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Maryland consistently ranks among the highest nationally for an educated workforce, but there aren’t enough opportunities for individuals to grow their careers, making it difficult to retain the tremendous talent educated in our universities and developed in state and federal labs. That's where

Arti Santhanam, Ph.D., fosters entrepreneurship and commercialization from bench to market via venture creation in her role as the Maryland Inovation Initiative's Executive Director.

Columbia-based TEDCO announced its Builder Fund invested $200,000 in VirgilHR, a technology startup. The fund invests in, and provides executive support to, Maryland-based technology companies run by economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs.

The Venture Funds of Columbia-based TEDCO have invested $300,000 in Linshom Medical, a startup that is eliminating the morbidity, mortality and expense caused by unrecognized respiratory decline in health care.