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EnergyLink3 and C4V Lead Tesla In Race to Less Toxic Mobile Battery Solution

EnergyLink3, one of F3 Tech’s 2020 Accelerator companies, batteries will be manufactured in New York at a former IBM campus by C4V and iM3, which has been supported by a $13.25 million investment by Governor Cuomo’s administration, making it the world’s seventh Gigafactory. @F3TechMD #agtech #agritech #agribusiness #f3tech Source: EnergyLink3 and C4V Lead Tesla In […]

Materials Startup InventWood Makes Wood Stronger Than Steel

InventWood™ is creating prototypes of its revolutionary MettleWood™ material for a range of applications including the construction, automotive, and material sectors that offer substantial benefits over commonly used materials. Its proprietary nanotechnology processes transform natural wood into MettleWood, a material with over 20 times the tensile strength of lumber and almost twice that of steel. […]

Vand Hyper-Personalized Water Filtration System Aims to Expand Small-Scale Hydroponics

Vand, a Vermont based start-up, is adapting their innovative 2-stage water filtration design to support the recent explosive growth and commercial opportunities in small scale hydroponics and backyard farming popularized during the Covid-19 pandemic. @F3TechMD #agtech #agritech #agribusiness #f3tech Source: Vand Hyper-Personalized Water Filtration System Aims to Expand Small-Scale Hydroponics

F3 Tech Lands Two Accelerator Companies in Maryland’s Future 20 List

The Maryland Future 20 is part of Innovation Uncovered which highlights the state’s talented innovators, entrepreneurs, and growing small businesses. More than 125 nominations were received from the business community and general public, and the finalists were selected based on a variety of factors, including innovation, future growth potential, the company’s Maryland story, and “wow” […]

Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center wins federal ag grant to help food-based businesses

The $470,800 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow ESEC to create the Chesapeake Agriculture Innovation Center. ESEC Executive Director Mike Thielke said the two-year grant will represent a first step toward this initiative, starting with programming and building toward a physical center. The Easton-based ESEC has an initiative called F3 Tech, which […]

Governor Hogan Announces Maryland’s Future 20 Start-Up Companies

We would like to congratulate ActiveCharge and InventWood, F3 Tech’s 2020 Accelerator Companies, for being selected by the Governor Larry Hogan as one of Maryland’s Future 20 Start-Up Companies. The Maryland Future 20 is part of Innovation Uncovered, an ongoing initiative by the Maryland Department of Commerce to highlight the state’s talented innovators, entrepreneurs, and […]

Aquaculture Start-up Solar Oysters Aims to Clean the Chesapeake Bay

Solar Oysters has built an automated ‘floatovoltaic’ oyster production system that has the potential to produce up to 2.4 million oysters in 45 times less space than a traditional farm. As a supporter of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint project, Solar Oysters technology could have reduced Maryland’s target nitrogen reduction shortfall (2009-2019), which the EPA […]

USDA Awards $470,800 Grant to Maryland’s Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center

We are extremely proud and grateful to be representing Maryland as one of the three winners of this national competition put on by the @USDA. Maryland’s agricultural industry is thriving and we’re looking forward to using this investment from the USDA as a chance to expand the use of innovation to feed and better serve […]

Like underwater rainforests, vertical farms grow crops sustainably and rebuild ecosystems

Zero-input underwater farms, which means growing food without the need for freshwater, fertilizer, or feed, could be the most sustainable way to produce food in the era of climate change. The crops, which soak up greenhouse gases, further help rebalance and rebuild local ecosystems. @F3TechMD #agtech #agritech #agribusiness #f3tech Source: Like underwater rainforests, vertical farms […]

DC I-Corps: Upcoming Cohorts

November, 2020 Cohort: Maryland COVID Resiliency & Response I-Corps Short Course The Maryland Covid Resiliency & Response I-Corps short course is meant for teams/entrepreneurs that are exploring innovations that are responding to COVID 19 to pivoting because of it. Those interested may use the application link below or this link. Applications close on October 28. Source: […]