6 People in the BioHealth Capital Region You Should Know In 2020 2019 was a year of change for many BioHealth Capital Region organizations. The past year has seen a host of notable leadership transitions that are sure to have an impact in the region. The Maryland Department of Commerce said goodbye to Secretary Mike [….]
Stem Cell Experts from Maryland presenting at Phacilitate World Stem Cell Summit
This event is the first of four (two biohealth and two cybersecurity/it) workshops intended to convene innovation stakeholders for focused discussions on the current challenges, the latest breakthroughs, and opportunities for collaboration within the theme: neuroscience. The half-day agenda will include two panels (one industry and one Federal), a technology showcase of Federal laboratory assets [….]
Five Female Investors Who Are Making Their Mark in Life Science November 26, 2019 Less than 10% of decision-makers at U.S. venture capital (VC) firms are women and a whopping 74% of U.S. VC firms have no female investors at all, according to TechCrunch. While the number of female VC decision-makers has increased over the [….]
If You Want to Raise Venture Capital These are Two Often Overlooked Factors That Investors Want to See November 12, 2019 If you are an entrepreneur, there is no better place to sharpen your pitch, gain valuable connections and learn from veteran business leaders and investors than the annual Entrepreneur Expo hosted by the Maryland [….]
Success Breeds Success: How A $250M Acquisition Catalyzed Baltimore’s MedTech Ecosystem November 12, 2019 One company gets absorbed into a larger brand and a host of companies flower as a result. The Biohealth Capital Region’s (BHCR) cycle of creative destruction has continued with Harpoon Medical. This was the story shared at the TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo’s session [….]
TEDCO’s Entrepreneur Expo Energizes Maryland’s Startup Ecosystem with Record Attendance October 30, 2019 The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) held its inaugural Entrepreneur Expo in 2011. The first Expo attracted approximately 300 attendees. Three times that number descended on The Hotel at the University of Maryland for its 9th annual Entrepreneur Expo on October 29th. [….]
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TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Fund Continues to Deliver Substantial Impact for Maryland Biohealth Companies August 20, 2019 The Maryland Technology Development Corporation’s (TEDCO) Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII), a program designed to propel research from partner universities towards commercialization, has had a strong, demonstrable impact on many important life science portfolio companies in the BioHealth Capital [….]
New TEDCO Task Force Created to Improve Venture Capital and Support Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs The world-cup winning U.S. women’s soccer team and any number of 2020 presidential candidates have kept the gender pay gap front and center in recent 24-hour news cycles. In Biotech, where Female executives are a rarity, the gender gap issue [….]
