Over the past few years, traditional venture capital funds have increasingly moved up-market toward larger, later-stage rounds, leaving early-stage founders scrambling for initial checks. How are regional and public-private tech funds adapting to fill that widening seed-stage gap across the country? And how can ecosystem leaders balance the driving economic growth with the financial realities of early-stage tech investing?

Technical.ly publisher and cofounder Chris Wink is joined by Jonathon Beschen, Managing Director of the Tech Investment Group for Ben Franklin Technology Partners for a conversation about how regional tech ecosystems can build momentum.

Recorded September 2, 2026.