DreamPort
Cyber · Run by Technology Advancement Center (TAC), formerly Maryland Innovation & Security Institute (MISI), under Partnership Intermediary Agreement with USCYBERCOM · Columbia, MD
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The facts
All fields verified Sep 29, 2026- Terms model
- Non-dilutiveGives money that does not take equity: grants, prizes, or credits. Your ownership is untouched.
- Investment
- Not publishedEnded: dreamport.tech has shown a web host's placeholder since January 2024 (Last-Modified Jan 23, 2024; /about-us.php returns 404), and the operator, renamed from MISI to the Technology Advancement Center in November 2023, no longer mentions DreamPort on its site. When active it ran Rapid Prototyping Events, workshops, and tech exchanges; solutions were procured via FAR contracts, OTAs, and prize competitions; no equity and no fixed award amounts.
- Equity taken
- Not publishedEnded: dreamport.tech has shown a web host's placeholder since January 2024 (Last-Modified Jan 23, 2024; /about-us.php returns 404), and the operator, renamed from MISI to the Technology Advancement Center in November 2023, no longer mentions DreamPort on its site. When active it ran Rapid Prototyping Events, workshops, and tech exchanges; solutions were procured via FAR contracts, OTAs, and prize competitions; no equity and no fixed award amounts.
- Program length
- Not published
- Format
- Hybrid
- Location
- Columbia, MD
- Cohorts per year
- Not published
- Cohort size
- Not published
- Stage focus
- any stage; companies, academia, individual technologists
- Sub-vertical
- cyber capabilities for USCYBERCOM/DoD
- Demographic focus
- Not published
- Backers
- U.S. Cyber Command, Maryland Innovation & Security Institute
- Notable alumni
- Not published
Terms notes: Ended: dreamport.tech has shown a web host's placeholder since January 2024 (Last-Modified Jan 23, 2024; /about-us.php returns 404), and the operator, renamed from MISI to the Technology Advancement Center in November 2023, no longer mentions DreamPort on its site. When active it ran Rapid Prototyping Events, workshops, and tech exchanges; solutions were procured via FAR contracts, OTAs, and prize competitions; no equity and no fixed award amounts.
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Terms in plain English
DreamPort was not an accelerator and did not invest in companies. It was a cyber innovation, collaboration, and prototyping facility in Columbia, MD, created through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement awarded by USCYBERCOM in May 2018. Companies took part in Rapid Prototyping Events, technical exchange meetings, and workshops, and successful solutions could lead to government work through mechanisms such as FAR contracts, OTAs, and prize competitions. It took no equity, and award amounts were not published.
Who this is actually for
It was for cybersecurity companies that wanted a route into US government and defense work, especially teams able to demonstrate working prototypes at events in Maryland. It was never a source of investment capital.
Frequently asked questions
- When is the next DreamPort application deadline?
- DreamPort has ended, so there is no upcoming application window. We last checked on Sep 29, 2026.
- How much does DreamPort invest?
- DreamPort did not publish an investment amount, so we record it as not published.
- How much equity does DreamPort take?
- DreamPort did not publish the equity it took, so we record it as not published.
- Where is DreamPort located and is it in person?
- DreamPort was based in Columbia, MD and ran a hybrid program.
- Is DreamPort still active?
- No. DreamPort has ended. We last checked its status on Sep 29, 2026.
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Sources
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