Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania
VC Fund
Philadelphia, United States
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a VC fund in Philadelphia focused on Health Care and Software. We’re (not just) investors.We’re (more than) advisors.We’re (beyond) connectors.Ben Franklin Technology Partners combines the best practices of early stage investing with a higher purpose – to lead the region’s technology community to new heights, creating jobs and transforming lives. For over 30 years, Ben has been the leading seedstage capital provider for the region’s technology sectors, investing over $170 million in more than 1,750 regional technology companies, many of which have gone on to become industry leaders. Ben Franklin has also launched university/industry partnerships that accelerate scientific discoveries to commercialization, and has seeded regional initiatives that strengthen our entrepreneurial community.
- Total investments:
- 179
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
- Fund size:
- $28M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania invests in
Stages Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania invests in
Countries Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $50k–$1.7M
- Grant
- $5k–$100k
- Debt Financing
- $50k–$975k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 53 (30%)
- Software 31 (17%)
- Information Technology 22 (12%)
- Medical 21 (12%)
- Biotechnology 21 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 81 (45%)
- Debt Financing 18 (10%)
- Grant 16 (9%)
- Series A 14 (8%)
- Pre-Seed 10 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adare McMillan
Chief Administrative Officer & Asst. Treasurer
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Chief Administrative Officer & Asst. Treasurer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
AnnMarie Rutherford
Office & HR Assistant
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Office & HR Assistant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Anthony P. Green
VP, Science and Technology
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VP, Science and Technology | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Denise Devine
Board of Director
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Board of Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Frank Celona
Controller
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Controller | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aigensei.ai develops artificial intelligence software and infrastructure tools that support the creation, deployment, and management of AI applications. Its work includes systems for workflow automation, model integration, and operational use of AI across different computing environments and application domains. | $415K / Seed / Dec 01, 2025 | ||
| CollX (pronounced “collects”) is the fastest way to figure out what your cards are worth. Snap photos of them and instantly get the current market price. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States. | $10M / Series A / Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| LoanStar works with lenders to diversify their consumer loan origination strategies. Providing program consulting, market-leading software, and merchant aggregation, LoanStar helps lenders of every size leverage the power of their local brand.LoanStar has developed the MerchantLinQ platform that enables lenders of all sizes to deploy instantpoint-of-sale finance through their local merchants. | $28M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs. | $4.5M / Convertible Note / Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Avisi Technologies develops ophthalmic medical devices using nanotechnology to address vision loss associated with glaucoma and related eye conditions. The company designs implantable solutions such as VisiPlate, an aqueous shunt that regulates intraocular fluid through microchannel structures to help manage eye pressure. Its work combinesmaterials science and ophthalmology to create minimally invasive devices intended for long-term function within the eye. | $6.3M / Seed / Oct 01, 2023 | ||
| GrowFlux, Inc. they offers a ecosystem of commercial scale wireless lighting controls, cloud services, and cloud connected agricultural sensors. | Pre-Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| ImpactableX designs an impact modeling framework that generates verified, standardized, and dynamic impact analytics that helps entrepreneurs in quantifying, assessing, analyzing, evaluating, and forecasting social impact. | Pre-Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| SkillCycle is the coaching platform built for the AI era.Most organizations are racing to deploy AI. Very few are investing in the human development required to make it work. Faster tools with the same blind spots produce the same bad outcomes at higher speed. SkillCycle is the corrective development layer. For the moments that require realhuman judgment, our marketplace of 300+ certified coaches is there. Aida, our AI coaching engine, scales the translation of feedback and signals into micro-coaching moments, development plans, and manager guidance while outcomes are still in motion.We are not another HR dashboard. We are the skill development infrastructure that makes every other AI investment in the organization actually pay off. | $5.5M / Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| Yellowdig's software platform creates a social layer on top of existing enterprise learning systems used by colleges, universities, and organizations. Unlike pre-existing social technology, Yellowdig is designed for higher education institutions. The platform provides instructors and learners with a private and secure experience, controlledand protected within the institution's designated environment. Yellowdig was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| PolyCore Therapeutics’ experienced team of scientists and life sciences professionals is dedicated to developing breakthrough treatments for CNS Diseases. | Seed / Apr 11, 2022 | ||
| See all 179 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania invest in?
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 179 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania's check size?
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania typically joins rounds of $50k–$1.7M at Seed, $5k–$100k at Grant and $50k–$975k at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania participates in.
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Who are the partners at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania?
The team at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania includes Adare McMillan (Chief Administrative Officer & Asst. Treasurer), AnnMarie Rutherford (Office & HR Assistant) and Anthony P. Green (VP, Science and Technology), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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