For further information: Bill Hall/Executive Director Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC) 814-863-4881/ billhall@psu.edu Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation Center Seeking Grant Applicants to Advance New Technologies STATE COLLEGE, PA – Ben Franklin’s Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (www.sgicc.org) is currently seeking companies, entrepreneurs, or university researchers located in the State of PA…
Are You a Small Manufacturer or Entrepreneur with a Big Idea?
You Could Win a Prize Package Valued at $200,000! Have you been thinking about developing a new, innovative product or process? Then, you need to think about Ben Franklin Technology Partners! Most people either know us from our Business Plan Contests, our affiliation with Penn State University, or because we have been providing investment capital…
GRADUATE OF BF TECHCELERATOR, ATOPTIX LLC, SELECTED AS FINALIST IN $2.25 MILLION NOKIA SENSING XCHALLENGE
State College, Pa. (October 22, 2014)–Atoptix LLC has been selected as a finalist in the $2.25M Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE, a global competition to develop breakthrough medical sensing technologies that will ultimately enable faster diagnoses and easier personal health monitoring. Atoptix’s smartphone-based optical spectroscopic sensor enables tracking and monitoring of health conditions, effectively bringing “the lab…
Ben Franklin “Alum” Company’s Journey from the Kitchen Table to the NASDAQ Exchange!
YORK, PA – In the early 1990’s, a small company founded in York, PA, called Turtle Beach Systems, approached Ben Franklin’s office in South Central Pennsylvania, for funding. Roy Smith and his partner, Robert Hoke needed the money to help bring a digital audio recording system to market. Turtle Beach’s innovation gave personal computers the…
Ben Franklin Invests $10,000 in Professor’s Crowd-Funding Project
Erie, PA – Kristan Wheaton, a Mercyhurst University professor, has developed a way to encourage entrepreneurship, beat brain drain, and help foster a local “startup culture” – it’s called Quickstarter. Wheaton’s Quickstarter initiative is designed to create excitement around startup activity. By identifying potential entrepreneurs, who already have great ideas as well as many of…
