Last night, we watched ten startup founders step up on stage at M&T Bank Exchange and pitch the latest iteration of their tech solutions to members of the Baltimore tech ecosystem and beyond. Congratulations to the Techstars Equitech founders not only for their successful demo day, but for their immense growth during their 12 week acceleration journey here in Baltimore. We’re excited about each and every one of the companies remaining a part of the Baltimore ecosystem in some way shape or form.
Highlight of the night: Keynote speaker and CEO of CareFirst Brian Pieninck encouraged the room to embrace the founders love in the form of not only applause, but willingness to talk to them, picking up the phone call and genuinely & unconditionally opening up your networks. He underscored the importance of “…[companies] in Baltimore to grow better ideas in industries that impact our communities.” After Founder & CEO of Secured Health (based in Baltimore) Richard Trinh pitched, he was asked on stage about his dream connection or meeting in Baltimore and, with Brian’s earlier open invitation, turned to the CEO of CareFirst – to which Brian replied without pause, “next week!” …This is #Equitech and why Baltimore’s unique #smalltimore culture is the backbone of our thriving tech ecosystem.
With many more founders & startups coming from as near as DC and as far as the west coast to Baltimore through our city’s incredible accelerator & incubators, let’s continue to show them love. From WTCI’s Maryland Innovation Lab bringing startups from across the globe, to Conscious Venture Lab (CVL) growing startups from Baltimore and the U.S., to Hutch scaling digital services companies, to Baltipreneurs focused on homegrown companies and more – we need them all to, as Brian Pieninck said it, grow better ideas that impact our communities. We’ll cap off demo season with CVL’s Demo Day on Equitech Tuesday June 25th – more details coming soon, but mark your calendars!
Coming up on Tuesday June 4, University of Baltimore’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture will be kicking off a 3-day Generative AI summit with the goal to bring faculty, community and industry partners/leaders together to learn from each other about generative AI to better understand how AI is impacting careers and to build an AI literacy program that aligns with what students will be expected to know in their future careers. Join summit attendees to kick off the summit at Equitech Tuesday at Guilford Hall Brewery… where the tech community gathers!
Also, come help us welcome UpSurge’s summer interns! More from them soon, but come say hello to: Himalaya Kadari, Joey Lu, Susan Njoya and Marcos Karakousis.
Sincerely,
Robbin Lee
Director of Partnerships & Mobilization
UpSurge Baltimore
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Highlight of the night: Keynote speaker and CEO of CareFirst Brian Pieninck encouraged the room to embrace the founders love in the form of not only applause, but willingness to talk to them, picking up the phone call and genuinely & unconditionally opening up your networks. He underscored the importance of “…[companies] in Baltimore to grow better ideas in industries that impact our communities.” After Founder & CEO of Secured Health (based in Baltimore) Richard Trinh pitched, he was asked on stage about his dream connection or meeting in Baltimore and, with Brian’s earlier open invitation, turned to the CEO of CareFirst – to which Brian replied without pause, “next week!” …This is #Equitech and why Baltimore’s unique #smalltimore culture is the backbone of our thriving tech ecosystem.
With many more founders & startups coming from as near as DC and as far as the west coast to Baltimore through our city’s incredible accelerator & incubators, let’s continue to show them love. From WTCI’s Maryland Innovation Lab bringing startups from across the globe, to Conscious Venture Lab (CVL) growing startups from Baltimore and the U.S., to Hutch scaling digital services companies, to Baltipreneurs focused on homegrown companies and more – we need them all to, as Brian Pieninck said it, grow better ideas that impact our communities. We’ll cap off demo season with CVL’s Demo Day on Equitech Tuesday June 25th – more details coming soon, but mark your calendars!
Coming up on Tuesday June 4, University of Baltimore’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture will be kicking off a 3-day Generative AI summit with the goal to bring faculty, community and industry partners/leaders together to learn from each other about generative AI to better understand how AI is impacting careers and to build an AI literacy program that aligns with what students will be expected to know in their future careers. Join summit attendees to kick off the summit at Equitech Tuesday at Guilford Hall Brewery… where the tech community gathers!
Also, come help us welcome UpSurge’s summer interns! More from them soon, but come say hello to: Himalaya Kadari, Joey Lu, Susan Njoya and Marcos Karakousis.
Sincerely,
Robbin Lee
Director of Partnerships & Mobilization
UpSurge Baltimore
Follow us on socials: LinkedIn | Instagram
Stay informed: Sign-up for the ‘UpShot’
Stay Connected: Create profile of Bmore Tech Connect