Washington Business Journal

My Story: Capital One Hall’s Stacy Butler on the power of that comes from being a survivor

Editor’s note: “My Story” is where business executives share their personal and professional backgrounds and journeys that have made them…

Viewpoint: The ability to gift cannabis in D.C. comes at a great cost

In recent years, D.C. has also developed one of the country’s fastest-growing cannabis marketplaces. The city not only hosts the…

Hook Hall team planning new pickleball and roller-skating venue in Northeast D.C.

The team behind entertainment venues including Hook Hall and Kraken Axes is branching out into the pickleball business. Kraken Kourts…

Inno Under 25: Meet the young people driving the D.C. region’s innovation economy

Each year, DC Inno spotlights the region’s top young innovators, those who are starting to make waves — and poised…

Pandemic puppies lead to new ‘paw’-sabilities for Jacob Hensley’s District Dogs

Jacob Hensley, Owner and founder, District Dogs Inc. Hensley’s early hustles as a budding entrepreneur included selling painted rocks as…

McLean cybersecurity firm Cycurion going public via SPAC merger

McLean cybersecurity solutions firm Cycurion Inc. is going public early next year via a merger with the special purpose acquisition…

Richmond’s Naborforce expands its services into Northern Virginia

Richmond senior services startup Naborforce is expanding into Northern Virginia. The company offers a tech-based platform that links aging adults…

Richmond’s Strategic Risk Associates raises $12M Series B round

Richmond’s Strategic Risk Associates, a provider of financial services and insurance industry software, said Tuesday it has raised $12 million…

Startup Virginia’s Richard Wintsch discusses access to capital, status of the innovation economy

Startup Virginia plays a vital role in the innovation ecosystem in Central Virginia. Located in Shockoe Bottom in Richmond, the…

Tilt taps co-founder of Richmond VR experience as its new chief growth officer

Richmond content marketing agency Tilt Creative + Production has tapped Dontrese Brown as its new executive vice president and chief…

Richmond’s Fringe raises $17M to expand

Employee benefits startup Fringe recently announced a $17 million funding round led by Chicago’s Origin Ventures and Charlottesville’s Felton Group.…

Richmond’s Grenova wins Startup of the Year award

A life sciences nonprofit has awarded Richmond lab equipment company Grenova with its Startup of the Year award. The Sales…

Jones Day names longtime D.C. partner Gregory Shumaker next managing partner

Jones Day, one of Greater Washington’s largest law firms, has named longtime partner and D.C. veteran Gregory Shumaker its next…

Viewpoint: Recent show of D.C.-area corporate philanthropy gave me a memorable moment

At the height of the pandemic, promises were made. Business leaders, in these pages (and others), vowed that they would…

Viewpoint: Business sector must lead through political, social chaos

A few months ago, we hoisted our banner on the front of our office building to commemorate 20 years since…

Dulles Toll Road rates are increasing — with a new fee attached for some

Toll rates for drivers on the Dulles Toll Road will officially increase at the start of 2023. The Metropolitan Washington…

Richmond-Petersburg pharma initiative names Joy Marie Polefrone its first permanent director

The Alliance for Building Better Medicine, a coalition of Richmond and Petersburg organizations working together to build a research and…

Arlington’s C3 Integrated Solutions merges with Massachusetts IT firm Steel Root

Arlington IT cybersecurity company C3 Integrated Solutions has merged with Massachusetts-based cyber firm Steel Root in a deal that brings…

Protocol, an arm of the Politico publishing empire, is shutting down

The widening tech downturn has claimed another victim, with San Francisco-based online tech-news outlet Protocol ceasing publication. Protocol, an arm…

Firewood startup Llamawood finds its niche with restaurants

A 2020 conversation with Startup Virginia’s executive director led Hunter Guerin to apply to the Idea Factory, a program the…

The most pressing issues millennials face? Here’s what our 40 Under 40 honorees had to say.

Millennials are a generation that mastered the Oregon Trail on the World Wide Web, watched the Twin Towers fall on…

VCU spinout BioCircuit Technologies raises $9M to bring Nerve Tape to market

BioCircuit Technologies, which was spun off from technology licensed through Virginia Commonwealth University, has raised $9 million in debt financing…

My Story: Mark Newsome on the power of confidence in the face of disappointment