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Websitenep.benfranklin.org
Phone610-758-5200
Email
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Bethlehem, USA
125 Goodman Drive
Bethlehem, PA, 18015
USA

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania (BFTP/NEP) is part of a state-funded economic development initiative created in 1983. They link early-stage technology firms and established manufacturers with funding, people, technology, universities and other resources to help them prosper. In the process, BFTP/FEP aims to help fuel economic growth for northeastern Pennsylvania.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
CrimeWatch US 4/12Venture Round1
Hot Mix Mobile 4/12Venture Round1
Cernostics 3/12Venture Round$55k1
Prova Systems 1/12Venture Round$50k1
Element ID 1/12Venture Round$50k1
Lazarus Therapeutics 8/10Venture Round$100k1
Achieve X 5/10Venture Round$150k1
Saladax Biomedical 3/10Series C$8.4M4
ClydeTec Systems 2/10Venture Round$35k1
Viddler 2/10Venture Round$50k1
Molecular Detection 12/09Series C$4.7M4
hField Technologies 11/09Seed$70k1
GrantAdler 11/09Seed$100k1
Penn Truss Systems 11/09Seed$50k1
Store Eyes 11/09Seed$1M1
Gigmax 9/09Grant$15k1
Rant Network 5/09Venture Round$35k1
Live On The Go 5/09Seed$60k1
PayParade Pictures 3/09Series A$75k1
Discovery Machine 12/08Venture Round$150k1
PayParade Pictures 12/08Seed$125k3
eVendor Check 11/08Venture Round$35k1
Healthy Humans 7/08Seed$150k1
Strategic Polymer Sciences 5/08Series A$3M3
Advanced-Tec Materials 3/08Venture Round$335k1
BitLeap 10/07Venture Round$130k1
TotalTakeout 10/07Seed$150k1
Styky 1/07Seed$100k1
Applied Computational Technologies 10/06Venture Round$200k2
RCD Technology 5/06Series A$2M3
Ciclon Semiconductor Device Corporation 8/05Venture Round$150k1

Videos

Sources

    Ben Franklin Technology Partners Backs Five Early-Stage Cos. (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
    BEN FRANKLIN TO INVEST $420,000 IN PA TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES (freshnews.com) [edit]
    Ben Franklin to Invest $875,000 in PA Technology Companies (earthtimes.org) [edit]
  1. CrimeWatch US Raises Funding from Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP (finsmes.com) [edit]
  2. Hot Mix Mobile Receives Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  3. Cernostics Receives $55K in Funding from the BFTP/NEP (finsmes.com) [edit]
  4. PROVA Systems Receives $50K Follow-on Investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (finsmes.com) [edit]
  5. Element ID Receives $50K Investment from BFTP/NEP (finsmes.com) [edit]
  6. Lazarus Therapeutics receives $100,000 loan to help develop Parkinson's Disease drug (lehighvalleylive.com) [edit]
  7. BFTP/SEP Approves Second Quarter Investments for Eight Companies (benfranklin.org) [edit]
  8. Saladax Biomedical, Inc.: Series C $8.4M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  9. Ben Franklin helps 2 area companies (citizensvoice.com) [edit]
  10. Viddler preps for expansion after receiving Ben Franklin funding (keystoneedge.com) [edit]
  11. Molecular Detection, Inc.: Series C $3.3M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  12. Ben Franklin to Invest $519,537 in Pennsylvania Companies. (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Ben Franklin to Invest $519,537 in Pennsylvania Companies (finsmes.com) [edit]
  14. Ben Franklin to Invest $519,537 in Pennsylvania Companies (finsmes.com) [edit]
  15. Ben Franklin to Invest $519,537 in Pennsylvania Companies (finsmes.com) [edit]
  16. Student-run company receives grant (media.www.thebrownandwhite.com) [edit]
  17. RantNetwork to launch language translation service for mobile phones, expects 'explosive growth (keystoneedge.com) [edit]
  18. Citation Needed [add]
  19. BioNanomatrix, 10 other companies get Ben Franklin investments (philly.com) [edit]
  20. Ben Franklin to Invest $1,144,400 in 15 Organizations to Support Regional Economic Development (nep.benfranklin.org) [edit]
  21. PayParade Investments webpage (philly.com) [edit]
  22. Ben Franklin to invest more than $1.1M in regional economies (keystoneedge.com) [edit]
  23. Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA Approves $2.3 Million in New Funding for Early Stage Technology Companies (keynotes.benfranklin.org) [edit]
  24. Strategic Polymer Sciences Receives $3 Million in Series A Funding (strategicpolymers.com) [edit]
  25. Ben Franklin to Invest $335,000 in Early-Stage Companies. (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
  26. Barracuda Networks Buys Cloud Storage's BitLeap (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  27. biz.yahoo.com [edit]
  28. Citation Needed [add]
  29. AppCompTech Announces Investment Awards (appcomptech.com) [edit]
  30. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  31. Ben Franklin to Invest $150,000 in Ciclon Semiconductor (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
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