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| Feb 7, 2022 | TEDCO Announces Katherine Hill Ritchie as the Senior Director of Venture Funds | COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced today the selection of Katherine Hill Ritchie as the senior director of Venture Funds.
Katherine brings the character, ... |
| Nov 22, 2021 | TEDCO's Maryland Innovation Initiative Advances Innovative Technologies From Lab to Market | COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced its recent round of funding, including investments in 12 start-up companies and funding to 36 university projects throug... |
| Nov 17, 2021 | TEDCO Generates $2.3 Billion in Economic Benefits to the State of Maryland and Supports 10,433 Maryland Jobs, According to New Independent Study | COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced today the findings of an independent study detailing the impact of TEDCO's six core programs to the state of Maryla... |
| Nov 23, 2020 | These 10 HBCU students are working at Baltimore-DC venture firms | The network effect that plays out across venture capital can often be traced back to college. So it makes sense that an effort to bring change would start by providing students with experience working at VC firms.
The national program HBCUv... |
| May 1, 2020 | Our ultimate back-to-school guide for DC-area student entrepreneurs | Updated 5/1/2020 by Cassidy Beegle-Jackson.
Starting a business can daunt founders at any age, but becoming a student entrepreneur can add a special kind of anxiety to college life.
"When you’re meeting with people and telling them abo... |
| Oct 31, 2018 | Emerging Leader Attila Security Announces First Round of Funding | Attila Security, a company providing visibility, control and threat defense across physical, virtual, and cloud applications is pleased to announce it has completed its $2.5m seed round of funding led by DataTribe, the country’s leading sta... |
| Aug 31, 2018 | 3 takeaways from the State of Black Women in Tech | Five black women playing leading roles in Baltimore startups and tech organizations gathered at Ida B’s Table this week to discuss their experiences, and how to create more access for a group that remains underrepresented in tech.
Organized... |
| Jul 10, 2018 | TEDCO’s Rural Business Innovation Initiative Announces Pre-Seed Investments in Two Frederick Start-Ups | TEDCO’s Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBI2) announced its latest pre-seed investment in two rural-based companies—Nanobiofab and GOEFER. As recipients of RBI2 investments, the companies will receive ongoing mentoring and funding to ... |
| Jun 21, 2018 | TEDCO’s Rural Business Innovation Initiative Announces Pre-Seed Investment in Electric Vehicle Developer | TEDCO’s Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBI2) announced its latest pre-seed investment in HopFlyt, Inc.—a company that has developed an aerodynamically advanced electric vehicle. HopFlyt is the third rural-based company to receive a $... |
| Jun 21, 2018 | TEDCO has new funding and programming for underserved founders | TEDCO plans to provide funding and business-building programming to entrepreneurs from groups who are often overlooked by investors through a new fund that will begin this fall.
The Pre-Seed Builder Fund is offering $50,000 in funding for e... |
| Jun 8, 2018 | TEDCO’s Rural Business Innovation Initiative Announces Second Pre-Seed Investment | TEDCO’s Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBI2) announced its latest pre-seed investment in PaverGuide, Inc.—a structural base for paving systems designed to advance permeable pavements. PaverGuide is the second rural-based company to r... |
| Apr 18, 2018 | Sterling Partners Leads Series A Funding Round for Cerebro Capital | New investment approach for Sterling builds on its founding mission to work with entrepreneurs to drive transformational growth |
| Mar 21, 2018 | TEDCO’s Seed Fund Invests Over One Million Dollars In Five New Start-ups | Investments support innovative technology and life sciences companies doing business in Maryland
TEDCO’s Seed Fund announced its latest round of investments totaling $1.2 million in five start-ups. The companies are: LifeSprout, ARMR System... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | TEDCO’s Seed Fund invested $1.2 million in these 5 startups | TEDCO announced investments from its seed fund in five startups this week, including three from Baltimore.
Taken together, the latest funding from Maryland’s quasi-public agency backing early-stage companies totals $1.2 million. Here’s the ... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | TEDCO’s Seed Fund Invests Over One Million Dollars In Five New Start-ups | Investments support innovative technology and life sciences companies doing business in Maryland
TEDCO’s Seed Fund announced its latest round of investments totaling $1.2 million in five start-ups. The companies are: LifeSprout, ARMR System... |
| Mar 1, 2018 | Steve Case at Anchor Ventures Kickoff | Nearly 200 people gathered at FastForward 1812 on February 15 as Steve Case, a co-founder of AOL and the chairman and CEO of Washington D.C. investment firm Revolution, discussed Baltimore’s potential as a startup hub.
Case’s fireside chat ... |
| Mar 1, 2018 | Steve Case at Anchor Ventures Kickoff | Nearly 200 people gathered at FastForward 1812 on February 15 as Steve Case, a co-founder of AOL and the chairman and CEO of Washington D.C. investment firm Revolution, discussed Baltimore’s potential as a startup hub.
Case’s fireside chat ... |
| Aug 3, 2017 | Aperio Health wants to work with those on the front lines of healthcare | Baltimore health tech company Aperio Health is getting a boost of confidence and funds from TEDCO. Aperio is one of 10 recipients of TEDCO’s latest round of seed funding.
Aperio cofounder Drew Clark said the funding from TEDCO goes a long w... |
| Jul 26, 2017 | Innovative Maryland Startups Receive TEDCO Investment | The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) announced today that ten companies received a total of $1,000,000 in funding through its Seed Investment Funds.
“TEDCO’s Seed Investments fuel Maryland companies in their effort to dev... |
| Jul 26, 2017 | Innovative Maryland Startups Receive TEDCO Investment | The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) announced today that ten companies received a total of $1,000,000 in funding through its Seed Investment Funds.
“TEDCO’s Seed Investments fuel Maryland companies in their effort to dev... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | TEDCO has $300K to bring new incubator ideas to Maryland | TEDCO is known for providing seed funding for early stage companies.
“We want to help the incubation industry raise their bar, too, and keep pace with acceleration and innovation in Maryland,” said Neil Davis, Director of Entrepreneurial De... |
| Dec 8, 2016 | How CoapTech turned a feeding tube innovation into a company | With CoapTech, Steven Tropello and Howard Carolan are working on new technology for replacing patients’ feeding tubes.
The approach, called Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy, or PUG, utilizes a device with magnets that doctors can use to ... |
| Jul 20, 2016 | These 4 medtech companies just got funding to help with FDA approval | FDA approval is one of the big reasons biohealth startups often take longer to get off the ground than other categories, like software.
So when TEDCO took over a fund that specifically catered to the category amid last year’s reorganization... |
| Jun 1, 2016 | We went to the TEDCO event and found 3 snapshots of the tech ecosystem | A start, an investment and a partner.
At TEDCO’s latest “Meet the Managers” event, everyone is looking for something a little different.
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Michael Keller, an Annapolis native in his third year at the University of Dayton, isn’t ready for th... |
| Feb 16, 2016 | To help health systems assess data security needs, Protenus raises $4M Series A | Protenus counts Johns Hopkins Health System as a customer. Protenus co-founders Robert Lord and Nick Robertson went to Johns Hopkins Medical School. It is also carrying out pilots with Inova Health System in Virginia, and Maryland’s regiona... |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Announcing This Year's 50 on Fire Winners | Tonight, we unveiled the winners of 50 on Fire, a collection of companies, CEOs, startups and entrepreneurs that are driving the District's innovation economy.
From high-powered investors like Revolution to booming restaurant chain &am... |
| Oct 19, 2015 | New Money: These DC Companies Raised Millions This Week | Like this? Get a daily dose of D.C.-area funding news in The Beat. Sign up here.
Here are all of the tech funding deals out of the Washington, D.C., area this week. We’ll be updating this post as more news comes out.
Friday, October 23
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| Oct 2, 2015 | TEDCO absorbs Maryland Venture Fund | Among a host of new laws that took effect in Maryland on Thursday is a measure that transfers control of the Maryland Venture Fund to the purview of TEDCO.
The changes result in a consolidation of two of the state’s largest early-stage econ... |
| Aug 26, 2015 | How an NSA Contractor Morphed into a Startup Incubator | Founded in 2003 within the bounds of Fort Meade and supported by the NSA, the contractor-turned-tech incubator called the Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC) was once tasked with scouting the technology of private defense contractors. Today,... |
| Jun 30, 2015 | Clinical decision support startup collaborates with Epic, Allscripts to better connect clinical guidelines and EMRs | In response to emailed questions, Avhana Health CEO and co-founder Noah Weiner explained the company’s challenge. He noted that doctors are required to use electronic medical records and are paid to follow clinical guidelines, but there isn... |
| May 22, 2015 | TEDCO to increase TCF Fund awards | Before handing out the annual ICE Awards on Thursday morning, TEDCO President Rob Rosenbaum detailed some new startup funding that will be available through the state-backed tech organization.
According to Rosenbaum, TEDCO’s Technology Comm... |
| May 21, 2015 | OpiaTalk’s Popomaronis, Lookingglass win TEDCO ICE awards | TEDCO announced the winners of its annual ICE Awards on Thursday morning.
With a host of Maryland tech scene players gathered at the Columbia Town Center Hotel, TEDCO CEO Rob Rosenbaum shifted the focus from the hardware on display at vario... |
| May 18, 2015 | Learn how robots are helping people with disabilities [Events Roundup] | Events are sparse on Memorial Day weekend, but there are plenty of opportunities during the week to connect with Baltimore’s tech community. Bootstrappers, maker educators and Drupal users all get their own spaces. Hit Refresh Baltimore for... |
| Mar 20, 2015 | Strajillion Raises $100K in Funding | Strajillion, a Baltimore, MD-based provider of a parenting tool, raised $100k in funding.
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)‘s Cybersecurity Investment Fund (CIF) provided the resources.
Co-founded by Scott Winn, CEO, a... |
| Mar 19, 2015 | These 3 cybersecurity startups got money from a new TEDCO fund | A trio of Baltimore-area startups each received $100,000 from a new TEDCO fund dedicated to cybersecurity.
The Cybersecurity Investment Fund, which was introduced this year, provides money to Maryland companies that are developing cybersecu... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Avhana Health is building a better electronic checklist for doctors | Before he and his brother cofounded Avhana Health, Noah Weiner did a job similar to what his startup is doing while working for Johns Hopkins.
There was just one difference.
“I did exactly what we’re doing right now,” said Weiner, who is Av... |
| Nov 25, 2014 | DC was the blankest canvas of a city that I could imagine: Peter Corbett | iStrategyLabs recently created a Wizard of Oz-worthy contraption: the Dorothy trigger allows you to activate a command on your phone with a click of your shoes. It’s the kind of clever, attention-grabbing merger of technology and digital st... |
| Oct 29, 2014 | TEDCO’s tech transfer fund has served 15 firms this year | Animal health IT and recipe hunting are among efforts each to receive $100,000 grants this year from TEDCO’s Technology Commercialization fund. On Tuesday, officials announced the program has distributed $1.5 million so far this year.
That’... |
| Aug 21, 2014 | Early-stage cybersecurity firm? TEDCO has new state-backed fund for you | TEDCO’s new Cybersecurity Investment Fund has been awarded state support, officials with the state-backed organization announced Wednesday.
“TEDCO recognizes the need to invest in developing cybersecurity products as new threats appear ever... |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Maryland Innovation Initiative announces $6.4M in grants so far this year | TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative has awarded $6.4 million in grants to 67 commercialization and startup projects so far this year, state officials announced Wednesday.
“The momentum we’ve seen around the Maryland Innovation Initiative... |
| May 19, 2014 | Morgan State dean, personality assessment app among TEDCO honors | TEDCO, the state-backed technology investment fund, honored two startups, a medical technology firm founder and an educator Thursday.
The organization’s fourth annual ICE Awards, held at the Columbia Sheraton, delivers awards in innovation,... |
| Feb 6, 2014 | Study finds TEDCO supports more than 2K jobs per year [REPORT] | A study commissioned by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) determined that TEDCO “supports more than $565.9 million in economic contributions and more than 2,835 jobs” in Maryland each year.
Founded in 1998, TEDCO is a ... |
| Nov 26, 2013 | Charmed, I’m Sure | Citelighter, an edtech startup that helps students organize their research and writing, left the Big Apple for the charms of Baltimore. Saad Alam, CEO and co-founder and Lee Joki, fellow co-founder, moved to Betamore, a startup incubator, i... |
| Oct 22, 2013 | TEDCO Capital Partners raising $30M to invest in veteran-owned businesses | The investment arm of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) is raising money for a new Veterans Opportunity Fund to invest in business owned by veterans of the U.S. military. According to a press release, the fund “will fo... |
| Sep 23, 2013 | Maryland Innovation Initiative: $5.8M to startups spun out from universities | Baltimore TechBreakfast returns Wednesday during Baltimore Innovation Week for its usual monthly showcase of local startups. This time, there’s a distinction: all five startups presenting are university spin-outs, created from licensing res... |
| Aug 13, 2013 | SocialToaster, Woofound receive $200K each from Propel Baltimore fund | SocialToaster and Woofound are startups two and three to receive investments from the $4.3 million Propel Baltimore fund, set up in spring 2012 to make angel investments in startups located inside — or willing to relocate to — Baltimore cit... |
| Jul 23, 2013 | TEDCO has invested $1.1M in 14 startups since September 2012 | More than $1.1 million has been invested in 14 Maryland-based startups since September 2012 by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, otherwise known by its acronym, TEDCO.
According to a press release, the exact amount invested t... |
| Jul 23, 2013 | 7 Venture for America fellows placed with TEDCO, Pegged, Riskive, Vigilant | Venture for America, the two-year-old nonprofit that places plucky college graduates in two-year jobs with startups across the U.S., expanded to Baltimore, Philadelphia and several other cities in 2013.
Baltimore’s Venture for America fello... |
| Apr 3, 2013 | BandHappy receives first Propel Baltimore funding of $100K from TEDCO | BandHappy is the first startup to receive money from the Propel Baltimore fund.
The Owings Mills-based startup, which facilitates music lessons online between professional musicians and students around the world, received $100,000.
Another ... |
| Mar 15, 2013 | Vasoptic Medical testing device to detect diabetes-caused blindness | Early-stage life sciences startup Vasoptic Medical has been testing a hand-held device that can be used by primary care physicians for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy. That’s damage to the retina caused by diabetes that can lead... |
| Dec 12, 2012 | TEDCO to launch $50M tech transfer fund in partnership with Chesapeake Crescent Initiative [VIDEO] | The Maryland Technology Development Corporation and the Chesapeake Crescent Initiative are joining forces to raise a $50 million fund specifically to help launch new technology-transfer companies in Delaware, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and... |
| Dec 5, 2012 | New $50M Fund Launches to Back Startups in MD, VA, DE and D.C. | A new $50m investment fund will back startups in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
The Chesapeake Regional Innovation Fund will provide seed capital for startups and emerging technology companies focused on innovati... |
| To help health systems assess data security needs, Protenus raises $4M Series A | This post has been updated from an earlier version following an interview with the co-founders.
Protenus, a health IT startup that works with health facilities to track, analyze and prevent data security breaches has raised a Series A to su... |
| Clinical decision support startup collaborates with Epic, Allscripts to better connect clinical guidelines and EMRs | A technology startup that graduated from the DreamIt Health Baltimore accelerator has raised a seed round to support the development of its clinical decision support platform connecting electronic medical records with clinical guidelines, a... |
