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This week in Philly, FORT Robotics raised nearly $19 million, meet a local small business redefining Black haircare and more.
Read on for Technical.ly’s weekly roundup of top news in the region.
📰 News Incubator: What else to know
• New CEO of Navy Yard life sciences firm aims to refine long-term strategy [Philly Biz Journal 🔒]
• Opinion: SEPTA’s cuts threaten the economic foundation of Greater Philadelphia [Economy League]
• Local tech education org Launchpad pitches a session for SXSW EDU 2026 [SXSW]
• PowerPay announces $300 million partnership with Synovus Bank and Nearwater Capital [PR Newswire]
• DYWIDAG US expands operations with new Northeast facility [DYWIDAG]
• From Santo Domingo to Philadelphia: Amaury Abreu Promotes Latino Unity [Impacto Media]
• Wistar Institute recruits computational biologist Simon Chu as Caspar Wistar Fellow in the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center [Wistar Institute]
On the Calendar
📚 Partner event: The Philly Bookstore Crawl is back and our CEO is giving an author talk on his kids book 😊, Aug. 23, FREE
👩💻 Small Business SEO Training, Aug. 19, 9 a.m., FREE
🎮 Philly Game Mechanics Networking and Hangout Night, Aug. 19, 7 p.m., FREE
📊 Philly Data and AI Happy Hour, Aug. 19, 6 p.m., FREE
🌱 SaaS and Tech GROWTH Meetup, Aug. 20, 5:30 p.m., FREE
🖥️ CTRL+ALT Philly, Aug. 21, 6 p.m., FREE
