Super Meetup 2017 gave people a representation Monday night of that abstract notion we’ve come to know as the “Philadelphia tech community.” Over 1,000 attendees showed up.

For the keen observer, comparing last year’s shindig to this year’s yields the notion that the “scene” has been evolving. Maturing, if you will. Back then, young startups like Stitch, fresh into the game out of that RJMetricsacquisition/spinout combo were hanging out; now it’s a more established company that even poaches out-of-state talent.

Fresh, hype-y entrants to tech scene like Vidur Bhatnagar were also there last night, proudly pointing out the green dot on his nametag. In Super Meetup lingo, that meant he was hiring for his Penn spinout Keriton, which earlier this year raised $1 million to build out its team.

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