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UM Ventures

UM Ventures

Baltimore, Marylandumventures.org

Overview

UM Ventures is a joint initiative of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), launched in 2012 to commercialize university discoveries, create new ventures, and expand industry collaboration. It provides a unified service for licensing, patenting, and marketing university technologies to the business community. UM Ventures also manages investment funds, such as the Maryland Momentum Fund, to provide early-stage and seed funding to companies based on university intellectual property or founded by faculty, students, or alumni.

Portfolio Companies

6

Investments

UM Ventures investments
CompanyDateStageLead
CoapTechOct 2024Series B ExtensionCo-investor
Protaryx MedicalJun 2020Series ACo-investor
Protaryx MedicalJun 2020SeedCo-investor
Secretome TherapeuticsOct 2019SeedCo-investor
GEn1E LifesciencesAug 2019SeedCo-investor

Sector & Stage Mix

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersBaltimore, Maryland
Year FoundedN/A

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