OPEN WORKS ENTERPRISE 2020 |
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Open Works is launching the 4th annual EnterpRISE Venture Competition! EnterpRISE is the only pitch competition in the region focused on manufacturing startups.
To date, EnterpRISE has helped launch 30 manufacturing companies in the Baltimore region and has distributed $54,000 in investment funding. 21 of the previous cohort companies are still operating, and 8 have gone on to participate in other accelerators, win other business competitions, or successfully raise further funding. Of the 15 winning companies, 10 were founded by people of color -- a drive towards diversity not seen in other business competitions.
Building on the success of the Makers Unite project, Open Works is focusing this year's competition on manufacturing solutions to combat Covid-19. Their 2018 second-place winner, ClearMask, has seen exponential growth during the pandemic, selling millions of their unique FDA-certified clear surgical masks to clients such as Apple and the UK's National Health Service.
YOU could be the next ClearMask, but there's only one way to find out -- hit that Apply button now!
Open Works is launching the 4th annual EnterpRISE Venture Competition! EnterpRISE is the only pitch competition in the region focused on manufacturing startups.
To date, EnterpRISE has helped launch 30 manufacturing companies in the Baltimore region and has distributed $54,000 in investment funding. 21 of the previous cohort companies are still operating, and 8 have gone on to participate in other accelerators, win other business competitions, or successfully raise further funding. Of the 15 winning companies, 10 were founded by people of color -- a drive towards diversity not seen in other business competitions.
Building on the success of the Makers Unite project, Open Works is focusing this year's competition on manufacturing solutions to combat Covid-19. Their 2018 second-place winner, ClearMask, has seen exponential growth during the pandemic, selling millions of their unique FDA-certified clear surgical masks to clients such as Apple and the UK's National Health Service.
YOU could be the next ClearMask, but there's only one way to find out -- hit that Apply button now!