Q and A: Cory Donovan, Project Liberty Digital Incubator
Focused on adding value for the three startups housed with philly.com and Interstate General Media, this Virginia transplant is keeping busy.
Philadelphia region ranks first nationally in arts and culture job creation
Arts and culture has a $3.3 billion impact and accounts for 11 jobs per thousand residents in Greater Philadelphia, ranking the region first in job creation among 182 cities across the country.
AppRenaissance announces Artisan mobile platform
Old City based appRenaissance is changing the game in mobile app development with the release of its new platform Artisan, which allows non-developers to create, change and test mobile apps without having to learn to code.
Computer security startup Carbon Black moving HQ to Philadelphia
Carbon Black, hackers for good, is moving headquarters to Philadelphia.
Drexel-rooted, Glenside-based Drakontas earns $500K in funding for police, rescue mobile solution
Drakontas recently garnered a $250,000 investment by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania for its futuristic mobile solution DragonForce, designed to assist police, combat and rescue operations.
Swedish pharma tech company Capish Inc. joins Science Center, hiring programmers, project managers
One company responsible for converting data into medical knowledge is Capish Inc., the subsidiary of Capish International, a Swedish concern that just announced its first US offices will be located in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia's HigherNext gets an A for funding; hiring marketer, developer
HigherNext, which offers a post-college skills assessment test, revealed it is about to close on an A round of funding.
United By Blue's do-good approach to apparel working well, hiring 'several' in coming months
United By Blue, headquarted at 12th and Callowhill, is a sustainable apparel company that leverages technology, social media and environmental activism.
Need funding? Challenge a billionaire to a chess match for $1M in Series A funding like this guy did
AJ Steigman wants to play a high stakes board game with Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal. Steigman is looking to win a million dollars in series A funding for his startup company Soletron.
Are Energy Commercialization Institute's investments approaching critical mass?
Philadelphia's Energy Commercialization Institute awards grants to cleantech startups with a proven track record.