Monthly Archives: April, 2013

Erie, PA Start-Up, DuraTite Systems, Wins Contract with Home Depot!

A Ben Franklin Technology Partners www.cnp.benfranklin.org portfolio company, DuraTite Systems, is pleased to announce that their first product, a start collar duct fitting, will be now available at more than 350 Home Depot stores across the United States, including the Erie location.  The company, which joined the Erie Technology Incubator www.erietech.org at Gannon University in…

BF TechCelerator Boot Camp Participants Win $100,000 in Innovation Competition

Three emerging entrepreneurs from Penn State University, who recently participated in the TechCelerator’s Four-Week Boot Camp, just won $100,000 and took third place in Vodafone’s Wireless Innovation Project Competition™. The California-based Foundation, Vodafone Americas, recently awarded a total of $600,000 to the creators of three mobile solutions. The winners, Zhiwen Liu, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Perry…

Four Startups Are Newest Members of Ben Franklin’s Portfolio

For 30 years, Ben Franklin has been investing in central and northern Pennsylvania’s entrepreneurs, tech-based start-ups, and small manufacturers with the goal of assisting them in developing new technologies, hiring additional employees, and increasing sales. For more information on the program, click on http://www.cnp.benfranklin.org At the March Board Meeting, the Directors approved investments in excess…