The Entrepreneur Support Network is comprised of 18 entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) with a shared purpose of:
- Improving entrepreneurs’ navigation to the best fit opportunities to advance their startups, in part enabled by a digital front door (BMore Tech Connect) and coordinated marketing and communications that build awareness of the region’s varied programs and resources;
- Aligning on and enacting practices to develop curated pipelines of startups that will direct entrepreneurs to the right opportunities with regional and national investors and large corporate customers at the right time.
BMORE TECH CONNECT
BMore Tech Connect, powered by local startup EcoMap Technologies, is the one-stop digital platform for resource navigation in the Baltimore Region. Entrepreneurs can leverage BMore Tech Connect to find the right programs, events, and opportunities fit for their stage, industry, and sector.
The partners involved in the Entrepreneur Support Network form the core set of organizations committed to ensuring our region’s assets for scaling companies are visible on the platform as well as collaborating on creating industry-specific pathways to further ease resource navigation.
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Entrepreneur Support Network
Network Partners
Entrepreneur Support Organizations
- Techstars
- Blackbird Labs
- 1501 Health (CareFirst accelerator)
- The Novella Center for Entrepreneurship
- Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV)
- University of Maryland Baltimore – Baltimore Fund
- University System of Maryland (USM)
- USM Momentum Fund
- TEDCO
- Loyola’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Hutch (Fearless)
- ETC (Emerging Technology Center under Baltimore Development Corporation)
- Towson StarTUp
- Morgan State’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
- bwtech@UMBC
- Innovation Works
- The Gateway (Howard County) (The Howard County Economic Development Authority )
- Fulton Bank
- WTCI
Venture Capital and Investment Partners
- 100KM Ventures
- AIN Capital
- Blackbird BioVentures
- Brown Advisory
- Conscious Venture Partners
- Grotech Ventures
- Ignite Capital
- Inner Loop Capital
- JMI Equity
- Kaiser Ventures
- Latimer Ventures
- PTX Capital
- RareBreed Ventures
- StepStone Group
- Squadra Ventures
- TEDCO
- TCP Venture Capital
- USM Maryland Momentum Fund
Industry and Community-Focused Partners
- 4MLK
- BioBuzz
- EarlyCharm
- Launchport
- Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland
- Maryland Tech Council
- Morgan State University
- Coppin State University
- Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
- Baltimore Black Chamber of Commerce
- Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab
- Conscious Venture Lab
- Black Butterfly Network
- T. Rowe Price Moonshot
- Center for Urban Families
- Job Opportunities Task Force Baltimore
- Cllctivly