Subject: TEDCO: Leading Innovation to Market
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:04:54 -0400 (EDT)

March TEDCO highlights  The Latest on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Maryland March 2019  TEDCO Portfolio Company Spotlight: Sonavex Sonavex, Inc received FDA approval for their second 510 (k) product EchoSure. Sonavex received investments from TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) and the Life Science Investment Fund (LSIF). The EchoSure system combines 3D ultrasound imaging with advanced deep learning algorithms to automate visual and quantitative blood flow monitoring after surgery. Coupled with Sonavex’s FDA-cleared EchoMark® bioresorbable markers, EchoSure eliminates the need for ultrasound expertise in order to measure blood flow. The EchoSure App enables surgeons to monitor patients remotely from their mobile devices. Check out Sonavex’s new website to learn about their technology, team and more! Read More TEDCO’s Women’s Executive Leadership Roundtable is a peer-to-peer support for entrepreneurs in this important vertical. Its goals are two-fold: To create a community of female executive leaders in the technology sector (startups) To build a culture where women can get support, learn, share resources/information, ask questions (be vulnerable) without fear/concern For more information, click here. Try TEDCO’s Quick Assessment Tool Do you know how you stack-up against other companies applying for TEDCO’s investment programs, or other investors? Try TEDCO’s Assessment Tool to find out. In less than five minutes, answer nine questions and your company will then be scored on six different aspects of your business. Upon completion, you’ll receive a score and ideas for next steps. Learn More NSF Revises Small Business Application Process America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is piloting changes to the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) proposal submission process. The pilot replaces a recommended pre-proposal step, the Executive Summary, with a required first step, the Project Pitch.  Starting in March 2019, startups or entrepreneurs who submit a three-page Project Pitch will know within three weeks if they are a good fit for the SBIR/STTR program’s objectives of supporting innovative technologies that show promise of commercial and/or societal impact and involve a level of technical risk. Startups or entrepreneurs can submit a Project Pitch at any time during the pilot, which runs through December 2019. More details about the NSF’s new process are available at seedfund.nsf.gov. Join our first webinar about the Project Pitch on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 2:00PM ET. Apply Now New tools and resources to help companies find success by working with Federal Labs Did you know that the Federal Lab Consortium (FLC) offers a wealth of tools and resources designed to facilitate federal agency and laboratories' commercialization efforts? We want to share how these tools can help make meaningful business connections with the federal laboratories! Discover the myriad tools and resources that the FLC has created to help you connect with the federal laboratories’ technologies and unique resources. This includes: FLC Business – a comprehensive laboratory resource database Technology Locator – a one-on-one service to connect businesses with federal lab technologies LabTech in Your Life – a new virtual environment that showcases tech successes For an FLC overview, and much more start here! Anchor Ventures Artificial Intelligence: Industry Perspectives and Impacts Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM UM BioPark Register Now Maryland Tech Council's Young Professionals Networking Meetup Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Guinness Open Gate Brewery Register Now The Speaker Series Returns! Executive Storytelling: How Leaders Use Stories to Lead Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM TEDCO Register Now Hagerstown Technology Showcase Tuesday, March 21, 2019 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Hagerstown Community College Register Now Women Owned & Managed Enterprise Network Conference Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Morgan State University Register Now Register Now Start-Up Orientation Forum Tuesday, April 2, 2019 10am - 12pm TEDCO Register Now Prelude Pitch: Off-Site Friday, April 12, 2019 10am - 2pm University of Baltimore Register Now to pitch or observe Learn More #EYECON - Engaging Youth Entrepreneurs Conference Thursday, May 9, 2019 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Morgan State University Register Now Cybersecurity Impact Awards Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM SPACES - The Artisphere Register Now Maryland Tech Council's Industry Awards Celebration Wednesday, May 22, 2019 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Bethesda North Marriott Hotel Register Now 2019 Technology Showcase Wednesday, June 12, 2019 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM FNLCR Advanced Technology Research Facility Learn More Learn More TEDCO portfolio company remodelmate announces nationwide project financing partnership with SoFi Home renovation marketplace remodelmate this week announced a new nationwide project financing partnership with SoFi. Learn more Congrats to the inaugural Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund awardees, especially Dr. Tian-Li Wang and Dr. Edward James Wright III (TEDCO MII alumni) Four Johns Hopkins professors received grants through a fund created to help faculty put their research on a path to commercialization. Learn more RackTop Systems, Howard County-based TEDCO Portfolio company, raises $15M RackTop Systems, a nine-year-old Howard County developer of secure systems used for storing data, has raised $15 million in funding. Learn more Light Point Security, a TEDCO Portfolio Company, reveals most flexible browser isolation platform with the release of its clientless version With this latest release, Light Point Web is the only browser isolation platform to offer both a simple plug-in deployment option and a device-agnostic clientless deployment option for unrivaled flexibility Learn more RoosterBio, a TEDCO portfolio company, announces plans to expand facility in Frederick, MD RoosterBio, Inc, a privately held regenerative medicine manufacturing platform technology company announced plans today to expand the company’s footprint in Frederick, MD after a year of rapid growth. Learn more Your Location Data Is Being Sold—Often Without Your Knowledge TEDCO portfolio company, TrackOFF CEO talks with the WSJ about companies selling your data. Learn more Gilead’s Kite pens 10-target CAR-T tech deal with MaxCyte, Inc., a TEDCO portfolio company Gilead’s Kite Pharma has expanded its CAR-T agreement with MaxCyte. The revised deal gives Kite the chance to apply MaxCyte’s transfection technology to up to 10 targets. Learn more A Gaithersburg biotech, Antidote Therapeutics Inc., is raising millions to treat nicotine-related diseases — and help smokers quit  The clinical-stage company is developing a drug that would diminish the effects of nicotine in the body. Learn more Maryland tech, university leaders rally for $16M fund to boost life sciences, cybersecurity Gov. Larry Hogan has allotted $16 million in initial funding to support the program, which would be managed through TEDCO. Learn more TEDCO Portfolio Company, Curbio Inc., On-Demand Home Renovation Leader, Continues National Expansion with Houston Launch Curbio Inc., the pre-sale home renovation specialist that’s rapidly expanding from coast-to-coast, has commenced operations in Houston. Headquartered in Maryland, the company’s other markets include Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Dallas. Service will be rolled out in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Los Angeles over the next three months. Learn more TEDCO generated $1.6B in economic benefits in 2018, study shows An independent study released Wednesday shows The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) generates $1.6 billion in economic impact for the state and supported 7,746 jobs. Learn more Have an event you'd like to share with the TEDCO Community? Submit here to be considered for posting on our website TEDCOMD.COM Submit an Event Do you have TEDCO News? Submit here for inclusion in a future email Tell Us Your Story www.TEDCOMD.com FACEBOOK | TWITTER | LINKEDIN | YOUTUBE TEDCO | 7021 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, MD 21046 Unsubscribe [email-masked] Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by [email-masked] in collaboration with Try it free tod