability of investment funds, and access to expertise, research and laboratory facilities.

Technology-based firms have many common needs, and the success of these firms is greatly influenced by the support infrastructure in their communities. A strong infrastructure supports and accelerates the growth of sectors in an economy, while a weak infrastructure hampers growth. As part of our mission, Ben Franklin initiates, facilitates and supports targeted activities that build the regional technology infrastructure.

Examples of these activities include:

  • The creation of a Ben Franklin Business Incubator Network throughout our 21-county region. Ben Franklin TechVentures®, located on Lehigh University’s Mountaintop Campus, was the 2001 recipient of the National Business Incubation Association’s Incubator of the Year Award. Our staff has applied this expertise in leading the Ben Franklin Business Incubator Network.
  • The financial support of colleges and universities for Centers of Excellence throughout our region. An example of this is the Plastics Manufacturing Center at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport.
  • The support of the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program, which aims to create “knowledge neighborhoods” close to colleges and universities to focus resources for emerging technology companies, including research and peer groups, entrepreneurial support, and workforce and financial assistance.
  • The support of the Pennsylvania Angel Network (PAN), which is a statewide organization designed to provide resources to more than 2,000 angels in Pennsylvania. By increasing individuals’ knowledge base through information sharing, PAN provides an opportunity to assist angels in making connections with companies and to make the most of those connections.
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    2013 i xchange Survey

    Thank you for joining us at the Tuesday evening, May 7th Ben Franklin Technology Partners i xchange 2013. We hope you found it enjoyable and … MORE

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    Ben Franklin client Cerora is developing a portable brain diagnostic device

    Keystone Edge Feature Story - MRIs, CT scans and the like “don’t travel well,” notes Adam Simon. So Cerora, the Bethlehem startup he co-founded with … MORE

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    Board Chair Fred Beste Featured in Keystone Edge

    Beste, a career-long venture capitalist, is the CEO of the General Partners of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds and partner emeritus at Bethlehem-based Originate Ventures . He … MORE

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners
of Northeastern Pennsylvania


116 Research Drive
Plaza Level
Bethlehem, PA 18015

Designed & Developed by Altitude Marketing The Ben Franklin Technology Partners is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and is funded by the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority.

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