Trajectory Next has received $125,000 in funding from Tedco to drive technologies including an ankle robot and voice-controlled heart disease management software.

Eight US-based startups have been accepted onto the 2018 cohort of Trajectory Next, a second-stage accelerator run by Johns Hopkins University (JHU), University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and incubator Betamore.

The 12-week initiative, first announced in February 2018, is funded by state-owned economic development agency Maryland Technology Development Corporation’s (Tedco’s) Incubation Challenge department, reportedly to the tune of $125,000.

JHU and UMB will participate through their respective tech transfer offices, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV) and UM Ventures. Venues…