Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

Pictured left to right: Barry Snyder, Erin Kerner, Bob Dornich (TechCelerator Coach), Michael Irvin “We are thrilled to witness the success of these promising startups and their potential to drive economic growth in the Erie region,” remarked Brian Slawin, Portfolio Manager for Ben Franklin CNP. Premier Manufacturing – d.b.a

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

million in seed funding, three months after setting up operations in East Africa’s biggest economy , to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in a country that is heavily-reliant on fossil-fuel buses. Both companies have set their eyes on the mass transit sector, which is slowly shifting to clean-energy options.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 27, 2022

To tackle this matter, Impact Hub partnered up with the Luc Hoffmann Institute and the IUCN CEESP* to launch the Future of Conservation NGOs Innovation Challenge. The ideas or projects may include new business model innovations, partnerships, networks, structures and/or tools and tactics. . appeared first on Impact Hub.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 26, 2022

In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, and with funding support provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ recent innovation competition targeted the counties of Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, and Jefferson. appeared first on BFTP/CNP.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Eflex Intelligent digital energy for homes and small business 2020 Lumme Lumme Health is a digital behavioral health company with a radically superior approach to facilitating success with weight management and problematic eating patterns. Tursus Developing innovative back-office solutions for the point-of-sale industry.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 21, 2023

The Ben Franklin program has been investing in tech startups for nearly 40 years, allocating capital to help catalyze economic growth, empower local entrepreneurs, and elevate rural Pennsylvania’s position as a hub for innovation.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 8, 2023

These efforts include investing in renewable energy, minimising energy consumption, and adopting sustainable practices to ensure real progress towards net zero. For instance, investing in renewable energy can create jobs within the energy sector, while simultaneously reducing pollution levels and benefiting public health.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Eligible companies for investment include those focused on commercializing technologies in advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, carbon footprint reduction technology, electronic device technology, information technology, life sciences, medical device technology, mobile communications technology, or renewable energy technology.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Uwana Energy provides affordable solar energy products to low-income Nigerian microentrepreneurs. Hinata Energy aims to provide affordable energy for a healthier cooking environment by offering biofuel-powered cookstoves. Electricity and gas supply. About 80 million Nigerians face daily blackouts. Financial activities.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 21, 2023

(June 21, 2023) – In May , the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved five grant applications totaling more than $3.7 Wind energy is our future. Offshore wind represents a unique opportunity to meet the State’s clean energy goal of reaching 100 percent clean energy usage by 2035.

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2024

Energía Vectorial: Pioneering electric vehicle transformation in Latin America Energía Vectorial, a member of Impact Hub Medellín since 2019, is revolutionising urban mobility in Latin America with innovative electric vehicle (EV) conversion technologies. Energía Vectorial’s influence extends beyond mere technological innovation.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2020

Keeping this in consideration, there is no doubt that the world tomorrow will herald technological innovations that we cannot imagine today, just as no one envisioned smartphones merely 50 years ago. . Surplus energy is directed back to the power grids, thus creating a viable and energy-efficient power source.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

“We are convinced that the contribution of these type of companies, especially the scale-ups, is super significant to the prosperity and to the economic growth of the country.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

Senator Todd Young (R-IN) spoke with a16z General Partner Martin Casado at the American Dynamism Summit about the importance of open innovation and American leadership in AI, and why we need to support AI research at all levels — from the classroom to the war room. Here is a transcript of their conversation: Martin Casado: Great.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The investment focus, within rural Colorado, is on founders and entrepreneurial teams in outdoor recreation, B2B SaaS (Govtech, Cybersecurity), Energy, Aerospace, CPG, and Agtech industries. Similar to Fund I, Fund II will invest in 25-30 companies with an average initial check size of roughly $500k.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The investment focus, within rural Colorado, is on founders and entrepreneurial teams in outdoor recreation, B2B SaaS (Govtech, Cybersecurity), Energy, Aerospace, CPG, and Agtech industries. Similar to Fund I, Fund II will invest in 25-30 companies with an average initial check size of roughly $500k.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Renewable energy investment, reduced consumption, and sustainable practices are vital for true progress. It fuels innovation, economic growth, employment, and public health. Net zero demands genuine emission cuts, not just offsets. Myth: Net Zero is Unattainable Some claim achieving net zero is too ambitious.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2019

Nevertheless, as Sonia Pérez states, “the driving force is always the energy, capabilities and generosity of all female entrepreneurs”. Over the course of this year, more than 500 women have used the tools provided by Impact Hub and Coca-Cola Spain to boost their businesses and embody their ideas.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The driving force of economic growth for the US is gains in productivity driven by calculated risk-takers, passionate entrepreneurs and disruptive innovation. There is a lot of inertia in keeping things the way they are, which largely funds and supports the innovation coming from founders who are white or Asian men.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency . Fables of the reconstruction.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 13, 2024

In this fireside chat from the American Dynamism Summit , a16z Cofounder and General Partner Marc Andreessen sits down with economist, podcaster, and polymath Tyler Cowen to discuss the state of innovation in America, from recent AI advances to growing support for nuclear power. What do you see the prospect is like, for the next 20 years?

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

After all, innovation and entrepreneurship aren’t blue state issues or red state issues; they are embedded in the very fabric of our nation. Beyond the numbers, the impact of that capital has also translated into jobs, economic growth, and success stories that have inspired others to start or back companies in their hometowns.

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