Company Name: Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

Company website: http://www.sep.benfranklin.org/

CEO/CTO: RoseAnn B. Rosenthal, CEO

Age / Year Found: 1982

Company Value / Total Funding Amount: $5.4B

Business roles/desciption: 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 seed stage 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.”