Baltimore-based materials manufacturer Pixelligent Technologies closed a $7.6 million investment round, the company announced Wednesday.

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A Baltimore-based hybrid technology company announced Thursday it had settled its lawsuit against Ford Motor Company, ending years of litigation over licensing.

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North American Wave Engine Corp., a University of Maryland College Park startup, raised $1.45 million during a recent funding round. The round was led by the Abell Foundation and the University System of Maryland’s Momentum Fund, with each contributing $350,000 ...

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Maryland Legal Aid is using a $90,000 grant from the Abell Foundation to expand its “Lawyer in the Library” program in Baltimore. The “Lawyer in the Library” program puts Maryland Legal Aid attorneys, paralegals, pro bono attorneys, law students and ...

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The Abell Foundation’s investment in a Baltimore-based medical technology firm earned it a $5.2 million payday. Roughly three years ago the foundation invested $500,000 in Harpoon Medical Inc. Harpoon, which invented a technology allowing for less-invasive heart surgery, was purchased ...

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Maryland startups made waves on a national stage this week, with all four finalists at the Association of University Technology Managers business plan competition coming from the state. Three of the companies came from Johns Hopkins, with the fourth from ...

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A new report from the Abell Foundation finds Baltimore’s Vacants to Value program to be ambitious but seriously flawed. In the detailed report, authored by former Baltimore Sun reporter Joan Jacobson, the program is called the city’s most enterprising attempt ...

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Baltimore needs an apprenticeship program to help more of its youth join the workforce, according to a report from the non-profit Abell Foundation.

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The Abell Foundation has pledged to continue its support of Accelerate Baltimore, a program of the Emerging Technology Centers, for the 2015 program.

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Once an overgrown and deserted space, a warehouse more than 100 years old on Wicomico Street has been stocked with shovels, rakes and power tools to help nonprofit groups renovate dilapidated sections of Baltimore for pennies on the dollar. On ...

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