TEDCO Invests in Stacato
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TEDCO Invests in Stacato

Stacato LLC, located in Rockville, Md., is working to develop a secure and wireless communications option for warfighters. By targeting the convergence of immersive augmented reality, tactical communications and electronic resilience, the company aims to enhance current capabilities.

TEDCO Announces BRIDGE Program Proposal Lab Cohort
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TEDCO Announces BRIDGE Program Proposal Lab Cohort

 TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced the first Business Resource Information, Development, and Guidance Ecosystem (BRIDGE) Program Proposal Lab cohort. Consisting of 25 companies in the Mid-Atlantic, the program was created to support Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals (SEDI)-owned businesses and very small businesses (VSBs) with less than 10 employees in the proposal creation stage

TEDCO Announces Selections for the BRIDGE Program CDFI RFP
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TEDCO Announces Selections for the BRIDGE Program CDFI RFP

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced the selection of three vendors for the recent Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Technical Assistance program Request for Proposals (RFP) to enhance the Business Resource Information, Development, and Guidance Ecosystem (BRIDGE) program.

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TEDCO Awards a Total of $875,000 in SBIR/STTR Matching Funds to Two Rounds of Recipients

The latest awardees for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Matching Funds (Matching Funds) program have been announced. Created to strengthen the power of the SBIR/STTR awards, the Matching Funds program fosters job creation and economic development in Maryland by promoting the commercialization of research, facilitating technology transfer and encouraging SBIR/STTR program applications.

 

Ruchika Nijhara, Executive Director, MSCRF, recognized for graduating LMD Executive Program
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Ruchika Nijhara Graduates from Leadership Maryland’s Executive Program

Ruchika Nijhara was one of 51 individuals chosen by a committee to complete the eight-month hands-on Leadership Maryland Executive Program. The class participated in an orientation and closing retreat that bookended five, two-day sessions focused on Maryland’s five main geographic regions and the most vital issues impacting economic development, education, health and human services, criminal justice, the environment and multi-culturalism/diversity across the state.

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