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CAPE Inclusion
Techstars '20Techstars '20Parker, US · Founded 2019 · 2 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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CAPE Inclusion Services provides diversity, equity, and inclusion training, consulting, and committee guidance to organizations seeking to develop and execute data-driven DE&I strategies. The company also offers affirmative action and EEO compliance solutions through a partnership with Affirmity.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026CAPE Inclusion is a diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) services company offering training and workshops, consulting, and expert-led guidance for internal DE&I committees. Its offering is organized around what the company calls the CAPE Method, a four-step approach — Collect the right data, Analyze it against industry-specific benchmarks, Plan a data-driven strategy, and Execute DE&I initiatives — which it positions as the structural foundation of its services and solutions.
Alongside consulting and training, the company markets a broader set of DEI solutions that it describes as combining technology and tailored tools with expert consulting. Through a partnership with Affirmity, CAPE Inclusion offers consulting and technology solutions aimed at Affirmative Action and EEO compliance programs and related regulatory requirements. Press coverage describes the company as a Colorado startup that helps organizations measure internal diversity and inclusion, and as a small firm consisting of two employees at the time of reporting.
Founding story
CAPE Inclusion was co-founded by Jason R. Thompson, a DE&I practitioner with roughly 30 years of experience in the field, and his son Justus Thompson, who serves as co-founder and CEO.
Business model
CAPE Inclusion sells DE&I services to organizations on a consulting, training and workshop basis, supplemented by technology and tools, and works with client DE&I committees on an advisory basis. Affirmative action and EEO compliance offerings are delivered jointly through a partnership with Affirmity. Reporting on a client dispute indicates engagements are governed by signed contracts covering defined scopes of work.
Traction
The company reports audience participation above 90% and a company rebook rate above 90% for its programs. It has been a certified Minority Business Enterprise since 2020. Press coverage describes it as a two-employee company that had worked with Colorado Inclusive Economy for nearly two years.
Latest developments
CAPE Inclusion is in a contractual dispute with Colorado Inclusive Economy over unpaid fees, which has proceeded to contractually required mediation.
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Market position
The company positions itself as a Black- and women-owned, certified minority supplier offering DE&I programming grounded in data and benchmarking, citing co-founder Jason R. Thompson's 30 years of award-winning DE&I programming, including the inaugural DE&I Legacy Award from the Denver Business Journal.
CAPE Inclusion differentiates on its proprietary CAPE Method — a data collection, benchmarking, planning and execution framework — its combination of technology and tools with consulting, its certified MBE and Black- and women-owned status, and the DE&I track record of its co-founder.
Technology
The company describes its DEI solutions as including technology and tailored tools alongside consulting, and its CAPE Method centers on collecting organizational data and analyzing it against industry-specific benchmarks to inform strategy and execution. Jason R. Thompson describes CAPE Inclusion as a minority-owned DE&I software solutions company.
Go-to-market
CAPE Inclusion markets directly through its website with consultation booking and contact forms, leverages the public profile and thought leadership of co-founder Jason R. Thompson — who has been quoted by outlets including The New York Times and CNN and authored the book "Diversity and Inclusion Matters" — and uses its certified Minority Business Enterprise status as a supplier credential. It also goes to market jointly with Affirmity for affirmative action and EEO compliance work.
Organizations across multiple industries seeking to build or improve DE&I programs, including those with internal DE&I committees and employers with Affirmative Action and EEO compliance obligations. Reported clients include nonprofit and civic-sector organizations such as Colorado Inclusive Economy.
Geography
The company operates from Colorado and serves organizational clients in the state and beyond.
Risks & controversies
Denver7 reported a payment dispute between CAPE Inclusion and Colorado Inclusive Economy, in which CAPE Inclusion said it was owed thousands of dollars for work performed under a signed agreement that the client sought to exit within about a week. Colorado Inclusive Economy said the termination was due solely to its financial capacity, that no work product was provided after the second contract was signed, and that it disagrees with CAPE Inclusion's allegations. Under the contract, the parties were required to use a mediator; CAPE Inclusion's co-founders said mounting mediation and legal costs are a burden for a company of two employees.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsCAPE Inclusion said it was not paid thousands of dollars for services under a signed agreement with Colorado Inclusive Economy, which terminated the contract days after execution citing its financial capabilities; the dispute was submitted to mediation per the contract.
CAPE Inclusion partners with Affirmity to offer consulting and technology solutions supporting clients' Affirmative Action and EEO compliance programs.
CAPE Inclusion states it has been a certified MBE since 2020 as a Black- and women-owned and operated minority supplier.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- CAPE Inclusioncapeinclusion.com · web
7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does CAPE Inclusion do?
- CAPE Inclusion is a Colorado-based, minority-owned firm providing diversity, equity and inclusion training, consulting and software solutions.
- Who are CAPE Inclusion's investors?
- CAPE Inclusion's investors include Techstars.
- Where is CAPE Inclusion headquartered?
- CAPE Inclusion is headquartered in Parker, US.