The Philadelphia region is home to leading medical institutions, top-ranked universities, globally renowned health care researchers, one of the world's largest cable companies, and some of the country's most highly acclaimed restaurants.
Innovation isn't hard to find. (Heck, we patented the cheesesteak — a Philadelphia sandwich I've seen restaurants from London to Hong Kong attempt to duplicate.)
On the funding front, the Philadelphia-area continues to reach new highs. Local firms raised $3.1 billion in venture capital during the first half of 2021, a figure already topping an annual record set two years ago.
The Philadelphia Business Journal has long focused on introducing readers to up-and-coming entrepreneurs and fast-growing companies seeking to make a difference through innovation and technology. We're now taking it up a notch with the Sept. 14 launch of PHL Inno, a new digital publication that will focus on emerging innovators, growth-stage startup investors, university incubators and other players driving the Philadelphia region's current and future economic growth.
PHL Inno, housed at PHLInno.com, will be part of a national network spanning more than 40 cities nationwide through the Philadelphia Business Journal's parent company, Charlotte-based American City Business Journals.
The new publication, led by Philadelphia Business Journal technology Reporter Kennedy Rose, will provide a portal to and for the local innovation economy. Associate Editor Lisa Dukart will steer coverage and contribute profiles on entrepreneurs, and other Business Journal staffers will make regular contributions in their areas of expertise. Senior reporter John George, for example, will continue to deliver timely and essential news tied to the region's ever-growing life sciences industry.
Inno will offer news, analysis, resources, events, data and more to area entrepreneurs, executives, stakeholders, startups and businesses.
Found within PHL Inno's coverage could be a mention of an angel investor, accelerator, new hire, product launch, acquisition target, or merger partner that can help you grow your business, in line with our mission to deliver that same business intelligence in regular Philadelphia Business Journal content.
PHL Inno content will be free to current Business Journal subscribers, while individual PHL Inno subscriptions will also be available for purchase at a low monthly rate. Our local content will be supplemented by key articles produced by other Inno reporters around the country with relevant content to our local readers.
So get ready Philadelphia — for PHL Inno.
