(83) News Articles
October 4, 2019
Fire Scientists Score $2 Million in DOE Grants
Relentless Push to Eliminate Particulate Matter Air Pollution Accelerates. MF Fire has been transforming wood heat into clean, renewable energy, and eliminating particulate matter from wood fires…
- Portfolio Company News
September 18, 2019
Harvard Business School Impact Stories: Claire Broido Johnson
“I’ve worked for organzations outside of Baltimore, but it feels good to focus more locally."
- MMF Press / Media
September 12, 2019
USM investment fund has tapped mostly Baltimore, College Park startups
The Maryland Momentum Fund has been successful in its first couple of years but needs to do a better job of marketing itself to all of the University System of Maryland’s institutions, the fund’s…
- MMF Press / Media
September 12, 2019
USM investment fund has tapped mostly Baltimore, College Park startups
The Maryland Momentum Fund has been successful in its first couple of years but needs to do a better job of marketing itself to all of the University System of Maryland’s institutions, the fund’s…
- MMF Press / Media
September 10, 2019
Veralox Therapeutics Receives Investment from Maryland Momentum Fund
Veralox Therapeutics, Inc., a preclinical stage therapeutics company located in Frederick, MD has received a $500,000 investment from the University System of Maryland (USM) Maryland Momentum Fund as…
- MMF Release
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September 5, 2019
Veralox Therapeutics Raises $5.4 Million in Seed Funding Co-Led by JDRF T1D Fund and Sanofi Ventures
Funding to Advance Development of Drug Candidates Targeting Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Type 1 Diabetes Veralox Therapeutics (“Veralox”), a preclinical stage company focused on accelerating…
- Portfolio Company News
September 5, 2019
Frederick biotech Veralox Therapeutics raises $5.4 million seed round
Frederick biotechnology firm Veralox Therapeutics has raised a $5.4 million seed round of funding, to help push its first drug candidate toward clinical trials. The round was led by the JDRF T1D…
- Portfolio Company News
September 3, 2019
Zest Tea Launches 0 Calorie RTD Extension, Updates Bagged Tea Packaging
Zest Tea is launching their first of several 0 calorie sparkling teas after successfully introducing three 50 – 60 calorie sparkling high caffeine teas last year. The new flavor, Blackberry Lime,…
- Portfolio Company News
August 28, 2019
Gemstone Biotherapeutics Receives Maryland Momentum Fund Investment
Gemstone Biotherapeutics, a clinical stage biotech company developing innovative, evidence-based products for scar-free skin regeneration, has received a $250,000 investment from the University…
- MMF Release
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August 28, 2019
Healthcare startup Gemstone Biotherapeutics gets Maryland Momentum Fund investment
The Baltimore-based company earned $250,000 from the fund, which was created to support University System of Maryland-affiliated startups. Baltimore-based Gemstone Therapeutics has received $250,000…
- Portfolio Company News
August 20, 2019
Baltimore Start Up NextStep Robotics Awarded NIH $1 Million Cooperative Agreement
NextStep Robotics, a University of Maryland, Baltimore start up tackling stroke rehabilitation, specifically foot drop, has been awarded Phase I of a Fast Track Cooperative Agreement application…
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August 8, 2019
Taking risks with robotic rehabilitation
Brad Hennessie ’09, CEO of NextStep Robotics, seeks to help stroke survivors. When Brad Hennessie ’09 came to Towson University, he wanted to be a physical therapist. Now, over a decade after…
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