​Welcome!

​This Equitech in ATX breakfast event to kick off the big Festival will be a place for a mix of mission-driven, under-estimated founders, funders, and allies to convene, make connections, and celebrate each other!

​Join friends and colleagues from Baltimore to Austin, London to The Bay Area, Oakland to Tulsa, and many places in between as we gather to share in like-minded fellowship, our best practices, potential partnerships, and link up our pipelines across the country, and the world.

​Sponsorships are available; email lfj@modern-tender.com. Space is limited to 250 guests. RSVPs are required.

​About Equitech

​Born in Baltimore, Equitech is a movement to build an inclusive tech city, unlocking economic potential and opportunity, and creating a culture of belonging in tech. Learn more at: upsurgebaltimore.com

​About our event location

​Inn Cahoots is a proud host and sponsor of this event! Inn Cahoots is a female-founded, owned and operated hotel and event space located in the heart of downtown Austin.

​Street parking is available alongside Inn Cahoots, which is within easy walking distance to the heart of SXSW, the Austin Convention Center.

​Big Ups to our fabulous Equitech sponsors!!!

​Get to know these amazing orgs doing awesome work to support and advance founders, funders, and eco-systems with a foundation of equity.

• ​​The AmFam Institute is a venture capital firm and partner of choice for exceptional entrepreneurs who are building scalable, sustainable businesses in a long-term effort to close equity gaps in the United States.

• ​At Athletes Innovate, we connect the dots for college athletes, empowering them to see how their on-the-field strengths can turn into game-changing business success.

• ​Carta is an ownership and equity management platform trusted by thousands of founders, investors, and employees.

• ​The Creative Executive champions opportunity, creativity, leadership, and partnership through executive development, cohort and team coaching for high-growth, in-transition companies. We align executives and teams to do big things that make an impact on their products, industries, stakeholders, and communities.  

• ​Camelback Ventures aims to create a more diverse social innovation ecosystem that leverages the genius of all people. We identify leaders with promising ideas, and empower them to enact change within their communities through our initiatives where we provide an intentional blend of coaching, capital, connections, community, and curriculum.

• ​​divinc is on a mission to generate social and economic equity through entrepreneurship.

• ​EcoMap Technologies is an AI-solution that enables ecosystem builders to understand, manage, and scale their entrepreneurial ecosystem. (This venture is also a Techstars Equitech alum hailing from Baltimore, MD!)

• ​Ed Farm Launched in partnership with Apple and Alabama Power Foundation in 2020, Ed Farm empowers educators, students, and adult learners to not only thrive in today’s digital age, but prepare for the advancements of tomorrow. Through tech-focused programming, leading-edge learning environments, and innovative tools, Ed Farm is on a mission to close the growing digital skills gap in communities across the southeast and beyond. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Ed Farm is part of Propel Education alongside Propel Center.

• ​ImpactAlpha is the leading global publication covering the trillions of dollars in capital moving into impact investing and sustainable finance. The subscription-based media platform is a trusted source of news and data for professionals and institutions around the world. 

• ​​Inn Cahoots is a female founded four-story boutique hotel and event venue in Austin, TX.

• ​Kapor Foundation aims to both impact the national technology landscape and build inclusive tech ecosystems in key regions. We conduct research, make strategic grants, invest in entrepreneurs and funds, and inform equitable technology policy across four focus areas necessary to enhance racial justice and equity in tech.

• ​Lindsay Bailey Law Corporation (LBLC) focuses on Cross-border tech + entertainment law firm, with practices rooted in Vancouver + Austin, providing strategic legal counsel to a diverse clientele and being instrumental in protecting the intellectual + creative rights of artists + entrepreneurs in an ever-evolving digital world.

• ​Modern Tender is a boutique innovation agency that partners with impact tech founders and funders to build ventures, build markets and provide capital strategies for purpose and profit.

• ​TechBirmingham's mission is to strengthen and advocate for the technology ecosystem in Birmingham, Alabama. In doing so, they promote tech companies in the region, help recruit and retain tech talent and entrepreneurs, and provide the current and future workforce with technical education and professional development opportunities.

• ​​UpSurge Baltimore is a non-profit ecosystem building organization building the first Equitech city in the world in Baltimore. Their mission is to mobilize Baltimore's tech ecosystem around startups by strengthening its culture and connectivity, with an intentional focus on strategies that produce outcomes for Black, women, and other underestimated founders and leaders.

• ​Versatility is an IT and Management Consulting firm specializing in Business and Digital Transformation, enabling organizations to achieve sustainable success. By delivering innovative solutions and designing tailored products/services, Versatility accelerates modernization, fosters operational efficiency, and enhances scalability for its clients.

• ​​Village Capital supports and invests in early-stage startups, solving problems around climate innovation and adaptation, economic mobility, and equitable access to essential services.

• ​Wilson Isuani PLLC is a team consisting of a registered patent attorney and corporate counsel. Our female-led firm provides full-service IP and outside general counsel services to entrepreneurs and growing companies, bringing decades of experience, first-rate legal and technical training, and a relationship-first approach to each client interaction.

• ​Wilson Sonsini Since the firm's inception in the early days of Silicon Valley, Wilson Sonsini has been privileged to help lay the groundwork for some of the world's most innovative technology, life sciences, and growth companies. As the nation's leading law firm representing venture-backed companies, we have counseled thousands of entrepreneurs starting new businesses, advising on the formation of companies, equity structures, negotiations with investors, intellectual property rights, and other issues vital to their success.