ANCHOR VENTURES FREE SBIR TRAINING SERIES – OCT 29

Join Anchor Ventures and BBC for our final SBIR Training. October 29 | 4 – 5:30 p.m. Commercialization Planning Commercialization and transition plans are key differentiators in the SBIR/STTR programs. Join us to learn what the agencies are looking for and how to develop good plans.   REGISTER   Securing nondilutive R&D funding from a […]

TEDCO Accepting Applications For Its Next Class of SBIR Application Training

Next class being held January-Jun 2021 Application deadline in December 2020 Spread the love Do you need funding to help launch or grow your Maryland small business or startup? Do you have an innovative idea that could be commercialized for business? Want to increase your chances of winning Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small […]

Latest NOAA SBIR Funding Opportunities Released

NOAA has released its latest Notice of Federal Opportunity (NOFO) under the Small Business Innovation Research Program.  Grants provided under this program benefit small businesses in the execution of NOAA’s mission. We encourage US small businesses to take a look and consider submitting a proposal: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=noaa%20sbir For more information about the NOAA SBIR Program, please […]

Animal Waste Technology Grant Opportunity

Maryland’s Animal Waste Technology Fund is accepting animal waste technology grant proposals for State Fiscal Year 2021. Vendors, businesses, and individuals offering technologies that demonstrate innovative, economically feasible animal waste projects should apply. @f3techMD #agritech #agriculture #manure #animalwaste Source: Animal Waste Technology Fund

VCs Consider This Trait Most Important When Choosing Entrepreneurs to Invest In

The average venture capital firm screens 350 companies and makes only four investments in any given year. A recent study from the Journal of Financial Economics surveyed 885 institutional venture capitalists and 681 firms on how they make their investment decisions. The results showed that when selecting investments, VCs focus more on the management team than business-related characteristics like products or technology. @f3techMD #investment #agritech […]

Farm robots given Covid-19 boost

The Coronavirus pandemic and a shortage of agricultural workers has led to a spike in interest and investment in farm robotics and automation. Learn more. @F3TechMD #agtech #agritech #agribusiness #f3tech Source: Farm robots given Covid-19 boost

Startup Spotlight: How robotics startup Vinergy is making the grape harvest more efficient

Covid-19 has slashed the available seasonal labor for specialty crops in the US, including wine grapes. Many vineyards in California’s fertile wine country rely on seasonal foreign workers to tackle the harvest, but the relevant H-2A visa program faced uncertainty when the pandemic hit. Although its toll on agriculture has been devastating, the dearth of […]

5 Challenges For Precision Agriculture To Face

The possibilities offered for agriculture by new technologies, big data and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) makes precision agriculture a market that’s sure to grow over the coming years. Yet so far, uptake on innovative agricultural methods that combine technology with farming on-the-ground has been slower than might be expected. For precision […]

Little Leaf Farms expands across East Coast

Little Leaf Farms, which grows the number one, best-selling crunchy baby green lettuce in the United States, is doubling its sun-drenched, greenhouse-growing capacity to 10 acres of lettuce fields under glass, producing more than two million packages of lettuce each month, and broadening distribution of the fan-favorite greens to stores across New England and into […]