This document provides an overview of TEDCO, an organization that enhances economic development in Maryland through fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. TEDCO offers various funding programs to support startups from pre-seed to later stage, including seed funds, grants, and gap funding. It also provides resources and advisory services to help companies scale up and grow. TEDCO's mission is to discover, invest in, and help build great Maryland-based technology companies in order to stimulate economic growth and development in the state.

1. IGNITE
Overview
www.tedco.md
Stephen Auvil
Senior Vice President
Technology Transfer & Commercialization
sauvil@tedco.md

2. Meet George
Mitral Valve

3. Meet Howard

4. Innovation Makes the Difference
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Harpoon Medical, Inc.

5. Leading Innovation to Market
Enhance economic development
growth through the fostering of
an inclusive entrepreneurial and
innovation ecosystem.
Discover, invest in, and help
build great, Maryland-based,
technology companies.
Mission Statement:

6. Pillars of TEDCO
Investment
Technology
Transfer
Gateway
Services
Corporate
Partners
INNOATION ECOSYSTEM

7. Tech./Mkt.
Validation
Customer
Acquisition
Translational
Research
University Corporation
Scale-up/
Growth
TEDCO’s Funding Programs
Seed Investment Funds
Series ASeed Stage
Proof-of-Principle
Demonstration
Pre-Seed/3Fs Series Seed
Maryland Innovation Initiative
Pre-Seed
Investment
Fund
Grants
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF)
Maryland
Venture Fund
Grant
Investment
Gap
Fund

8. Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
CommercialValidationDiscovery Clinical
Fellowship

9. Maryland Innovation Initiative
Technology
Assessment
Corporate
Formation

10. N-STEP Program - $ 2.8M
NIST Post-doc commercialization
program & start-up funding
NAVAIR Technology Transfer
Initiative (NTTI) - $2.7M
Commercialization of naval aviation
technology
Federal Initiatives

11. Pre-seed Investment Fund
Open to disadvantaged
entrepreneurs &
entrepreneurs with
limited access to friends
and family funding. Ten
investment deals made
per year up to $50K.

12. Seed Investment Funds

13. Gap & Venture Funds

14. Entrepreneur Resources
On lin e
Res ou rces
Stage -Gate
Pitch
Ses s ion s
Ser vice
Packages
As s es s ment
Tools
• PitchCreator
• LeanStack
• Udacity
• Talks on video • Staff & Mentors
• Monthly meeting
• 30 min pitch/Q&A
• Immediate
feedback
• AWS Activate
• MS Biz Spark+
• Discounted
services
• TEDCO
Assessment
• Other
Assessments

15. Advisory Services
Con s u ltin g
Ser vices
Execu tive
Ad vis ors
Loaned
Execu tive
Office Hou rs
• Up to 4 hours of
advising
• Specific areas of
expertise
• Up to 40 hours of
paid consulting
• Up to 400 hours
of an executive
working part-
time
• Short advising
sessions
• AtTEDCO & in
the field

16. Rural Business Innovation Initiative
RBI Lead
Anne Balduzzi
abalduzzi@tedco.md
410.916.0220
Upper Eastern Shore Rep.
Jack Schammel
443.617.7614
jschammel@tedco.md
Lower Eastern Shore Rep.
Bill Bernard
443.786.4471
bbernard@tedco.md
South Central Maryland Rep.
Tiffany Davis
240.412.2435
tdavis@tedco.md
Western Maryland Rep.
Chuck Ernst
301.491.7034
cernst@tedco.md

17. innovationConnect
Innovative
Companies
Large
Company
Needs Connect
Innovation

18. Celebrating Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur Expo
October 30, 2018
The Hotel – College Park

19. Success!!!

20. Thank you!!!
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