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What healthcare investors know about economic development
From lab space and coffee bars to jobs and long-term returns, mid-tier life sciences hubs may be better positioned than the biggest biotech boomtowns.
Korean biotech company expands to Baltimore with 100k-sq.-ft. stem cell facility
Supported by loans from city and state governments, Nature Cell plans research and manufacturing efforts that could create up to 500 jobs.
Longeviti secures $10M to advance brain surgery technology
Plus, the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund’s year of awards, the state’s Board of Public Works funds community revitalization projects and more Maryland money moves.
Vasoptic Medical sees a clearer vision for how we monitor eye health
The biomedical startup’s noninvasive blood flow technology can be used to detect glaucoma and neurovascular conditions.
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Spark Baltimore launched in 2016 and extended further into the Inner Harbor with Spark Flex. That space has housed offices used by tenants like The Baltimore Banner and Fearless (which also has offices in the main Spark building), although national Spark community and partnerships director Shervonne Cherry confirmed that the Spark Flex space was not yet open for coworking.
University of Maryland BioPark
The University of Maryland, Baltimore BioPark offers a dynamic lab and office environment for life science companies — including global firms such as Pharmaron, Illumina, BD and Catalent — next-gen ventures, university spinouts, distinguished research organizations, cutting-edge clinical care and contemporary workforce training programs.
Latest cybersecurity News
BannerX: Expanding Maryland’s conversation on AI, cybersecurity and the future of business
The new event convenes leaders to discuss the best path forward for their organizations — and their communities.
How students spent the summer building Baltimore’s tech future
Interns presented projects in data science, cybersecurity and community data analysis at a showcase for the CodeWorks+ program.
Baltimore trivia: Prove your local news knowledge in our latest quiz
See how many local happenings you remember in the innovation scene.
Cyber startup raises $15M to open Baltimore office and expand sales team
Pixee developed an agentic AI tool to automate fixing flaws in software to prevent attacks. It boasts a 76% acceptance rate from developers.
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Maryland’s Startup Tracker
What’s a startup’s potential for growth and impact on its community — and how does that change over time?
The tracker assigns a RealLIST Score to each company, calculated via proprietary formula using data from industry-standard sources like Crunchbase and PitchBook, plus details from the US Patent & Trademark Office, the Technical.ly Innovation Index and more.
MORE maryland NEWS
Baltimore VC dipped in 2025, with startups securing $516.8M
Maryland startups, however, raked in $2.62 billion, with two mega-deals from X-energy accounting for more than half of it, according to PitchBook’s Venture Monitor report.
With Ford and IKEA as customers, this international startup chose a Maryland HQ to stand out
CloudOffix aims to challenge Salesforce and HubSpot with its all-in-one business software platform.
Bitcoin miners are pivoting operations to cash in on the next wave of AI infrastructure
Large-scale cryptocurrency firms, including companies founded in Maryland, are repurposing their frameworks into data centers.
Startups ‘feel the pinch’ as critical federal funding program remains on pause
Disruptions to SBIR/STTR program leave local life sciences and tech innovators facing tougher paths to commercialization.
OmniSpeech seeks additional seed funding to expand its real-time defense against voice deepfakes
The College Park, Maryland, startup is already integrated with Zoom to flag fakes during live meetings.
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