Nearly 80 startups, 1,500 attendees and one mayor.

The local tech community gathered at 23rd Street Armory Wednesday night to trade business cards, have a beer or two and hear what Mayor Jim Kenney had to say about the growth of Philadelphia’s tech community.

The event, now in its eighth year, was organized by Philly Startup Leaders and sponsored by law firm Baer Crossey McDemus.
Here’s a quick photo tour of what went down.

Video games on display

Cipher Prime’s Will Stallwood challenged onlookers to a game of Tailwind, the company’s most recent title.

It was May 4

Shoutout to all the Star Wars fans out there. Local communications firm Broadpath had it covered.

There was a food truck

Tacos! Attendees lined up for Mexican delicacies from a local food truck inside the venue.

And you could explore your genome

Biomeme founder Max Perelman showed off the company’s mobile DNA lab.