IC@3401 AT A GLANCE
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Opened in 2014
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Home to the largest group of funded, early-stage tech companies in Philadelphia
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Partnership between Drexel University and the University City Science Center
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17,500 square feet of co-working, incubation, and acceleration space
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Anchor tenant is Character Lab
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Partnership with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeast Pennsylvania
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Home to the Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator, Drexel Ventures, and the Global Startup Accelerator, a partnership with the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.
IC@3401 MEMBERS
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$54M raised by 52 member companies between 2016 and 2018.
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Over 300 jobs created by member companies
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Companies succeed at 4x the rate of failure
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Average stay of members companies is 19 months
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Member companies typically start with ideas or research and teams of 2 and graduate with teams of 8+ with companies
SELECT MEDIA HITS
Not Your Ordinary Startup Incubator
Drexel Magazine, Summer 2019
Ultimate Guide to Startup Accelerators and Incubators in the Philadelphia Region
Philadelphia Magazine, January 28, 2019
ic@3401 is Here to Help Drexel Faculty and Staff Launch the Startups of Their Dreams
DrexelNOW, November 29, 2018
A Philadelphia digital health accelerator shares how it created a blind selection process to boost diversity
MedCity News, December 10, 2018
ic@3401: Where Innovation and Community Meet
Flying Slippers Blog, August 23, 2018
Science Center Lands MacArthur Genius As Anchor Tenant
Philadelphia Magazine, September 20, 2017
Leadership
Eamon Gallagher, Program Director
Eamon Gallagher works with several entrepreneurship and startup initiatives in and around Philadelphia, including as Program Director at ic@3401, Philadelphia’s largest community of funded start-ups, and as co-organizer of Philly New Tech Meetup, the city’s largest active monthly tech meetup. He is an attorney and also serves as the Director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic at the Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, which focuses on providing legal services to early-stage startups with high growth potential.
Eamon’s first career was in corporate recruiting. He earned a J.D. from Drexel Law with a concentration in Business and Entrepreneurship Law. He also holds a B.S. in Public Policy and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Rhode Island.