Success Stories
Patent-pending medical content system NotePro earns first-place prize of $5,000. Ben Franklin TechCelerator @ State College awarded three early-stage startup teams parts of a $10,000 prize during their final virtual pitch event. This year’s winners pitched innovative technologies in the medical, augmented reality (AR), and electrical markets to the…
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Since the Inc.U Competition officially launched in 2015, it has produced 10 winning teams and provided $120,000 in prize money. Vitable Health is one of those 10 startups, which have all grown, shifted, and encountered new challenges and successes. This is the fifth in an article series which explores where some of…
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Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank accepted eight new early-stage startup businesses into its FastTrack Accelerator program this fall. The business ideas range from a biodegradable seed solution for preventing weeds, to a job search management platform, to a rehabilitation consultation service. The FastTrack call for applications drew 32…
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Five entrepreneurial State College teams just completed a ten-week virtual startup boot camp as part of Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator @ State College. On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, starting at 2 pm, the teams will pitch their tech-based business concepts to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of…
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There are over 200,000 influenza infection-related hospitalizations, and as many as 49,000 deaths, in the U.S. annually. Those hospitalizations and deaths are often a result of the immune system’s overreactive response to the respiratory virus, known as a cytokine storm. To solve this problem, Penn State startup Respana Therapeutics is…
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What began in 2013 as a simple golf course conversation about watch preferences between two Penn State students, R.T. Custer and Tyler Wolfe, has grown into the nationally recognized high-end wristwatch engineering and manufacturing company, Vortic Watch Company. Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, Vortic pairs classic watchmaking techniques and traditions…
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In its 12th year, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Penn State featured 58 total virtual events for startups and small businesses. “This is the first time GEW Penn State was hosted in a completely virtual capacity, and the format allowed for a greater number of event partnerships and made events accessible…
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Construction and a capital campaign are underway for Invent Penn State’s newest Innovation Hub in downtown State College. Located on South Burrowes Street on the former site of the James Building, the six-story, state-of-the-art, multi-use center will serve as the cornerstone of Penn State’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Key to fulfilling Invent…
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Vitable Health recently announced $1.6 million in funding that will help them achieve their vision of bridging the gaps in today's healthcare. CEO Joseph Kitonga is a Happy Valley LaunchBox FastTrack Accelerator grad and received funding both from the Ben Franklin TechCelerator and the Inc.U Competition at Penn State as an undergraduate…
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