Do Patents Affect Outcomes in Early Stage Investing?

    In conducting due diligence for early stage companies, we often consider a company’s portfolio of patents and/or patents pending. If the idea behind the company is compelling, most likely there will be competitors and we’d like to understand what (if any) barriers the company has to such competition. Patents are an obvious potential […]

Key Highlights from the Lunch and Learn Town Hall

On January 10th and 12th, the F3 Tech SEDI Program Director and Program Administrator held a Lunch and Learn Town Hall for the stakeholders from Bowie, Coppin, Delaware State, Morgan, University of Delaware, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore to discuss the specifics of the initiative and how we will build a partnership for success […]

REGISTRATION FOR NREL’S CLEANTECH NETWORKING CONFERENCE IS NOW OPEN

Date: May 2-3, 2023 Location: Denver, Colorado The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is hosting the Industry Growth Forum 2023 in Denver, Colorado. Entering its 28th year, the nation’s premier cleantech commercialization-acceleration event aligns promising, preselected startups with venture capitalists looking for their next great cleantech investment.    The IGF provides many opportunities to accelerate your level of […]

Bloomfield Robotics Announces Investments From Kubota Corporation and Oeneo

Kubota, a world leader in the design and manufacture of agricultural tractors, is renewing its investment and strengthening its commitment to Bloomfield. The aim of this deepened relationship with Bloomfield is to ensure that each farm vehicle becomes a platform for continuous data collection to assess both the health and performance of each plant in the […]

Mycologics Acquires Lab Space At FITCI

Mycologics, an early-stage biologics company, has moved into its lab at the Frederick Innovative Technology Center Inc. (FITCI) and is only weeks away from validating its novel antimicrobial solution against a wide range of pathogens. This exciting development is due, in part, to the support provided by F3 Tech. FITCI is a business incubator and […]

Bloomfield Robotics Selected to Participate in the F3 Tech Accelerator Program

An AI and Computer Vision based Health and Performance Assessment of Crop Yield EASTON, MARYLAND, USA, October 14, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — F3 Tech, a leading commercialization program for early and late-stage companies supported by the nonprofit Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center and the U.S. Economic Development Administration, is pleased to announce Bloomfield Robotics as its fourth company selected to participate in […]

Mycologics Selected to Participate in the F3 Tech Accelerator Program

EASTON, MD (June 23, 2022) – F3 Tech, a leading commercialization program for early and late-stage companies supported by the nonprofit Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center and the U.S. Economic Development Administration, is pleased to announce Mycologics as the first company selected to participate in this year’s F3 Tech Accelerator Program. Mycologics is an early-stage biologics company […]

Entrepreneurs Wanted: Apply by April 29 for Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge

The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is seeking entrepreneurs to apply online for the 2023 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Now in its ninth year, this national business competition showcases U.S. startup companies developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities. Farm Bureau is offering $165,000 in […]