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August 2022
The latest on innovation and entrepreneurship in Maryland

TEDCO’s inaugural Tech Fair focuses on connecting underserved small businesses to resources and technology. This FREE event will welcome the region’s entrepreneurs and business owners to gain more of an online presence and access training programs provided by larger technology companies.

Keynote Speaker: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

Host: Troy LeMaile-Stovall, CEO, TEDCO

Frederick-based, Pirl Technology, receives $25K investment from TEDCO's Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII). Pirl technology is developing Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers that contribute to combatting climate change and protecting the environment.

The three busy female founders of innovative life science startups CarrTech, NasaClip and PerSoN Clinic took time to share what TEDCO’s Builder Fund and other TEDCO resources have meant to their companies.

Source: Maryland Inno
TEDCO's Women Entrepreneurs Leadership Programs | Applications due September 10, 2022

Building an alliance to enable promising, diverse, and disadvantaged women business leaders for a more equitable future.

August 24, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am
Zoom

TEDCO CEO, Troy LeMaile-Stovall, and CyDeploy CEO, Tina Williams-Koroma interviewed on Good Morning Washington.

As the hub of Maryland’s innovation ecosystem, TEDCO’s mission, vision and five core values—accountability, collaboration, integrity, respect, and stewardship—are central to all we do. Chief Operating Officer Terry Rauh talks about the value of integrity as it relates to the operations team.

TEDCO partners with Maryland universities to help tech entrepreneurs scale up

Source: Maryland Inno

Join TEDCO at the National Cancer Institute and Frederick National Laboratory 2022 Technology Showcase. Learn about biotechnology commercialization and collaboration opportunities and hear from experts on sources of funding. Hear from Katherine Hill Ritchie, TEDCO’s Senior Director of Venture Funds, during the government and venture funding panel. Later in the day, Stephen Auvil, TEDCO’s Chief Program Operations Officer will moderate experts discussing non-traditional and foundation sources of funding. This year’s hybrid event will take place on September 7, 2022 at the Advanced Technology Research Facility.

MEDA's Fall Conference will be held on October 25, 2022 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in Howard County (in person).

The theme of this year’s conference is Cybersecurity.

Submissions Due: August 24, 2022

The GBC’s Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards annually recognizes exceptional minority and women-owned businesses and executives in the Baltimore region and Maryland. The awards also recognizes major corporations and businesses which have initiatives and programs that actively support minority and women-owned businesses to help them be successful. 

Submissions Due: September 9, 2022

In their effort to foster a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive Maryland workforce, MTC's Technology Inclusivity Initiative (TI2) will be creating Maryland's first free online directory of tools and technologies that can help organizations develop, implement, and track their DEI strategies. MTC's DEI Tools Directory will feature qualified technologies that have been developed in Maryland, or by companies with a Maryland presence (e.g., business location and/or Maryland-based employees).

Submissions Due: September 15, 2022

The DataTribe Challenge is a unique annual competition that brings together the best entrepreneurs in the world looking to disrupt cybersecurity and data science. DataTribe selects three finalists that split $20,000 in prize money and one winner that could receive up to $2 million in seed capital. The Challenge concludes in an invite-only pitch event where three finalists present to and network with cyber industry luminaries in-person. DataTribe will announce the winner at the end of this event.

Submissions Due: September 23, 2022

Submit a story to be included in RMI’s online 2022 Champions of Maryland Manufacturing Directory. Submit your Champion story/stories today via this online form; no cost to do so. View the new online Directory of 2022 Champions.

Submissions Due: September 23, 2022

A Baltimore medical company that aims to make it easier to diagnose a deadly type of pneumonia raised $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round.

Source: Maryland Inno

The 10-month pilot program will be a combination of virtual and in-person courses held at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Md., bringing together 25 entrepreneurial leaders in a cohort to develop a network of peer advisors and a community that seeks collaboration.

TEDCO CEO, Troy LeMaile-Stovall, CEO of TEDCO, joins host James Mackey to discuss the venture capital scene in Maryland, the talent acquisition landscape from the investor perspective, making orbits collide and more!

Visit tedcomd.com/jobs to view our available positions.

With nearly 2 years in my role at TEDCO as Program Manager for the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) complete, I was encouraged to write about my experience as it relates to one of the organization’s five core values: accountability, collaboration, integrity, respect, and stewardship. I was drawn to highlight collaboration as it’s a crucial value on which I rely to support my colleagues, MII awardees and portfolio companies, and relevant stakeholders.

Continue reading article at: https://www.tedcomd.com/insights/collaboration
Podcasts

Join TEDCO's CEO, Troy LeMaile-Stovall, in thought-provoking conversations with regional leaders about the future of Maryland’s innovation ecosystem.

Join TEDCO's Chief Investment Officer, Jack Miner, as he talks to leaders from a variety of organizations about the startup ecosystem and learn how the people behind the capital make decisions.

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