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National Penn Bancshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company, which provides financial and banking services through its subsidiary, National Penn Bank. It operates through the Community Banking and Other segment. The Community Banking segment provides commercial banking and consumer banking services, including deposit accounts, demand, NOW, money market, other checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposits. The Other segment includes wealth management where commercial and consumer banking operations, including mortgage lending services are provided. Its consumer loan products include installment loans, home equity loans, residential mortgage loans, multi-family loans, educational loans and credit cards. The company was founded in January 1982 and is headquartered in Allentown, PA.

Equalnet Communications Corp. is a long-distance telephone company that provides services to generally smaller commercial and residential accounts nationwide. The subsidiaries of the company are Netco Acquisition Corp. the owner of nine switches located in major U.S. cities, USC Telecom, Inc. formed to acquire the assets purchased from SA Telecommunications, Inc., ACMI Acquisition Corp., a multilevel marketing company that primarily sells prepaid calling cards and 1+ long distance services formed to acquire certain assets of LIMIT LLC and Intelesis Acquisition Corp., which was formed in connection with the proposed acquisition of The Intelesis Group Inc. The company was founded on January 20, 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

KNBT Bancorp Inc. provides financial products and services. The company's services include online, personal, commercial, private banking, group medical, life insurance, and wealth management services. The company also operates as the holding company for Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust company. The firm was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Bethlehem, PA.

National Penn Bank is a financial institution based in Boyertown, PA.

Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania (LSGPA) is a venture capital firm founded by Kevin M. Harter in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners /Ventures/ (Ben Franklin Tech Partners) is a venture Capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.