# RoseAnn B. Rosenthal

> RoseAnn B. Rosenthal is a seed investor at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania backing Pharmaceutical. See 1 investments, check…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-franklin-technology-partners-of-southeastern-pennsylvania)
- Location: Greater Philadelphia Area, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseann-b-rosenthal-93b7b321/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RoseAnnBRosenth

RoseAnn B. Rosenthal is a seed investor at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania in Greater Philadelphia Area focused on Pharmaceutical and Clinical Trials. RoseAnn B. Rosenthal, President, CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Ben Franklin since 1996, has over forty years of experience in business investment, regional planning, and economic development. Rosenthal has piloted Ben Franklin into a national model for technology innovation, investing in innovative enterprises and creatingcommercialization pathways and partnerships throughout the region. Ben Franklin’s current company portfolio represents more than 130 companies with more than $35 million in invested funds.Rosenthal’s leadership proved invaluable in 2010 as Ben Franklin successfully partnered for the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB). The U.S. DOE, EDA and other federal agencies awarded $129 million to develop the EEB Hub, where Ben Franklin is the commercialization partner. The EEB Hub’s innovative commercialization model was based on the success of The Nanotechnology Institute™ (NTI) that Rosenthal co-developed. Created in 2000, the NTI is the region’s first multi-institutional partnership focused on accelerating nanotechnology commercialization and company formation.Rosenthal is an inaugural member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She is also on the boards of the Fox Chase Bank, the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board in Philadelphia, the Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Congress and many others. Rosenthal holds a bachelor’s degree from Temple University and, in 2007, received an honorary Ph.D. in Humane Letters from Philadelphia University. She was presented the Early Stage East Founders Award in 2008; and in 2009 honored with the Blair Thompson Lifetime Venture Award from the MAC Alliance, and the Champion of Small Business Award by the National Coalition for Capital. In 2012, Rosenthal was inducted into the Temple University League for Entrepreneurial Women’s Hall of Fame. Rosenthal will be honored with the Alliance of Women Entrepreneur’s 2013 Iris Newman Award.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 100% |
| Clinical Trials | 1 | 100% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VitalTrax | VitalTrax connects patients with clinical trials with its cloud-based clinical trial network.VitalTrax offers Wing, a solution that simplifies clinical trials enrollment. Wing is a clinical trial network that provides innovative ways for people to easily seek optional treatments for themselves or people that they love and play an important rolein helping develop new ways to fight diseases. | $150K | Seed | Mar 22, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Independence Blue Cross — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Independence Health Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Safeguard Scientifics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/safeguard-scientifics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

VC Fund · Philadelphia, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adare McMillan | Chief Administrative Officer & Asst. Treasurer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adare-mcmillan |
| AnnMarie Rutherford | Office & HR Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annmarie-rutherford |
| Anthony P. Green | VP, Science and Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-p-green |
| Denise Devine | Board of Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denise-devine |
| Frank Celona | Controller | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-celona |

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## FAQ

### What does RoseAnn B. Rosenthal invest in?

RoseAnn B. Rosenthal invests primarily in Pharmaceutical, Clinical Trials and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did RoseAnn B. Rosenthal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for RoseAnn B. Rosenthal closed in Mar 2017. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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