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📰 News Incubator: What else to know
• Emerging technologies like AI and 3D geospatial data are leading Industry 4.0, aka the digitalization of developing and manufacturing goods, panelists said at Phorum 2025. [Technical.ly]
• Here are four strategies for finding a buyer for your online business. [Technical.ly]
• Local life sciences companies that received SBIR or STTR grants in the last three years may be eligible for a matching grant from the city’s Department of Commerce. [Phila.gov]
• Century-old drug manufacturing company West Pharmaceutical Services expects $20 million to $25 million in additional costs due to tariffs. [Technical.ly/Philly Biz Journal]
• Indego bike share program marked its 10th anniversary last week. The bike share system spun out of Drexel University’s Philly Codefest in 2015. [Phila.gov/Technical.ly]
• Ten local greentech startups presented at the Greater Philly Green Startup pitch competition last week. GreenIRR took home the first-place prize. Sahay AI was second and Metal Light came in third. [Technical.ly Slack]
• Design platform Ideate won the Demo Pit competition at PACT’s Phorum 2025. [LinkedIn]
• AI-Aware Writing Environment won the grand prize at Temple University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute’s annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl. [YouTube]
• The University City Science Center is accepting nominations for the 2025 Nucleus Awards until May 23. [The Science Center]
• Philadelphia ranked No.11 for the number of coworking spaces on Coworking Cafe’s Q1 2025 report. [Coworking Cafe]
🗓️ On the Calendar
• Partner event: Are you a Salesforce expert, or trying to be? The annual MidAtlantic Dreamin’ conference invites tech folks from across the region for a day of learning, brainstorming, networking and fun in Philadelphia on May 5. [Register Here]
• Find out the future of cell and gene therapy at Cellicon Valley 2025 on April 30, hosted by Penn Medicine and CHOP. [Register here]
• Code and Coffee Philly’s Friday Founder meetup is back on May 2. [More details]
• DC215 is hosting an open house for hackers on May 2. [More details]
• The Philly 2600 meetup will be at Iffy Books on May 2. [More details]
Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
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