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Aim-To (www.aim-to.com)
is a new entity formed by the merger of MarketDataInsite
and Picasso. The company offers
an ASP-based proprietary software
product that allows Wall Street financial service firms to
monitor the multi-billion dollar acquisition, renewal, and
entitlement costs of market data. Clients include
NASDAQ, Ryan Beck, Pershing, New York Life, Bank of New
York, and DuPont Capital Management. |
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Aquatic
Designs, Inc.
is a developer of patented waterproof, breathable, stretchable
fabric for the activewear market. Aquatic Design has
partnered with Yale
Sportswear to form a new company—Vapour Flex. The
new company is currently working on developing/manufacturing
athletic apparel in the material to introduce to the market. |
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Aviom, Inc. (www.aviom.com)
developed and commercially introduced A-Net, a proprietary
patent-pending streaming audio and video distribution
protocol, the first local area network optimized for
streaming data. Aviom systems have been
competitively selected for numerous demanding,
high-profile applications by the pro audio industry, such
as the live finale of the second season of The
Apprentice, the Lion King road show, Radio City Music Hall, Saturday
Night Live, and others. Recording artists such as
Barry Manilow, James Taylor and Jessica Simpson, among
many others, use Aviom equipment. The second
generation of products, A-Net Pro, is expected to expand
market opportunities into broadcasting, corporate
conferencing, education, and audio management in
conference centers, corporate offices, airports, hotels,
churches, malls – anywhere streaming media can be
beneficially networked. The Philadelphia Business
Journal stated: “What will [Aviom’s] products do?
Maybe nothing short of revolutionizing the audio/music
industry.” The company is located in West Chester, PA |
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Business Intelligence International/Aline (www.alinegrc.com)
offers a powerful GRC platform that enables
organizations to mitigate risks and improve overall
performance. Its Strategic Suite develops and maintains
excellence in corporate governance while managing overall
risk and performance. The Operational Suite addresses an
organization’s audit and compliance programs, including
SOX/Internal Control, Internal Audit, IT Governance and
Regulatory Compliance.
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Foxfire
Printing (www.foxfireprinting.com)
is a full-service, technology-driven marketing
solutions company that provides printing, fulfillment and
data management services for complex printed material and
packaging. The company also provides graphic design,
photography, warehousing, digital and offset printing and
point-of-purchase signage for national chain retail stores
throughout the U.S. The DIF made its initial
investment in Foxfire in 1999. In 2000, the DIF
introduced and led an investment syndicate with three
other venture funds, allowing Foxfire to acquire a leading
point-of-purchase technology company. Headquartered
in Newark, DE, the company has grown from 60 employees in
1999 to 115 today, and also has offices in Maryland and
North Carolina. Foxfire has won several awards: The
“Philadelphia 100” honoring the 100 fastest growing
privately-held companies in the tri-state area for three
years in a row (2002-2004); and one of the “400 Largest
Printing Companies in North America” by Printing
Impressions Magazine in 2004 and 2005.
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Mid-Atlantic Angel Group I (www.magfund.com)
is a $3.5 million angel fund of Innovation Philadelphia
organized to bridge the gap between angel and
institutional venture capital funding. MAG seeks to
leverage various public and private funding resources and
networks by providing equity capital to seed and early
stage, technology- based, high-growth companies. MAG
will focus primarily on technology and life science
companies in a nine-county Greater Philadelphia and
Mid-Atlantic region, including Southeastern Pennsylvania,
Southern New Jersey, and Delaware. |
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Patria Services Corp. (www.mypatria.com)
provides major corporations across various vertical markets
customized solutions that support incremental revenue growth
and customer loyalty strategies focused on their "home
moving" customer base. |
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Smart
Button Associates, Inc. (www.smartbutton.com)
headquartered in Newark, DE, is an industry leader
in the development of loyalty marketing systems for the
sports, entertainment, and retail industries. The
company’s software is a customer affinity tracking
system, whereby information is integrated from multiple
sources to build marketing programs. The DIF made an
investment in Smart Button in 1999 when the company
originated its loyalty marketing system in the horseracing
industry. Today, Smart Button’s loyalty marketing
software is utilized in over 500 facilities throughout the
U.S. and Canada, including over 60% of the North American
pari-mutuel venues, several Las Vegas casinos,
professional sports teams (such as the Arizona
Diamondbacks), and NCAA college athletics, as well as
retail shops and restaurants. Over 2.5 million
patrons are enrolled in Smart Button’s database.
In 2003, Smart Button received a second round investment
from Murex Investments, a SBA New Markets fund in
Philadelphia, PA introduced by the DIF. |
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Solstice
Software
A provider
of proprietary component and
integration testing software, Solstice Software was acquired by
Green
Hat in May 2008.
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