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Big deals

 

Hello, Baltimore. It's been an active week for deals around the Technical.ly offices. Here's a quick update:

  • Maryland's Xometry debuted on the public markets with a $300M IPO today. Shares closed up a big 98%.
  • Next on the IPO train is Duolingo. The Pittsburgh language learning company filed to go public this week.
  • Philly has a new unicorn. dbt labs, fka Fishtown Analytics, raised $150M in its third funding round in 16 months.

Keep scrolling for more tech news. Want us to look into something? Drop a line to baltimore@technical.ly.

 

—Technical.ly Assistant Editor Stephen Babcock (stephen@technical.ly)

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“If data matters, we must question how it’s conducted, and we must question how it’s analyzed and interpreted,” says Chicago Beyond’s Liz Dozier in this guest column written for our sister site Generocity.
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The UMB Student Social Venture Fund aims to provide structured financial support to promising social entrepreneurs. The seed grants were supported by local entrepreneurs. Read more »

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The directory is back on the platform after a migration, and it's now mapped. Chief Data Officer Justin Elszasz said the approach can help open up access for more users. Read more »

Blast from the past

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At Big Change Baltimore, OSI-Baltimore commemorated 15 years of working with community groups to effect change in the city. Read more »

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