Meet The Winners Of 1Philadelphia’s 2023 Innovation Awards

The tech equity org hosted its second annual Innovation Weekend, concluding with an awards event that honored members of the Philly tech community in seven categories.

It’s been a busy couple of days for the Philly tech community, from Founder Factory to CapCon to 1Philadelphia’s 2023 Innovation Weekend, which closed last week with a focus on the people who are passionate about tech equity.

Held last Friday and Saturday, Innovation Weekend recognized the progress made and work that still needs to be done to help underrepresented Philadelphians access sustainable technology jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities. One stat to remind why that’s needed: Only 9.2% of tech occupations in Philly are held by Black professionals, according to Technical.ly’s Tech Economy Dashboard featuring proprietary data sourced by Lightcast.

This year’s Innovation Weekend theme was “Meeting our Moment,” encouraging attendees to recognize the present as a call-to-action to pursue equity-related goals.

The weekend’s events kicked off on Friday morning with the IW Summit. During the summit’s opening session, 1Philadelphia Executive Director Danae Mobley said the community of people working toward more opportunities for underrepresented Philadelphians are “playing defense” right now, but tech equity is a tangible goal. As part of this effort, she announced the organization’s commitment to raising $20 million by 2026.

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