InvestMaryland Challenge: 33 semi-finalists head to final round to vie for $100K prize

Of a total 259 startups that applied to the InvestMaryland Challenge, just 33 will be given a chance tomorrow to be one of three winners of $100,000 in funding.

As Technically Baltimore has reported, the challenge is the inaugural, early-stage business competition put on by the state of Maryland that will award cash grants to startups in three categories: IT hardware and software, life sciences and a general category that was open to startups across the U.S. (Only Maryland-based startups were eligible to apply for funding in the former two categories.)
According to MDBizNews, the 33 semi-finalists “will participate in 15-minute face-to-face interviews with [the Department of Business and Economic Development] on March 5.” The awards ceremony for the three winners is planned for April 15.
The 33 semi-finalists broken down by category, courtesy of MDBizNews:
IT Hardware & Software

• AirPatrol Corporation, Columbia, MD
• Car Fare Compare, Annapolis, MD
• ClickMedix, LLC, Rockville, MD
• Common Curriculum, Baltimore, MD [Read Technically Baltimore’s coverage here.]
• Light Point Security, Baltimore, MD
• Management CV, Bethesda, MD
• RedOwl Analytics, Baltimore, MD
• Social Toaster, Inc, Baltimore, MD [Read Technically Baltimore’s coverage here.]
• VisiSonics Corporation, College Park, MD
• Visual Telehealth, Bethesda, MD

Life Science

• Ark Sciences, Baltimore, MD
• BOSS Medical, Baltimore, MD
• Cerecor, Baltimore, MD
• ConverGene, Gaithersburg, MD
• CoolTech, Baltimore, MD
• GrayBug LLC, Baltimore, MD
• Immunomic Therapeutics, Rockville, MD
• Remedium Technologies, College Park, MD
• SynAm Vaccine, Rockville, MD
• Vasoptic Medical, Columbia, MD

General – Open nationally to all industries

• AdStaq, Baltimore, MD
• Advanced Concepts Research Group, Gainesville, VA
• AnCatt, Newark, DE
• CoFoundersLab, Rockville, MD [Read Technically Baltimore’s coverage here.]
• Cortix Systems, Alexandria, VA
• I-Lighting, North East, MD
• Maryland Energy and Sensor Technologies, College Park, MD
• Mercaris, Silver Spring, MD
• Sickweather, Windsor Mill, MD [Read Technically Baltimore’s coverage here.]
• Sustainable Systems International, Gaithersburg, MD
• Tiatros, San Francisco, CA
• Triea Systems, Bethesda, MD
• Woofound, Middle River, MD [Read Technically Baltimore’s coverage here.]