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Mailstrom has a new look // Reed Street faces off with BuzzFeed // Baltimore BioWorks moves into BioPark [Startup Roundup]

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. Mailstrom, the creation of Dave Troy and 410 Labs that will “blow up” your inbox, has a new look. The updated interface boasts several new features, including: a “Lists” tab, for unsubscribing from e-mail […]

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem.
Mailstrom, the creation of Dave Troy and 410 Labs that will “blow up” your inbox, has a new look. The updated interface boasts several new features, including: a “Lists” tab, for unsubscribing from e-mail lists, keyboard shortcuts, and an “inbox zero” progress meter. While still in beta, Mailstrom is available to other users. All current Mailstrom users have to do is invite friends, and, according to an e-mail from Troy sent to beta testers, you can request more invitations.
Reed Street Productions, the White Marsh-based company founded in 2011 responsible for the “Run For Your Lives” races that feature zombies chasing around mud-covered sprinters, has made it to the Sweet 16 round of the national Social Madness competition, according to the Baltimore Business Journal. Reed Street Productions faces off with BuzzFeed.com in round three.
Founded in January, Baltimore BioWorks Inc. has moved into an office space at the University of Maryland BioPark’s BioInnovation Center, reports the Baltimore Business Journal. According to the BioPark’s website, Baltimore BioWorks is a “molecular biological manufacturing, distribution and, wait for it, “pharmacokinetics” company whose mission is to become the “first minority-owned, self-sustaining, vocational biotechnology training company in the world.”
Can cities be considered — and, therefore, managed as — startup companies? That’s the question Pop City editor Tracy Certo tackles in this Bmore Media article.
Finally, Greenspring Global Partners, of Greenspring Associates, appears from SEC filings to have commitments for $256,175,000 of a planned $315,000,000 private equity fund.  In addition, another filing indicates Greenspring has commitments of $17,817,500 for a smaller $30,000,000 side fund.

Companies: Greenspring Associates / University of Maryland BioPark / 410 Labs
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