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A Carroll County startup that has created an oven out of “The Jetsons” that remotely cooks dinner while you’re at work hit its $25,000 Kickstarter goal in just one hour and now plans to start shipping its first products to customers. Eldersburg-based Celcy increased its Kickstarter goal to $250,000 after…

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories featuring the five finalists in the 12th annual Carroll Biz Challenge. The competition, which will conclude with a live finale at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster Aug. 3, is run by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. For more about…

Since Georgia-Pacific’s 1915 Studios launch in collaboration with startup accelerator gener8tor in 2021, three cohorts of early-stage startups have capitalized on the resources available through the free, 12-week accelerator program housed within G-P’s Neenah Technical Center. And the fourth is currently…

The state’s vibrant medtech industry got a spotlight in this delegation that, like the recent MedTech Innovator Accelerator Roadshow event in Baltimore, has the state Department of Commerce’s backing. The Maryland Department of Commerce and local Startup Grind chapters prioritized biotech and health…

BALTIMORE, MD (March 28, 2023) — The Maryland Department of Commerce is leading a delegation of local startup companies next month to the Startup Grind Global Conference in Silicon Valley, California. Held on April 11-12, the conference attracts a variety of attendees, including emerging high-growth…

Max Wieder, Founder and CEO of Celcy, a startup focused on developing the first-ever autonomous cooking solution, joins Builder Nation’s Podcast host Elisa Muñoz to share his experience as an entrepreneur in the FoodTech Industry.Max Wieder Max Wieder is the CEO and Co-Founder of Celcy, a company…

Kicking off Scale’s cohort III (companies here) why we invested article series is Celcy. With a market opportunity of $400B, a strong founding team, and a national obesity rate growing faster than inflation… Celcy is building the first autonomous cooking solution to trailblaze healthy eating…

Two Baltimore natives and Johns Hopkins graduates have created a smart appliance system to make it easier for families and working professionals to have a home-prepared meal without having to cook it themselves. The appliance, called Celcy, is currently in its beta program and is looking for 100 individuals…

Strapped for time to cook? Want dinner ready exactly when you get home? The startup consumer electronic device Celcy hopes to help with a countertop device that stores and cooks food automatically—and it’s a lot more than another microwave. The device, designed by working NASA engineer Maxwell Wieder…