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June 20, 2023

We’re back!

DNS. DKIMS. RSS. WTF?

We couldn’t send newsletters last week because of some miscommunication between our web host and our newsletter service. It took a few days to figure out what happened, what made it happen, and how we could prevent it from happening again.

But we never stopped publishing at Technical.ly!

Here are some of the great articles we had last week:

$1.1M makes a Baltimore-area firm an exclusive licensee of Australian AI-driven marketing software — “Robotic Marketer, a software company with offices in South Yarra and Sydney, Australia (as well as an address in Atlanta, Georgia), recently entered an exclusive partnership with The C-360 Agency, a Sparks, Maryland-headquartered marketing, advertising and PR agency. Through this partnership, C-360 will serve as the exclusive US licensee for Robotic Marketer’s innovative strategy automation software in North America.”
Money Moves: Astek Diagnostics raised $2M for a medical device launch — The founder of this former RealLIST Startup said that the latest raise marks the close of a round in which the company had raised $1 million earlier this spring. In related news: Two Johns Hopkins students’ startups won the university’s first university’s inaugural President’s Venture Fellowships, Squadra Ventures led an $8 million raise in a Texas-based company and Rampart Communications seeks $20 million.
Reddit blackout: Here’s why thousands of subreddits are temporarily down — You might have noticed early last week that pages for every major city and state in the mid-Atlantic region had gone private in protest. That included /r/baltimore, which is now back up.

— Technical.ly Editorial Director Christina Kristofic (christina@technical.ly)

Techstars, Stanley Black & Decker launch the sixth iteration of its Techstars Founder Catalyst program

By Alanah Nichole Davis | 3 minute read

The startup supporter and hardware company are providing intentional support and expanding their impact through a pre-accelerator program in the mid-Atlantic region.

How to retain employees after a merger or acquisition

By Christopher Wink | 3 minute read 

Tiny acquihires might lead an M&A rebound. But a third of employees bail after an acquisition. Read more »

Stop ‘rainbow washing.’ What to do before announcing LGBTQIA+ support on social media

By Kenneth Hilario | 3 minute read 

Digital strategist Kenneth Hilario writes: First, consider whether your company’s internal systems and values align with the public support. Read more »

Juneteenth and Emancipation Day: How the ‘Buy Black’ movement is addressing economic inequality

By The Conversation | 4 minute read 

In response to ongoing challenges about market exclusion, the My Black Receipt initiative emerged as a dynamic social movement. Here's what helped it thrive, per these researchers. Read more »

In 2023, DC is the 11th best startup ecosystem in the world (again)

By Michaela Althouse | 3 minute read 

Don't fret, Baltimore, you get to share in the success, too, according to Startup Genome's latest report. Read more »

New SSBCI funding helps Maryland lead on entrepreneurial success and equity

TEDCO's CEO explains how the U.S. Treasury Department’s State Small Business Credit Initiative supports a diverse, sustainable ecosystem throughout Maryland.

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