Greater Washington VC industry association closing its doors after 35 years
The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association is shutting down this week after more than three decades connecting investors and companies in Greater…
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Inclusively, a startup helping disabled workers find jobs, snags new funding
A St. Louis-based startup that helps companies recruit employees with disabilities has raised fresh funding, including from a firm founded…
Richmond’s O’My Foods, maker of dairy-free ice cream, files for Chapter 11
One of the stars of the Richmond startup scene has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. O’My Foods, which makes…
Richmond’s Vint raises $5M to create ‘asset class’ around wine and spirits
Alternative investment company Vint has closed $5 million in seed funding to expand. The round was led by Menlo Park,…
Viewpoint: Leadership lessons from the greatest CEO that never existed
My wife once asked me what CEO I’d most like to be like. Gates. Rockefeller. Jobs. Carnegie. Buffett. Zuckerberg. Welch.…
Federal spending bill dedicates at least $175M to D.C.-area transportation systems, projects
The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill signed Thursday by President Joe Biden earmarks at least $175 million to slew of…
Vienna’s Aeyon to hire up after landing new contract with NASA
Vienna defense contractor Aeyon is continuing a trajectory of growth and expansion with new work with NASA and hopes to…
First food incubator in Prince George’s lands $500,000 USDA grant to launch culinary business training
Flavors, Prince George’s County’s first culinary incubator, received $497,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its programming to…
The District wants to expand its streetcar barn on Benning Road
The District’s Department of Transportation is proposing an expansion of its storage facility for D.C.’s streetcars. The D.C. streetcar car…
Mobius Materials relocates to Richmond in its bid to bolster secondary electronics market
Mobius Materials sees a huge opportunity in the secondary electronics market, but the company must first fix a problem —…
Xometry moves into new headquarters in North Bethesda
Maryland technology company Xometry Inc. is consolidating its offices in Derwood and Bethesda into new space in North Bethesda that…
Richmond’s Secret Sandwich Society eyes expansion to other markets
A downtown Richmond mainstay survived Covid and is now looking to expand to the west and south. Owner David Bailey…
McLean’s FireTail raises $5M seed round to expand its cybersecurity coverage
McLean’s FireTail Inc., which is developing software meant to secure the communication between multiple devices and systems, has raised $5 million…
Viewpoint: The future isn’t certain. It’s time to embrace the present.
As 2022 comes to an end, we want to take stock of the year and offer thanks and gratitude for…
Charlottesville’s Ditto looks for more funding to fuel freelancer platform
After garnering a $20,000 Commonwealth Commercialization Fund grant, Charlottesville’s Ditto is looking to build out its platform and seek more…
‘Shark Tank’ company No Limbits raises $1.4M seed round with backing from Halcyon Angels
Adaptive clothing brand No Limbits has raised $1.4 million in a continuing seed round. Founder Erica Cole said no one…
Richmond’s CarLotz closes its merger with San Francisco’s Shift
CarLotz Inc., a Richmond used car company that’s struggled amid a tricky market, said Friday it closed its all-stock merger…
Viewpoint: D.C.’s small business recovery relies on its digital connectivity
At Think Local First D.C., I saw firsthand the way in which the lives of small business owners were upended…
Pentagon awards $9B cloud contract formerly known as JEDI to AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle
The Department of Defense on Wednesday awarded a $9 billion hybrid cloud computing contract to the world’s largest tech companies,…
‘Shark Tank’ company No Limbits raises $1.4M seed round with backing from Halcyon Angels
Adaptive clothing brand No Limbits has raised $1.4 million in a continuing seed round. Founder Erica Cole said no one…
Joy Marie Polefrone lays out her vision for the Alliance for Building Better Medicine
Joy Marie Polefrone earned a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Virginia and traveled the world as an executive…
Richmond’s Linebird eyes new funding round to scale production
Linebird is looking to raise millions of dollars in 2023 to scale and sell to large enterprise customers. The Richmond…
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…
