EcoMap
About EcoMap

About EcoMap Technologies

EcoMap was founded on a simple but urgent idea: most regions have the ingredients for a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, including the incubators, the capital, the mentors, and the programs. What they're missing is the connective architecture that makes those ingredients findable, navigable, and provably working for every small business owner who needs them. We build that architecture. Today EcoMap serves 100+ ecosystems, from state commerce agencies and regional economic development organizations to chambers of commerce and entrepreneur support organizations, giving every ecosystem a front door and every ecosystem builder the proof that their work is making a difference.

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About EcoMap

Baltimore-built, ecosystem-focused

Baltimore skyline at sunset, where EcoMap was founded.

Founded in Baltimore

Building the connective architecture behind 100+ ecosystems.

Our Mission

Our mission is to build the connective infrastructure that turns a collection of programs into a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem and to make sure every small business owner, in every region, can find exactly what they need at exactly the right moment.

EcoMap was founded by Pava LaPere at Johns Hopkins University with the belief that every founder deserves access to the resources they need, regardless of who they know. Under the leadership of CEO Sherrod Davis and a team rooted in that founding mission, EcoMap has grown to serve 100+ ecosystems across the country.

Our Values

Information Should Be Accessible
We believe a small business owner's ability to find mentorship, capital, and support shouldn't depend on who they know. Ecosystem information should be as accessible to a first-generation entrepreneur in East Baltimore as it is to a Stanford MBA in San Francisco.
Multiple Perspectives Drive Better Outcomes
Ecosystems that include the full spectrum of small business owners across race, gender, geography, and background outperform those that don't. EcoMap is built to make those ecosystems possible, and we hold ourselves to the same standard internally. That commitment runs through everything we build.
Caring For Our Local Ecosystem
EcoMap was built in Baltimore and serves communities across the country, from major metros to rural regions that rarely attract technology investment. We believe the work of ecosystem building matters everywhere, not just in well-resourced innovation hubs. That belief shapes what we build, who we serve, and how we show up for the communities that trust us.

What we do

Every thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem runs on connective infrastructure: the referral networks, the resource pathways, and the relationships that move small business owners from stuck to supported. Most regions have the programs. Few have the architecture that makes them work together. EcoMap builds the architecture.

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AI-Powered Ecosystem Mapping

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Automated Data Collection

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Stakeholder Connection

Why it matters

Most regions have invested significantly in ecosystem resources: incubators, accelerators, SBDCs, and capital programs. The question every economic developer, chamber leader, and ESO director eventually gets asked is: why isn't it working the way it should? The answer is almost always the same: the ingredients exist but the connective architecture doesn't. Small business owners fall through the cracks not because resources are absent but because they're invisible. EcoMap exists to change that.

For the Connectors

Walk into your next board meeting, funder conversation, or legislative review able to show the connections your organization facilitated, not just the programs you delivered.

For Ecosystem Builders

The referrals you make, the introductions you facilitate, and the pathways you create become visible to the funders who pay for them and the small business owners who depend on them.

For Communities

A small business owner in your region who can find what they need without knowing the right person to ask is a small business owner who stays, builds, and contributes to your local economy. EcoMap makes that possible at scale.

Our Impact

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Ecosystems built on EcoMap across the US
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Entrepreneurs and small business owners connected to resources
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Resources mapped and made findable across EcoMap's network

See what connective infrastructure looks like for your region.

Every ecosystem featured in our customer stories started where you are, with programs and resources that existed but couldn't connect. Schedule a demo to see what EcoMap builds for organizations like yours.

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