丽贝卡·柯克曼摄于2022年6月7日

The 稳定的十大彩票网站 创业加速器 kicked off its third cohort June 6 with founders from eight ventures based in the greater Baltimore area taking residency at the 从军械库开始 for eight weeks.

While the ventures represent a variety of industries—from finance and healthcare to electric vehicle charging networks, online athletics coaching platforms and assistive technology—they share the desire for a collaborative, cohort-based experience to grow their ventures and the opportunity to learn from Patrick McQuown, executive director of entrepreneurship at 稳定的十大彩票网站.

“When I met with Patrick, I was sold,” says Rebecca Rosenberg, founder of assistive technology company ReBokeh. Rosenberg joins the 2022 创业加速器 cohort after completing the venture-focused Abell Fellowship as a second-year graduate student in the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design.

Rosenberg looks forward to utilizing the 创业加速器’s support and resources as she transitions from student entrepreneur to full-time venture founder.

“我很高兴来到这里，”她说。 “We’re a couple of weeks away from launching ReBokeh, and I’m really happy to be among other entrepreneurs who are also building their ventures.”

The fellowship fosters collaboration among entrepreneurs and provides mentorship, founder-centric programming and exposure to successful alumni ventures. The Accelerator also includes a $10,000, equity-free stipend for each venture and collaboration space at 稳定的十大彩票网站’s state-of-the-art entrepreneurship hub in downtown Towson.

The 2022 cohort will engage with guests from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, College Park, the Baltimore County Economic Development Advisory Board, Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JLABS), and TEDCO (Maryland Technology Development Corporation). The program also includes a trip to D.C. to meet the founders of the startups Hungry and BarTrack.

In late September, the program will culminate with final venture pitches during the 创业加速器 Showcase.

On the first day, the 2022 cohort members got to know each other through “Lost at Sea,” a teambuilding activity illustrating the benefits of collaboration.

“The takeaway here is that working as a team results in a better product than working alone,” explains McQuown, who was recently named one of the 20人培育魅力城市的科技生态系统。ly巴尔的摩. “That’s why we have a cohort-based accelerator model—we want you all working to build and sell together.”

The cohort includes Susan Ganz 稳定的十大彩票网站 Student Fellows Ryan Rutkowski ’22 and Conrad Brake ’21 of Tap In, who 在今年春天的全国创业节中获得第一名, and Emily Vogel of Mint Print.

Zimbali Networks, a financial technology digital asset management system that relocated to Baltimore after graduating from the Techstars Equitech Accelerator in March, also joins the 2022 创业加速器 cohort.

Jordan Strudwick, Zimbali’s web team strategy manager, is looking forward to building community within the Accelerator.

“The mentors and resources available here are so esteemed, and we’re so grateful for the opportunity to tap into that,” he says.

2022年加速器队列

• Tap In allows users to provide and receive dynamic, real-time data about their local bar scene and connects small businesses owners with their community.
• Medsy helps reduce healthcare payer costs and improve outcomes by facilitating medication adherence for vulnerable people.
• Mint Print uses blockchain technology to provide a publishing platform as well as an easy-to-use marketplace for buying and reselling digital books, comics and audiobooks.
• Pirl Technology uses Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology to deploy electric vehicle charging stations that charge rapidly, have a lower environmental footprint and provide an engaging user experience.
• Pro Theory combines a software tool, marketplace and network to create a community optimized for the connected sports training space.
• ReBokeh builds modern, customizable assistive technologies for individuals with moderate vision impairments.
• Zimbali Networks is a web3 fintech revolutionizing finance by building financial tools for communities across the world as an early entrant in a new web3 sector called “Decentralized Monetary Authorities.”
• Inso (formerly Pretzl) is an online discussion platform that creates student-driven discussions with easily accessible insights into trending ideas and emerging themes generated by students, turning ideas into knowledge.

The 从军械库开始 opened last fall as 稳定的十大彩票网站’s front door for startups, small businesses and the region’s largest corporations. The state-of-the art, 26,000-square-foot space includes 6,000 square feet of free coworking space and meeting rooms where entrepreneurs and executives can connect with each other and to 稳定的十大彩票网站’s programs and people.

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