MBIA Member Centers
MBIA Member Centers include incubators, accelerators, coworking spaces and innovation places, which provide the resources that start-up and all stages of companies need to grow. These resources include, but are not limited to: management guidance, technical assistance, consulting, flexible space, shared basic business services and equipment, virtual memberships, technology support services, and assistance in obtaining financing. The MBIA network provides its member companies with access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities coupled with educational programming. These vital spaces can be found in both urban and rural communities throughout the state of Maryland.
These business innovation models continue to evolve in response to the needs of the entrepreneurial community and the demands of the market place and are based on international best practices. Within the MBIA network, you can find member models that foster engineering and technology companies and offer traditional office space - as well as those that support life sciences companies and offer wet lab space.
You can also find coworking and accelerator models within the MBIA network that enable software, digital media, web and mobile app development, as well as, maker spaces and tech-enabled light manufacturing. Whether you are in cleantech, medtech, biotech, agritech, aquatech, envirotech, mobile app development, cyber security or digital manufacturing, there is a Maryland based member location designed to meet your needs.
MBIA membership provides qualified centers access to TEDCO’s Business Assistance Grant Program. This TEDCO funding enables qualified members to enhance their service offerings to their member companies. Examples of qualified uses of the grant funds include; the help of outside business consultants, entrepreneurial training, legal services, and strategic planning with investors.
Be Green Hub
Bethesda Green’s incubator program started in 2009 as the first sustainability-focused incubator in the Washington, DC region, under the umbrella of Bethesda Green, a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by local entrepreneur, Honest Tea’s Seth Goldman, and Montgomery County council member George Leventhal. The incubator has worked with over 46 companies and non-profit organizations, of which over…
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Betamore
Betamore is an award-winning campus for entrepreneurship and technology. It’s a member-based community of startups, creatives, learners, innovators, and entrepreneurs. They house some of Baltimore’s brightest web/mobile startups and also house a vibrant coworking community of investors, freelance designers and developers, lawyers, and other entrepreneurs. Betamore also offers educational curricula in technology and entrepreneurship.
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BioHealth Innovation
BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI) is a public private nonprofit organization focused on accelerating biohealth (therapeutic,diagnostic, medtech, and health IT) commercialization in the BioHealth Capital Region (Maryland, DC and Virginia). BHI’s team of expert Executives-in-Residence, in-house venture analysts and other professional staff work not only to facilitate technology commercialization but also to raise the profile of…
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Bowie Business Innovation Center
The City of Bowie and Bowie State University (BSU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Bowie Business Innovation Center (Bowie BIC) as a business incubation program at the Center for Business at Bowie State University. BSU is part of the 13-member University System of Maryland and the Bowie BIC is the first Maryland…
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Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The University of Baltimore’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), serves as an entrepreneurial resource inside and outside of University of Baltimore. CEI is the “go-to” resource for entrepreneurship and value creation—a place where students, faculty, alumni and the business community connect. CEI cultivates the entrepreneurial mindset across all disciplines. Our goal is to connect…
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Cyber Security and Technology at bwtech@UMBC North Campus
bwtech@UMBC North is a five building, 41-acre university-affiliated business park, with over 350,000 square feet of Class A office and laboratory space designed for technology companies and research institutions. The Cyber Incubator , the Northrop Grumman Cync Program, and the CyberHive is located within bwtech@UMBC North campus. The three cyber security incubation programs were created…
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Emerging Technology Centers (ETC)
The Emerging Technology Centers (ETC), a venture of the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation operating as a technology business incubator. ETC works with early stage Baltimore-based technology entrepreneurs to help them move their businesses ahead farther and faster than they could on their own. Beginning in 1999, ETC has assisted…
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Energetics Technology Center
TechFire is Southern Maryland’s technology business incubation system designed to decrease technical and business risk for high-tech companies. TechFire is a hybrid model created from the best practices of several successful Maryland and national technology business incubation systems. We inspire smart and sustainable Southern Maryland business diversity, through expertise in coaching and mentoring, built upon…
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Frederick Innovative Technology Center Downtown
Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI) is a non-profit organization created for local entrepreneurs seeking offices, laboratory facilities, and entrepreneurial support services. FITCI’s main goal is to foster entrepreneurship in Frederick County and accelerate the development of commercially viable businesses generating continued job growth. Founded in 2004 in a public-private partnership, FITCI is supported by…
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Frederick Innovative Technology Center Headquarters
Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI) is a non-profit organization created for local entrepreneurs seeking offices, laboratory facilities, and entrepreneurial support services. FITCI’s main goal is to foster entrepreneurship in Frederick County and accelerate the development of commercially viable businesses generating continued job growth. Founded in 2004 in a public-private partnership, FITCI is supported by…
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Garrett Information Enterprise Center
Located on the campus of Garrett College and funded by grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission, Economic Development Administration, the State of Maryland and Garrett County, the GIEC opened its doors in June 2002 to six tenants. The goal of Garrett County leaders is to increase new firms’ chances of survival during the early, risky…
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Germantown Innovation Center
With easy access to I-270, the GIC is the county’s premier space for life sciences companies featuring wet labs and clean rooms and in partnership with Montgomery College’s state-of-the art biotech facilities. Features 32,000 square feet 45 offices 11 wet labs, averaging 500 square feet and 2 modular clean rooms (Class 100) for life sciences…
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Harbor Launch at IMET
Harbor Launch at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) is an incubator for early-stage companies working to promote the development of products and services having a positive impact on the environment and human health. Incubator companies can leverage IMET’s world-class researchers, whose work includes marine bioenergy; environmental sensor development; environmental remediation; developmental biology;…
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hotDesks @ Cambridge
hotDesks is an Eastern Shore network of coworking spaces, Salisbury being the first location opening in mid-2013. Bringing a style of working that is urban in origin to the rural Eastern Shore provides an opportunity for the region’s entrepreneurs and innovators to collide and collaborate as never before available. Supported by the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship…
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hotDesks @ Chestertown
hotDesks is an Eastern Shore network of coworking spaces, Salisbury being the first location opening in mid-2013. Bringing a style of working that is urban in origin to the rural Eastern Shore provides an opportunity for the region’s entrepreneurs and innovators to collide and collaborate as never before available. Supported by the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship…
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hotDesks @ Denton
hotDesks is an Eastern Shore network of coworking spaces and serves as a core location for the startup, innovation, and creative communities to meet and collaborate together. The goal of hotDesks is to also serve as a conduit through which entrepreneurs and innovators on both Western and Eastern Shores of Maryland can connect and engage with…
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hotDesks @ Easton
hotDesks is an Eastern Shore network of coworking spaces, Salisbury being the first location opening in mid-2013. Bringing a style of working that is urban in origin to the rural Eastern Shore provides an opportunity for the region’s entrepreneurs and innovators to collide and collaborate as never before available. Supported by the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship…
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hotDesks @ Pocomoke City
The Worcester County Small Business Incubator is designed to nurture the development of entrepreneurial companies by helping them survive and grow during the start-up period, when they may be considered most vulnerable. Located at 1732 Broad Street in Pocomoke City, Maryland, the Incubator offers rent at a lower cost than traditional building sites. The goal…
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hotDesks @ Salisbury
hotDesks is an Eastern Shore network of coworking spaces, Salisbury being the first location opening in mid-2013. Bringing a style of working that is urban in origin to the rural Eastern Shore provides an opportunity for the region’s entrepreneurs and innovators to collide and collaborate as never before available. Supported by the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship…
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JHU FastForward 1812
FastForward U General Information: A collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment open to all Johns Hopkins students, FastForward U provides training and resources to empower emerging student entrepreneurs to develop ideas and disruptive technologies into successful startups. From cloud-based pathology platforms and custom manufacturing technologies to fashionable backpacks for photographers and online recruiting platforms, Johns Hopkins students develop an…
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JHU FastForward R. House
FastForward U General Information: A collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment open to all Johns Hopkins students, FastForward U provides training and resources to empower emerging student entrepreneurs to develop ideas and disruptive technologies into successful startups. From cloud-based pathology platforms and custom manufacturing technologies to fashionable backpacks for photographers and online recruiting platforms, Johns Hopkins students develop an…
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JHU FastForward U East
About the East Campus: Our second student innovation hub, FastForward U East is located across from FastForward 1812 and provides students with 24/7 access to 3,200 square feet of office, co-working and meeting space. This hub hosts educational programming and provides students opportunities for venture exploration. FastForward East features FastForward East has the space and…
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JHU FastForward U Homewood
About the Homewood Campus: Serving freshmen to post-docs from across Johns Hopkins University, FastForward U provides mentorship, programming, funding and space to cultivate extracurricular interest in innovation and entrepreneurship. Located near Johns Hopkins’ schools of arts and sciences, education and engineering, FastForward U – Homewood will house workshops and resources—including a makerspace managed by the…
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Launch Workplaces
Launch Gaithersburg is where business meets pleasure, 24/7. Being situated in the heart of Rio Washingtonian Center, you can take clients to one of 50 highly acclaimed restaurants or hops. Entertainment is never comprised with an AMC/ Loews Cinema, painting and music studios and public art all around. Occupying space in a Brick Companies building,…
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Life Sciences, Clean Tech and Technology at bwtech@UMBC South Campus
bwtech@UMBC South is a nationally-recognized life-science and technology business incubation and accelerator program that is home to over 35 early-stage bioscience and technology companies. Clients enjoy 165,000 square feet of affordable office and wet lab space, flexible lease arrangements, as well as access to resources and networking opportunities to help their businesses succeed. An experienced…
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LifeBridge Health BioIncubator at Sinai Hospital
Our mission as a business incubator is to improve human health by bringing together emerging businesses, innovative technologies, and leading physicians. The future of healthcare is here and we invite you to be a part of it! If you are an emerging biotech or life sciences company, the Sinai Hospital BioIncubator could be the ideal…
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Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship iCat
Entrepreneurs need a place to call home, whether as a live-in resident or through community affiliation, where they can connect to find the resources they need to start and grow. The Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship’s Innovation Catalyst (iCat) program, formerly the NeoTech Incubator, provides just that. The iCat provides emerging technology and IP-based companies with…
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PGCEDC Innovation Station
At Innovation Station, we provide innovation entrepreneurs with an atmosphere where they can learn from fellow entreprenuers, mentors, advisors and investors how to successfully grow their business. Innovation Statin is also a place where entrepreneurs can benefit from the offereings of an open collaborative working space specifically for IT based innovative companies seeking assistance with…
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Rockville Innovation Center
You’ll be inspired working in this incubator housed in the same building as Rockville Town Square’s VisArts Center, whose artists deck the halls with their creations. Features 23,000 square feet of flexible office space on two floors 45 offices and office suites to accommodate international, professional service and advanced technology companies 4 huddle areas Modern,…
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Silver Spring Innovation Center
The Silver Spring Innovation Center is located steps away from the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., and is situated in a Federal Hub Zone. It offers a creative atmosphere to grow advanced technology companies. Neighbors include TV One and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Just a few minutes from the Food and Drug Administration’s new…
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Technical Innovation Center @ Hagerstown Community College
The Hagerstown Community College Technical Innovation Center provides an opportunity for tech start-ups to accelerate into viable companies by providing an array of resources and services. These services include affordable facilities (wet lab and office space), business concept review, customize support services, market evaluation, manufacturing assistance, and more. They are developed or orchestrated by incubator…
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Technology Advancement Program @ UMCP
For over 20 years, we’ve helped entrepreneurs build some of the most successful technology companies in Maryland. The Technology Advancement Program (TAP) staff is comprised of seasoned veterans of startups and venture capital firms who will provide: business advice and support, market intelligence, introductions, access to funding, and other critical assistance that can accelerate the…
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Towson University Incubator
TU Incubator is a part of Towson University’s Division of Innovation & Applied Research (DIAR). A goal of DIAR is to build strong links between Towson University and the metropolitan community it serves.TU Incubator contributes to this vision by helping early-stage businesses.TU Incubator’s mission is to help entrepreneurs and early-stage companies grow and learn how…
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Weinberg Medical Physics
Weinberg Medical Physics has operated over the past 8 years as a medical device incubator developing novel medical imaging and interventional technologies that mature into self-sustaining start-ups. Our ultra-fast MRIs can provide rapid high-resolution images, and when combined with our low power electropermanent magnets, the system can be installed in dentistry, oncology, and urology practices.
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