Investors in Maryland

Browse angel investors and venture capital firms based in Maryland. Our directory features 56 investors in Maryland actively funding startups across all sectors and stages, from pre-seed to growth.

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Maryland Investors (56)

Columbia Partners Private Capital

Columbia Partners Private Capital

VC

Chevy Chase, MD

Check: $25.0M – $25.0M
SERIES B

Columbia Partners Private Capital is the private investment group of Columbia Partners, L.L.C. Investment Management, an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in the Washington, DC...

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V360 Holdings LLC Series IVP NOVI

V360 Holdings LLC Series IVP NOVI

VC

Sherwood Road, Maryland

Exploring

Bold Brain Vista

Bold Brain Vista

VC

Severna Park, Maryland

Check: $15K – $79K
Exploring

NextGen TLDC

NextGen TLDC

VC

Baltimore, Maryland

Exploring

Terrain Opportunity

Terrain Opportunity

VC

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Exploring

Screendoor Echo

Screendoor Echo

VC

Towson, Maryland

Check: $1.0M – $5.0M
Exploring

Cambium Capital Redwood

Cambium Capital Redwood

VC

Highland, Maryland

Exploring

Chescappvt Fund

Chescappvt Fund

VC

Baltimore, Maryland

Exploring

NextGen Abett

NextGen Abett

VC

Baltimore, Maryland

Exploring

American Capital

American Capital

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $8.7M – $25.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

American Capital (Nasdaq:ACAS), with $20 billion in capital resources under management,1 is the only private equity fund and the largest alternative asset management company in the S&P 500. American...

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Red Abbey Venture Partners

Red Abbey Venture Partners

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $2.3M – $45.0M
SERIES BSERIES A

Red Abbey Venture Partners is a life sciences investment firm that was founded in 2004. Since that time, it has invested in 15 privately held and 9 publicly traded life sciences companies. Mission is...

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Sterling Partners

Sterling Partners

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $3.5M – $105.0M
SEEDSERIES A

Sterling Partners is a private equity firm with a history of generating extraordinary returns for their investors. With nearly $4 billion of capital under management, their investment strategy is to...

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Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation

Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation

VC

Boston, MD

Check: $300K – $9.0M
ANGELSEEDSERIES B

MTDC, the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, is a leading edge venture capital firm that addresses the "capital gap" for start-up and expansion of early-stage technology companies...

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T. Rowe Price

T. Rowe Price

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $12.0M – $490.0M
SEEDSERIES B

T. Rowe Price has a venture arm focused in investing in technology startups. T. Rowe Price was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price Jr. and managing over $453 billion in assets (as of September 30,...

Exploring28 portfolio co.

Montagu Newhall Associates

Montagu Newhall Associates

VC

Owings Mills, MD

Check: $7.7M – $44.0M
SEED

Montagu Newhall Associates, founded in 2000, manages four venture capital funds of funds with a combined total of over $1.4 billion in committed capital. Investors in these partnerships, which...

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Greenspring Associates

Greenspring Associates

VC

Owings Mills, MD

Check: $10.0M – $136.0M
SEEDSERIES B

Greenspring Associates, founded in 2000, is a leading global venture investment firm that provides commingled fund and customized partnership capabilities to a diverse group of institutions and...

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Walker Ventures

Walker Ventures

VC

Glenwood, MD

Check: $550K – $14.4M
SERIES BSERIES A

Walker Ventures is an early-stage venture firm founded and managed by Steve Walker.

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National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $300K – $58.0M
ANGEL
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RedShift Ventures

RedShift Ventures

VC

Chevy Chase, MD

Check: $3.0M – $40.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

RedShift Ventures is a early-stage venture capital firm that works on rapidly commercializing new technologies.

Exploring9 portfolio co.

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $50K – $15.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

ChooseMaryland is the web site for the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. Here you will find information about Maryland's outstanding business climate, as well as programs...

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Camden Partners

Camden Partners

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $6.5M – $61.0M
SEEDSERIES B

In areas where there is little common knowledge, they make it their business to know intimately the companies and the money managers in which they invest. While many other investment management firms...

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NextGen Venture Partners

NextGen Venture Partners

VC

Chevy Chase, MD

Check: $500K – $5.0M
SEEDPOST SEEDSERIES A
AI MLCLIMATE ENERGY SUSTAINABILITYDIGITAL HEALTH+7

NextGen Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The firm seeks to invest in early-to-growth-stage companies. The firm seeks to invest in commercial services, health...

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India Venture Partners

India Venture Partners

VC

Annapolis, MD

Check: $600K – $1.0M
ANGELSEED

India Venture Partnership is an alternative investment vehicle to the U.S. private equity, stock, and real estate markets. India’s young, massive middle class has the nation poised to become a global...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

Abell Foundation

Abell Foundation

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $822K – $5.1M
ANGEL

The Abell Foundation was inaugurated over a half a century ago, Chairman Harry C. Black and the founding board members set an agenda that allocated grants for schools, hospitals, and human service...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

New Markets Venture Partners

New Markets Venture Partners

VC

Fulton, MD

Check: $100K – $2.0M
SEEDSERIES ALATER STAGE VC
EDTECHDIGITAL HEALTHHEALTHCARE SAAS+1

Growth-stage, double bottom-line investor scaling education and workforce technology companies with demonstrated efficacy; focus on evidence-based solutions that improve education-to-employment...

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MidCap Financial

MidCap Financial

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $6.0M – $15.0M
SEED

MidCap Financial is a commercial finance firm that focuses exclusively on providing debt solutions to middle market health care companies. We provide a broad array of products intended to finance the...

Exploring4 portfolio co.

jVen Capital

jVen Capital

VC

Potomac, MD

Check: $17.0M – $17.0M
SEEDSERIES B
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R&R Ventures

R&R Ventures

VC

Annapolis, MD

Check: $1.4M – $25.0M
ANGEL

R&R Ventures is a company providing septic maintenance services.

Exploring2 portfolio co.

JMI Equity

JMI Equity

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $3.5M – $200.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software, internet, business services and healthcare IT companies. Founded in 1992, JMI Equity has invested in more than 100...

Exploring42 portfolio co.

Dingman Center Angels

Dingman Center Angels

VC

College Park, MD

Check: $140K – $1.0M
ANGELSEED

The Dingman Center Angels is a Maryland based angel investment group that provides funding to early-stage companies located within the Mid-Atlantic region. Our members are entrepreneurs, CXO's,...

Exploring8 portfolio co.

Syncom Venture Partners

Syncom Venture Partners

VC

Silver Spring, MD

Check: $900K – $44.4M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

SYNCOM is the leading venture capital firm primarily focused on early to mid-stage investments in underserved segments of the media and communications industry. SYNCOM pioneered this investment...

Exploring11 portfolio co.

Telecommunications Development Fund

Telecommunications Development Fund

VC

Chevy Chase, MD

Check: $3.0M – $18.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

TDF is a Washington DC based venture capital fund focused on the communications sector. We partner with talented entrepreneurs and seek to build competitive and innovative technology and services...

Exploring6 portfolio co.

Calvert Social Venture Partners

Calvert Social Venture Partners

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $1.0M – $50.0M
SERIES A

Calvert Group Ltd., known in 1976 as the Government Securities Management Company (GSMC), was brought to life by two young entrepreneurs driven by the need for change and creativity. While...

Exploring16 portfolio co.

The Zitelman Group

The Zitelman Group

VC

Rockville, MD

Check: $1.1M – $20.0M
SERIES B

Founded in 1985, The Zitelman Group works with many different types of companies and individuals to arrange for equity financing as well as senior and mezzanine debt. They primarily invest in...

Exploring2 portfolio co.

TDF Fund (Telecommunications Development Fund)

TDF Fund (Telecommunications Development Fund)

VC

Chevy Chase, MD

Check: $2.0M – $33.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

TDF (Telecommunications Development Fund) is an $80 million early stage venture capital fund focused on the Communications sector. TDF’s focus is driven by investment themes that share several...

Exploring15 portfolio co.

Maryland Health Care Product Development

Maryland Health Care Product Development

VC

Rockville, MD

Check: $4.6M – $15.0M
SERIES BSERIES A

Maryland Health Care Product Development Corporation (MHCPDC) is a supporting organization of the Tech Council of Maryland (TCM). Its goal is to stimulate growth of the biomedical industry in the...

Exploring49 portfolio co.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

VC

Gaithersburg, MD

Check: $2.0M – $3.0M

From automated teller machines and atomic clocks to mammograms and semiconductors, innumerable products and services rely in some way on technology, measurement, and standards provided by the...

Exploring16 portfolio co.

Atlantic Capital Group

Atlantic Capital Group

VC

Towson, MD

Check: $6.2M – $11.0M
SERIES B

Atlantic Capital Group is a real estate and private equity investment firm that invests in opportunities across multiple sectors throughout the United States. Tapping into the vast experience and...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

Emerging Technology Partners

Emerging Technology Partners

VC

Rockville, MD

Check: $10.0M – $16.0M
SEEDSERIES A

Emerging Technology Partners (ETP) was founded with a simple mission: To provide capital and aid management in building life science companies that develop breakthrough product solutions in the...

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Spring Capital Partners

Spring Capital Partners

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $1.8M – $17.0M
SEEDSERIES A

Spring Capital Partners was established in 1999 to provide mezzanine capital to growing small and medium sized businesses. With over $185 million invested or under management, they are currently...

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Acidophil

Acidophil

Corporate

Baltimore, MD

Check: $2.3M – $15.0M
SERIES BSERIES A
BIOTECHIOT

Acidophil, LLC is an innovation partnership whose goal is to create and develop technological solutions to areas of high unmet need. Acidophil’s eponymous founders are Nobel Prize winner Sydney...

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Nobska Ventures

Nobska Ventures

VC

Stevenson, MD

Check: $330K – $2.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Nobska Ventures invests in early stage technology companies in Israel and the Mid-Atlantic USA. They focus on advanced Information and Communication technology companies, which address the...

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Legend Ventures

Legend Ventures

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $7.5M – $33.0M
SERIES B

Legend Ventures invests in early-stage New Media, Telecommunications and Information Technology Companies.

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Legg Mason

Legg Mason

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $25.0M – $100.0M
SERIES B

Throughout their history, integrity has served as Legg Mason’s guiding principal. This integrity is conveyed to their clients through their employees, while providing solutions to meet their...

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Global Environment Fund Management

Global Environment Fund Management

VC

Chevy Chase, MD

Check: $10.0M – $24.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Established in 1990, the Global Environment Fund (GEF) invests in businesses around the world that provide cost-effective solutions to environmental and energy challenges. The firm manages private...

Exploring266 portfolio co.

Vital Financial

Vital Financial

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $1.2M – $27.5M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Vital Financial, LLC was formed in 2007 under a predecessor name to invest in Certicom, Inc., a publicly-traded encryption software company based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Certicom possessed a...

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Corporate

Bethesda, MD

Check: $100K – $3.6M
SEED
BIO HEALTHCARE

NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens of...

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Maryland Technology Development Corporation

Maryland Technology Development Corporation

VC

Columbia, MD

Check: $75K – $2.0M
ANGELSEEDSERIES B

Maryland tops the nation in research and development spending and is improving in commercializing research and development breakthroughs. Entrepreneur Magazine ranked TEDCO #1 nationally for the...

Exploring65 portfolio co.

Anthem Capital Management

Anthem Capital Management

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $3.6M – $54.1M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Anthem Capital Management is an early stage venture firm that invests in companies in the mid-Atlantic states. Anthem’s team has accumulated more than 50 years of venture capital experience. They...

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Kinetic Ventures

Kinetic Ventures

VC

Chevy Chase, MD

Check: $1.1M – $54.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered...

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CNF Investments

CNF Investments

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $850K – $45.0M
ANGELSEEDSERIES B

Established in 1997, CNF is the CEI affiliate that actively invests in venture capital and private equity. CNF partners Robert Flanagan and Joe Del Guercio manage over $170 million in capital with...

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ABS Capital Partners

ABS Capital Partners

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $3.0M – $136.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

Since 1990, ABS Capital Partners has established a strong track record investing in later-stage growth companies in the business services, health care, media & communications, and software sectors.

Exploring81 portfolio co.

MedImmune Ventures

MedImmune Ventures

VC

Gaithersburg, MD

Check: $2.3M – $55.0M
SEEDSERIES BSERIES A

MedImmune Ventures is a wholly owned venture capital fund within the AstraZeneca/MedImmune group of companies. It was created in 2002 to leverage MedImmune's expertise in discovering, developing and...

Exploring18 portfolio co.

QuestMark Partners

QuestMark Partners

VC

Baltimore, MD

Check: $950K – $48.8M
SEEDSERIES B

QuestMark is an expansion-stage venture firm providing growth capital to exceptional management teams across the U.S. With over $750 million under management, QuestMark targets highly-differentiated,...

Exploring80 portfolio co.

Novak Biddle Venture Partners

Novak Biddle Venture Partners

VC

Bethesda, MD

Check: $100K – $32.5M
ANGELSEEDSERIES B

Novak Biddle Venture Partners provides equity financing and assistance to the management of young, information technology companies. They seek investment opportunities where the combination of ideas,...

Exploring54 portfolio co.

Brad Hennessie

Next Step Robotics

Baltimore, MD

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About Maryland Investing

Maryland is home to 56 investors in our directory, including 53 VCs, 2 Corporates. Most are concentrated in Baltimore, Bethesda, Chevy Chase.

Local investors can offer advantages beyond capital — including regional network effects, knowledge of local market dynamics, and introductions to regional customers and partners. Many founders find that geographic proximity leads to more engaged board members and advisors.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Maryland investors are in this directory?
We currently track 56 investors who focus on Maryland. 2 of them have made recent investments, indicating they are actively deploying capital.
What is the typical check size for Maryland investors?
Check sizes range from $15K to $490.0M, with an average of $15.2M. Check sizes vary by investor type — angels typically write smaller checks while VCs and funds invest larger amounts.
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Where are most Maryland investors located?
The highest concentration of Maryland investors in our directory is in Baltimore, Bethesda, Chevy Chase. However, many investors consider startups regardless of location, especially post-COVID.

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