The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Ellicott City, Maryland. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:

1. Revenue potential
2. Leadership team
3. Brand/product traction
4. Competitive landscape

Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.

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1. Huntress

Founded: 2015

“Huntress is a leading provider of advanced threat detection and actionable cybersecurity information that delivers easy to follow remediation steps into your existing ticketing system. IT Departments & MSPs worldwide use Huntress to enable their junior IT staff to confidently address cybersecurity incidents that slip past their preventive security stack. As a result, we discover breaches before they cause downtime, costly cleanup, and damaged reputations.”

2. Blackpoint Holdings

Founded: 2014

“Blackpoint Cyber is a technology-focused cyber security company headquartered in Maryland, USA. The company was established by former US Department of Defense and Intelligence cyber security and technology experts. Leveraging its real-world cyber experience and knowledge of malicious cyber behavior and tradecraft, Blackpoint provides cyber security products and services to help organizations protect their infrastructure and operations. The company’s proprietary security operations and incident response platform, SNAP-Defense, is available as a product or as a 24×7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service. Blackpoint’s mission is to provide effective, affordable real-time threat detection and response to organizations of all sizes around the world.”