Scale up and Sponsor Success! Sponsor or Exhibit at the 2025 Scaleup Conference in Orlando
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ScaleUp Orlando 2025 is a one-day conference empowering small businesses, tech founders, and entrepreneurs to learn, build, and scale effectively. Join Black Orlando Tech on Sept. 18, 2025, as a sponsor or exhibitor to make a meaningful impact with Central Florida innovators. Whether you're a startup looking to boost visibility or an established company ready to deepen community roots, ScaleUp Orlando 2025 offers a high-impact platform to showcase your brand, network with regional innovators, and support the future of innovation.
Why Sponsor or Exhibit at ScaleUp Orlando?
ScaleUp Orlando isn’t just another conference, but a community movement. Joining Black Orlando Tech as a sponsor for the ScaleUp Orlando conference positions your brand as a cutting-edge innovator and investor, with a pulse on the booming tech and entrepreneur scene. Partnering with Black Orlando Tech means supporting a mission to drive economic advancement and community empowerment through tech upskilling, career advancement, and entrepreneurial endeavors. With your support and sponsorship, small business owners and entrepreneurs in Orlando will gain the education and resources they need to scale their businesses, recognizing your brand as a key contributor. ScaleUp Orlando brings together entrepreneurs, small business owners, developers, creatives, and community leaders for one day of insight, inspiration, and innovation.
When you sponsor or join us as a vendor, you’re not just getting a table or a logo spot; you’re investing in inclusive tech growth and gaining access to:
🌟 1. Visibility to a High-Value Central Florida Tech Audience
Connect directly with small business owners, entrepreneurs, local tech talent, business decision-makers, community leaders, and tech startup founders.
Our attendees are professionally active and seeking tools, resources, business growth, and partnerships to grow their ventures. Position your brand front and center.
🔊 2. Brand Awareness During Panels, Workshops, and Live Activations
As a sponsor, your brand will be integrated into programming, including panel shoutouts, branded workshops, and co-branded activations.
Lead your own session or panel (depending on level) to position your company as a thought leader in innovation, diversity, or small business growth.
💻 3. Digital Engagement Before, During, and After the Event
All sponsors and vendors receive social media spotlights, email mentions, and features on our event website.
Maximize reach with pre-event promotions and post-event recaps shared across our growing digital community of 3000+ subscribers, including business builders, independent contractors, innovators, and career-minded professionals.
🤝 4. Access to Networking Zones
Be a part of four curated networking areas where meaningful conversations happen.
Use access to schedule 1:1s, demos, or recruit top-tier talent for your team.
🎯 5. Direct Impact and Purpose-Driven Partnership
Your sponsorship directly supports free and low-cost tech upskilling programs, helping communities enter and excel in tech careers.
Align your brand with a cause that’s driving real change in Central Florida.
🏷️ Sponsorship Levels: Opportunities for Every Impact Goal
Maximize your exposure with six sponsorship levels designed to align with your business goals, while positioning your brand as an impactful partner. Each sponsorship level offers benefits to increase brand exposure, engagement, and access to your company’s products & services.
Lead “Breakfast & Lunch” Sponsor
Prominent breakfast & lunch signage
Event, website and printed program logo visibility
Sponsor shoutout during welcome and lunch break
Dedicated sponsor social media feature
4 Complimentary tickets
Swag bag insert opportunity
Mention in recap email and post-event sponsor appreciation content
Connection Hour Sponsor
Custom cocktail name & signature at bar stations
Sponsor shoutout before and during Happy Hour
Dedicated sensor social media post & story coverage
Sponsor logo placement featured on recap email and event photo album
4 complimentary tickets
Swag bag insert opportunity
Content Sponsor
Sponsor logo placement during sponsored session (panel or workshop)
Verbal sponsor acknowledgement before session begins
”Thi session sponsored by…” slide/announcement
1 social media feature (panel preview or thank you)
Sponsor logo on website & printed program
2 complimentary tickets
Momentum Sponsor
Medium logo placement near food tables or Fireside Chat area
Sponsor shoutout during hosted session or snack break
Group social media thank you post
2 complimentary tickets
Swag bag insert opportunity
Supporter Sponsor
Name/logo listed in print & on-site signage
Group social media thank you post
Optional flyer or product insert in swag bag
2 complimentary tickets
Vendor Booth
Logo placement on website & event program
Shoutout in pre-event email & social media
2 complimentary tickets
Review the complete sponsor and vendor options here.
🛍️ Vendor Opportunities
Showcase your services, products, brand goals and more by becoming a vendor for the conference. Vendor tables are available with high-traffic visibility and access to hundreds of attendees. Vendors will have access to a dedicated expo area where attendees can explore to learn more about your brand.
Space is limited, so reach out to info@blackorlandotech.org or safia@blackorlandotech.org to claim your booth space now.
🚀 Ready to Grow Your Brand and Fuel the Future?
By becoming a sponsor or vendor at the ScaleUp Orlando Conference, you gain more than exposure; you gain influence, community connection, and the chance to be part of a growing innovation story.
Join us in building a stronger, smarter Central Florida tech ecosystem.
👉 Apply to Sponsor or Exhibit Now
Have questions or want to design a custom partnership?
📩 Contact safia@blackorlandotech.org.
Let’s innovate together.
