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Lehigh’s Baker Institute Presents Innovate! Celebrate! Awards at Ben Franklin TechVentures
Event Spotlights Entrepreneurial Talent in Lehigh Students “I want to acknowledge the influence and impact of the Lehigh University Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Innovation, which for more than a decade has played a critical role in fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in Lehigh students from all backgrounds, identities, and disciplines. It has provided a Continue Reading…
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LifeAire Systems Selected by ABE Airport for Mitigation of Airborne Pathogens
ABE Will be First Airport in the World to Install LifeAire Systems In the midst of designing a brand-new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Checkpoint at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), the unexpected arrival of COVID-19 and ensuing pandemic posed the following question: How does the Airport protect passengers, stakeholders, and employees from airborne pathogens today Continue Reading…
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Saladax Biomedical Acquires IP Portfolio for Antipsychotic Drug Tests
Ben Franklin client and TechVentures resident company, Saladax Biomedical, Inc. (Saladax) has announced that it has acquired a patent portfolio for antipsychotic drug testing from Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. This intellectual property (IP) portfolio includes 17 patent families and has resulted in 33 U.S. patents and 296 patents in ex-U.S. countries. This IP, along with the Continue Reading…
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Ben Franklin Invests $465,000 in 11 Companies and 12 Business Incubators
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s (BFTP_NEPA) Board of Directors has approved the investment of $465,000 in support of regional economic development. Eleven companies and 12 business incubators from BFTP_NEPA’s 21-county service area received funding. BFTP_NEPA announces the following early-stage company investments, which are provided in the form of loans with warrants. Brewpub Continue Reading…
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Job Opportunity: Marketing Associate/Manager
Role: Advance the brand of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP_NEPA) and enhance networks of support through ongoing communication of the organization’s accomplishments by marketing existing clients, and by building awareness among prospective new clients. Establish and strengthen relationships, leading to an improved perception and advantageous action among key constituents, including business, Continue Reading…
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Job Opportunity: Associate Manager for Client Development
Role: The Associate Manager for Client Development is responsible for ensuring that clients in the BFTP_NEPA portfolio receive the best possible support from our team, from outside advisors and experts, and from service providers and vendors when we introduce them or pay for their services. We call this package of support our Solutions Network, and Continue Reading…
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Grovara Named Among Most Promising B2B Retail Tech Companies Worldwide
Ben Franklin client Grovara, launched in Ben Franklin TechVentures, is the leading B2B global marketplace for wellness brands, connecting natural and organic brands with international retailers. The firm was named as a Retail Tech 100 Company, CB Insights’ annual ranking of the 100 most promising B2B retail tech companies in the world — a list Continue Reading…
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Saladax Announces Global Distribution Agreement With Beckman Coulter for Antipsychotic Drug Tests
Beckman Coulter Introduces Antipsychotic Drug Testing to Address Unmet Clinical Need for More Than 69 Million People Living with Serious Mental Conditions There are a significant number of people globally impacted by serious mental illness. Ben Franklin client and TechVentures resident company, Saladax Biomedical, Inc., develops, manufactures, and markets assays, tests that rapidly identify therapeutic Continue Reading…
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Banking on Ben Franklin
Ken Okrepkie, Ben Franklin Regional Manager Pocono Northeast, was featured on a half-hour Keystone Edition Business show on PBS WVIA. He describes the work of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania and how it has supported local companies and improved the regional economy. Ben Franklin clients Jennifer Ciarimboli of studioBEMindfulness, and Ian Robson Continue Reading…
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Wayne Barz Named to Lehigh Valley Business’ Power 100
Congratulations to Ben Franklin’s Chief Investment Officer, Wayne K. Barz, for his selection by Lehigh Valley Business as one of the region’s Power 100! According to Lehigh Valley Business, these are the individuals who shape our communities and influence the quality of life in our region. They are leaders — some quite prominent and well-known Continue Reading…
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USSF calls oral COVID-19 vaccine a game changer
Ben Franklin client US Specialty Formulations is making progress on an oral vaccine for the COVID-19 virus that could be a game changer in the fight against the disease. Kyle Flannigan and Garry Morefield of USSF said the ease and safety of the vaccine is what’s needed in the next stage in the fight against Continue Reading…
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The Supply-Chain Empire
(excerpt) … After the war, though, Lehigh Valley leaders “started wondering what would happen if Bethlehem Steel somehow went away,” reported the Morning Call, a local newspaper. Following a series of steelworker strikes—including one lasting 116 days in 1959—local business leaders embarked on an economic-development initiative to establish the region’s first modern industrial park. The establishment of Lehigh Valley Continue Reading…
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Downtown Wilkes-Barre Rebound: Our best days are still to come
The heartbeat of any community is its urban center, and Luzerne County is no different. We are fortunate that Wilkes-Barre, with its long history and having survived the residential exodus into suburbia decades ago, is our urban center. Like the flowing water in the Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, too, is moving forward in a kind of renaissance. Private Continue Reading…
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Ben Franklin Virtual iXchange May 18 – Free Registration Now Open
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP_NEPA) will present its annual iXchange virtually on Wednesday afternoon, May 18, 2022, at 3:30 to 5:00 PM. The event is free-of-charge to guests, and registration is required. REGISTER HERE. This year’s iXchange theme is Innovators: Past, Present, and Future. Ben Franklin’s iXchange is a premier business/technology event Continue Reading…
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Philip Crowley, Esq., Appointed to Ben Franklin Board
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP_NEPA) has announced the appointment of Phillip P. Crowley, Esq., Founder and Managing Partner of Crowley Law LLC, to its board of directors. Crowley Law is a boutique corporate law firm focused on helping emerging technology and life sciences start-ups launch and grow. BFTP_NEPA has led tech-based Continue Reading…
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BFTP Created/Retained 7,356 Jobs in 2021
In 2021, 7,356 northeastern Pennsylvania jobs were created or retained as a result of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s (BFTP_NEPA) work. BFTP_NEPA generated cumulative impacts of 76,956 job creations or retentions since the program’s inception in 1983. “Ben Franklin clients are an important part of the resilience northeastern Pennsylvania is exhibiting in Continue Reading…
