Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.
Founder, ICD (acquired by Texas Instruments), @mie-labs. Angel investor, member of @Baltimore-Angels.
Software Entrepreneur
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Founded 2 consumer start-ups with teams from @stanford-university. Now I do mostly investing early and later stage in consumer and enterprise companies.
Co-Founder/CEO @webs (acquired by @vistaprint). Co-Founder @sgn (acquired by @mindjolt). Strong product focus. Harvard Law.
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 & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
The guy who unplugs nostalgia. Artistsandinstigators.com
@marcecko
Co-founder and CEO @boostsuite. Co-founder and Chairman at @icontact
Founder Engagiant • Worked at @bizspeed, @airside-mobile • Investor @airside-mobile, @bizspeed • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Worked at @amazon, @etsy • Investor @twice, @sidetour
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Dad, founder, angel, vc, technology evangelist, dealmaker, Virginia Tech and @uunet Alumni, travel, motorcycle and cuisine lover. Dad.
http://www.fortify.vc/blog
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
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
Founding CTO at webMethods, Investor/Founding CTO at Clearspring/AddThis, Investor/Founder/Board at XRDi. Hold patents in XML/B2B Integration, Data Processing.
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
- Co-founded 3 startups, each grew to 8 figure valuation
- New to angel investing.
Founder @saba Software (public company); @dropbox, @klout, @qwiki, @cleversense, and many more.
Founder Militello Capital
Former CTO of AOL. Former CIO/CFO of Sun Microsystems.
Founder of @disruption-corporation & @crystal-tech-fund
http://www.disruption.vc/blog
stage agnostic investor
Founded Wonky Ventures, which invested in Speek and Veenome. Founded Mindful Chef, which merged with Power Supply in June 2013.
Verizon Ventures. Partner, Day2 Ventures. Over a decade in advanced technology R&D. Co-Founder GoodCompany Ventures
http://famolari.tumblr.com
Managing Director of Camber Creek, a corporate venture fund. President of Ops for Real Estate Portfolio.
Founder of @acta-wireless, @telecorp-pcs, @invertix, @re-route
Tech CFO and founder @ APX Labs @ RideScout, and BTS. Active Board member @ An Estuary and @digital Harbor Foundation.
Active Angel Investor
Angel Investor. Trader. Founder. Author. Advisor. Early adopter/developer of direct-access trading platforms. Apostle of Liberal Arts. Former DC Cop.
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor
Top VP @ $110mm Company
Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy
Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
Former Marine officer, technology consultant, Asia VC analyst. Third Culture Kid, and angel investor. Founder-Managing Member of Blue Keep Capital Management.
Principal at Silber Associates LLC
SVP @abb-technology-ventures • Worked at @microsoft, @core-capital-partners • @duke-university engineering, @wharton-school
Angel Investor • Studied at @george-washington-university
Founder @ideaspace, @intridea, @socialspring, @scalr, @unlikely-ventures • Worked at @aol, @mckinsey-company, @fiveacross • Studied at @university-of-virginia, @Loyola
http://naffis.com
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
CEO @hook-mobile
Chief Revenue Officer, 10Pearls @tenpearls, Award Winning SW Development partner for startups
Founder @salesoft • Worked at @3com, @progress-software
http://www.drivenforward.com/blog
VP | Business Development @ethical-electric
Mission Investor @skyline-innovation @faraday-bicycles @crowdtangle
http://www.mission-investor.com
#CEO of #Tech2000 & #appnetic, #Chairman of @loresystems & #Opus8, #investor in mobile, datacenter, CRM, & cloud tech. Blog: tienwong.wordpress.com, @TienWong
http://tienwong.wordpress.com
Founder @virtrue • Worked at @symantec, @clearwell • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-miami
http://spectorsthoughts.com/
Investor, Mentor, and Advisor leveraging experience and knowledge from years in Payments, Software, Education, Security, Mobile, & Cloud based technologies
Senior Advisor For Entrepreneurship, US Dept. of State. Former SVP Strat. Warner Bros.
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
COO @ @lotame Solutions, and Angel @ @rock-ridge-ventures
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/
Investor in @sitscape, @kidsafe, @mysbx, @max-endoscopy, @mememe, @gold-lasso, @seguro-surgical, @interaction-labs, @content-now, @bid4health, @hook-ladder, @sensics...
Hammerstone Capital
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
Founder ImageCafe (sold to Network Solutions/Verisign). Founder @groupsite-com (formerly CollectiveX)
Founder & CEO @progressly (coming soon)
http://www.quora.com/Clarence-Wooten
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
General Partner at Imagine Ventures
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
Angel Investor. Former Operations Manager at Second Street. Studied Computer Science & Finance at WashU.
Worked at @linkedin, @paypal • Investor @nvite, @e2e-materials
Full-time Angel Investor since 1994. Activity mostly concentrated on the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Idea Engineer, MBA. Looking to join, grow, invest in start-ups. Worked at @personal-com, @sapient. Studied @cornell-university, @georgetown-university.
Investment analyst and angel investor with a strong background in economics (MA U. of Denver) and strategic consulting (U.S. Government).
Managing Director of Fishbowl Labs; various product, marketing and operational roles at Netscape and AOL; Michigan MBA'98 & BSE'93
President & CEO @contact-solutions Inc.
Active angel investor. Founder, Capital Growth, Inc. (sold data portion to PLS & PBC) Frmr Pres PA Angel Network. Lancaster Angel Network.
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.
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
Investor in @kidsafe, @iobridge, @proformative @boostable
http://mojoho.com
Strategy & Business Development; Entrepreneur with former exit to LivingSocial; Built and Scaled events businesses