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Ben Franklin and Swarthmore College Announce Student Internship Partnership
Ben Franklin Talent Connect Partners with Swarthmore Future Entrepreneurs Program
May 15, 2012
Pennsylvania (www.sep.benfranklin.org, www.swarthmore.edu) – Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College have partnered to provide Swarthmore College students with entrepreneurial internship opportunities at emerging technology growth enterprises in the Greater Philadelphia region.
Ben Franklin Talent Connect provides interns with real-world entrepreneurial experience at growing Ben Franklin portfolio companies. Our companies benefit from dynamic young talent.
Swarthmore College students eager to learn more about entrepreneurship have a new opportunity ... — Read More
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mike Armstrong, May 14, 2012
Six young tech companies received a total of $675,000 in investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Zonoff Inc. of Malvern received the largest amount — $200,000 — as it develops a “home-automation system” that would automatically perform household tasks, such as turning off lights at night or adjusting the thermostat at various times of the day. (My request to automate: Taking out the garbage.)
To the state-funded Ben Franklin organization, which has been investing ... — 
Philadelphia Business Journal
Peter Key, May 11, 2012
In what could be a sign that fundraising for tech companies is getting a little easier, three of them in the area recently raised $6.6 million in private securities sales.
Virtual Piggy Inc., the Philadelphia-based operator of a website that enables parents to set up accounts from which their children can anonymously make online purchases, raised a little more than $6 million, according to its CEO and co-founder Jo Webber.
CloudMine LLC raised $480,000 in a ... — 
Monday, September 27, 2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NAVY YARD ENERGY PROJECT RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING, PHILADELPHIA REGION TO BECOME A NATIONAL HUB OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
$129 Million Project will be led by Penn State University and more than 22 Other Partners from the Public and Private Sectors and Academia
Philadelphia, September 27, 2010 – Today Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) Steven Chu, Governor Edward G. Rendell, Mayor Michael A. Nutter, and Vice President Henry Foley of Penn State University heralded ... — 
