Fem Equity News Today

After receiving a salary offer 45% less than her white male colleague's, Adeola Ajani launched her company Fem Equity to help ensure another Black woman doesn't get underpaid again.

Check out the personal and professional goals set by local tech and community movers and shakers for 2024.

The Baltimore-built platform, which connects underrepresented professionals with resources and professional development courses, will be available to graduate and professional studies students for free for for three months.

Discover the latest developments from some of Baltimore's top tech companies, including rebrands, employee updates, partnerships and accelerator milestones.

Five ventures led by minority and/or women founders, two by professors from local universities, one by TU student entrepreneurs, one by a military veteran, and one international venture relocating to Towson for the accelerator have collectively raised $2.5M in funding.

Fem Equity's cofounder and CEO speaks about her journey of overcoming barriers as a femme founder in tech and championing pay equity for women of color.

From connecting creative professionals of color with employers to using AI and deep learning to help medical professionals, Baltimore's tech startups have strong relationships with Big Tech. Several leaders of 2023 RealLIST Startups broke down the lay of this land in a recent Zoom conversation.

Nobody verbally wants to hold Baltimore’s Black entrepreneurs back any more than longstanding racist policies already have. So why are local funders still leaving startup leaders feeling burned?