(89) News Articles
March 8, 2022
Givhero receives investment from Maryland Momentum Fund, TEDCO, and Conscious Venture Partners to use intrinsic motivation to increase adoption and engagement in wellness programs
GAITHERSBURG, MD (March 7, 2022) – Givhero, Inc. (“Givhero”), an employee well-being platform that leverages employees’ intrinsic motivation to increase adoption, retention, and engagement in well-…
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March 8, 2022
Md. startup spurs employees to meet wellness goals with charitable donations
Would you meditate, go on a bike ride or drink eight glasses of water if it meant your boss would send a donation to a charity you care about? Givhero, a Gaithersburg-based startup, is based on the…
- Portfolio Company News
February 21, 2022
Wildfire Sensors Designed To Give More Time To Respond To A Wildfire Threat In Gilpin County
Wildfire sensors are designed to give more time to respond to a wildfire threat and Gilpin County is among the first to try it out. Watch more from CBS Denver here.
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February 10, 2022
Sunstone Credit Announces Initial Fundraise to Make it Easy and Affordable for Businesses to Go Solar
Investors include Forbright Bank, Cross River Digital Ventures, Grotech Ventures, Early Light Ventures and the Maryland Momentum Fund
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September 9, 2021
6 concepts to guide colleges that are getting into the venture capital game
While university funds have great potential, they also face distinct challenges By: Claire Broido Johnson and Joseph Kannarkat | September 9, 2021 Universities have long been viewed as spawning…
- MMF Press / Media
September 8, 2021
AquaLith Advanced Materials Receives Investment from Maryland Momentum Fund to Create More Efficient, Economical, and Environmentally Friendly Lithium Ion Battery Materials
AquaLith is Co-Founded by a University of Maryland, College Park Professor and is Enabling a Cheaper, Safer, Higher Density Lithium Ion Battery
- MMF Release
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
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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…
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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,…
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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.
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