In The Media

December 22, 2020

Maryland Commerce, Maryland Business Innovation Association Launch the “Maryland Business Innovation Challenge”

The Maryland Department of Commerce is partnering with the Maryland Business Innovation Association (MBIA) to launch the Maryland Business Innovation Challenge (MDBIC), a unique program which will bring together the state’s corporate community with local innovators to solve real-time business challenges. @F3TechMD #agtech #agritech #agribusiness #f3tech Source:...

December 22, 2020

F3 Tech Accelerator awards $25K to EnergyLink3

After five founders stepped up to pitch (virtually) during demo day this week, leaders of the F3 Tech Accelerator announced Boyds, Maryland-based EnergyLink3 as the winner of $25,000 in funding. It capped a four-month program providing resources to the startups, who are working on problems in...

December 22, 2020

Energy Start-up ACTIVEcharge Completes First Pilot Of Its Self-Powered Wind Turbine Sensor Technology

ACTIVEcharge has completed its first public pilot test of its unique self-powered wind turbine monitoring system at the Talbot County Biosolids facility 100kW wind turbines which were supported by the EPA in 2011. The Talbot County government, Tieder Controls and F3 Tech worked to expedite the...

December 10, 2020

F3 Tech Announces 2020 Accelerator Final Award Event

The F3 Tech Accelerator Program Final Award Event will take place virtually on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST. The five promising new companies will provide a 10-minute presentation to a panel of five judges. One finalist with the greatest ability to obtain investment and...

December 8, 2020

Solar Oysters Creates High-Tech Way to Farm Oysters

Solar Oysters, one of F3 Tech's Accelerator companies, has created a high-tech, revolutionary way to farm oysters. “A normal oyster farm is about 300,000 oysters per acre,” says Mark Rice, a manager at Solar Oysters LLC, which has been testing production on smaller barges in the...

December 8, 2020

The Future of the Shore: Farm, Fish and Food with ESEC’s Mike Thielke

Watch the interview with our Executive Director, Mike Thielke, for The Talbot Spy. He talks about what F3 Tech is doing to promote and help finance startups in finding capital and developing plans to scale up their businesses to help position Maryland and the Eastern Shore...

December 7, 2020

F3 Tech & Cybersecurity Association of Maryland Announce December Cybersecurity Ag Symposium Keynote Speakers & Schedule

According to a Private Industry Notification article targeted to the agricultural industry, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division warned the food and agriculture sector that it is increasingly becoming vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. The report warns farmers to be aware of and understand the...

December 3, 2020

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...

November 25, 2020

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...

November 25, 2020

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...