Oct. 25, 2012 10:18 am
HDScores, HobbyBuddy win popular poll at Tech Cocktail startup mixer
Technologists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, startup junkies: all gathered at Mother’s in Federal Hill on Tuesday night for Tech Cocktail’s Baltimore Mixer and Startup Showcase. The point of these mixers, as Tech Cocktail puts it, is to provide a small group of startups the chance “to show off in an expo-style to the rest of the [...]
Oct. 22, 2012 8:30 am
EdTech Meetup at Digital Harbor Foundation // Tech Cocktail’s Baltimore Showcase // Find a co-founder at the ETC [Events]
This week, join fellow education technology enthusiasts for a Monday meeting at Digital Harbor Foundation. Head to Mother’s in Federal Hill for the Tech Cocktail Baltimore Showcase of startups (and a cocktail or two). Looking for a co-founder? Travel to the Emerging Technology Center on Wednesday evening for the Co-Founders Wanted Meetup, and then take your [...]
Oct. 17, 2012 8:30 am
Bizelo unveils new website // GBTC Tech Night features startup arena [Startup Roundup]
This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. Small business-app developer Bizelo has unveiled a new website to accompany its official renaming from YoBiz to Bizelo. According to the company’s blog: “The brand renaming from YoBiz, LLC to Bizelo, LLC was made [...]
Oct. 10, 2012 10:30 am
Baltimore startups compete for $100K at Distilled Intelligence 2.0 in Washington, D.C.
A handful of Baltimore-area startups will try to walk away with $100,000 in funding by the time Distilled Intelligence 2.0 concludes this Friday in Washington, D.C. The event, which boasts “angel investors, venture capitalists, strategic investors, entrepreneurs, business and community leaders, government officials, members of the media, students, professors” and startups as its attendees, is [...]
Oct. 10, 2012 8:30 am
Gliknik raises $4.9M in Series B round // Wasabi Ventures brings on Baltimore-based venture partner // Local startups head to Distilled Intelligence 2.0 [Startup Roundup]
This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. Biopharmaceuticals firm Gliknik “has raised $4.9 million in a Series B round of financing,” according to the Baltimore Business Journal. The company, which creates “new therapies for patients with cancer and immune disorders” according to [...]
Oct. 9, 2012 12:30 pm
NewsUp mobile app: users earn redeemable points for reading, sharing news
The NewsUp team outside Apple during Life 3.0 in San Francisco in September. Photo courtesy of Andrew Schuster. Before Andrew Schuster founded NewsUp, his game for reading news and sharing articles with friends, he was busy trying to make news. Schuster, 26, grew up in Pikesville and co-founded an online magazine with his brother called [...]
Sep. 28, 2012 10:00 am
NewsUp launches trivia feature, smart phone app to be released by year’s end
NewsUp revealed yet another reason to slog through Thomas Friedman columns when it took the training wheels off its trivia feature last night at Alonso’s in Roland Park. Users of the news-reading app, which assigns points to people based on the number of news articles they read and share with friends, can now earn more [...]
Sep. 28, 2012 9:30 am
Baltimore TechBreakfast: Procurely, NewsUp among September’s presenters
Another month, another installment of Baltimore TechBreakfast. (Presentations! Questions! Microphones! Free bagels!) Among September’s presenters were Justin Smith, the founder and CEO of Procurely, which Technically Baltimore covered in July. Also presenting were the respective teams behind NewsUp and Easy WebContent Presenter (read more here), both of which held events Thursday night for Baltimore Innovation Week.
Sep. 26, 2012 8:30 am
Venture for America hits town // NewsUp launches trivia feature // Join Cdling’s online startup directory [Startup Roundup]
This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. Venture for America throws its launch party today at the Emerging Technology Center in Canton. Technically Baltimore reported in July that Baltimore will be one of five more cities joining VFA, a nonprofit that [...]
Sep. 24, 2012 9:30 am
AccelerateBaltimore back for a second year, with funding for up to six companies
AccelerateBaltimore, Charm City’s homegrown accelerator program — as well as the city’s first business accelerator — is back for a second year, announced the Emerging Technology Center on Friday. The application period for the accelerator program opens in October, and up to six companies will be admitted and take up residency in the ETC in February, according [...]