HR analytics platform (Employee Data Platform) for SMBs. Integrates with 30+ HR software systems. CEO: Bruce Marable. Philadelphia PA. Raised $2.5M seed 2022: Impellent Ventures, Collab Capital, Converge VC. Accelerator: Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs powered by Techstars (2021) — only Philly company in cohort.

King of Prussia PA. Ecommerce services company — managed online retail operations for major brands. Acquired by eBay for $2.4B in 2011.

Guthrie AI, a two-year-old Philadelphia construction bid assistant startup, raised $4 million in seed funding led by Chicago Ventures.

6K Additive manufactures premium metal powders and alloy additions for additive manufacturing via a microwave plasma process, at its Burgettstown, PA headquarters.

Alveoli Corp, doing business as Lungs at Work, is a Canonsburg, PA nonprofit and the only freestanding Black Lung Clinic in the US, serving coal miners and families.

ANSYS, based in Canonsburg, PA, is a major engineering simulation software company.

Outsourced managed IT services for SMBs, formerly PC Network Services Inc. HQ Sewickley, PA. Blue Heron Capital exited investment.

Applied Programming Technology, based in Bloomsburg, PA and founded in 2000, develops nuclear safety analysis software, including the SNAP engineering-analysis suite.

Brightstar Capital Partners agreed to acquire BrightTree Studios, Pennsylvania-based technology design and consulting company.

Cagent Vascular is a medical device company headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, developing next-generation angioplasty balloons using proprietary Serration Technology for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. It is the first and only company to commercialize an angioplasty balloon featuring integrated serrations.

Capital BlueCross is a health insurer issuing and administering health benefit plans in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.

Chivers Construction, based in Fairview, PA and operating since 1970, is a heavy/highway contractor building wastewater treatment plants and bridges across PA, OH, and NY.

B2B ratings and reviews platform for service providers. Philadelphia PA. Bessemer + Revolution. 500,000+ verified reviews.

The personal-computer giant Jack Tramiel built — "computers for the masses, not the classes." HQ West Chester, PA. Made the Commodore PET (1977, one of the founding trinity of home computers with the Apple II and TRS-80), the VIC-20, and the Commodore 64 — the best-selling single computer model ever (~12.5M+ units), on the MOS Technology 6502 (its own PA chip division). Acquired Amiga in 1984. Overlooked read: the best-selling PC in history came out of suburban Philadelphia, not Silicon Valley. Defunct 1994.

Visual commerce platform. Philadelphia PA. NEA + First Round Capital. Acquired by Bazaarvoice 2021.

DOliveira Systems, based in Johnstown, PA, is a general contractor specializing in roofing and electrical work for commercial and government facilities.