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Top Philadelphia Tech Companies

Ah, the City of Brotherly Love. And speaking of love, Philadelphia startups and tech companies have been getting a lot of it lately. As Philly continues to attract more workers and organizations, the tech scene grows with the population. Fancy yourself a startup or tech job? Keep reading as Powderkeg has compiled the best that the historic city has to offer.

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Top Tech Companies in Philadelphia

These are some of the top startups in Philadelphia based on employee count, size, profile completeness, and funding.
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Philadelphia Startups by Funding Amount

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Strella Biotechnology
Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of fruit which reduces waste and improves product quality.
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Avisi Technologies
Philadelphia - Avisi is a medical devices startup investigating the use of patented nanotechnology in an ocular implant to stop blindness in glaucoma patients. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world and currently has no cure. To date, Avisi has been supported by grants and awards from: the National Science Foundation, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, The School of Engineering and Applied Science, Venture Initiation Program Accelerator (VIP-X), Penn Law's Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, VentureWell E-Teams, and Ballard Spahr BASE. Avisi is a proud member of Johnson & Johnson JLABS incubator, UCSF Rosenman Innovators, OC OCTANE LaunchPad, and MedTech Innovator Accelerator. Twitter: @avisi_tech Website: www.avisitech.com
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Scholly
Los Angeles - Scholly is an online search platform that helps high school seniors, current undergraduates, and graduate students match and win scholarships. Scholly was launched by Christopher Gray, Nicholas Pirollo, and Bryson Alef in April 2013 and is operated from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Fishtown Analytics
Philadelphia - dbt Labs is a developer of an open-source analytics engineering tool driven by a mission to help analysts create and disseminate organization knowledge. Its platform enables data analysts to easily create and disseminate organizational knowledge through data modeling, thereby allowing clients with SQL knowledge to build data transformation workflows. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Cesium
Philadelphia - Cesium is a fast, simple, end-to-end platform for tiling, visualizing, and analyzing 3D geospatial data. The company aims to enable developers to easily build 3D data into their apps, for data providers to share massive datasets in real-time with just a link, and for data and insights gleaned from 3D data to be used across industries. Cesium is an Analytical Graphics Inc. spinout based in Philadelphia, PA.
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Kumba Africa
Philadelphia - Kumba Africa is an online marketplace that allows travelers from the USA and Europe to book and pay for authentic travel experiences provided by locals, tour guides and tour operators across 12 African countries. The experiences are tours and activities that can range from single-day (2 hours to a maximum of 10 hours) to multi-day immersions. Kumba Africa is the 'Trip Advisor' of Africa, focusing exclusively on authentic African travel experiences and tours.
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Halo Labs
Halo Labs is a biotechnology company that specializes in analytical instrumentation and biopharma.
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Fort Robotics
Philadelphia - FORT Robotics makes wireless safety systems for dangerous machines. Formerly part of HRI, FORT is a VC-backed company built on more than a decade of experience in safety technology. FORT Robotics is building a first-of-its-kind safety and security platform for smart machines. FORT’s mission is to unlock the full potential of automation by accelerating development, reducing risk, and building trust in autonomous systems.
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ChargeItSpot
Philadelphia - ChargeItSpot saves consumers from their constantly dying phones with free and secure phone charging stations. Its locker-based solution can be found in retail stores, malls, casinos, hospitals, and arenas. In retail stores, it’s been independently proven that when people charge, they shop longer, spend significantly more, and become happier customers. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Tendo
Philadelphia - We’re building a healthier, more integrated world where seeking, delivering, and managing healthcare is seamless.
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ZeroEyes
Conshohocken - ZeroEyes is an AI security company that detects the weapon and sends an alert to prevent and stop active shooter threats. It also sends real-time alerts to improve situational awareness and decrease response times for first responders. The company's gun detection technology uses computer vision to send alerts about an active shooter threat. ZeroEyes applies a layer of artificial intelligence that turns camera networks into an early warning system for firearms-related threats. They will track multiple suspects as the subject moves past surveillance cameras and update responders in a real-time fashion. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Tech Companies in Philadelphia

Like many tech-centric cities across the Middle, Philadelphia has steadily grown in terms of tech startups and startup jobs. Boosted by big corporate giants, cooperative government entities, and individuals looking to make an impact, Philadelphia’s tech scene is off to a hot start in the new decade. In fact, tech companies in Philly raised about $1.5 billion in 2020 alone.

Are you looking for a new job within city limits or thinking about moving to the Birthplace of America? With more startups and tech companies moving headquarters to Philly, your opportunities are endless. Tech companies like Cisco and GoPuff have massive workforces, but smaller startups with fantastic employee experience abound. Check them out here:

Biggest Tech Companies in Philadelphia

Here are some of the biggest tech companies in Philadelphia by employee count.
goPuff
Philadelphia - Gopuff is a Philadelphia-based company that delivers products like over-the-counter medicine, baby food, and alcohol. Across America, Gopuff is known for satiating late-night cravings for Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, Doritos, Red Bull, and, in select markets, White Claw and rescuing those in need of diapers, condoms, and cleaning products. Gopuff allows users the joy of browsing the shelves without the hassle of going to the store. It takes seconds to navigate the app and minutes for Gopuff’s Driver-Partners to deliver the customer’s needs and wants. The company was founded in 2013 by Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev, two Drexel University students with a minivan and a vision to make everyday life a little easier.
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Comcast
Philadelphia - We're a global media and technology company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States' largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation services to residential customers under the Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content through its pay television services. It also provides communications services, including residential high-speed internet, phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original content, and has exclusive content rights.
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Philadelphia Tech Community

The tech scene in Philadelphia has a stellar reputation matched by its even better people and companies. Fueled by the annual Philly Tech Week, a buzz has surrounded the tech community for the past decade. Startup leaders and companies gather to share what’s new and trending, connect and create new relationships, and hire the best and brightest.

Jobs in Philadelphia are aplenty as the local economy roars. Even if you’re not employed by a startup or tech company, the larger tech community is inclusive and welcoming of those supportive of its efforts. If there’s one thing for certain, Philadelphia’s tech is here to stay.

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