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| Feb 12, 2019 | UB Alumnus Alan Tsao Raises $100K+ for Second Line of Luxury Watches | Alan Tsao, B.S. '11, founder and owner of Tsao Baltimore, a maker of luxury watches all designed by Tsao and assembled locally, successfully launched a Kickstarter campaign to generate sales for his second product line. With well over ... |
| Dec 14, 2018 | Lunch with David Wise - Director of the Maryland Momentum Fund | Recently, I had lunch with David Wise at City Café to discuss the subject of investment capital for early stage companies. Until the end of July, David had been the venture advisor to the Abell Foundation. He is presently Director of the US... |
| Oct 30, 2017 | Forcepoint acquired RedOwl for $54M | An SEC filing issued by Raytheon last week revealed the price of the acquisition deal for Federal Hill–based RedOwl that was announced in August.
Forcepoint, which is a subsidiary of Raytheon, acquired RedOwl for $54 million in cash, accord... |
| May 5, 2017 | Interview with Andy Jones, Managing Director, Maryland Venture Fund – Part III | Click here for Part I & Part II
Andy Jones has been a whiff of fresh air, and a bundle of energy, at Maryland Venture Fund since taking its helm as managing director in late 2015. In a little over a year, he is near closing a new fund, ... |
| May 2, 2017 | Interview with Andy Jones, Managing Director, Maryland Venture Fund – Part II | Click here for Part I & Part III
Andy Jones has been a whiff of fresh air, and a bundle of energy, at Maryland Venture Fund since taking its helm as managing director in late 2015. In a little over a year, he is near closing a new fund,... |
| Apr 26, 2017 | EVERFI Raises $190M From The Rise Fund, TPG Growth and Existing Investors | Largest-Ever Education Investment from a Global Impact Fund
EVERFI, Inc., the leading provider of subscription-based digital learning to K-12 schools, universities, corporations, sports leagues, and non-profits announced they have raised $1... |
| Apr 25, 2017 | Interview with Andy Jones, Managing Director, Maryland Venture Fund – Part I | Click here for Part II & Part III
Andy Jones has been a whiff of fresh air, and a bundle of energy, at Maryland Venture Fund since taking its helm as managing director in late 2015. In a little over a year, he is near closing a new fund... |
| Mar 1, 2017 | A Video Conversation with Amir Rashidian, Founder and Owner of the Mid Atlantic Chiropractic Center - Part III | Click here for Part I, Part II & Part IV
Healing chiropractic patients from the inside out
Amir Rashidian is the founder and owner of the Mid Atlantic Chiropractic Center. Located in Frederick, MD, the Center serves individuals sufferin... |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Greenspring Associates Joins $104M Funding for Fuze | CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Fuze, the leading cloud-based communications solution for the modern global enterprise, today announced it has closed $104 million in financing led by Wellington Management Company LLP. This investment br... |
| Jan 10, 2017 | Yet Analytics Raises $1 Million | A Baltimore startup posted another seven-figure raise to start 2017.
Yet Analytics closed on $1 million in new funding, said CEO Shelly Blake-Plock.
The investors are both from the region. Grotech Ventures is based in Virginia and has a Mar... |
| Dec 19, 2016 | Greenspring Raises $325M for Fourth Opportunities Fund | Greenspring Associates has raised $325 million for Greenspring Opportunities IV, L.P., hitting the target, according to a regulatory filing. The firm raised the target twice, first from the initial $225 million to $275 million in April. Bas... |
| Dec 12, 2016 | A Video Conversation with Chuck Newhall, Founder of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association - Part III | Click here for Part I & Part II
One of the founding fathers of the Mid-Atlantic’s venture capital industry
Charles (Chuck) W. Newhall III is one of the founders, along with Frank Adams, of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Capital Association. W... |
| Dec 9, 2016 | A Video Conversation with Chuck Newhall, Founder of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association - Part II | Click here for Part I
One of the founding fathers of the Mid-Atlantic’s venture capital industry
Charles (Chuck) W. Newhall III is one of the founders, along with Frank Adams, of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Capital Association. With headquarte... |
| Nov 9, 2016 | A Video Conversation with Frank Bonsal, Jr., Founder of New Enterprise Associates - Part III | Click here for Part I & Part II
Two men who established the world’s largest venture capital firm and left an enduring legacy in the Mid-Atlantic’s venture capital community
Frank Bonsal, Jr., is one of the founders, along with Charles (... |
| Nov 4, 2016 | A Video Conversation with Frank Bonsal, Jr., Founder of New Enterprise Associates - Part II | Click here for Part I
Two men who established the world’s largest venture capital firm and left an enduring legacy in the Mid-Atlantic’s venture capital community
Frank Bonsal, Jr., is one of the founders, along with Charles (Chuck) W. Newh... |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Everything But The House Raises $41.5M Series C from Greenspring Associates | CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EVERYTHING BUT THE HOUSE (EBTH), the world’s premier online estate sale marketplace which connects bidders and buyers with unique collections from estate sales across the country, has raised $41.5 million in its... |
| Oct 5, 2016 | A Video Conversation with Philip DiMuro, CEO and Co-founder of Loople - Part III | Click here for Part I & Part II
Helping Baltimore locals create the perfect night out
Philip DiMuro is the CEO and co-founder of Loople. Loople is a free app for iPhone and Android that helps users find local drink and food specials. Wi... |
| Sep 7, 2016 | Sisu Global Health Closing in on $1M Seed Round | In Africa, the team building Sisu Global Health is stepping up the introduction of its blood transfusion device. In Baltimore, the team is posting fundraising gains.
Sisu recently raised $500,000 from the Camden Partners Exelixis Fund, CMO ... |
| Jun 14, 2016 | Edtech Startup Citelighter Raises $2.1 Million: Report | For the second year in a row, Citelighter is posting a $2 million funding round.
According to EdSurge, the edtech startup raised a $2.1 million convertible note to “accelerate sales and operations.”Baltimore Angels was among the investors.
... |
| Jun 5, 2016 | Greenspring Associates Raises $200M for Venture Capital Fund | Greenspring Associates, a $4.1 billion venture capital investment platform, announced that is has raised $200 million for Greenspring Secondaries Fund II, L.P., its second secondary fund dedicated to venture capital opportunities. The fund ... |
| Jun 2, 2016 | Greenspring Associates Joins $50M Series E for WalkMe | SAN FRANCISCO--( BUSINESS WIRE)--WalkMe™, the Enterprise Class Guidance and Engagement Platform, announced today that it has received $50 million in Series E Fundraising Round led by New York-based venture capital and private equity firm In... |
| Nov 4, 2015 | 8 of the biggest Baltimore tech exits since 2013 | A little over two years ago, Technical.ly wrote a list looking at the biggest tech acquisitions in the Baltimore area since 2001. Now, we’re giving it an update and taking stock of the big moves the Baltimore tech scene has witnessed since ... |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Baltimore Innovation Week got lots of news coverage this year | We wrapped up our fourth annual Baltimore Innovation Week earlier this month.
The week was a success with 57 events and close to 10,000 attendees. We’ll have a full impact report coming, but #BIW15 received a plethora of media attention thi... |
| Apr 1, 2015 | OrderUp hires former Microsoft, Burger King data specialist [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED
Rothschild Technology Partners raised $83.45 million, according to an SEC filing. 100 E. Pratt St. is one of the hedge fund’s three offices.
A raise we reported on two weeks ago could turn out to be an exit. University ... |
| Jun 11, 2014 | State, city pump $375K more into microloan program [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting funded?
E-commerce firm OpiaTalk raised $100,000 in debt, according to SEC filings. The startup, based out of the Federal Hill incubator Betamore, signed Skype as its first client in April.
Glen Burnie-based NovaSom raised $3 ... |
| May 14, 2014 | Mindgrub Technologies completes move to Locust Point [Startup Roundup] | Have news for the Startup Roundup? Get in touch.who’s getting funded?
Protenus, based in Nottingham, has raised $80,000 in equity, according to SEC filings. Robert Lord, cofounder of the health data security startup, spoke at the DreamIt He... |
| Mar 5, 2014 | SameGrain closes $800K seed funding round [Startup Roundup] | Have news for the Startup Roundup? Get in touch. who’s getting funded?
SameGrain, based out of the Emerging Technology Center in Highlandtown, has completed raising a seed round of $800,000, according to CityBizList. In February, as Technic... |
| Mar 5, 2014 | SameGrain closes $800K seed funding round [Startup Roundup] | Have news for the Startup Roundup? Get in touch.who’s getting funded?
SameGrain, based out of the Emerging Technology Center in Highlandtown, has completed raising a seed round of $800,000, according to CityBizList. In February, as Technica... |
| Feb 28, 2014 | This is how much money it takes to own a home in Baltimore [Links] | What does it take to own a home in Baltimore? Income of $41,155 [Baltimore CityBizList]: “Money that homebuyers in 25 metro areas would need to earn in order to pay the principal and interest payment on an average-priced home in their marke... |
| Feb 19, 2014 | ETC-based SameGrain raises $550K in equity funding [Startup Roundup] | Have news for the Startup Roundup? Get in touch.who’s getting funded?
Allovue, based out of the Emerging Technology Center in Highlandtown, has closed a $800,000 seed funding round, according to CityBizList. The edtech startup, as Technical... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | BrainScope: Bethesda concussion-detecting tech receives NFL award [VIDEO] | Bethesda-based startup BrainScope is one of 16 companies to receive a piece of $16 million in the first round of the Health Challenge I awards.
Created through a partnership between General Electric and the National Football League in 2013,... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | BrainScope: Bethesda concussion-detecting tech receives NFL award [VIDEO] | Bethesda-based startup BrainScope is one of 16 companies to receive a piece of $16 million in the first round of the Health Challenge I awards.
Created through a partnership between General Electric and the National Football League in 2013,... |
| Jan 27, 2014 | Social Innovation Lab wants startups with ‘solutions that are solving problems’ | Using new technologies to tackle the sort of work nonprofits do — what’s usually referred to as social entrepreneurship — is in its earliest stages in Baltimore.
A number of organizations have focused their missions on such work, including ... |
| Dec 26, 2013 | Intrexon acquires San Diego-based stem cell company for $26M | Germantown-based biotech company Intrexon Corp. has acquired a San Diego-based company for $26 million.
According to CityBizList, the Maryland synthetic biology company bought Medistem Inc., which has led the development of “universal donor... |
| Dec 2, 2013 | 3 lessons for founders from Sourcefire founder Martin Roesch | In July Martin Roesch became the founder of a company worth $2.3 billion.
Sourcefire, the cybersecurity firm he founded in 1998, was acquired by Cisco Systems over the summer, in part because Roesch’s company “changed how people talk about ... |
| Nov 6, 2013 | Does Baltimore need an ‘innovation district’? | There’s value in placing entrepreneurial people around one another, as executive director of the University of Maryland BioPark told Technical.ly Baltimore in September.
“Being in the cluster holds high value,” said Jane Shaab, who has live... |
| Nov 6, 2013 | Columbia software company FiddleFly makes 2 acquisitions [Startup Roundup] | Have news for the Startup Roundup? Get in touch.who’s getting funded?
Ocudyne, Inc., based in Baltimore’s downtown, has raised almost $1 million in equity, according to SEC filings. It looks to be a healthcare startup, although WhoIs record... |
| Aug 7, 2013 | Intrexon prepares to price $125M IPO [Startup Roundup] | Have news for the Startup Roundup? Get in touch.who’s getting funded?
GlycoPure, Inc., based in Cambridge, has raised $700,000 in equity, according to SEC filings. The biotech company is modifying an existing method for converting the chemi... |
| Jun 10, 2013 | Todd Blatt on 3D printing: ‘hardware is hard but not like it used to be’ [Q&A] | Maker Todd Blatt plans to take 3D printing even more 21st century with the help of Google Glass. But his fascination with 3D manufacturing started long before wearable technology made Robert Scoble anathema to the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman.
In an... |
| May 21, 2013 | Nine portfolio companies acquired in last 12 months: angel investor Tom Kuegler | This is Technically Baltimore’s Better Know an Angel. We hope to use this space to highlight local angel investors investing in Baltimore-based startups. If you’re an angel investor interested in being profiled here, complete this questionn... |
| May 21, 2013 | Curiosityville: subscription youth learning startup shares early metrics | Curiosityville, a Cockeysville-based company that wants to foster learning for kids and their families with smarter content and better games, is built on a lot of science.
The premise of this subscription-based online education platform tar... |
| Apr 12, 2013 | New accelerator for cybersecurity startups launches in Virginia [Links] | How to Lighten the Crush of E-Mail [New York Times]: “The best thing about Mailstrom is that it has a dashboard that lets you quickly delete huge swaths of messages from a single sender or company.”
Mining the Series A Crunch with CrunchBas... |
| Apr 10, 2013 | New Enterprise Associates leads $37M round for MuleSoft [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. If you’ve got news to share, get in touch.who’s getting funded?
Venture firm New Enterprise... |
| Mar 14, 2013 | Yair Flicker: Baltimore companies should keep app development in Baltimore | Yair Flicker, owner of Canton-based web and mobile app development shop SmartLogic Solutions, writes in CityBizList on six “objective reasons why Baltimore companies should keep app development in Baltimore—and why outside companies should ... |
| Mar 7, 2013 | Parking Panda raises near $5M in sales of shares to investors [VIDEO] | Federal Hill-based Parking Panda has raised $4.7 million in an equity round, according to an SEC filing.
The SEC filing shows that the startup, formed during Baltimore’s first Startup Weekend in April 2011 and launched officially in Septemb... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Millennial Media to acquire Metaresolver, reports 2012 Q4 profit of $2.6M against $6.2M 2012 losses | The global mobile advertising company Millennial Media will acquire San Francisco-based Metaresolver in an all-cash deal. Metaresolver is “a privately held mobile media buying and targeting platform,” according to CityBizList.
Millennial Me... |
| Jan 25, 2013 | Yes, it’s OK to #fail Kickstarter // Booze and junk food: how startups spend money // Cartoonist KAL’s Kickstarter a success [Links] | Smart Cities: Baltimore’s Digital Harbor [Education Week]: “Rec2Tech serves three audiences: teachers can visit during the day, there’s room for 40-50 kids after school, and the center is open to community in the evening.”
Why It’s OK to Fa... |
| Jan 2, 2013 | Lance Lucas speaking at TEDxBaltimore // Digital Harbor Foundation opens tech center Jan. 17 // Sickweather on the Today Show [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
Sickweather, the illness-forecasting startup that culls information from people’s Twitter a... |
| Dec 28, 2012 | Baltimore Tech in 2012: Technically Baltimore’s 15 takeaways from this last year | Relatively speaking, Baltimore’s early-stage technology community has been busy in 2012. Call it hype. Call it cheerleading. Call it noise. But whatever the name, it’s plain that Baltimore city’s tech ecosystem is growing at a clip previous... |
| Dec 28, 2012 | 2012 a year of change for gb.tc // Sickweather predicts flu season 6 weeks ahead of CDC // Audit of city’s speed cameras forthcoming? [Links] | gb.tc Year in Review [gb.tc blog]: “2012 was a year of change and revamping for gb.tc. (Heck, even our name is different now.) So here’s a look back at what we started up and overhauled over the last twelve months.”
Entrepreneurs Hope to Tu... |
| Dec 26, 2012 | Circulomics wins research awards worth $800K // Keimmie Booth to speak at TEDxBaltimore // Chris Tonjes at TechBreakfast [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
Biotechnology company Circulomics “has been awarded two Small Business Innovative Research ... |
| Dec 14, 2012 | Google’s top searches of 2012 // Betamore bets big on Baltimore // Google Maps native app for iOS [Links] | Google 2012: The Top Searches of the Year [ReadWrite]: “Gangnam Style, the presidential election of 2012, Hurricane Sandy and Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall; these are just a few of Google’s top searches featured in their Zeitgeist... |
| Dec 12, 2012 | Vircity to offer startup courses in 2013 // TechBreakfast t-shirts [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
InstantLabs Medical Diagnostics Corp. will expand into the veterinary medicine field in 201... |
| Dec 5, 2012 | Dave Troy needs a CEO // BaltTech blogger leaves Baltimore Sun // StormSlope to unveil ‘green wall’ in 2013 [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
As of Jan. 2, Peter Altabef will succeed A. L. “Tom” Giannopoulos as CEO of Micros Systems,... |
| Nov 29, 2012 | Firejack Technologies set to graduate from Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship | Firejack Technologies, the cloud-based custom software platform that’s the brainchild of CEO Benjamin Miller, is on the verge of graduating from the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship in Howard County, according to CityBizList.
Miller and... |
| Nov 28, 2012 | Brian Gaines new CEO of MdBio Foundation // AccelerateBaltimore deadline Nov. 30 // BEARTek Bluetooth gloves for $150/pair [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
The Baltimore Sun takes a look at Point.Click.Switch, the Harbor East-based startup that en... |
| Nov 21, 2012 | Given.to in the LA Times // Brenda McKenzie new CEO of Baltimore Development Corporation // Direct Dimensions launches ShapeShot [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
At this month’s Entrepreneur Expo, Daniel Waldman of Evolve Communications was one of sever... |
| Nov 15, 2012 | Point.Click.Switch rebrands, launches with Ravens’ wide receiver Torrey Smith [VIDEO] | Baltimore Ravens’ wide receiver Torrey Smith wants you to stop paying so much for your energy usage.
That was the message he delivered Tuesday night at the launch of Point.Click.Switch, a Harbor East-based company that allows people to swit... |
| Oct 31, 2012 | Millennial Media raises $12.4M from follow-on offering of common stock shares | Millennial Media announced Tuesday that it raised a net $12.4 million from selling more than 900,000 shares of common stock, according to CityBizList.
Technically Baltimore reported earlier this month that the Canton-based mobile advertisin... |
| Sep 12, 2012 | Startup Weekend needs more developers, designers // Is there too much VC for startups? [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
Baltimore’s Startup Weekend has sold out of Non-Technical tickets for the event starting Se... |
| Sep 5, 2012 | SocialToaster hires chief marketing officer // Yale study suggests startups shouldn’t relocate // Common Curriculum raises 160K [Startup Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
SocialToaster, the social media company based in Woodberry that recruits fans of businesses... |
| Aug 31, 2012 | Tom Kuegler on ‘growing the pie’ // Baltimarket the answer to food deserts [LINKS] | Growing the pie, a conversation with Tom Kuegler [CityBizList]: “Any ecosystem works because all its pieces function together.” (Be sure to read our interview with Tom Kuegler.)
Fresh Relief for Baltimore’s Food Deserts [Bloomberg Businessw... |
| Aug 15, 2012 | Startup Md. Pitch to Win closes Friday // Ed Chalfin on angel investing [Roundup] | This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
Technically Baltimore reported this week that Impossible Studios, a subsidiary of North Car... |
| Aug 10, 2012 | Nibletz interviews NoBadGift co-founders // New funding model needed for social entrepreneurship // Zentech Manufacturing’s growth a result of “re-shoring”? [LINKS] | Jim Kucher, president and CEO of Social Venture Constructors LLC, on the need for new funding models to prop up social entrepreneurship. [Bmore Media]: “[T]he vast majority of socials entrepreneurs still think of foundations as the best sou... |
| Jul 25, 2012 | StraighterLine is expanding, will leave Emerging Technology Center [Startup Roundup] | Meet the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
Higher-ed startup StraighterLine will soon move out of its space on the East Campus of Johns H... |
| May 21, 2012 | Biopharma raising $500K eyes competitive asthma/COPD drug market | Like the current market, dominated by GSK’s Advair, AstraZeneca’s Symbicort and Merck’s Singulair, the pipeline for asthma and COPD drugs is already quite strong with candidates from numerous Big Pharmas. Recent U.S. Food and Drug Administr... |
| Mar 26, 2012 | NEA seeks to raise $2.3 billion fund | Early investor in Groupon, Salesforce goes back for capital, after raising $2.5B just two years ago
Global investment firm New Enterprise Associates is raising $2.3 billion for a new fund.
The fund, which was disclosed in an Securities and ... |
| Dec 2, 2011 | Diabetes: GE invests in non-invasive continuous glucose monitors | Funding Roundup | GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) invested an undisclosed amount into C8 Medisensors, a developer of non-invasive continuous glucose monitors for diabetic patients.
C8 aims to provide glucose monitoring that is "painless, accurate, continuous, ... |
| Oct 14, 2011 | A Bite Away from Perfection: Steve Jobs and Baltimore’s Entrepreneurs | Last night was the GBTC’s Tech Nite – the annual convergence of Baltimore’s tech community. During a break in the networking, several of the region’s leading entrepreneurs were asked to reflect on Baltimore’s future. Many painted great visi... |
| Aug 5, 2011 | Baseball Hall of Famer charged with insider trading on Abbott Labs | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The SEC charged former Orioles baseball player Doug DeCinces alongside three others with insider trading ahead of an Abbott (NYSE:ABT) acquisition, raking in $1.7 million in illegal profits.
DeCinces agreed to pay $2.5 ... |
| Jul 11, 2011 | Shortmail secures $750K for email, simplified | Email is an old, broken system, and 410 Labs wants to fix it with brevity
Inbox (423).
That’s never a pretty sight. Anyone whose work involves use of an email account knows the pain and misery of dealing with emails all day. Sometimes it se... |
| Oct 26, 2010 | VC roundup: Comcast makes the all star team & who is Loffles.com? | Welcome to the VC Roundup, where we’ll parse through venture capital news related to Philadelphia-based private equity firms and the companies they fund. Subscribe to the roundup as an email newsletter. If you have any VC-related news to pa... |
| Dealmakers Invade Baltimore | Earlier this month, the Baltimore Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) hosted its annual Deal Forum. The event drew more than 300 financial professionals representing investment banks, private equity and mezzanine capital firms who met to ... |
| Biopharma raising $500K eyes competitive asthma/COPD drug market | A biopharmaceutical startup developing a new treatment for asthma that targets the nitric oxide signaling system has raised $50,000 of a planned $500,000 fundraise, according to recently filed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documen... |
