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TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $100,000 Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment in Nowy. “Today, social media is where most travelers discover their next destination but going from a 30-second video or a saved folder of hundreds of posts to an actual booked

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $200,000 Builder Fund investment in Phycin, Inc. TEDCO’s Pre-Seed Builder Fund is housed under TEDCO’s Social Impact Funds, a group of investment opportunities intentionally created to engage and invest in economically

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $35,000 Pre-Seed Builder Fund follow-on investment in Sybal. This Maryland-based software startup provides computational governance solutions designed to support various industries.

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $25,000 Pre-Seed Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII) investment in Acorn Family Services.

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announces the return of the Future Founders: University Innovators Pitch Competition at the 2026 Entrepreneur Expo. In collaboration with Lightwork Enterprise, the competition provides a dynamic forum for emerging entrepreneurs from

Back in October at the 2025 TEDCO Expo, we sat down with Brian Jamieson, Founder and CEO of Diagnostic Biochips. Jamieson humorously described his company’s journey as a “12-year overnight success story.” It’s a line delivered with a knowing smile, but it captures something true about the long

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced the latest round of awardees for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Matching Funds (Matching Funds) program.

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announces the recognition of both Ellen Flowers-Fields, TEDCO Board of Directors chair, and Tammi Thomas, chief development & marketing officer, TEDCO, as one of The Daily Record’s 2026 Top 100 Women. The Top 100 Women awards began in 1996

The company's drones could be used to help U.S. soldiers prepare for military tactics used by Russia and Iran.

David Tohn As CEO of a Maryland-based defense and intelligence technology firm, I spend a lot of time visiting other technology ecosystems and asking myself, “Why are they performing better than Maryland?” To borrow from Gov. Wes Moore, they decided to win, built a strategy around their strengths

The energy at the 2025 TEDCO Expo was unmistakable. With over a thousand companies filling the room, the event once again proved itself as one of the most important gatherings in Maryland’s innovation ecosystem. Amid the buzz of pitches and conversations, BioBuzz Networks sat down with Bret

What does it look like when a startup sets out to build the digital backbone of an entire innovation community? For EcoMap Technologies, a Baltimore-born company on a mission to digitize the infrastructure of entrepreneurial ecosystems, the answer is taking shape in real time, and it’s catching the

NeuroIntact, founded in 2023 by Bryan Nicholson, offers an advance in precision temperature modulation for hospitalized patients. Its flagship system, VCool, was developed with direct feedback from world-renowned physicians in the United States and internationally.

Minnowtech built a data-driven imaging tool to address a common aquaculture challenge: farmers’ inability to accurately count shrimp growing in murky ponds. The company’s technology captures and analyzes underwater images, so that farmers can see inside pond populations and then know when to feed

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, recently announced providing Concept Capital funding to Gaia Agricultural Technology. As part of the Concept Capital program, eligible entities are allotted $25,000 to support founders during the beginning stages of entrepreneurial ventures