Innovation and Entrepreneurship
UM Ventures
Combined efforts of UMB and UMCP to bring scientific discoveries to market and to form startup companies, fostering economic development and creating jobs.
Learn more about these select UM Ventures startup companies below:
Center for Maryland Advanced Ventures (CMAV)
Facilitating technology transfer and commercialization of university-based discoveries.
Baltimore Fund
Encouraging university-created or-sponsored technology companies to locate and expand in Baltimore City.
Maryland Momentum Fund
Early-stage investment fund supports Maryland-based, University System of Maryland-affiliated start-up companies.
Medical Device Prototyping Lab
Lab positioned within the University of Maryland School of Medicine that facilitates the development of lifesaving biomedical devices.
University of Maryland Center for Economic Development (UMCEED)
Advancing education in high-impact fields and facilitating technology transfer and commercialization of university-based discoveries.
Discovery Fund
Invests in promising university-affiliated technology companies that catalyze economic development in Prince George’s County and spur growth in high-technology areas.
Quantum Startup Foundry
One of the world’s first startup incubators dedicated exclusively to quantum commercialization, based at University of Maryland, College Park, just steps from IonQ.