A new consortium called BlueTechMD is forming to make the state a hub for technology at the nexus of water, energy and sustainability. It's seeking to bring different efforts together, and create climate-focused economic growth.

After growing a base of federal-facing customers, cloudtamer.io sees opportunity with large private-sector companies. Led by a collection of DMV investors, the round will allow the Fulton-based company to expand its engineering and sales teams.

TechSlice gathered three startups to meet local investors at Spark Baltimore. The goal was to help founders refine their businesses to maximize the ability to raise additional funds.

The Baltimore-based company is growing client and employee bases as many rethink what's important in the pandemic. But there's one industry metric that it doesn't put value in, COO Shruti Joshi said.

The accelerator is focused on growth companies, and cloud expansion. b.well was one of 10 companies to be selected for the new program.

With Latch, the Fells Point-based firm is bringing social media and video tools to workplace culture. It acquired the technology from tech company Avanoo earlier this year.

In January, we named a collection of local startups to our annual list of most promising young companies. Here's how their year has gone.

MasterPeace acquired Full Suite Solutions. The company is growing its model combining government services and startup incubation for software engineers.

"What encourages me is that we now are going to be a part of making this a destination," Mayor Brandon Scott said, "making this a Black middle class, working class neighborhood once again, and that it's being led by a Black woman."

How can Maryland's life sciences sector keep growing an industry that's competitive with Massachusetts and North Carolina from a base of research talent? A new Milken Institute report commissioned by the Maryland Tech Council said more workforce programs, incubators and collaboration will help.