Philly EnterpriseTech Best Posts of 2018


Tom Paine




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I got off to a slow start in 2018. An MD gave me a prescription for a med that had possible side effects including Stephens-Johnson syndrome. He didn't tell me of the side effect nor did I do a search, though I knew about Stephens-Johnson. Anyway, I got it, and even when I was over the worse it took months before I could do more than link three sentences together.


But the point is not to reflect on that. Except to say I have seen enough horror stories to seriously distrust the medical system and hospitals. And that leads me to focus more on healthcare IT, or digital health, as one of the major themes I cover here.

Digital health investments reached an all-time high of $8.6 billion in 2018, according to a report from PwC and CB Insights. And most experts don't expect it to slow down soon. And there are more digital health startups in Philly than you can shake a stick at.


So in addition to Enterprise Tech and the Comcast world, Digital Health is the third leg of the triangle this website will cover. And I hope to be highlighting things that actually make a difference.



Sungard AS sells Assurance software business to Atlanta PE firm.

New Company Hu-manity.co Uses Blockchain to Declare a 31st Human Right, Empowering All Humans to Claim Legal Ownership of Inherent Human Data

2016 Gettysburg Address: Trump: Would not approve an AT&T / Time Warner deal, and would seek to break up Comcast / NBCU

Lambertville-based RobustWealth, Acquired by Principal Finance Group, is Staying in New Jersey and Hiring


Wayne-based managed care provider Genex in merger agreement with Mitchell International


Philly's getting a new, high tech company; Livent falls 3.6 percent in market debut

Bank Notes: Customers Bancorp's BankMobile teams up with T-Mobile; NCR buys JetPay

Comcast partner Arris reported in talks with CommScope (Update 11/7: Deal done)

An HQ2 hopeful down I-95 hopes


.IBM acquiring Red Hat: How will it shake out?

Wondering about who's running anti-Comcast ads on social media? Its TiVo


An early evaluation of SAP's $8 billion Qualtrics acquisition; Betting on growth

Veeva Systems, reporting excellent quarter, nears billion dollar run rate


Elemica is one of the Philly area's best-kept tech secrets


First Round Capital's Kopelman will be around "for many funds to come," he says


Dell Boomi developing blueprint for the future of iPaaS


Guru raises $25 million; But what market is it in?


Ailing Sears once wanted to be an online giant


Philly EnterpriseTech Roundup 12/29 to 12/31: FS Investment's troubles; A look at some of the individual investors in Uber