Simply Good Jars, makers of a line of jarred, ready-to-go meals stored in connected fridges, has been selected to join New York-based Food-X, an accelerator program for food-related startups.

The program, founded in 2014 and backed by Princeton, N.J. venture capital fund SOSV, infuses companies in the food tech industry with capital and resources, including an initial $65,000 cash investment and access to follow-on investments up to a B round. Selected companies started the program last month.

Out of 500 global applicants, Simply Good Jars, recently based out of coworking space 1776’s now-shuttered University City location, was the only Philly name on final the list.

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