Overview
Celebrating our 25th anniversary, BFTP/SEP is the region's catalyst for Stimulating Entrepreneurial Potential. Ben Franklin invests in innovative enterprises and creates commercialization pathways that generate wealth through science and technology. Part of a statewide network in Pennsylvania, BFTP/SEP provides entrepreneurs and established businesses with the Capital, Knowledge and Networks to compete in the global marketplace. BFTP/SEP has provided more than $130 million to grow more than 1,600 regional enterprises. BFTP/SEP is a founding partner of The Nanotechnology Institute™ (NTI), Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Alliance (MANA®), Emerald Stage2 Venture Fund and the Minority Angel Investor Network. BFTP/SEP is part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Technology Partnership.
We are Uniquely Ben™
Six Key Goals to our Five Year Plan, 2007 - 2011
- Grow Technology Companies in Pennsylvania
- Money & Smarts at the Right Moment
- Get Ideas to Market
- Mobilize the Region to Get Behind the Next Big Idea
- Light a Fire for New Technology
- Listen
5 Year Strategic Plan Brochure
CAPITAL
"Money & Smarts at the Right Moment"
BFTP/SEP's Investment Group provides critical seed and early stage capital, validating the entrepreneur's vision and attracting other investment sources. Investments are coupled with business development and management consulting to help companies succeed in the global marketplace.
KNOWLEDGE
"Getting Ideas to Market... Faster"
BFTP/SEP's Technology Commercialization Group (TCG) works with companies to identify new products for development and commercialization, and finds the best solutions team within our extensive partner network of regional universities and research incubators. The TCG also identifies market needs and partners to create new pathways to commercialization for entrepreneurs and researchers.
NETWORKS
"Mobilizing the Region Around the Next Big Idea"
More than twenty years ago, we began developing research and commercialization networks for the region's then-emerging biotechnology industry. It became the region's fastest growing technology sector. Today we are at it again with nanotechnology and green/energy efficient technologies.
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