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Multiple D.C.-area companies closed $100M rounds in July. Here are more local ventures that secured investments.
The third quarter continues the trend after two record-setting quarters for venture capital in Greater Washington, with steady money movement throughout the ecosystem, including $25 million to Bethesda software startup Mytonomy Inc. And more local VC firms are also raising funds, most recently with
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Deal roundup: Medical device firm readies for European sales, local events firm acquires another
TEDCO Portfolio Companies Spotlighted on Baltimore Business Journal
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Pacific Biosciences Acquires Circulomics – A Leading High Molecular Weight DNA Extraction Company
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or “PacBio”), a leading provider of high-quality, long-read sequencing platforms, announced today that it acquired Circulomics Inc. (“Circulomics”), a Maryland-based
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University Of Maryland Professor Gets New Funds To Continue Research To Enhance Crop Production
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — A professor at the University of Maryland in College Park has received new funding from two sources to continue research into CRISPR genome editing technologies, with the goal of enhancing crop production and feeding a growing global population, according to a university
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UMD Research Aims To Develop A Genome Editing Pipeline In Carrots, Optimize Crop Production
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- With two new funding sources, Yiping Qi, associate professor in the Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture (PSLA) at the University of Maryland (UMD), continues his work to expand the reach and utility of CRISPR gene editing technologies. Funded by the United
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Money Moves: Arlington-based Interos is now a unicorn Plus, TEDCO announced grants for 45 Maryland businesses, and a SPAC from Revolution's Steve Case completed its first merger.
TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, awarded 45 grants to early-stage technology companies in the state that were hardest hit by the pandemic.
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TEDCO Awards 45 Grants to Maryland Businesses Hit Hardest by the Pandemic
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today its Rural and Underserved Business Recovery from Impact of COVID-19 (RUBRIC) program has awarded grants to 45 Maryland companies.
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TEDCO Awards 45 Grants to Maryland Businesses Hit Hardest by the Pandemic
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today its Rural and Underserved Business Recovery from Impact of COVID-19 (RUBRIC) program has awarded grants to 45 Maryland companies.
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TEDCO Makes Rural Business Pre-Seed Investment
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today that its Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII) made a $25,000 investment in Cide Kic, Inc., a Sparks, Md.-based, technology company.
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Astek Diagnostics Accepted into the Y Combinator
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today that Astek Diagnostics Inc. (Astek), a Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) portfolio company was accepted into the Y Combinator (YC).
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This UMBC-born medical device startup got accepted into Y Combinator
Astek Diagnostics is developing a platform to help doctors treating sepsis. Before getting the attention of the well-known SF accelerator, it previously received funding through TEDCO's Maryland Innovation Initaitive, and won national competitions.
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UMBC spinoff Astek Diagnostics accepted into Y Combinator
TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, announced that Baltimore-based Astek Diagnostics Inc. was accepted into the Y Combinator.
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TBED response to the pandemic helped pave way to recovery, save businesses
When the full impact of the COVID-19 virus was just beginning to be realized in spring of 2020, small businesses across the country were faced with nearly insurmountable challenges and emergency orders, shutting down operations in many instances and choking off funding sources. Many in the
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AgriCulture: Farms grow their product lines; farmers market season begins
Chesapeake Gold Farms has added another product to its line of farm fresh goodness with the Ararat Salami. Made from the dairy beef raised on the farm on Grove Miller Lane in North East, it’s the first dried meat product being offered. It joins the Chesapeake Gold line of cheeses produced with milk
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