Tolstoy, tech and why Happy Valley is the #1 place for startups today
Five questions with Ben Franklin’s John Sider For the last 8 years, John Sider has been an innovation matchmaker, pairing growing companies with capital to get them to the next level (he also led Ben Franklin’s effort in creating the $11 million venture capital fund 1855 Capital based in State College). This spring, he’s […]
The road to redemption runs through Tyrone
How failure, gumption and the power of friendship created one of the biggest European motorsport franchises on the East Coast When Josh Nolten and Dave Myers became friends at Park Forest Junior High, mainly because their last names and thus their lockers were so dang close together, they never imagined that one day they’d be […]
Happy Valley Follows Statewide Real Estate Trends with One Exception
It takes quite a bit of drama for anything to earn headlines over COVID, politics or the soothing magic of making sourdough bread, but real estate has managed to dominate the news for the past two years. Home values are skyrocketing, there’s a low inventory of housing and more people are working from home — […]
Videon Raises Additional $9M for Innovation in Transformative Live Video Streaming Edge Computing
Edge computing leader Videon just announced that it has raised an additional $9 million, bringing total investment in the past seven months to $16.3 million. This new funding, which is led by Alter Venture Partners with participation from Voyager Capital, Fortson VC, Bruce Chizen, and Cercano Management, will drive even more innovation in Videon’s next-generation […]
Nittany Laser’s Tech Solves Defense and Energy’s Biggest (and Tiniest) Problems
What makes Nittany Laser Technologies stand out from its competitors? The fact that there are no competitors — not on this continent, anyway. Drew Nissly’s Philipsburg-based laser welding and cladding company is one of just a handful like it anywhere, and they are solving problems in industries around the world. The company flies under the […]
Hometown Turnaround: Entrepreneur Offers Free Lewistown Storefront
The Facebook post read like the opening of a good book: “I will be offering a free storefront for 12 months. Looking for something unique that is proven to be successful to downtown Lewistown to make it a walking town. Submit an actual business plan, not just a vision.” But this wasn’t fiction; it was […]
“All the Brains in One Room:” Emergency Tech Consulting Firm On Move to ‘Innovation Hub’
This winter, as companies grapple with WFH and hybrid work schedules, MCM Consulting Group, Inc. is moving in the opposite direction. The public safety and government technology consulting firm has been largely remote since it was founded in the mid-2000s, with its expert team meeting virtually and onsite as team members helped local government and […]
Phospholutions’ Pauline Welikhe Wins Emerging Scholar Award: “I Want to Contribute to Food and Water Security”
Phospholutions research scientist Pauline Welikhe has been named 2021 International Fertilizer Association’s Emerging Scholar in recognition of her distinguished research in sustainable phosphorus. She says her work focused on managing this finite resource is rooted in economic and social advancement for developing countries. “My drive is simple,” she says. “I want to contribute to food […]
Tell Us What You’d Like to See in the New Year!
It might have been a crazy idea to start a website focused on industry and innovation in the middle of a pandemic, a new work-from-home normal, and the Great Resignation, but it was a risk that paid off. Since our start in 2020, HappyValley Industry has reported on private equity investing millions into Happy Valley […]
