Northern Delaware Is Growing Its Own Life Sciences Industry Rather Than Waiting For Overflow From Philly
“I’m always surprised at how separate the Wilmington area is from the city and the Pennsylvania suburbs,” Buccini/Pollin Group co-President Chris Buccini told
Bisnow. “Especially considering how many people live in Philly and work in Delaware and vice versa, Wilmington always is considered very separate … It’s the funniest thing.”
What Northern Delaware does have is two reliable sources of talent and startup companies: The University of Delaware and DuPont, the leftover company from the 2017 merger of DuPont and Dow Chemical and subsequent spinoff into three separate entities. Just as the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia birthed the cell and gene therapy boom, Delaware’s own growth in life sciences resembles its major pillars.
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Delaware Innovation Space has fully launched its Science Inc. accelerator program.
Over the next 5 months, a cohort of 10 startups looking to grow their companies in the United States will participate in weekly programming and receive on-going expert mentoring and coaching. The event will include a Science Inc. Demo Day in June, with each company pitching investors and partners.
“The ten companies in this first cohort include a wide array of diverse science startups working to improve and enhance our everyday lives by curing or mitigating disease with new therapeutics, curbing climate change through carbon capture and renewables, and improving water quality and other industrial processes,” said Bill Provine, CEO of Delaware Innovation Space. “Each company in this first cohort has the potential for enormous business impact. I’m excited to be able to witness and help accelerate the growth of these companies with the support, wisdom, and expertise of the