<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubaltnews-2024-start-up-cei-capital-access.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>11/21/2024</pubDate><title>UBalt's CEI Partners with Harvard/MIT to Improve Access to Capital for New Entrepreneurs</title><description>Since 2012, Startup Maryland's "Pitch Across Maryland" bus tour has given aspiring entrepreneurs from The University of Baltimore the opportunity to present their ideas and concepts for new businesses with a select group of successful business leaders. On Nov. 19, the organization's "STRT1UP Road Show" bus tour included a stop at UBalt's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.</description><author>UBalt News</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/here-comes-the-bus_8017528655_o.jpg" alt="StartUp Maryland's bus visits UBalt"/></image><image-cap>StartUp Maryland's bus visiting the UBalt campus to meet the University's top entrepreneurs</image-cap><quote>It's exciting to be able to partner with Harvard/MIT and Startup Maryland to support entrepreneurial students and alumni as they seek funding to make their ideas become reality.</quote><quote-name>Henry Mortimer</quote-name><quote-info>Director, Center for Entrepreneurship Innovation</quote-info><tags><tag>Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation</tag><tag>Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI)</tag><tag>Main News</tag><tag>Merrick School of Business</tag></tags></item>