Philadelphia sits on the Delaware River and was home to the country's first stock exchange, and its pharmaceutical industry — one of the oldest in the U.S. — grew out of that same early commercial infrastructure. Penn, Drexel, and Temple anchor a life-sciences and fintech base that's old money and old industry more than it's a recent boom.
Region Stats
Total firms
45
VC / investors
15
Companies
16
Universities
14
People
14
By Who For
Healthcare & Life Sciences
3
Energy & Climate / Environment
3
Enterprise / General Business
3
Financial Services
2
Known For
Life Sciences
Fintech
Venture
Philadelphia