Our Portfolio Companies
-
Coaptech
CoapTech is a seed stage company seeking partners interested in improving medical care delivery for patients young and old around the world. Their patent-pending, platform technology will be utilized initially to disrupt the market for enteral nutrition feeding tubes. The CoapTech system will de-skill the procedure for feeding tube placement, offering a simpler, safer, and more affordable method.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Devices
Established:
-
North American Wave Engine Corporation
North American Wave Engine Corporation, a University of Maryland start-up, has licensed a university developed technology that substantially improves the design of valve-less pulse combustors also known as pulse jet engines. Compared to operating a traditional single combustor or two uncoupled pulse jet engines, the new design and method of operating pulse combustors produce less noise and vibration. This, in turn, enables a variety of practical applications in aircraft propulsion and other fields. North American Wave Engine Corporation won the Phase 1 Technology Validation award from TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Commercialization Program to demonstrate the utility of the technology for a specific commercial application.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Aerospace
Established:
-
Behavioral Activation Tech, LLC
Behavioral Activation Tech, LLC (BAT) has licensed technological adaptations of evidence-based psychological treatments for low mood and associated disorders. BAT has received funding from both the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) and the National Institute of Mental Health’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program to develop mobile application adaptations of Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression, an evidence-based psychotherapy. The overall goal of BAT’s products is to disseminate evidence-based treatments for mental health concerns.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Methods of Treatment
Established:
-
pathOtrak, LLC
A University of Maryland start-up that has licensed a technology that enables the rapid and accurate separation of food-borne pathogens, such as bacteria, from complex samples. This portable and easy-to-use technology uses a microfluidic chip device to bypass time-consuming processing steps to separate and test food-borne pathogens from unprocessed samples. Consequently, this technology offers speedy detection of any food contamination before the food reaches the consumers.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Sensors/Monitors
Established:
-
MF Fire
MF Fire licensed the Mulciber Stove, the first Automated Ultra-Clean wood stove. The Mulciber Stove uses a forced-air combustion system, a smart controller, and advanced combustion techniques to reduce emissions, boost efficiency, and simplify user experience. Traditional wood stoves rely on the fire to regulate combustion airflow, resulting in harmful particulate emissions, wasteful inefficiencies, and the need for constant user attention. In contrast, the Mulciber Stove’s forced-air system delivers air when and where it is needed. This innovation paves the way for many others, such as a unique two stage combustion, an advanced heat recovering exhaust system, and a smart-controller that continuously monitors conditions in the stove and adjusts combustion air. As a result, the Mulciber Stove burns cleaner, more efficiently, and without the need for the extensive user attention required in competitors models.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Engineering
Established:
-
Inhalex Therapeutics, LLC
Inhalex Therapeutics, LLC is a University of Maryland start-up that is based on a university developed technology for preventive and therapeutic strategies to address Allergy, Asthma and other Respiratory illnesses. The technology exploits proprietary immunotherapeutic compositions and the natural allergen-triggered immune response to alleviate respiratory illness associated symptoms including inflammation. The advantages of this technology over currently available strategies and therapies include, biocompatible method of intervention, and reduced dependence of anti-inflammatory drugs. Inhalex’s immediate goals are towards developing anti-allergy, asthma vaccines and eventually therapeutics.
Category:Therapeutics
Established:
-
Calabash Biosciences
Calabash Biosciences is based on a technology that uses novel molecular containers for efficient drug delivery applications. These molecular containers first conceived and created by University of Maryland’s (UMCP) investigators improve the solubilization of drugs and allow them to be easily accessed by the body. The enhanced solubilization makes them superior to the currently available cyclodextrixn class of compounds. Calabash was initiated as a follow-up to collaborative research efforts between investigators at the UMCP and Mass General Hospital. Their collaboration involved the study of drug solubilization applications, in particular, the reversal of neuromuscular blocking (NMB) or anesthesia inducing agents. Calabash is in the process of developing new formulations for a variety of currently available drugs in the market.
Category:Small molecules
Established:
-
RoboSeed, LLC
Low cost, reliable, micro-scale air vehicle for commercial and military applications. “an innovative micro-air vehicle (MAV) technology that took an intriguing approach in a soon to be burgeoning MAV and UAV market.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Aerospace
Established:
-
Grip Boost
Engineers from the University of Maryland’s Chemical Engineering Department teamed up with former Terps tight end Matt Furstenburg, and Entrepreneur Businessman Harry Geller to develop a product that improves the tackiness of football gloves.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Engineering
Established:
-
Custom Spray Solutions, LLC
Custom Spray Solutions is a technology start-up offering software products, measurement services, and engineering design services for spraying system applications. Their current applications include fire suppression sprays, hose streams, agricultural sprays, and specialty sprays.
[ Visit Website ]
Category:Agricultural
Established: