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Blue Whale EV is excited to have been nominated as an Honoree of this year’s Baltimore Business Journal’s 2024 Inno Fire Awards in the Baltimore region. This year's honorees reflect the constantly changing Maryland technology ecosystem. Maryland Inno takes a big tent approach to innovation. These awards celebrate technology-focused companies ranging from startups to nonprofit institutions. An innovative company is not necessarily just a firm that creates a new invention but also encompasses companies that take an existing technology and use it in a new way. This year's awardees range from an organization building new ways to monitor seizures to a nonprofit using virtual reality to help train people for new jobs in the automotive industry. The eight winners from three different categories will be honored at the Inno Fire Awards ceremony on July 11 at the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield tower in Canton and two honorees will be selected as this year's Blazer Award winners. https://bizj.us/1qldlr #InnoFireAwards2024 #EVChargingSolutions #bluewhaleEV #EVInfrastructure #CleanEnergy

TLDR: Frisco's innovators have defined what makes the region unique and developed challenge statements to drive innovation. Come meet these visionaries and be part of our innovation journey. Frisco, TX is known as Sports City USA, but what does that really mean for innovation? Recently, we gathered a group of highly engaged stakeholders from across Frisco's innovation economy at the PGA of America HQ to explore this question and more. In partnership with Stadia Ventures and the Frisco Economic Development Corporation, we set out to understand how innovation flows through the region and where it faces obstacles. Our approach prioritizes human connection over equity transactions (though we love those too!). We brought together top-level stakeholders to discuss problem statements in an open, safe environment. From these discussions and thousands of data points, we determined Frisco's "Locus of Relevancy" - what makes the region unique and how specific technologies and business models can accelerate their development here better than anywhere else in the world. The outcome? We've defined shared challenge statements that our stakeholders can rally around - challenges that resonate with everyone. At the end of October (date coming soon), we're inviting the global innovation community to present their tech solutions. For each challenge, we're seeking a mix of researchers, startups with emerging tech, and organizations working with mature technologies. Curious about the challenges? Check out the link in the post below or keep an eye on my future posts where we'll talk more in depth about each one and what's next. If these align with your work, apply via the link or drop me a DM with any questions.

Amidst countless discussions with fellow founders, investors, and friends, a fundamental question surfaces time and again: What fuels our commitment to Vitrinnea? Why do we dedicate ourselves to this endeavor day in and day out? In pondering this question, I realized that my passion for Vitrinnea stems from a profound belief in community empowerment. It's about creating a platform by the people, for the people—a space where individuals can come together to support one another by sharing resources and opportunities. I envision a future where technology transcends barriers, enabling us to connect and exchange possessions with our fellow Central Americans. Imagine the transformative impact if, instead of prioritizing corporations, we chose to empower individuals. What if we shifted our perspective from "my possessions" to "how can I benefit others with what I have"? By fostering a culture of communal trade, we unlock opportunities for income generation across the value chain, elevate household incomes, promote sustainable practices, and cultivate a brighter future for generations to come. When we unearth the profound "why" behind our endeavors, our vision crystallizes, guiding us on a path toward meaningful impact. So, I urge every founder to reflect deeply: Why are you pursuing what you do? #community #startups #technology #latam

When you are trying to move mountains you want-and need-people on your side who want to move them with you - the Movers, the Shakers and the Money Makers! Koev Brothers #fundmanagers #investments #washingtondc The Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Community

Excited to share that Drizzle Health won MassChallenge Health in Boston last week! Thank you to everyone who's supported us thus far and to MassChallenge for the honor! We're building for the future. We enable large scale bacterial diagnostics for humans, and the food and water in our communities - for protecting the growing global population and its needs today, and in the future. -- Countries like India are sitting on a goldmine of public diagnostic infrastructure - 26,000 public Microscopy Centers across the country help conduct over 70% of active Tuberculosis tests in the country, but using a 50% accurate test. Drizzle Health's MagnaSlide 100 is increasing accuracy for these tests to over 95% so that patients can start treatment as soon as possible. The cost of replicating these pilots are really low if you already have a pathology lab! Connect with us to find more about how you can reliably screen patients in a way that can initiate treatment, AND find subclinical patients, for a fraction of the cost for molecular tests! #masschallenge #globalhealth #tb #foodsafety #wash Digvijay Singh Halcyon Acumen VentureWell MassChallenge Andrés Felipe Vera Ramírez PATH Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) Department Of Biotechnology, Government Of india Tata Trusts Piramal Foundation India Health Fund Social Alpha Gupta-Klinsky India Institute Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund Wellcome Trust Society for Science RIGHT Foundation, Research Investment for Global Health Technology Foundation KNCV TB Plus TEDCO Indian Angel Network Motwani Jadeja Foundation Maryland Department of Commerce Maryland Tech Council NHLS Technical.ly Sameer Rao Amy Maxmen Robbyn Lewis Indiaspora Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineerin Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi University of the Witwatersrand Blackbird Laboratories Abell Foundation Inc Unshackled Ventures PANIIT USA

Six months ago, Pava LaPere -- a 26-year-old co-founder and CEO and a rising star in the Baltimore tech community -- was killed. This loss left her family, friends, and startup reeling. Suddenly, her team at EcoMap Technologies lost a friend as well as the North Star of their scrappy, seven-figure company.  So how did this grieving company not only survive the loss, but manage to achieve its two best quarters of growth since?  Read here at Inc. Magazine about EcoMap's journey after this tragic loss, and how their commitment to Pava's legacy is fueling their against-all-odds growth:

🚀 Help Needed: Building a Database of Shared Wet-Lab Facilities for Biomanufacturing Startups! Hey network! Over the last three months, I've been busy creating resources specifically tailored for founders and startups in the biomanufacturing space. So far, these resources have focused on cell line and media development, bioprocess optimization, and building out an IP framework. The next resource on my list is a comprehensive database of shared wet-lab spaces available to founders to start building their MVPs. These spaces are often found in incubators, accelerators, or offer bench/room rentals. Getting access to wet-lab space is crucial during this early stage. 🧪 Examples of spaces already on my radar: Australia & APAC CoLabs Australia, Jumar Bioincubator, NSG BioLabs US LabCentral, LA BioSpace, Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator, LifeSpace Labs UK & Europe Life Science Factory, ShareLab, The Cultured Hub But I know there must be many more out there! 🌍 💡 ASK: If you’ve worked in or know of a shared wet-lab space, please tag them below. If you run a shared lab, tag yourself and let us know what makes your space unique! Please share widely and let's crowdsource a valuable resource for the community! 🙌

This article from David Politis gives a great, quick explanation of why Diagnostic Ventures is so important.

Excited to continue partnering with the Mamram Space program for its second cyclel! it was my pleasure together with our early stage team to led a session on tech funding trends and shared Insights and valuable fundraising tips. Huge thanks to the visionary entrepreneurs, program managers, and supportive partners for making this collaboration a success. Ishay Gavriel Yossi Melamed Carine Wiener Perlmuter Ronen Rayt LeumiTech #LeumiTech #MarmSpace #TechFunding #IsraeliTech"

IT'S A JOYFORGE LABS FRIDAY! Founder & CEO of JoyForge Labs, Dom Pitot, said the "what if" moment kicked in when he explored "a development house that would take on your big project that no one has taken seriously for all that time", and a company developed from that. Joyforge Labs explores, identifies and analyses niches in this space and prepares prototypes and MVPs for problem validation and eventual product-market-fit for clients. Be sure to check out his Video Pitch Deck, by clicking on the image below. You can have FundrFLO help you create a Video Pitch Deck and a Company Profile Page just like this one, AND stand a change to WIN €1 000 in the process! Follow our page for more details. #Found #Funded #Flourishing