BondTrue, a medical device design and development company, won a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the federal government. Here's what led to succcess on the company's second application.

The funding from the global nonprofit will help the Inner Harbor-based company develop a test for a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to antibiotics, among other infections. It comes as Novel Microdevices is seeing growth on its team.

Mastercard's mobile ID verification service will be introduced to b.well's platform. Wisconsin-based Thedacare is the first to make it available.

Plus, a pair of social impact incubators and an update on PPP funding.

The Cube is expanding in the Hamilton-Lauraville space, as Function Coworking Community ceases operations. It brings a Black woman-owned coworking space to Harford Road — and cofounder Dr. Tammira Lucas is looking to make space for others.

Plus, the longtime executive director returns at BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, and an additive board leader at CollPlant with Baltimore roots.

The incubators' hybrid event lineup includes a $25,000 pitch competition and weekly virtual programming. The finale is a drive-in, dual-city pitch night.

Kapowza+ has all of the agency's commercials, and the entrpreneurship video series Between Two Founders. "Why the hell not?" the partners said.

The Maryland company launched a mobile app that allows children to practice, and get feedback. It's designed to help speech language therapists, too.

In an episode of Campfire, the executive director of Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures, talks through the university's sweeping tech transfer expansion, and her goals for Baltimore's skyline.