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Mapping the Future: How EcoMap Technologies Is Building the Digital Infrastructure for Innovation Ecosystems

What does it look like when a startup sets out to build the digital backbone of an entire innovation community? For EcoMap Technologies, a Baltimore-born company on a mission to digitize the infrastructure of entrepreneurial ecosystems, the answer is taking shape in real time, and it’s catching the attention of ecosystem builders across the country.

At the 2025 TEDCO Innovation Expo, BioBuzz CEO Chris Frew sat down with Smitha Gopal, EcoMap’s COO, to hear what’s driving the company forward– and what a suite of new product launches means for the future of startup support.

Posted March 9, 2026

About TEDCO

TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, enhances economic empowerment growth through the fostering of an inclusive entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem. TEDCO identifies, invests in, and helps grow technology and life science-based companies in Maryland. Learn more at www.tedcomd.com.

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