University of Maryland alumni found startups of all types innovating novel solutions in sectors from Athletics and Fashion to Food & Beverage and HealthTech.
Athletics
Fashion
Food & Beverage
HealthTech
Marketing, Advertising & Communications
Real Estate & PropertyTech
From innovating how to contractors complete home-maintenance repairs to creating a welcoming community for women founders in a dedicated co-working space.
Social Innovation
Lauren Filocco '12
Owner and Founder of OpenBarre
Lauren Foundos ’06, Founder and CEO of Fortë
Brooks Barlow Kenny ’95, Co-Founder of Moorlow
Co-founded a pickleball apparel company.
Brooks Barlow Kenny ’95, Co-Founder of Moorlow
Co-founded a pickleball apparel company.
Ben Weiner ’17, Founder of Jeanius Jackets
Ben founded this made-to-order outerwear, custom-designed, hand-stitched jackets company.
Drew Haas ’24, CEO of Cookies by Drew
Launched a cookie business with her mother
Sahil Rahman ’12 and Rahul Vinod ’11, Co-Founders of RASA
Steven Krein '92, Co-founder of StartUp Health
Tyler Denk '16, Co-founder of beehiiv
Jayson Dubin '97, CEO and Chairman of Playwire
Created the world’s first vertical advertising network, called Intergi, which he renamed to Playwire in 2014.
David Quattrone MBA ’05, Co-Founder and CTO of Cvent
Roy Schwartz ’98, MBA ’01, Co-Founder of Axios
Co-founded the online news website Axios in 2016.
Cate Luzio ’97, Founder of Luminary
Rick Rudman '84, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Vocus
Current President and CEO of Curbio
Truphena Choti Ph.D. ’09, Co-Founder of AfriThrive
Marie Brodsky '24 and Kat Close '23
Co-Founders of WISE Connect