| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.08.2026 | Apollo Atomics Raises $31 Million Seed As Nuclear Reactor Pipeline Tops 20 GW Of Signed LOIs | Apollo Atomics has raised $31 million in an oversubscribed seed round to commercialize compact pressurized water reactors designed for factory manufacturing and deployment in less than two years. FCVC led the financing, with participation f... |
| 24.08.2026 | Nuclear Power Reimagined: Apollo Atomics Secures $31M for Factory-Built Reactors | Apollo Atomics, an MIT spinoff, secured $31M to build factory-made nuclear reactors. This funding accelerates compact pressurized water reactor development. These reactors shrink footprints by 40x. They offer rapid, 24-month deployment for ... |
| 20.08.2026 | MIT spinoff Apollo Atomics raises $31M to build factory-made nuclear reactors for AI data centers | Apollo Atomics has raised $31 million in seed funding to turn decades-old nuclear reactor technology into something the industry has struggled to deliver: a reactor that can be built in a factory, shipped by truck, and deployed in less than... |
| 20.08.2026 | Apollo Atomics Raises $31M in Seed Funding | Apollo Atomics, a Cambridge, MA-based provider of compact pressurized water reactors (PWRs), raised $31M in Seed funding.
The round was led by FCVC, with participation from Y Combinator, Telesoft Partners, Alumni Ventures, Robinhood Venture... |
| 20.08.2026 | Apollo Atomics Secures $31M to Scale Factory-Built Nuclear Reactors | Apollo Atomics Secures $31M for Nuclear Platform
Apollo Atomics has secured $31 million in seed financing to commercialise compact nuclear reactors. FCVC led the oversubscribed round with support from Y Combinator and several other investor... |
| 19.08.2026 | Nvidia in talks to invest in AI data startup Mercor at $20 billion valuation | Nvidia is in talks to invest in Mercor, the AI data startup whose valuation could double to $20 billion less than a year after its last major funding round, according to a report from The Information.
The potential investment would make Nvi... |
| 22.07.2026 | Klaimee raises $5.5 million | Klaimee, Klaimee
Founded: 2026
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
Total Funding: $500K
See full company profile "> a San Francisco-based startup certifying and insuring autonomous AI agents, announced $5.5 millio... |
| 02.07.2026 | Aseon Labs Secures $10M to Revolutionize Autonomous Fleet Servicing | Aseon Labs raised $10 million in seed funding. The capital will build a decentralized network of robotic micro-depots. These pods will service autonomous vehicle fleets. They address critical bottlenecks in robotaxi operations. Aseon's syst... |
| 30.06.2026 | Aseon Labs Raises $10 Million To Build Robotic Pit Stop Network For Autonomous Transportation | Aseon Labs announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding to accelerate the deployment of its decentralized network of robotic micro-depots for autonomous vehicle fleets. The round was led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation ... |
| 29.06.2026 | Aseon Labs Raises $10M in Seed Funding | Aseon Labs, a Redwood City, California-based developer of automated pods for robotaxi fleet maintenance and charging infrastructure, raised $10m in seed funding.
The round was led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from Y Combina... |
| 25.07.2025 | Cooler Heads Secures $11M: Revolutionizing Chemotherapy Patient Care | Cooler Heads secured $11 million in Series A funding. This fuels the expansion of Amma, their FDA-cleared portable scalp cooling system. Amma prevents chemotherapy-induced hair loss. It offers a continuous, accessible solution. This investm... |
| 22.07.2025 | Cooler Heads Raises $11M in Series A Funding | Amma provides infusion centers and patients the flexibility to scalp cool where it is most convenient.
Cooler Heads, a San Diego, CA-based medical device company, raised $11M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Mutual Capital Partners... |
| 07.03.2024 | GO PA Fund Makes First Investments | Contact:
Jason Bannon, Ben Franklin
jason.bannon@sep.benfranklin.org
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (March 7, 2024)—Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (“Ben Franklin”), a leading seed stage capital provider, today announced th... |
| 28.08.2023 | What should founders keep in mind when approaching investors? | Navigating the funding world as a first-time founder can be overwhelming. Stories abound about all the dos and don’ts of approaching investors. So what practical tips can founders looking to raise some funding follow?
Local investors and ot... |
| 25.08.2022 | Generation Change Philly: The Impact Investor Evangelist | Agame of darts brought angel investor John Moore to Philadelphia in 2003. A Harrisburg native trained as an engineer, Moore lived with his family in Wilmington, Delaware, from where his now ex-wife commuted to a job as a portfolio manager i... |
| 05.10.2021 | 20+ resources to boost Philly health startups | Eds and meds has evolved as Philly grows into a hub for health-minded startups. How to keep up the momentum to boost the next generation?
As part of our Tech + Health Month, Technical.ly compiled a list of of resources to help founders of s... |
| 15.12.2020 | Deepwave Digital, Inc. announced that it has received $3 million in funding from Northrop Grumman Corporation, Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network, Lehigh Valley Angel Investors Co., Robin Hood Venture... | On December 15, 2020, Deepwave Digital, Inc. closed the transaction. The company has issued 3,409,091 series seed preferred stock for gross proceeds of $3,000,000 in the transaction. The series seed round of funding co-led by new investors ... |
| 10.12.2020 | What’s coming up at MedCity INVEST Precision Medicine Day 3? | The MedCity INVEST Precision Medicine healthcare conference on December 9-11 draws healthcare and life science executives and investors as we spotlight progress in the development of diagnostics, clinical trial innovation, AI in drug develo... |
| 15.04.2020 | Watch the Webinar: “Seeing Capital Options When Visibility Isn’t Clear” | Yes, capital is active amidst seemingly crazy conditions, but seeing a path to it isn’t always clear.
We spoke to experts from banking, national VC, and local angel networks for insights on how to find new capital, and position your busines... |
| 19.12.2019 | Robin Hood Ventures Announces Ophidion Investment | Philadelphia-based angel investor group Robin Hood Ventures (RHV) is proud to announce an initial investment in Ophidion Inc., a Pennsylvania-based private biotechnology company.
Ophidion Inc has a platform technology that acts as a Trojan ... |
| 19.12.2019 | Robin Hood Ventures Announces Ophidion Investment | Philadelphia-based angel investor group Robin Hood Ventures (RHV) is proud to announce an initial investment in Ophidion Inc., a Pennsylvania-based private biotechnology company.
Ophidion Inc has a platform technology that acts as a Trojan ... |
| 03.09.2019 | You can make a literal elevator pitch to Robin Hood Ventures investors | In celebration of angel investing group Robin Hood Ventures‘ 20th anniversary, folks looking for funds for their early-stage business can make a quick pitch to investors this week … in an actual elevator.
That’s right, the 30-second practic... |
| 12.06.2018 | The PHL Innovation Picnic is Back! |
Last year’s PHL Innovation Picnic attracted a diverse group of nearly 900 people from the area’s tech scene, including entrepreneurs, investors, community builders, and tech leaders to our front lawn, and this year we expect more! And whil... |
| 16.03.2018 | As skin cancer cases climb, Proscia plans to launch AI-powered dermatopathology product this year | Proscia’s development of an AI module for dermatopathology began last year, initially with four disease states but the company later added 18 more when the business was convinced of its accuracy and because it had the development capability... |
| 21.02.2018 | New Castle’s ThruPore raises $540,000 from local investors | ThruPore Technologies, a catalysis technology company headquartered in New Castle, has raised $540,000 in a seed round led by Philadelphia-based angel investor group Robin Hood Ventures alongside Delaware Crossing Investor Group (DCIG). The... |
| 22.09.2017 | Oct. 17 event: How to raise capital without flying to SFO | Law firm Montgomery McCracken will once again be participating in Young Involved Philadelphia’s State of Young Philly event series, this time hosting a panel discussion called “Born & Raised in Philadelphia: Raising Startup Capital Outs... |
| 28.04.2016 | Win $10,000 in seed money plus Philly Tech Week prizes with UberPITCH | Philly entrepreneurs, inventors and self-starters — your big break is arriving shortly.
UberPITCH is returning to Philadelphia for Philly Tech Week presented by Comcast. And this year, the transportation company is upping the ante. The entr... |
| 17.02.2016 | Philly-area college kids to battle for $15,000 prize pool | Innovative college students from Philadelphia-area schools will go brain-to-brain for a chance to win $15,000 during the first-ever College Pitch Philly, an event aimed at pairing bright ideas with the cash to make them take flight.
College... |
| 21.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 21, 2015 | Neural Analytics Inc secured $10M; MapsAnything completed $7.3M funding; ChargeItSpot closed $5.6M
Gusto, a company that used to be ZenPayroll, before it rebranded in September, raised a round of funding of up to $50 million, according to a... |
| 20.11.2015 | Sidecar raises $8 million Series B | Sidecar, the Center City ecommerce marketing company, raised an $8 million Series B from Boston-based venture capital firm Ascent Venture Partners and a whole slate of local investors.
It’s Ascent’s first investment in a Philly company, acc... |
| 17.10.2014 | AlphaPoint Raises $1.35 Million to Build Intel for Bitcoin | AlphaPoint
AlphaPoint has raised $1.35m in new funding to expand its line of digital currency exchange solutions while bringing its products to new international markets.
The funding round included VC firms Ben Franklin Technology Partners ... |
| 02.09.2014 | Angel investment leader picked to head up university’s entrepreneurship institute | Until recently, she was the COO and co-founder of VisionMine which provides a specialized Open Innovation portal to large corporations. VisionMine is a subscription service that allows corporate clients collaborative access to early start-u... |
| 22.11.2013 | Penn develops program to commercialize mobile apps, starting with app challenge | “We want to get ideas from a wide variety of people from doctors to poets. Who knows who may have the next industry shattering idea?”
Participants were asked to submit an app in one of three different categories: consumer, specialized, and ... |
| 13.11.2013 | Robin Hood Ventures leads $1.25m round in DreamIt grad PeerActive [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
Alliqua, a Langhorne, Pa. biotech company focused on wound care, raised $1 million from Boston-based Crossover Healthcare Fund, according to a release.
Chris Sugden, managing partner at Edison Ventures, was named the N... |
| 26.07.2013 | Angel Investing 101: snapshot of an angel investor | Who would you say is the most famous angel investor of all time?
To Ellen Weber, executive director of angel investor group Robin Hood Ventures, it’s the man who sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920 in order to finance a Broadway ... |
| 06.12.2012 | VisionMine: new venture from Robin Hood Ventures’ Ellen Weber aims to connect corporations with useful startups | VisionMine wants to bridge the divide between corporations and the fledgling startups that have the technology to solve those corporations’ business problems.
A new venture from Robin Hood Ventures executive director Ellen Weber, VisionMine... |
| 26.11.2012 | A matchmaking service connects company needs with health IT and technology startups | “Large organizations have realized that a lot of innovation is happening at the startup level and want to get in early before it’s on the front page,” said Brown.”We can identify [ones] that relate to a specific issue a corporation has.”
Mo... |
| 25.10.2012 | Keiretsu Forum MidAtlantic: an inside look at the local angel group that has invested $3.4M in two years | Former Governor Ed Rendell speaks to the Keiretsu Forum about the presidential election before pitches start.
The Keiretsu Forum MidAtlantic is looking to invest, and it’s got the track record to show for it.
Founded in the spring of 2011, ... |
| 24.08.2012 | Novira Therapeutics raises $23M for hepatitis B treatment that attacks DNA of virus | Osvaldo (Lalo) Flores, the president and chief scientific officer of Novira Therapeutics in Radnor, Pennsylvania, told MedCity News in a phone interview that the biotechnology company’s capsid-targeting antivirals entering preclinical devel... |
| 14.05.2012 | mHealth Kickstarter: Funding Healthcare Innovation in the Age of Start-Ups, Incubators and Crowdfunding | Event: mHealth Kickstarter: Funding Healthcare Innovation in the age of Start-Ups, Incubators and Crowdfunding
Location: Fordham Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023
Date:Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM (ET)
In conjunction wit... |
| 16.04.2012 | Company developing MRSA test raises $1.9 million | In 2005, 90,000 people were diagnosed in the U.S. with severe MRSA infection and 19,000 people died of severe MRSA in the United states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but it has been on the decline as a result... |
| 05.04.2012 | The JOBS Act, crowdfunding and what it will mean for healthcare startups | Tom Olenzak, an angel investor with Robin Hood Ventures in Philadelphia, specializes in IT, healthcare services and medical devices, among other areas. He sees reason for optimism that some healthcare startups will benefit from crowdfunding... |
| 28.02.2012 | Josh Kopelman, Michael Nutter and Ellen Weber to judge Switch Philly 3 during PTW | Switch Philly 3
Where: The Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall, 401 South Broad Street, Center City
When: April 25, 6 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Buy Tickets
First Round Capital Managing Partner Josh Kopelman, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Robin ... |
| 20.02.2012 | 10 things that investors like and loathe in entrepreneurs’ pitches | Assume investors know nothing about your business or sector. One of the toughest parts of developing a pitch is getting the balance right between too much information and not enough. Use your limited time to give a complete but succinct ove... |
| 31.10.2011 | Serial entrepreneur to receive award | “We treated the patients for two weeks,” said Maccecchini. “We need to raise the money to treat patients for 18 months to show normal cognition. It is a slow, steady decline and we need the time to show the difference.”
Having built Symphon... |
| 08.08.2011 | DDC Closes Seed Funding | DDC, a Philadelphia, PA-based provider of SaaS critical data management solutions for companies, boards, and investors, has closed a seed funding of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by Robin Hood Ventures.
The company plans to use the ... |
| 27.07.2011 | Novira Therapeutics Completes Second Round of Seed Financing | Novira Therapeutics, Inc., a Radnor, Pennsylvania-based drug discovery company developing therapeutics for the treatment of viral diseases, including HBV and HIV, has completed a second round of seed financing.
The round was led by three Ph... |
| 29.07.2010 | Robin Hood Ventures Joins Science Center Port Business Incubator | Angel investing group Robin Hood Ventures has established an office in the Philadelphia, PA-based University City Science Center’s Port business incubator.
Robin Hood is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and accredited investors focused ... |
| 26.01.2010 | VC Roundup: Philly is home to 2 of the most active VC firms in U.S., DreamIt open for applications | Welcome to the VC Round-up, where we’ll parse through venture capital news related to Philadelphia-based private equity firms and the companies they fund. Subscribe to the roundup as an email newsletter. If you have any VC-related news to p... |
| - | Company developing MRSA test raises $1.9 million | An infectious disease test developer has raised $1.9 million in a series B financing round to advance its MRSA screening panel. It will also use the funds to develop its new molecular diagnostic panels to detect sepsis and gastrointestinal ... |
| - | 10 things that investors like and loathe in entrepreneurs’ pitches | Investors gave thumbs up to the ability to improvise and thumbs down to an infomercial tone at a recent critique of entrepreneurial pitches in Philadelphia. A panel of investors evaluated presentations from four entrepreneurs and discussed ... |
| - | The JOBS Act, crowdfunding and what it will mean for healthcare startups | With President Barack Obama signing the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Bill into law today, the crowdfunding provision could mark a new era for startups and make it easier to raise money with more investment from new investors who fuel ear... |
| - | Serial entrepreneur to receive award | Dr. Maria Maccecchini, the CEO of QR Pharmaceuticals in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, is poised to accept the 2011 Iris Newman award for her work as a serial entrepreneur in biotechnology, a career that has spanned more than 20 years.
The award wil... |
| - | As skin cancer cases climb, Proscia plans to launch AI-powered dermatopathology product this year | Proscia image analysis, digital pathology
Proscia has inked a deal with a dermatopathology laboratory in a move designed to support its launch of the industry’s first comprehensive dermatopathology-specific digital pathology product in the ... |
| - | Angel investment leader picked to head up university’s entrepreneurship institute | Ellen Weber, who heads up angel investment group Robin Hood Ventures, has been named as the new head of Temple University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute as part of its business school, according to a statement from the universi... |
| - | Novira Therapeutics raises $23M for hepatitis B treatment that attacks DNA of virus | A biotechnology company with a novel drug treatment for hepatitis B and HIV patients could change the way drugs combat viruses. The drug, under development, which targets the outer shell, or capsids, of the viruses, has secured $23 million ... |
| - | A matchmaking service connects company needs with health IT and technology startups | With all the innovation happening across healthcare and mobile technology these days, it can be difficult for companies to track them all. And then there’s the process of doing the research and working with them to ensure they’re the right ... |
| - | Robin Hood Ventures leads $1.25m round in DreamIt grad PeerActive | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED? |
| - | Robin Hood Ventures Invests $417,500 in Virion Therapeutics, LLC | Robin Hood Ventures Invests $417,500 in Virion Therapeutics, LLC’s Angel Round |
| - | What’s coming up at MedCity INVEST Precision Medicine Day 3? | The MedCity INVEST Precision Medicine healthcare conference on December 9-11 draws healthcare and life science executives and investors as we spotlight progress in the development of diagnostics, clinical trial innovation, AI in drug develo... |
| - | Penn develops program to commercialize mobile apps, starting with app challenge | University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Technology Transfer is entering a new phase by adding mobile apps to its technology portfolio. That includes mhealth apps conceived by students and faculty at its Perelman School of Medicine and nursi... |
