A study released Thursday that analyzed some 340,000 cybersecurity jobs at 18,000 companies across the U.S. confirmed something we already know: Maryland, and Baltimore in particular, is a cybersecurity hub. (Not to be confused with a tech startup hub.) According to the first Maryland Cyber Jobs Report, 19,413 jobs in cybersecurity exist in this state, [...]

Forbes magazine has named the Baltimore-Towson region fourth in its list of “America’s New Tech Hot Spots.” Washington, D.C., is listed number one. The list compiled by Forbes was created with the help of the Praxis Strategy Group, which looked at growth in STEM employment in “the 51 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas” from 2001 [...]

Rob Rosenbaum, president of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, has said the chief aim of TEDCO’s legacy is to be a “leading source for early-stage, very high-risk capital in the entrepreneurial community.” For a time, TEDCO has accomplished that by doling out $75,000 investments to startups through its Maryland Technology Transfer and Commercialization Fund. As [...]

The Maryland Technology Development Corporation is bullish about tech transfer in the Baltimore region, so much so that it’s now raising a $50 million fund specifically for investments for technology-transfer companies. TEDCO’s other tech transfer program is the Maryland Innovation Initiative, which announced its first three funding awards totaling $299,678 on Wednesday.

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. Noxilizer Inc. is the latest life sciences company to sign a lease for space inside the University of Maryland BioPark, according to a press release from the university. As Technically Baltimore reported in November, [...]

The Maryland Technology Development Corporation and the Chesapeake Crescent Initiative are joining forces to raise a $50 million fund specifically to help launch new technology-transfer companies in Delaware, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. According to a press release from TEDCO, the first investments in companies are slated to come in 2013, but only once $20 [...]

The cybersecurity industry, as Technically Baltimore has reported, has quite a foothold in Maryland and in the Baltimore region. In the greater Baltimore area, there are more than 13,000 cybersecurity jobs. Over the years, this state’s representatives in Congress have played a major role in diverting funding for cybersecurity projects to Maryland. U.S. Cyber Command [...]

Eight finalists of a total 168 have been selected in the Pitch Across Maryland competition for in-state startups. Each of the finalists will present their pitches once more at Tuesday’s Entrepreneur Expo (put on by TEDCO) to conference attendees and a separate panel of investors and entrepreneurial experts, which will choose the Pitch Across Maryland [...]