Paoli Startup Alphabuyer looks to take advantage of Pennsylvania Electricity Deregulation

A Paoli-based startup is building a platform for group buying programs, with an initial emphasis on energy utilities.

The company, Alphabuyer, was founded by three area entrepreneurs: Kevin Johnson, who previously founded Tax Matrix Technologies, LCC and Dryden Procurement, and former GSI Commerce execs Rick Carragher and John Raisch. According to its blog Alphabuyer is a "privately funded early stage start-up currently seeking Series B funding". The company currently is running an ad on Mashable for a "Dev Ops Guru/Systems Admin/Ops Engineer". It plans to start with a program for buying electricity, taking advantage of the deregulation occurring in that market in Pennsylvania.



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