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Maryland Commerce leads local innovators to Startup Grind Conference Maryland Commerce led a delegation of Maryland startup companies for the state’s first-time participation in the Startup Grind Global Conference in Silicon Valley, California. Eight Maryland companies were selected to showcase products/services to a global audience that attracts more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, startups, emerging and high growth companies, investors, and major national and international brands. Maryland Commerce, in partnership with TEDCO, selected the companies through a competitive process, with the criteria that companies have fewer than 50 employees, an innovative product, and a demonstrated record of success with the potential to scale substantially. Local law firm NEXT, powered by Shulman Rogers, also provided support through sponsorship. The eight Maryland companies: • Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, a biotech based in Gaithersburg focused on advancing a permanent cure to bacterial superbug infections • HopFlyt, a Lusby-based company working on an electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger urban aerial mobility
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• ICmed, a Baltimore health care technology company creating accessibility and portability of secure consumer health information among patients, caregivers, and health care providers • MindStand Technologies, a Baltimore-based artificial intelligence company that provides business owners with actionable insights on the engagement, productivity, and culture of their employees and/or students • NextStep Robotics, a biotech in Baltimore developing robots and artificial intelligence to teach stroke victims how to walk again without assistive devices • Outlook/OVFX, an entertainment and media company in Baltimore specializing in kids and pop culture content • SenSanna, a Hanover-based company that works to bring connectivity and information to the industries that operate in the harshest conditions • Splice Therapeutics, a biotech in Bethesda that invented the leading form of gene editing, RNA transsplicing.
