STATE COLLEGE, PA – For more than 30 years, Ben Franklin Technology Partners has been investing in central and northern Pennsylvania’s entrepreneurs, tech-based start-ups, and small manufacturers. The Center’s goal is to support the development of innovative technologies, which when commercialized, create new companies and more job opportunities in the commonwealth. Ben Franklin funding is…
10-week TechCelerator @ State College is Taking Applications until March 28
The TechCelerator @State College is inviting area entrepreneurs to participate in their next 10-Week Boot Camp for business startups. This exciting program has launched 20 companies in the first two years! If you have a new, tech-based business idea that you’ve been wondering how to commercialize, this Boot Camp is for you. The sessions run…
Ben Franklin Announces Two Winners of BIG IDEA Business Plan Contest!
Two startups that entered the BIG IDEA Business Plan Contest have each won $25,000 cash prizes from Ben Franklin Technology Partners. www.cnp.benfranklin.org The first winner, Nina Jenkins with Penn State University’s Department of Entomology and her business partner, Giovani Bellicanta, have developed a patent-pending, non-toxic, bio-pesticide that successfully removes and further prevents bed bug infestations…
Ben Franklin Seed Investment Will Help Company Develop Magnetic Crawler Robot
MERCER, PA – How does a coal power plant safely and easily inspect its boilers? With a little help from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, www.cnp.benfranklin.org, a Hermitage-based startup, Gecko Robotics, will develop a robot equipped with an ultrasonic test (UT) system that can easily measure the thickness of the combustor tubes without a team of…
