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As the city’s ALL CAPS TWITTER ACCOUNT told us yesterday, the Mayor and others were on hand at the Navy Yard to celebrate the $129 million received from the feds for the Penn State-led Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficiency. Read the full write up from our friend, the Green Skeptic.
Edison Ventures received a return of 4X as TrueCommerce, one of its portfolio companies, was acquired last week. Edison has received returns as high as 20x lately so lets call this one an infield single.
Edison also announced a $4 million investment in Premier Healthcare Exchange, a healthcare cost management company.
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