James Buck, CEO of MEDCURA

Jim Buck, President, CEO & Director, leveraging 30 years of experience successfully developing and commercializing innovative medical technologies. While holding a Board Director position at Medcura since 2018, Jim also served as the President and CEO of cancer imaging innovator ClearCut Medical
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Money Moves: Astek Diagnostics raised $2M for a medical device launch

Baltimore’s biotech industry is thriving, and it’s not the only one experiencing a winning streak. Plus, JHU launches its inaugural President's Venture Fellowship, Squadra Ventures invests in a Texas firmware company and Rampart Communications seeks $20 million.
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Maryland startup Keep Company raises $800K to help its clients slow parent, caregiver attrition

It costs a law firm $650,000 every time an attorney leaves due to burn out, the founders said. They've built a system to prevent that.
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Bethesda startup Keep Company raises $800K to help its clients slow parent, caregiver attrition.

Bethesda-based employee wellness and retention startup Keep Company will use $800,000 from a recently announced pre-seed round to further its product development and gain a foothold in new industries.
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TEDCO Invests in Keep Company

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment of $200,000 into Keep Company, a woman-owned small business looking to build a future of work filled with respect, individuality, and belonging for the 53 million working parents and
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New investment funds were pivotal in helping TEDCO grow tech companies

Rob Rosenbaum was an experienced investor in technology companies when he joined the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) in 2010 as its executive director. “I had spent most of my career in small and growing companies,” he recalled. That experience proved to be crucial in his time as
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TEDCO Announces an SSBCI Investment into Nanocrine

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent State Small Business Credit Initiative ( SSBCI) investment of $300,000 into Nanocrine, a biotechnology company.“Without a steady and reliable foundation, research can be unreliable and unpredictable,” said Patrick Calhoun
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TEDCO Invests SSBCI Funding into Hememics Biotechnologies

Hememics Biotechnologies, Inc., is using graphene monolayer biosensors to revolutionize point-of-care testing for viruses and environmental toxins. The HemBox™, a cellphone-sized reader and chip platform, allows users to test for multiple viruses and toxins from samples as diverse as soil, water
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TEDCO Signs Partnership Intermediary Agreement with the National Cancer Institute Technology Transfer Center

New agreement will allow more collaboration to advance technology and life sciences innovations across the state
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TEDCO’s The Leading Edge Special Feature at the University of Maryland, College Park, Highlighting MII Awardee

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, released a new episode of its innovation series, TEDCO’s The Leading Edge. Throughout this series, TEDCO thought leaders host a fireside chat with entrepreneurs discussing their experiences, providing advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, and
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TEDCO Kicks Off Summer With New Round of Biotech/Medtech Investments

TEDCO kicked off the summer with more than $500,000 in investments backing multiple burgeoning biotech companies in support of Maryland’s growing life sciences ecosystem.
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Meet the Maryland innovators behind the state’s best 2023 inventions

What do you get when you combine a networking happy hour for STEM researchers, an engaging expert panel discussion and a host of exciting STEM inventions? The answer is one exciting event: the Maryland Innovation Initiative’s Pop-up at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and Innovate
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Gaithersburg employee wellness startup Givhero raises $600K to beef up, hiring marketing

Gaithersburg-based social wellness startup Givhero is using the $600,000 it raised over past three months to beef up its marketing to potential clients, both directly and through third-party brokers.
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These 8 organizational leaders weigh in on the state of local tech

“As Maryland’s economic engine for technology startups, TEDCO provides funding opportunities and a variety of business resources to entrepreneurs and startup businesses in the technology sector. These funding opportunities and resources include the Social Impact, Seed and Venture Funds, as well as
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TEDCO stays true to its mission of helping startups succeed, says former executive director

Renee Winsky helped to shape TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, in its formative years. As the organization continues their 25th anniversary celebration, Winsky recalls her time at the helm with pride. “The marvel of TEDCO is it works both with innovators and entrepreneurs. It
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