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  • Which Germantown startups just landed a slice of $7.5M in grants?

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📰 News we're reading

• With these grants, 55 local entrepreneurs get an early holiday gift (thebaltimorebanner.com) — Several Germantown startups just received a share of $7.5 million in Montgomery County grants aimed at helping early-stage tech and life sciences businesses grow. Companies like Caleo Biotechnologies, Digital Biosciences, GaiaXus, Optimabiome, Sotirion Biosciences, and Vortex Space Systems are among 55 local recipients, signaling new investment and potential job growth close to home.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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