TEDCO Announces Dynamic Lunch Keynote Fireside Discussion at 2026 Entrepreneur Expo

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announces the lunch keynote for the upcoming 2026 Entrepreneur Expo at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor on October 27, 2026. The organization will welcome Tamla Olivier, president and CEO of Baltimore, Gas and Electric (BGE) to the stage
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More Than a Location Decision: How Frederick, Maryland Became a Teammate for Life Science Companies

Companies that have relocated to Frederick, Maryland from California, overseas, and across the Mid-Atlantic tend to share a similar observation once they arrive: the city’s economic development team does not hand you a welcome packet and disappear. They show up to meetings, make introductions, and
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Making Precision Medicine Routine: Sherry Dadgar and PMCDx Are Bringing Advanced Genomic Diagnostics to Everyday Clinical Care

Sherry Dadgar, Ph.D., founder of PMCDx, is making precision medicine more accessible by bringing comprehensive genomic diagnostics into everyday clinical care while tackling the systemic barriers that have kept advanced testing out of reach for most patients.
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Institute for Women Entrepreneur Excellence Announces BRIDGE Program Cohort at University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

The Institute for Women Entrepreneur Excellence, Inc. (IWEE), a TEDCO affiliate, Maryland non-profit dedicated to empowering and advancing women entrepreneurs across the state, announces the launch of its first cohorts of the Business Resource Information, Development, and Guidance Ecosystem (BRIDGE
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Troy LeMaile-Stovall on TEDCO’s Final Expo, the Taiwan Deal, and What Maryland Gets Right

In a discussion at the 2025 TEDCO Expo, CEO Troy LeMaile-Stovall outlined the organization’s strategy for accelerating Maryland’s innovation ecosystem through strategic non-financial resources, new international market access deals including a $50 million Taiwan agreement, and capitalizing on the
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TEDCO Invests in Nowy

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $100,000 Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment in Nowy. “Today, social media is where most travelers discover their next destination but going from a 30-second video or a saved folder of hundreds of posts to an actual booked
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A Camera in a Pill: Tomorrow’s Bio Today Is Bringing Diagnostic Technology to the Overlooked World of Livestock Medicine

David White did not set out to build a company for farmers. His original vision for an ingestible camera tablet was aimed squarely at human medicine, specifically as a cheaper and less invasive alternative to traditional colonoscopies and endoscopies. But somewhere along the way, White made a pivot
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TEDCO Invests in Phycin

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $200,000 Builder Fund investment in Phycin, Inc. TEDCO’s Pre-Seed Builder Fund is housed under TEDCO’s Social Impact Funds, a group of investment opportunities intentionally created to engage and invest in economically
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TEDCO Announces Recent Investment in Sybal

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $35,000 Pre-Seed Builder Fund follow-on investment in Sybal. This Maryland-based software startup provides computational governance solutions designed to support various industries.
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TEDCO’s Pre-Seed Rural Business Innovation Initiative Invests in Acorn Family Services

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $25,000 Pre-Seed Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII) investment in Acorn Family Services.
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TEDCO’s Entrepreneur Expo to Host Second Future Founders: University Innovators Pitch Competition

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announces the return of the Future Founders: University Innovators Pitch Competition at the 2026 Entrepreneur Expo. In collaboration with Lightwork Enterprise, the competition provides a dynamic forum for emerging entrepreneurs from
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A 12-Year Overnight Success: How Diagnostic Biochips Is Powering a Renaissance in Neurological Drug Discovery

Back in October at the 2025 TEDCO Expo, we sat down with Brian Jamieson, Founder and CEO of Diagnostic Biochips. Jamieson humorously described his company’s journey as a “12-year overnight success story.” It’s a line delivered with a knowing smile, but it captures something true about the long
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Ellen Flowers-Fields and Tammi Thomas Selected as The Daily Record’s 2026 Maryland’s Top 100 Women Honorees

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announces the recognition of both Ellen Flowers-Fields, TEDCO Board of Directors chair, and Tammi Thomas, chief development & marketing officer, TEDCO, as one of The Daily Record’s 2026 Top 100 Women. The Top 100 Women awards began in 1996
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TEDCO Awards a Total of $371,875 in SBIR/STTR Matching Funds to Latest Round of Awardees

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced the latest round of awardees for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Matching Funds (Matching Funds) program.
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OpEd: Maryland Must Create an ‘Unfair Advantage’ for Key Industries

David Tohn As CEO of a Maryland-based defense and intelligence technology firm, I spend a lot of time visiting other technology ecosystems and asking myself, “Why are they performing better than Maryland?” To borrow from Gov. Wes Moore, they decided to win, built a strategy around their strengths
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