Today: November 7, 2025
On October 21, 2025, over 1,000 entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and ecosystem supporters convened at The Hotel at the University of Maryland for the highly anticipated TEDCO EXPO 2025—the 11th annual gathering of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO). The event, widely recognized…
Lola Vision Systems, a DMV-based artificial intelligence and semiconductor startup has taken home the $125,000 grand prize at Investfest’s annual startup pitch competition, edging out hundreds of competitors from across the country. What was slated for a $125K investment competition turned into a $250,000…
Blackbird Laboratories has secured a $2 million boost from Maryland’s new Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program—capital that will anchor a 35,000‑square‑foot Baltimore BioHub inside the City Garage Science & Technology Center and accelerate the city’s growing life‑sciences corridor. Funding Win Under Moore’s Innovation Push The award is part of…
Maryland has long been known for its forests and research institutions, but a Frederick County startup is turning that legacy into a launchpad for the next wave of sustainable innovation. InventWood, a University of Maryland spinout, is making headlines with its flagship…
Who knew that achieving greatness starts with simply showing up? Everything else begins to align with that first step. Being in Pharrell’s orbit has sparked an uninterrupted creative flow in me—as a visionary, a founder, and a builder—and his investment in TANTV…
Morgan DeBaun has never been afraid to build her own table. As the founder and CEO of Blavity Inc.—the media company she launched from her San Francisco apartment in 2014—she’s built a cultural empire that centers Black voices, scales multi-million dollar brands,…
The 2025 AI Summit in Paris marked a critical moment in the global dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), bringing together world leaders, tech innovators, and policymakers to address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI. While the summit highlighted groundbreaking advancements, it…
The United States, once the self-styled torchbearer of democracy, is now teetering on the edge of oligarchy—a system where the rich few pull the strings and everyone else fights for crumbs. Let’s not sugarcoat it: the “land of the free” has sold…
When you think of solving complex public health challenges, you might imagine teams of scientists in sophisticated laboratories or veteran engineers with decades of experience. You probably wouldn’t picture a fifth-grade student working on a class project. Yet Eniola Shokunbi, a 12-year-old…
In a significant milestone for Africa’s fintech landscape, Moniepoint announced yesterday, October 29, that it has successfully raised $110 million in a Series C funding round, elevating its valuation to $1 billion and securing its status as the continent’s eighth unicorn. This…
