Ben Franklin Technology Partners Southeastern PA
Funds Southeastern Pennsylvania technology companies through state-backed incentives and mentorship across manufacturing and life science ventures.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP-SEP) is a separately incorporated 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Philadelphia that functions as the southeastern region's primary early-stage technology investor under Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) state initiative. Operating through a state appropriation from the Pennsylvania Department of Commun…
BFTP-SEP provides convertible debt and equity investment of $50,000–$500,000 to early-stage technology companies located in southeastern Pennsylvania on a rolling basis.
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