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The Camden Startup That Turned Graphic Design Into a Netflix Subscription
Two Rutgers grads had an idea in a Vietnamese ice cream shop: sell graphic design like a subscription, not a project. Seven years and 4 million-plus creative assets later, they run it out of the first Camden company ever to make the Inc. 5000.
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Vitable Health
Vitable Health is a Philadelphia-based health benefits company that gives hourly and blue-collar workers affordable access to primary care. Founded in 2020 by Joseph Kitonga, it pairs virtual and in-person direct primary care - visits, over 1,000 free prescriptions, common lab tests, mental health support and care navigation - with an integrated ICHRA platform, so small and mid-sized employers can offer real coverage to workers who typically fall between Medicaid eligibility and pricey commercial insurance. Employers pay roughly $30 per employee per month, and the company says it has made more than 100,000 lives eligible for care.
Hovr
Hovr is a Philadelphia-based marketing technology company that layers interactive, vertical-video experiences on top of existing hotel and resort websites. Its patented, no-code software lets marketers drag and drop video content - pulled from YouTube, Vimeo, Matterport, TikTok, and Instagram or uploaded directly - over static web pages using tools like Highlights, Anchors, Pins, and Pathways. The goal is to turn passive browsing into 'choose-your-own-path' storytelling that lifts guest confidence, engagement, and direct bookings, with a real-time analytics dashboard that ties video interactions to revenue. Hovr grew out of Hio, founder Jason Craparo's earlier networking and events venture.
HueDx
HueDx is a Philadelphia diagnostics company - formerly Group K Diagnostics - that turns any smartphone camera into a reader for lab-grade, quantitative color-based tests. Its patented HueCard color-correction hardware and AI-powered HueTools/HueCloud software let researchers develop, validate, and deploy paper-based colorimetric assays without proprietary readers or lab infrastructure, aiming to make quantitative results available at the point of care and at home.
Upped Events Inc.
Upped Events is a Philadelphia-based, software-only event management and payments platform that bundles ticketing, contactless mobile payments, on-site point-of-sale, CRM, mapping, staff and partner management, and real-time analytics into one system. Built for food and drink festivals, fairs, conventions, and community events, Upped aims to raise attendee spend and organizer ROI while cutting the number of tools a team has to juggle. Founded in 2020 by Mark Kozlowski, Louis Blitzman, and Filip Risteski, the company was acquired by Events.com in May 2025.
CollX
CollX is a Philadelphia-area startup whose mobile app lets collectors snap a photo of a sports or trading card and instantly identify it and see its current market value. Built around AI visual search trained on a database of more than 17 million cards, CollX has grown from a quick valuation tool into a full collection-management platform and peer-to-peer marketplace where over 3 million users scan, organize, price, buy, sell, and trade cards. The company monetizes through Pro and Gold subscriptions, marketplace commissions, and referral revenue from hobby partners like PSA, Whatnot, and Fanatics.
Daymark Health
Daymark Health is a Philadelphia-based, tech-enabled cancer care company that delivers in-home and virtual supportive care to patients during the long stretches between oncology appointments. Working alongside patients' existing oncologists and partnering with health plans under value-based arrangements, Daymark combines a multidisciplinary care team - nurse practitioners, nurses, licensed clinical social workers, and health navigators - with a technology platform to provide 24/7 support, symptom and side-effect management, mental health care, care navigation, and help with practical barriers like transportation and finances.