Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania announced a $200,000 investment in Grovara earlier this week. It marks the second investment the tech-based economic development organization has made in Grovara’s first-to-market online global wholesale marketplace for American Better-For-You brands.  The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/NEP) invests in and supports companies to create […]

The first company entrepreneur/investor Steven Finn started at age 20 as a Wharton School undergrad was certainly ahead of its time in 2007. Finn’s rental marketplace startup promised easy, convenient and low-cost access to needed but expensive items like your neighbor’s lawnmower. “On the surface, it was a great idea, and at the time that […]

Grovara CEO Peter Groverman is prominently featured in this video about who and what makes The Yard coworking space special and gives it a soul all its own in the heart of Center City Philadelphia.

It has been two years since the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed to a 50% minimum reduction of total greenhouse gases from international shipping, which is responsible for 2% of the planet’s anthropogenic CO2 emissions, a figure expected to rise to 17% by 2050 if unregulated.  It is only recently, however, that concrete measures […]

(Dec. 30 Press Release) Grovara’s proprietary technology platform, which eliminates the headaches of exporting and intelligently connects America’s most promising wellness brands with aligned global retailers, is poised to help usher in the largest food industry disruption of our lifetimes. As consumer demand for healthier products surges and purchasing power increases across the planet, plant-based […]

In October, the United States government issued an RFP for e-marketplace platforms in an effort to become leaner with the $260 million it spent online last year on products and services. The U.S. General Services Administration, which oversees federal procurement, wants to move fast and start implementing proof-of-concept early next year with a handful of federal […]

Fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on? When it comes to how your wellness brand can grow by getting serious about going global with B2B eCommerce sales, there are only four channels you’ll want to tune into. With the global B2B market approaching $1 trillion — about four times as big as B2C — digital maturity is […]

Grovara Joins Stripe Partner Program to Bring More Global B2B Commerce Online and and Increase the GDP of the Internet. Grovara’s first-of-its-kind, end-to-end B2B technology platform that automates and manages workflow associated with exporting American wellness brands, combined with Stripe’s seamless payments platform, helps merchants process complex international payments.  SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Grovara, a Philadelphia-based […]