The Philly tech scene got some facetime with Mayor Jim Kenney this week.

Kenney visited the University City offices of insurance startup Margo, as part of the startup’s prize for winning a competition at this year’s Entrepreneur Expo. Back in April during Philly Tech Week 2016 presented by Comcast, expo attendees got “investment capital,” or monopoly money they could use to vote for the most promising startup in the hall. After stacking the deck by offering massages at the expo (we kid, we kid), Margo won the contest and a lunch with the mayor.

Margo is a spinoff of lead generation company Leadnomics, whose lead generation business led CEO Zach Robbins and his team to form relationships with insurance companies that would eventually become Margo’s customers. It works like other comparison-shopping destinations — think Trivago and Amazon — but for purchasing auto insurance. That way, shoppers know exactly what their plan covers and how much it costs.

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