Pava Marie LaPere, 26, murdered in Baltimore apartment is Forbes 30 Under 30 tech CEO who launched $7million eco company
A Maryland woman found murdered in her apartment has been identified as a technology CEO and social impact entrepreneur running a $7 million company.
Pava Marie LaPere, 26, was killed by blunt force trauma in her apartment in Mount Vernon, Baltimore, and her body was found by police on Monday.
No suspects have been arrested and police have not revealed any possible motives. According to her social media, LaPere was born in Tucson, Arizona and was single.
LaPere, who attended John Hopkins University before founding the company, was named to Forbes’ prestigious 30 Under 30 list this year for her impact work.
She is co-founder and CEO of the eco-technology company EcoMap Technologies, which she launched at the age of 22. In addition to her recognition by Forbes, she was named to Baltimore’s 40 Under 40 and Maryland’s 25 Under 25 lists for innovation.
Pava Marie LaPere, 26, was killed by blunt force trauma in her Baltimore apartment, and her corpse was found by police on Monday
LaPere, who attended John Hopkins University, was named to Forbes’ prestigious 30 Under 30 list this year for her impact work
Under her leadership, the Baltimore-based startup has raised a total of $7 million in funding over the past eighteen months.
Officers arrived at her apartment complex in the 300 block of West Franklin Street around 11:34 a.m. Monday.
Upon arrival, they found Pava Marie LaPere dead.
She showed signs of blunt force trauma, police confirmed.
The medical examiner’s office seized the body pending investigation.
According to investigators, a missing persons call was made for her shortly before her dead body was discovered.
Chris Mcnees, tenant of the building, told WJZ, “That’s pretty horrific. I mean, if that happens anywhere in the city, that’s obviously a bad thing, but it’s hard to imagine why it would happen in this building specifically.”
LaPere lived in the apartment complex, which was formally the Congress Hotel, where one-bedroom apartments rent for $1,500 a month.
No suspects have been arrested and police have not revealed any possible motives
According to investigators, a missing persons call was made for her shortly before her dead body was discovered
Pava Marie LaPere shared her journey as CEO on social media
According to her social media, LaPere’s company “uses technology to automate the process of digitizing ecosystems, from entrepreneurial communities, to industrial sectors, to corporate networks and beyond.”
“Our patented technology allows us to create platforms that are pre-populated with information about the resources, organizations, companies and people within a given community, and keep that information continuously up to date.
‘Our platforms help answer the question “who does what?”, enable organizations to engage stakeholders at scale and provide valuable data about the composition of a given ecosystem.’
LaPere said her workforce is 50 percent women and 50 percent people of color.
Her clients include The Aspen Institute, Meta, the WXR Fund and T.Rowe Price Foundation.
LaPere was expected to speak at an industry forum in Pennsylvania on October 2, and EcoMap Technologies announced the event yesterday – after she was found dead.