UpRise for Equitech Baltimore Tech Hub

Emerging Cluster

UpRise for Equitech Baltimore Tech Hub

Region Served: Baltimore-Towson-Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area (Baltimore MSA)

Industry/Technology Served: Biotech & Cybersecurity

UpRise

UpSurge Baltimore and TEDCO have won the SBA’s Regional Innovation Cluster Network Award. This significant funding of up to $1.8 million over the next five years will support UpRise for Equitech, our ecosystem-wide program for commercial readiness and startup advancement in the Baltimore Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). UpRise for Equitech consists of:

Startup Advancement Programming for commercial readiness; Investor & corporate strategy sessions
Digital platform for entrepreneurial resource navigation
Assessment & roadmap development, curated resource & mentor matching
Networking and community-building

Current Area of Expertise

Equitech Approach:

Increasing access to resources, establishing collaborative networks, and promoting equitable standards and practices to diversify founder/startup pipelines
Centralized startup data hub through network of shared data partners

Cluster Management:

Regional coordination with public & private partners
Stewardship of ecosystem Entrepreneur Support Organization (ESO) network

The ESO Network

The UpRise for Equitech Baltimore Tech Hub Innovation Cluster is comprised of 18 Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESO) with a shared purpose of:

Improving entrepreneurs’ navigation to the best fit opportunities to advance their startups, in part enabled by a digital front door and coordinated marketing and communications that build awareness of the region’s varied programs and resources;
Aligning on and enacting practices to develop curated pipelines of startups that will direct entrepreneurs to the right opportunities with regional and national investors and large corporate customers at the right time.