UpSurge Baltimore today announced the 2026 recipients of the Maryland Student Venture Showcase & Pava Innovation Awards, recognizing nine student-founded companies from Maryland colleges and universities that are advancing innovative, market-ready solutions.
Maryland’s biotech, cybersecurity, and emerging tech sectors are thriving thanks to a coordinated ecosystem where state support, research institutions, and investors work together to guide startups from early-stage formation to global scale.
In October 2025, TEDCO hosted its final Entrepreneur Expo. Instead of a farewell, it was a beacon of light that shined down on a culmination of companies, people and programs that are driving Maryland forward.
The final TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo in October 2025 served as a powerful capstone to the year, underscoring the organization’s unique role as a central innovation convener and active investor driving Maryland’s life sciences and medtech momentum.
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
The Maryland-based healthtech startup syncs medical records and makes recommendations for billing codes.
For many doctors, copious paperwork cuts into valuable time with patients.
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced the latest two rounds of awardees for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Matching Funds (Matching Funds) program.
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation has granted $1 million to a Howard County-based company to help build the state’s first fully integrated algae-based biomanufacturing facility in Aberdeen, Harford County officials announced.
Ruchika Nijhara, executive director at the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF), has completed Leadership Maryland’s Executive Program, a professional development program dedicated to building a better Maryland by harnessing the strength of its local business and community leaders.
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $100,000 Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment in Pirl Technology, located in Rockville, Md. The Pre-Seed Builder Fund rests under the umbrella of TEDCO’s Social Impact Funds.
