Philly Enterprise Tech Highlights 2/18-19
- Josh Kopelman has the VC pole position in hot California stsrtup Notion, and founder Ivan Zhao isn't looking for other investors right now.
- Apple looked no place other than Microsoft to find an exec to lead its smart home business, playing catch up with Amazon and Google.
- Malvern-based clinical trial tech startup YPrime announced a "significant investment" from Flexpoint Ford.
- At Penn, a gene therapy pioneer finds a renewed calling as the field advances.
- Wilmington-based student loan giant Navient rejects $3.2 billion takeover bid from Canyon Capital, Platinum Equity.
This enterprise software startup has VCs literally knocking on its doors to invest, but for now, it's not interested @joshk @firstround. https://t.co/IH6qvZeoIE via @businessinsider— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 16, 2019
Apple hires an ex-Microsoft exec to revamp its smart home business, and catch up to Google, Amazon https://t.co/seVsMGiLys— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 17, 2019
Malvern's #YPrime Announces Significant Investment from Flexpoint Ford. https://t.co/mm82roNRv4— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 17, 2019
Once a ‘refugee,’ a gene therapy pioneer finds a renewed calling as the field advances https://t.co/SlXelkp7ul via @statnews— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 18, 2019
New: Philly's Passage Bio, with relationship to Penn, raises $115.5 million in a Series A for rare diseases. https://t.co/M6geqD3bBF pic.twitter.com/N14yfMJwfg— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 19, 2019
Johnson & Johnson CEO on Apple Watch collaboration: 'Ultimately, we're going to save lives' https://t.co/DHiP2xJEUm— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 18, 2019
Navient rejects $3.2 billion takeover bid from Canyon Capital, Platinum Equity https://t.co/koGbpJEzt5 via @WSJ— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 19, 2019
Walmart's U.S. e-commerce sales up 43% in Q4, thanks to growing online grocery business https://t.co/ZFLMcsuW3T via @techcrunch— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 19, 2019
— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 19, 2019
Congrats to @Wharton alum @jackabraham, @AndrewDudum, @joespector and @wearehims for raising $100M in a round that now values the company at $1B. https://t.co/5c7JFyJvka— Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship (@WhartonEntrep) February 19, 2019
Comcast Business TV Commercial, 'Beyond Fast: Seamless' - https://t.co/cA8GVRB1H7 #ispottv— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) February 17, 2019
