| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.05.2019 | Term Sheet — Monday, May 20 | NOT JUST A TAX BREAK
There’s a new opportunity fund in town. Jim Sorenson’s Catalyst, a private equity firm he helped found, is raising $150 million to invest in opportunity zones.
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| 20.05.2019 | Daily funding roundup - May 20th, 2019 | Daisie landed $2.5M; Arris Composites closed $10M; Health at Scale secured $16M; Modsy raised $37M
Daisie: Daisie brings creators together and supports them to do amazing work. Daisie has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company, co... |
| 04.02.2019 | Ben Franklin Approved 1.7M in 12 Early Stage Companies | |
| 07.01.2019 | These two companies are partnering to make it easier to gift medical transportation | This online gift registry for people navigating any life changes and a healthcare transportation company are partnering to enable the gifting of rides for those in need.
Like Neighbors and RoundTrip started this new initiative in November 2... |
| 31.07.2018 | Software developers: Here’s what tech employers are looking for in 2018 | Data analysis on open tech jobs across the country, according to Washington-based CodingDojo, already told us of a tech ecosystem where Java reigns supreme among specific programming-language skills, with Python closing in on the No. 2 spot... |
| 21.06.2018 | On the Market: Why did O3 World have a growth spurt? | On the Market is a Technical.ly column where we highlight noteworthy job openings and the people who are lookin’. Got a submission? Email us and tell us why it belongs in the roundup.At digital design agency O3 World, the staff of 31 was ge... |
| 16.04.2018 | How Philly Start-up RoundTrip Helps Ease a Huge Health Problem: Getting a Ride to the Doctor |
But what often remains tortuous, time-consuming, and far from reliable is patient transportation for the underprivileged and the elderly.
For many, getting to a chemotherapy treatment or an appointment with a cardiologist or wound speciali... |
| 09.04.2018 | Roundtrip sees new ways to grow as CMS opens door to NEMT for Medicare Advantage members | Roundtrip CEO and founder Mark Switaj confirmed that his business would benefit from the changes, although he conceded that how these changes would work in practice is “still unfolding”.
“This will clearly benefit our organization as we off... |
| 06.04.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday April 6 | CRYPTO SOUND-OFF
Happy Friday, Term Sheet readers.
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Below, a selection of your responses:
Gregg writes: I personally believe ICOs will consume an ever larger piece of the pre... |
| 29.03.2018 | On-demand medical transport startup RoundTrip closes $1.9 million seed round | More news from the realLIST ’18 cohort: NoLibs-based RoundTrip, a startup using tech to connect patients with medical transportation options, has closed a $1.9 million seed round.
The capital will let the company, which currently offers its... |
| 29.03.2018 | Lyft adds to its medical transportation portfolio of partnerships with Acuity Link deal | As part of the deal Acuity Link will integrate Lyft into its logistics software dashboard. The move will give healthcare institutions already using Acuity Link the option of ordering Lyft for patients instead of relying on a taxi voucher sy... |
| 29.03.2018 | On-demand Medical Transport Startup RoundTrip Closes $1.9 Million Seed Round | More news from the realLIST ’18 cohort: NoLibs-based RoundTrip, a startup using tech to connect patients with medical transportation options, has closed a $1.9 million seed round.
The capital will let the company, which currently offers its... |
| 29.03.2018 | On-demand Medical Transport Startup RoundTrip Closes $1.9 Million Seed Round | More news from the realLIST ’18 cohort: NoLibs-based RoundTrip, a startup using tech to connect patients with medical transportation options, has closed a $1.9 million seed round.
The capital will let the company, which currently offers its... |
| 19.01.2018 | Back the lone Philly startup in the running for the 1776 Challenge Cup | You have two more days to back RoundTrip as it tries to secure a slot in the final showdown of the 1776 Challenge Cup.
In October, the on-demand patient transportation startup beat out 11 other Philly companies like NeuroFlow and LeagueSide... |
| 16.11.2017 | Ben Franklin Approved 4.4M in 25 Early Stage Companies | |
| 06.11.2017 | How a quick text to a lawyer helped this startup nab $800K | Here are two quick lessons for your next pitch competition:
Don’t pitch first.
Tell your lawyer to keep their phone charged.
Philly-based startup SocialLadder — makers of an on-demand platform for brand ambassadors — secured $800,000 in see... |
| 12.10.2017 | 5 ‘whoa’ moments from 1776 Challenge Cup Philly | Eleven Philly startups gave their two-minute pitches Tuesday night at the 1776 Challenge Cup Philly.
The event was organized by D.C.-based incubator 1776 and Benjamin’s Desk. Reportedly, the two companies are negotiating a merger deal, thou... |
| 03.10.2017 | 1776 Challenge Cup announces Philly finalists | When well-known global incubator 1776 and Steve Case’s Revolution team up to deliver the 1776 Challenge Cup Competition to your Philly doorstep, you sign for the package. Challenge accepted.
The 1776 Challenge Cup is more than a worldwide p... |
| 06.09.2017 | These 5 health startups just entered M-1 Ventures’ first cohort | The first sessions of an accelerator focused on health and fitness startups are being held this week at Johns Hopkins‘ FastForward East space.
M-1 Ventures kicked off Tuesday with a cohort of five companies. The following companies were sel... |
| 24.07.2017 | These 5 health startups entered a new incubator at 1776 in Crystal City | Five health-focused companies joined 1776 in Crystal City recently, after the incubator and MedStar Health named winners of the #Patients2Consumer startup challenge. Eleven startups competed earlier this month to join the three-month MedSta... |
| 28.06.2017 | PSL Accelerator startups: Where are they now? | From a pool of over 35 companies, seven companies were selected to be a part of the 2017 PSL Accelerator back in January.
They participated in a 12-week program, hearing from local experts such as Stitch’s Jake Stein and Guru’s Mitch Stewar... |
| 01.06.2017 | Heal expands house call-on-demand service eastward with DC launch | The company provides primary care services as well as an X-ray service for people with mobility issues, breast exams, STI and urinary tract infection testing, lasceration repair and suture removal. Customers can make appointments through He... |
| 23.01.2017 | Meet the 8 startups in Philly Startup Leaders’ 2017 accelerator | The eight startups in Philly Startup Leaders’ accelerator got together last week at Benjamin’s Desk for a kickoff event of the program’s fourth iteration.
Officially kicking off our Accelerator tonight! Excited to watch these companies prog... |
| - | Roundtrip sees new ways to grow as CMS opens door to NEMT for Medicare Advantage members | Roundtrip staff
A number of healthcare startups have seen an opportunity to make the Non Emergency Medical Transportation program for Medicaid patients more efficient. Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft have also expanded into the NEMT spa... |
| - | Heal expands house call-on-demand service eastward with DC launch | A Los Angeles-based healthcare startup providing house calls on demand is moving beyond its home state of California with the addition of offices in the District of Columbia.
As part of the expansion, Heal hired Dr. Kari Scantlebury as its ... |
| - | Lyft adds to its medical transportation portfolio of partnerships with Acuity Link deal | Just a few weeks after teaming up with Allscripts to integrate arranging rides for patients into patients’electronic medical records, Lyft has signed a deal with medical transportation logistics management business Acuity Link.
Based in Yar... |
