When it comes to grappling with racial and gender diversity in the tech industry, the roadmap to getting Philadelphia’s startups looking more like the city they’re in starts by knowing where the community stands. Without an abundance of precise stats to measure how big the gap is, no solution can be truly effective.

In a bid to help orient diversity, equity and inclusion discussions in the city, and stemming from a frustration-driven discussion at last year’s Diversity Dinner and the events leading up to it, a coalition of stakeholders just launched a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Benchmark Survey, which seeks to gather data and help inform the path to bridging inequities in Philly’s expanding tech economy.

The collective behind the five-minute survey is led by diversity-focused nonprofit Open Access Philly, with participation from Philly Startup Leaders, tech startup Guru, Mogulette and Media Bureau, Inc.

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