Regional AuthorityGreater Philadelphia

Delaware River Port Authority

Regional Authority · Camden, NJ

Bi-state authority (PA/NJ interstate compact, 1952). Operates 4 Delaware River bridges (Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry, Betsy Ross) and PATCO rail transit.

Founded

Region

Greater Philadelphia

Investors

People

About Philadelphia

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 17

Companies 16

Universities 12

Known For

Life Sciences

Fintech

Venture