Vectech raises pre-seed funding through Maryland Innovation Initiative

August 13, 2020, Baltimore, MD

Vectech, a startup developing innovative insect detection and monitoring technologies, announced today it received a $150,000 pre-seed investment through the Maryland Innovation Initiative program. Vectech was one of six companies MII invested in during its recent round. 

"This investment from the Maryland Innovation Initiative will support the expansion of Vectech's technology," said Tristan Ford, Chief Executive Officer of Vectech. "There are several key technical challenges with practical use of computer vision in context of entomological workflows in public health. This pre-seed funding will allow us to address some of these challenges and accelerate our pathway to market."

About the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) Program: 

The MII program is a partnership between the State of Maryland and five Maryland academic research institutions: Johns Hopkins University; Morgan State University; University of Maryland, Baltimore; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and University of Maryland, College Park. The program’s mission is to accelerate promising technologies with significant commercial potential to market while leveraging each partner University’s strengths. Learn more here.

About Vectech: 

Vectech, LLC is a Baltimore-MD based technology company that specializes in optics and computer vision approaches to detecting and monitoring insects. The technology can be implemented in a variety of tools, from public health operations, to citizen science, and entomolgical research. The company aims to generate data that will promote effective allocation of control resources and prevent vector borne diseases. Learn more here.

Media Contact: 

Tristan Ford
[email protected]