In late 2020, amid calls for cities to better support diversity in their tech sectors, the City of Philadelphia launched the PHL: Most Diverse Tech Hub initiative. A year later, it’s doubling down on that commitment.
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PHL Inno: Amid Philadelphia’s $8.1B VC boom, female-founded startups see funding surge by nearly three-fold
As the Philadelphia region’s venture capital scene reached new highs in 2021, so did the amount of funding flowing into local women-owned startups.
Technically Philly: Power Moves: Philly’s former director of civic tech heads to Google
Aaron Ogle, the City of Philadelphia’s former director of civic technology, is taking his civic tech chops to Google. He comes to the role after nearly three years at DC’s Nava, which builds software for governments, as the company’s senior engineering lead, then director of engineering.
Technically Philly: These West Philly High students run a Chromebook repair shop — and share their expertise on TikTok
Tech training takes many forms — coding bootcamps, IT certificates, device repair for teens. Also, TikTok.
Axios: Philly’s tech sector sees modest growth
Philadelphia is one of the cities benefiting from the diffusion of tech jobs from traditional concentrated areas like the Bay Area and New York City during the pandemic.
Technically Philly: Chronic illness tracker Journal My Health is adding a menstrual cycle feature
Journal My Health, the 2021-founded healthcare app that allows those with chronic conditions to track their symptoms and more easily share with healthcare providers, is expanding its features with a menstrual cycle tracker.
Philadelphia Tribune: Philadelphia-based Black and Mobile delivery service expands to new markets
David Cabello, co-founder and CEO of Black and Mobile, has expanded his food delivery service into new markets.The service, which exclusively delivers for Black-owned restaurants, is now serving New York City and Los Angeles eateries.
Technically Philly: Meet InvestorLink, a fintech platform to serve new issue offerings
After nearly four years of working on a tech solution to a “clunky” system, founder Matthew Michel is ready to come out of stealth mode.
Technically Philly: Navigating the future of work? People ops platform Lluna just rolled out an employee-focused product for that
Jessica Podgajny knows you’re probably rethinking the way you’re working right now. The longtime people ops pro and company culture consultant conceptualized Lluna, an employee engagement and retention platform, before the COVID-19 pandemic, but launched it during the height of remote work in December 2020.
Technically Philly: This training program helps Philly employers hire and retain immigrant talent
Much of the nation’s immigrant workforce is made up of individuals who have training, experience, or foreign college degrees that they acquired before coming to the states. Regardless of experience or training, immigrants are often concentrated in low-to-middle skill jobs and struggle to gain economic mobility.
