Funded Startups in Columbia, Maryland

NEO Battery Materials is a manufacturing company that provides energy resource materials for batteries used in electric vehicles.

AQUITAINE METALS is an gold and strategic metals exploration company

Quantic School of Business and Technology is a global graduate school offering a free MBA and a radically affordable Executive MBA.

Hallway makes avatar identity and creative tools to empower the next generation of creators.

Gemina Labs is a transformative biochemistry firm that develops next-generation testing platforms for detecting pathogens.

Ridgeline Minerals is a gold and silver exploration company.

Clio provides cloud-based legal practice management software, helping law firms manage cases, billing, and client relationships.

Zeno is developing next-generation radioisotope power systems that generate carbon-free, resilient power for decades.

Virtru provides data encryption for email and file sharing, enabling users to easily control access to their sensitive data.

Rhino is a AI-driven development platform that enables enterprise application design.

Novarc is a robotics company specializing in the design and commercialization of collaborative robots for industrial applications.

Arcadia is the global utility data and energy solutions platform.

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Jetson Home focused on residential electrification, replacing gas furnaces with all-electric heat pump systems like Jetson Air product.

UrbanStems provides on-demand modern floral and plant designs, as well as on-trend gift delivery services.

Innovating the business operations and e-commerce technology for event companies

Bioform develops sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics and climate-friendly materials.

Zucara Therapeutics is developing the first once-daily therapeutic to prevent hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in patients with diabetes.

Molecular You helps take control of health through personal health assessments and preventive action plans.

CENTR is a beverage lifestyle brand that develops and markets non-alcoholic functional beverages for the global market.

CalypsoAI is an AI security platform that provides agentic red-teaming, real-time defense, and automated security enforcement.

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Concentric Educational Solutions focuses on student culture, special education, mental health, and organizational development in schools.

Pontus specializes in highly scalable indoor vertical farming of water lentils that use 95 percent less water than traditional agriculture.

Jia Finance is an online platform that provides mortgages to foreigners purchasing residential real estate.