Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Open Medical Innovation is an organization founded by leaders from Archimedic, NextFab, and the University of Pennsylvania. We launched this organization with a focus on addressing the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 outbreak. We intend to use this website to share information, collect feedback, and fulfill the unmet needs of patients and providers.

Tassl is a provider of cloud-based engagement analytics software designed to enhance network engagement for universities, alumni, students, volunteers, and other contributors. The company's platform offers a comprehensive solution for managing events, activities, and mobile communications while capturing engagement metrics that deliver valuable insights. It is specifically tailored to meet the complex needs of higher education institutions, non-profits, and other professional networks, serving as a centralized management tool that supports the entire ecosystem. By leveraging data and insights, Tassl enables clients to streamline and analyze their engagement strategies, maximize constituent interaction, and automate workflows. Additionally, Tassl offers support tools for local volunteers, providing insights that further enhance community engagement.

Textizen is a mobile platform based in San Francisco that facilitates connections between hard-to-reach audiences and public institutions. By offering services in civic engagement, data collection, public outreach, and mobile survey research, Textizen enables governments and organizations to engage new participants in civic dialogue. The platform is designed to help these entities efficiently gather and analyze public input, enhancing their outreach efforts. Serving customers in over 35 cities across the United States, Textizen has emerged as a significant tool in public participation, human services, and youth outreach. As a spinoff of Code for America and a recipient of the Knight News Challenge: Mobile, Textizen demonstrates a commitment to improving civic engagement through innovative technology.

Grassroots Unwired develops a mobile-first platform for progressive political and non-profit organizations to grow supporters and donors through face-to-face outreach. Its software supports field operations such as canvassing, door-to-door and street fundraising, donor and member management, voter registration, and field campaign tracking. The platform integrates with existing CRM systems, offers content and branding controls, data management and reporting, mapping and location-based accountability, and donation processing. It enables campaign directors to monitor the progress of individual canvassers and teams, generate up-to-date tallies, and convert field activity into actionable outreach data for fundraising and engagement. The company emphasizes turning on-the-ground activity into useful data to drive outreach efforts across organizations. Founded in 2009, Grassroots Unwired is based in Bristol, Pennsylvania.