(83) News Articles
July 27, 2021
Liatris Closes $1M Seed Round Led by MD Momentum Fund to Deliver Non-Flammable Insulation Pilot
Liatris is an Advanced Materials Startup Co-Founded by a University of Maryland, College Park Adjunct ProfessorBaltimore, Md. (July 27, 2021) - Liatris Inc., a Maryland-based start-up developing…
- MMF Release
July 2, 2021
Viewpoint: Md. startups are poised for takeoff, but the entrepreneurial ecosystem is still in its infancy
After leading the University System of Maryland Maryland Momentum Fund for nearly two years — performing due diligence on over 250 companies and making 22 investments and counting — I’m able to offer…
- MMF Press / Media
June 23, 2021
USM Maryland Momentum Fund Portfolio Company Veralox Therapeutics Announces $16 Million in New Investment
Company Led by University of Maryland Graduate Jeff Strovel Shows Continued Growth after Receiving Seed Funding from Maryland Momentum Fund and Other Investors in 2019
- MMF Release
- Portfolio Company News
June 22, 2021
USAF Awards Wave Engine Corp. $1 Million to Advance the Versatile Air-Launched Platform (VALP)
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The USAF Armament Directorate has awarded the North American Wave Engine Corporation (“Wave Engine Corp.”) a $1 million contract to build and demonstrate the Versatile Air…
- Portfolio Company News
May 25, 2021
RealLIST Connectors 2021: Meet 25 leaders growing Baltimore’s tech and entrepreneurship network
When times get tough, a well-established community can move quickly to hold together, and new opportunities to build it better can emerge. That’s what we’ve learned in the last year, as a pandemic,…
- MMF Press / Media
May 24, 2021
Exclusive: NIH spinout raises millions to attack drug-resistant cancers with RNA. It has big plans.
The startup is developing therapeutics for drug-resistant cancers — and applying its technology to other arenas, including Covid-19. Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.
- Portfolio Company News
April 26, 2021
USM Maryland Momentum Fund Invests $250,000 in Qualytics
Baltimore, Md. (April 26, 2021)– The University System of Maryland (USM) Momentum Fund (MMF) has invested $250,000 in Qualytics Inc., a data quality company that offers the Qualytics Data Firewall, a…
- MMF Release
April 20, 2021
USM Maryland Momentum Fund Invests $250K in TargetDocs, Completing $850K Investment Round
TargetDocs streamlines communication between general contractors and all of their subcontractors, and is led by a University of Maryland, College Park graduate.
- MMF Release
March 22, 2021
Here’s how to make Maryland a center for ‘cleantech’ and ‘proptech’ innovation | COMMENTARY
The Biden administration is advancing an aggressive climate change agenda. Historically, national policymakers focused on emissions from energy and transportation.
- Portfolio Company News
March 11, 2021
USM Maryland Momentum Fund Invests $250,000 in Dynamhex
Baltimore, Md. (March 11, 2021)– The University System of Maryland (USM) Momentum Fund (MMF) has invested $250,000 in Dynamhex, Inc., a company that provides complex energy consumption and carbon…
- MMF Release
January 14, 2021
Veralox Therapeutics Announces IND Submission for VLX-1005 to Treat Heparin-Inducted Thrombocytopenia
FREDERICK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veralox Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing first-in-class small molecule therapeutics that treat the underlying pathologies of diseases with significant…
- Portfolio Company News
January 7, 2021
Working Nation: Learning language skills to access economic mobility
Voxy EnGen launches English language learning that focuses on the language of jobs “Research estimates by 2030, 97% of net workforce growth is going to be immigrants and their children. All the baby…
- Portfolio Company News