Today, in collaboration with the Orlando Economic Partnership (the Partnership), the City of Orlando announced the Orlando Technology Community Support Program has awarded 15 recipients a portion of the $65,000 grant to develop tech-focused events that will unite the local tech workforce and community. A total of two maximum grants of $10,000 were awarded to the nonprofit organization Black Orlando Tech and Venture ScaleUp, a mentorship-driven business accelerator.
Recipients were selected based on how each application met the four key goals that guide the program: increasing the connection and collaboration among startup and existing tech companies; building the tech talent pipeline; catalyzing private capital investments; and increasing Orlando’s reputation as a tech hub. Read more here.