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RedOwl Wins Phorum 2016 Demo Pit - Apply Now for Phorum 2017!
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Cover Stories
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Start-Ups and Small Businesses Shouldn't Overlook These R&D Tax Credits
Written By Emmalee MacDonald, EisnerAmper
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The 2015 Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes ("PATH") Act included various changes to the Research and Development credit ("R&D credit") that are mostly beneficial for start-ups and small businesses.
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What's your story?
If you would like to write the cover story for upcoming editions of PACT Times, please contact Amanda Nardi by March 15th.
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News & Announcements
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Richard Vague Announced as Legend Award Honoree & Profiling Technology and Healthcare Award Finalists
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On May 18th, the technology and healthcare communities will gather together for the 24th Annual Enterprise Awards to celebrate regional talent and innovation. This black-tie gala stands as the region's premier award program honoring individuals and companies that are pace-setters in innovation, leadership and advances in technology, healthcare and related fields.
We proudly announce Richard Vague, Managing Partner of Gabriel Investments, as PACT's 24th Legend Award Honoree for Lifetime Achievement.
Take a closer look at our finalists and honorees for the 24th Annual Enterprise Awards:
Honoring Richard Vague for Lifetime Achievement »
Profiling the Technology and Healthcare Award Finalists »
**The deadline to reserve your commemorative Tribute Journal message is March 14, 2017.**
Learn More & Register »
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Celebrate International Women's Day at PACT's Foundation Breakfast March 8th
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Join PACT on International Women's Day, March 8th, for our annual Foundation Breakfast, as we gather to celebrate and support women-led enterprises and diversity in Philadelphia's innovation community. This year's event will have extended networking opportunities, as well as an interactive program featuring lightning talks from leading female innovators.
Among the women sharing their stories of connection, engagement, and growth in the innovation community will be:
Lucinda Duncalfe, President & CEO, Monetate
Bethany Edwards, Co-Founder, LIA Diagnostics
Lisa Skeete Tatum, Co-Founder and CEO, Landit
Moderated by: Nancy Dunleavy, Founder & CEO, Dunleavy & Associates.
The PACT Foundation works to provide financial support to STEM-based initiatives and to women entrepreneurs in high-growth technology and life science companies in partnership with AWE (Alliance for Women Entrepreneurs) Ventures - Powered by Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Portions of the proceeds will go directly to AWE Ventures.
Register Now »
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Phorum Keynote Speaker Set for April 27th Conference & Demo Pit Applications Now OPEN!
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We are pleased to announce that Geoffrey Moore, whose life work is focused on the market dynamics surrounding disruptive innovations, has been named keynote speaker for Phorum 2017. Salesforce's Peter Coffee, Forrester's Liz Herbert, Aktana's Eric Redline, Vanguard's Ellen Rinaldi, SpaceTime Insight's Rob Schilling, and Bioclinica's Mukhtar Ahmed will also appear as featured speakers.
Additionally, we are now accepting applications for the Phorum 2017 Demo Pit! This popular competition allows conference attendees to experience, first-hand, some of the most innovative technologies under development in the Philadelphia region and watch them vie for "Phorum Best in Show", won last year by RedOwl.
Learn More, Apply & Register Now »
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PACT UPCOMING EVENTS
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PACT Foundation Breakfast
Connect. Engage. Grow.
March 8 | 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
SugarHouse Event Center | 1001 N Delaware Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125
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PACT Digital Health Summit
March 29 | 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Smilow Center at the University of Pennsylvania | 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104
REGISTER NOW »
Phorum Enterprise Technology Conference
Digitizing the Enterprise - The future is NOW
April 27 | 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
SugarHouse Event Center | 1001 N Delaware Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125
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PTW17: Building a Venture-Backed Business
A Fireside Chat Featuring Josh Kopelman, Partner at First Round Capital
May 1 | 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Pennovation Center | 3401 Grays Ferry Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19146
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24th Annual Enterprise Awards
Recognizing Achievement in Technology, Healthcare, and Investment
May 18 | 5 - 9 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center | Grand Hall and Ballroom
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SAVE THE DATE
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Are you registered for our upcoming spring events? »
Interested in Sponsoring an Event?
Please contact Dianne Strunk for more information.
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Mentor Connect
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viihealth Announces Acquisition of Hubdata, a Decision Analytics Company
Enhances Capabilities in Data Analytics - Expands Offerings for Life Science Clients
PHILADELPHIA, PRNewswire/ -- viihealth, Inc., a next-generation Customer Engagement Company dedicated to helping global Life Science clients improve business results, has acquired Hubdata SARL, a French based provider of leading edge decision analytics SaaS solutions.
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QunataVerse in the News
Mentor Connect's QuantaVerse discusses how to use data science to mitigate bank employee fraud. ABA Bank Compliance published the article in the March/April 2017 edition.
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Member Spotlight
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Alliance Bernstein Shares "Planning for Entrepreneurs"
Entrepreneurs: Do you have the proper planning tools needed to start/grow your businesses?
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MEMBER CORNER
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Read on Technical.ly Philly
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Stay in the loop: join Technical.ly's daily newsletter for the latest updates on Philly's tech ecosystem.
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PACT Foundation Corner
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Donate Today to AWE Ventures
Powered by Ben Franklin
About AWE Ventures
By using an innovative model that draws on crowdfunding and donations, everyone can be involved in supporting women-led ventures. AWE Ventures — Powered by Ben Franklin is built from three major components:
- A crowd-funded, donation-driven capital pool exclusively in support of women-led startups and emerging enterprises. AWE and Ben Franklin will work together to engage donors in the world of investments in early-stage women-led enterprises. *Ben Franklin will match* contributions up to $250,000 to form a total contribution pool of $500,000, and will manage the process of investment in these companies.
- Mentorship programs that combine Ben Franklin’s world-class model for due diligence with the experience of the AWE community, to provide hands-on support for entrepreneurs from both organizations’ shared networks of capital, counsel and connections.
- Events, workshops and published content to empower potential entrepreneurs and investors with stories of success from each organizations’ network of leaders, celebrating the progress of women in entrepreneurship and investing.
Learn more »
Share Your Insights in PACT Times
We invite you to contribute any insights or expertise you have that show the importance of women-led enterprises or support diversity in innovation for Philadelphia.
If you are interested in learning more or if you would like to donate, please contact Dianne Strunk.
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REGIONAL EVENTS & Programs
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3/7 — Why Invest in Philadelphia Now? Converting Risk Capital to Success Stories »
3/14 — PLEXUS MeetUp "Go To Market Plans for Early Stage Health Tech Companies" »
3/16 — Philly Tech, Software, MedTech & HealthTech Meetup »
4/3 — Maker Meetup #10: VUE Smart Glasses »
5/4 — PA Tech Con »
5/5 — Angel Venture Fair »
5/9 — 9th Annual Mid-Atlantic Energy Technology Forum »
10/1 - 10/7 — UPNEXT Festival »
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Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT)
200 South Broad Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19102 • (P) 215 790-3800 (F) 215 790-3729
www.philadelphiapact.com
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