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Over the course of four quarterly rounds over the next year, the new Minority Business Pre-Seed fund will award up to 10 African-American entrepreneurs with an investment up to $40,000 each to test business assumptions and build prototypes for initial market testing.

State support for innovation is working. From the biotech and cyber security tax credits given to angel investors of Maryland-based companies, to the Maryland Venture Fund to TEDCO, the state has played a critical role in providing much needed funding for all stages of technology commercialization.

The investigational CardiAMP therapy is designed to deliver a high dose of a patient’s own bone marrow cells directly to the point of cardiac dysfunction, potentially stimulating the body’s natural healing mechanism after a heart attack.

The key to innovation districts is to drive not only growth of favored business sectors (for Baltimore, cyber, health care, ed-tech…) but to do so in a way that includes advancement for the economically disadvantaged.

Brian Corbett has joined TEDCO as director of seed investment funds. Corbett is responsible for the day-to-day operations of its seed investment funds and the management of the portfolio companies.

Untethered, which launched nearly two years ago, is backed by over $575,000 in seed funding. Last year, it received $100,000 from the state-backed Maryland Technology Development Corp.

With a new fund for Black entrepreneurs and a streamlined process for its seed funding, the economic development group is undergoing a major refresh.

The Maryland Technology Development Corporation and The Harbor Bank of Maryland Community Development Corporation have launched a pilot program to provide pre-seed capital and mentor minority tech entrepreneurs in the state.

Baltimore-based mobile health company recognized for medication adherence platform

Leadership Maryland announced that Jennifer J. Hammaker ’17, Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative at Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO), has been chosen to participate in the professional development program dedicated to building a better Maryland by harnessing the strength of its

The Maryland Technology Development Corp. and a division of one the state’s biggest minority-owned banks are teaming up to start a program aimed at providing early funding to African-American startups.

Maryland Technology Development Corp. and Harbor Bank are teaming up to help fund startup ideas for black entrepreneurs.

To be competitive, Maryland needs to create a dedicated fund to invest risk capital in promising early-stage life science companies.

By leveraging industry experts, TEDCO provides Maryland’s entrepreneurs with solid, practical advice once a month from its Columbia headquarters.

After a search with a national firm failed, a Columbia executive search firm has been hired to lead the next leg of the hunt for a CEO for the Maryland Technology and Development Corp.