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UM Ventures
Investor · Baltimore, MD, United States · North America
UM Ventures is a joint initiative of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park that commercializes university discoveries and supports new ventures. It also runs programs such as the Baltimore Innovation Challenge and the Trajectory Next post-accelerator, and invests in portfolio companies.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordstechnology transferdigital healthlife sciencesbiotechuniversity spinoutstherapeutics
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Or find every investor that fitsUM Ventures lists 8 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest theme is Healthcare & Biotech (100%). 67% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside TEDCO, Brace Pharma Capital and First In Ventures.
No funding round on record names UM Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 15th | 8 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 100th | 100% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers675%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company225%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 100% | 15% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare UM Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
8 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| CoapTech develops and provides the PUMA-G System, an ultrasound-based solution for bedside feeding tube placement. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gliknik discovers and develops drugs for immune disorders, including autoimmune diseases and cancers. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Isoprene Pharmaceuticals develops a lead candidate that regulates oncogenic protein translation to overcome cancer resistance | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Medcura develops biopolymer technologies for bleeding control in surgical procedures | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| NextStep Robotics creates wearable devices for rehabilitation, including a device for foot drop gait training called AMBLE. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Protaryx Medical is developing a differentiated transseptal access device for crossing the atrial septum of the heart to facilitate catheter-based, minimally invasive left heart interventional therapies. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- umventures.org
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 8
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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