Date | Title | Description |
09.06.2014 | Philly Prisons taps FastFWD startup fighting recidivism with tablets | Jail Education Solutions believes it can reduce recidivism, the rate at which incarcerated individuals return to prison, with a tablet-based educational program for inmates.
The City of Philadelphia, which in 2013 had one of the highest rat... |
04.06.2014 | These 3 FastFWD companies will run pilots with the City of Philadelphia | Three startups — Jail Education Solutions, Textizen and Village Defense — will run pilots with the City of Philadelphia, the city announced today.
The three companies completed FastFWD, the Bloomberg Foundation-backed, public-private accele... |
28.05.2014 | Philly chapter of socially-minded Investors’ Circle is biggest in U.S. | With nearly 30 members, the Philadelphia chapter of Investors’ Circle, a national angel group that invests in social entrepreneurs, is the biggest chapter in the country.
The local chapter started in 2009 and was the first of its kind, said... |