A collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment open to all Johns Hopkins students, FastForward U provides training and resources to empower emerging student entrepreneurs to develop ideas and disruptive technologies into successful startups. Serving freshmen to post-docs from all JHU schools, FastForward U offers student entrepreneurs mentorship, programming, space and funding.

TCO Labs, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to fostering university entrepreneurship and getting students involved in Baltimore’s innovation ecosystem. A lot goes into building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. We foster the innovation community with various events, secure resources for student entrepreneurs, and connect students to opportunities at local startups. Most importantly, we run The Hatchery, the incubator for undergraduate ventures at Johns Hopkins.

Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV) is the intellectual property administration center of the Johns Hopkins University. In addition to serving as the licensing, patent and technology commercialization office for Johns Hopkins researchers and inventors, JHTV also supports the growth of startup companies in and around the university and is an active liaison to parties interested in leveraging university research or materials for academic or corporate endeavors.

Anchor Ventures is a speaker series aimed at inspiring and supporting the development of startups and other technology companies across Maryland. It is based on the Venture Cafe model that started in Boston and has led to an entrepreneurial groundswell in cities across the nation.