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Latest PHILLY ecosystem news
Philadelphia’s diversified startups keep VC growth steady in 2025 during national AI surge
The region attracted $3.8 billion across 470 deals last year, with life sciences, healthcare and emerging tech driving long-term growth.
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latest Biotechnology news
ALS drug trial shows promising signs for Philly-area startup’s once-daily pill
Mitochon is betting that stabilizing mitochondria can slow progression in the incurable neurodegenerative disease.
8 lessons about building makerspaces that have nothing to do with equipment
Don’t just focus on physical space. Prioritize strategies that build community, according to the creators behind Penn’s Bio-makerspace.
Philly-headquartered virtual biotech Cantai Therapeutics raises $3M
The company, which also has operations in Massachusetts, is developing treatments for autoimmune diseases.
Ladder Bio enters 2026 with a new CEO, a rebrand and a fresh $5.5M seed round
Formerly called ThirdLaw Molecular, the startup is pivoting from diagnostics tech to treating diseases.
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Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services — creating tangible value at speed and scale.
Ballard Spahr is a national, full service law firm with more than 600 attorneys spread across 15 offices. Our attorneys work with entrepreneurs and emerging companies from ideation through exit and understand how to provide expertise while offering our broad network to help businesses grow and achieve great heights.
J.P. Morgan Chase Startup Banking
J.P. Morgan is committed to being the leading bank of the innovation economy — bringing together founders, investors, startups and high-growth companies. With decades of global experience, a robust professional and venture capital network and scalable money-management solutions.
Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs
Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs connects strategically relevant startups from around the world with Comcast to explore partnerships that impact the ways we work and the products and experiences we deliver to our customers and employees.
The Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) is responsible for technology transfer, fostering collaboration with the industry, and driving entrepreneurial endeavors.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Ben Franklin leads the region’s equitable economic growth by nurturing and investing in innovative, early-stage companies, and through purposeful involvement in regional and national initiatives.
Grow Philly
How Spike’s Trophies modernized a century-old business
Digital printing, laser engraving and AI tools now power the Northeast Philadelphia company, which also houses the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
Grow Philly: 14 food and beverage small businesses in Philadelphia
Learn more about these companies serving up gourmet hot dogs, homemade pies, Texas-style BBQ and more.
How a $100 South Philly experiment grew to a citywide composting movement
Bennett Compost, with 6,500 customers and counting, shows what happens when a small, unique idea takes root in the right community.
Tinker and Trade doesn’t just sell handmade goods — it’s a hub to find community, too
Owner Cassie Torres hosts vendors, events and a cozy place to hang out at the Brewerytown shop.
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Philly’s Startup Tracker
What’s a startup’s potential for growth and impact on its community — and how does that change over time?
The tracker assigns a RealLIST Score to each company, calculated via proprietary formula using data from industry-standard sources like Crunchbase and PitchBook, plus details from the US Patent & Trademark Office, the Technical.ly Innovation Index and more.
MORE Philly NEWS
America at 250, ENIAC at 80: A birthday year for Philadelphia innovation
A tech twist to Philly’s 2026 heritage celebrations, eight decades after the pioneering Penn-built machine changed society forever.
Philadelphia to roll out PRIME to speed up permitting for major infrastructure projects
The program, created via an executive order from Mayor Cherelle Parker, aims to attract large businesses to the city.
Tony Siu shares how he built Code and Coffee Philadelphia into a 3,500-member tech meetup
The AI engineer says beginning his career in Taiwan showed him how casual gatherings can shape a tech career in the latest edition of How I Got Here.
Genentech grants $300k to Science Center to bring biotech breakthroughs to market faster
Plus, the City of Philadelphia will match federal SBIR/STTR grants and more money moves.
Exit interview: Wistar exec Dario Altieri on how to take Philly life sciences to the next level
The president and CEO of the biomedical research org announced plans to step down from his role at the end of 2026.
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