Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.
Dad, founder, angel, vc, technology evangelist, dealmaker, Virginia Tech and @uunet Alumni, travel, motorcycle and cuisine lover. Dad.
http://www.fortify.vc/blog
- Co-founded 3 startups, each grew to 8 figure valuation
- New to angel investing.
Co-Founder/CEO @webs (acquired by @vistaprint). Co-Founder @sgn (acquired by @mindjolt). Strong product focus. Harvard Law.
Founder, ICD (acquired by Texas Instruments), @mie-labs. Angel investor, member of @Baltimore-Angels.
CEO of 3 start ups taken from $1k to $1M+. Sold one to a Pre-IPO co. Innovator of the Year 2009. @university-of-virginia Biz Undergrad, Law Degree. Attorney in NJ. New: PreMLS.com
Angel investor 80+ deals, 21 exits. Backing great people w huge ideas. Early angel and advisor to AngelList. Drove into Iraq alone in 2003 to start first company. US Marine & Intelligence dude.
http://instagram.com/paigecraig0231
Former CTO of AOL. Former CIO/CFO of Sun Microsystems.
Founder Engagiant • Worked at @bizspeed, @airside-mobile • Investor @airside-mobile, @bizspeed • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Software Entrepreneur
Founder of @disruption-corporation & @crystal-tech-fund
http://www.disruption.vc/blog
Founder @saba Software (public company); @dropbox, @klout, @qwiki, @cleversense, and many more.
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Co-founder/COO of @main-street-genome; Co-founder of @zaarly; Exec @appature; @startupweekend board; and Startup lawyer @cooley, CPA, Morgan Stanley.
http://www.ekoester.com
Founder of now public co. Got Yale into Entrepreneurship. Working with others to build DC into an entrepreneurial hub. Angel / VC/ Entrepreneur.
http://www.seanglass.com
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Founding CTO at webMethods, Investor/Founding CTO at Clearspring/AddThis, Investor/Founder/Board at XRDi. Hold patents in XML/B2B Integration, Data Processing.
Worked at @amazon, @etsy • Investor @twice, @sidetour
Founded 2 consumer start-ups with teams from @stanford-university. Now I do mostly investing early and later stage in consumer and enterprise companies.
Founder Militello Capital
The guy who unplugs nostalgia. Artistsandinstigators.com
@marcecko
Co-founder and CEO @boostsuite. Co-founder and Chairman at @icontact
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Chief Revenue Officer, 10Pearls @tenpearls, Award Winning SW Development partner for startups
Founder @salesoft • Worked at @3com, @progress-software
http://www.drivenforward.com/blog
Tech CFO and founder @ APX Labs @ RideScout, and BTS. Active Board member @ An Estuary and @digital Harbor Foundation.
Active Angel Investor
Founder @ideaspace, @intridea, @socialspring, @scalr, @unlikely-ventures • Worked at @aol, @mckinsey-company, @fiveacross • Studied at @university-of-virginia, @Loyola
http://naffis.com
Former Marine officer, technology consultant, Asia VC analyst. Third Culture Kid, and angel investor. Founder-Managing Member of Blue Keep Capital Management.
SVP @abb-technology-ventures • Worked at @microsoft, @core-capital-partners • @duke-university engineering, @wharton-school
CEO @hook-mobile
CEO of Brazen Careerist • Angel Investor •1st Startup in H.S. • EIR at U. of Md • Built Indoor Laser GPS startup and sold it to Metris • Helped take Metris public
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor
Top VP @ $110mm Company
Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy
Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
Angel Investor. Trader. Founder. Author. Advisor. Early adopter/developer of direct-access trading platforms. Apostle of Liberal Arts. Former DC Cop.
Managing Director of Camber Creek, a corporate venture fund. President of Ops for Real Estate Portfolio.
stage agnostic investor
Founder of @acta-wireless, @telecorp-pcs, @invertix, @re-route
Angel Investor • Studied at @george-washington-university
VP | Business Development @ethical-electric
Mission Investor @skyline-innovation @faraday-bicycles @crowdtangle
http://www.mission-investor.com
Founded Wonky Ventures, which invested in Speek and Veenome. Founded Mindful Chef, which merged with Power Supply in June 2013.
Investor, Mentor, and Advisor leveraging experience and knowledge from years in Payments, Software, Education, Security, Mobile, & Cloud based technologies
Founder @virtrue • Worked at @symantec, @clearwell • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-miami
http://spectorsthoughts.com/
Verizon Ventures. Partner, Day2 Ventures. Over a decade in advanced technology R&D. Co-Founder GoodCompany Ventures
http://famolari.tumblr.com
Principal at Silber Associates LLC
Blu Venture Investors • Founder Power Fingerprinting,Totus Solutions,3eTI • Investor ID.me, Social Toaster, Interfolio, VanGoghImaging, Streamlink, EMU, 3CLogic, Urgent.ly, CiteLighter • Advisor Smart Imaging, Locus Social
#CEO of #Tech2000 & #appnetic, #Chairman of @loresystems & #Opus8, #investor in mobile, datacenter, CRM, & cloud tech. Blog: tienwong.wordpress.com, @TienWong
http://tienwong.wordpress.com
Senior Advisor For Entrepreneurship, US Dept. of State. Former SVP Strat. Warner Bros.
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Founder - Graf Business Law; General Counsel - Product Lab LLC & portfolio companies; Partner - Arnold & Porter; Partner - Mintz Levin; Partner - Katten Muchin
http://www.grafbusinesslaw.com/dc-startup-lawyer-blog.htm
CTO of SoundExchange. Former CTO of @the-motley-fool, @in-q-tel tech practice lead, and founding employee at @foliofn (Mayfield).
http://scottdday.blogspot.com/
Investment analyst and angel investor with a strong background in economics (MA U. of Denver) and strategic consulting (U.S. Government).
Idea Engineer, MBA. Looking to join, grow, invest in start-ups. Worked at @personal-com, @sapient. Studied @cornell-university, @georgetown-university.
Investor in @kidsafe, @iobridge, @proformative @boostable
http://mojoho.com
General Partner at Imagine Ventures
President & CEO @contact-solutions Inc.
Managing Director of Fishbowl Labs; various product, marketing and operational roles at Netscape and AOL; Michigan MBA'98 & BSE'93
Full-time Angel Investor since 1994. Activity mostly concentrated on the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Business strategy and legal services professional with nearly 10 years of relevant experience. Worked at @mckinsey-company, @paul-weiss-rifkind-wharton-garrison @united-states-court-of-appeals • Studied at @harvard-law-school, @university-of-virginia
Co-Founder & CEO Revmetrix. Former Founder & CEO of data company Condaptive (acquired by Millennial Media [NYSE:MM]). Was SVP, Audience Intelligence for Millennial & led product development for Millennial's data platform
http://hemang.me
Hammerstone Capital
Worked at @linkedin, @paypal • Investor @nvite, @e2e-materials
Active angel investor. Founder, Capital Growth, Inc. (sold data portion to PLS & PBC) Frmr Pres PA Angel Network. Lancaster Angel Network.
Angel Investor. Former Operations Manager at Second Street. Studied Computer Science & Finance at WashU.
Investor in @sitscape, @kidsafe, @mysbx, @max-endoscopy, @mememe, @gold-lasso, @seguro-surgical, @interaction-labs, @content-now, @bid4health, @hook-ladder, @sensics...
Owner, @interbyte
Data geek. Work for an online advertising start-up. car nut, Formula 1 fan, Foodie, love photography but am not particularly good at it.
COO @ @lotame Solutions, and Angel @ @rock-ridge-ventures
Strategy & Business Development; Entrepreneur with former exit to LivingSocial; Built and Scaled events businesses
Founder ImageCafe (sold to Network Solutions/Verisign). Founder @groupsite-com (formerly CollectiveX)
Founder & CEO @progressly (coming soon)
http://www.quora.com/Clarence-Wooten