Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.
Founder Engagiant • Worked at @bizspeed, @airside-mobile • Investor @airside-mobile, @bizspeed • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Founder of @disruption-corporation & @crystal-tech-fund
http://www.disruption.vc/blog
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
Founded 2 consumer start-ups with teams from @stanford-university. Now I do mostly investing early and later stage in consumer and enterprise companies.
Software Entrepreneur
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Founder, ICD (acquired by Texas Instruments), @mie-labs. Angel investor, member of @Baltimore-Angels.
Founder @saba Software (public company); @dropbox, @klout, @qwiki, @cleversense, and many more.
Founding CTO at webMethods, Investor/Founding CTO at Clearspring/AddThis, Investor/Founder/Board at XRDi. Hold patents in XML/B2B Integration, Data Processing.
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
Co-Founder/CEO @webs (acquired by @vistaprint). Co-Founder @sgn (acquired by @mindjolt). Strong product focus. Harvard Law.
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
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
Founder Militello Capital
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Co-founder and CEO @boostsuite. Co-founder and Chairman at @icontact
Worked at @amazon, @etsy • Investor @twice, @sidetour
Former CTO of AOL. Former CIO/CFO of Sun Microsystems.
Dad, founder, angel, vc, technology evangelist, dealmaker, Virginia Tech and @uunet Alumni, travel, motorcycle and cuisine lover. Dad.
http://www.fortify.vc/blog
The guy who unplugs nostalgia. Artistsandinstigators.com
@marcecko
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 @ideaspace, @intridea, @socialspring, @scalr, @unlikely-ventures • Worked at @aol, @mckinsey-company, @fiveacross • Studied at @university-of-virginia, @Loyola
http://naffis.com
Angel Investor. Trader. Founder. Author. Advisor. Early adopter/developer of direct-access trading platforms. Apostle of Liberal Arts. Former DC Cop.
Senior Advisor For Entrepreneurship, US Dept. of State. Former SVP Strat. Warner Bros.
Principal at Silber Associates LLC
Chief Revenue Officer, 10Pearls @tenpearls, Award Winning SW Development partner for startups
Founder @salesoft • Worked at @3com, @progress-software
http://www.drivenforward.com/blog
Former Marine officer, technology consultant, Asia VC analyst. Third Culture Kid, and angel investor. Founder-Managing Member of Blue Keep Capital Management.
stage agnostic investor
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
Investor, Mentor, and Advisor leveraging experience and knowledge from years in Payments, Software, Education, Security, Mobile, & Cloud based technologies
VP | Business Development @ethical-electric
Mission Investor @skyline-innovation @faraday-bicycles @crowdtangle
http://www.mission-investor.com
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor
Top VP @ $110mm Company
Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy
Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
Angel Investor • Studied at @george-washington-university
Founded Wonky Ventures, which invested in Speek and Veenome. Founded Mindful Chef, which merged with Power Supply in June 2013.
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
SVP @abb-technology-ventures • Worked at @microsoft, @core-capital-partners • @duke-university engineering, @wharton-school
Active Angel Investor
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.
#CEO of #Tech2000 & #appnetic, #Chairman of @loresystems & #Opus8, #investor in mobile, datacenter, CRM, & cloud tech. Blog: tienwong.wordpress.com, @TienWong
http://tienwong.wordpress.com
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
Managing Director of Camber Creek, a corporate venture fund. President of Ops for Real Estate Portfolio.
COO @ @lotame Solutions, and Angel @ @rock-ridge-ventures
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
Investment analyst and angel investor with a strong background in economics (MA U. of Denver) and strategic consulting (U.S. Government).
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/
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Angel Investor. Former Operations Manager at Second Street. Studied Computer Science & Finance at WashU.
President & CEO @contact-solutions Inc.
Full-time Angel Investor since 1994. Activity mostly concentrated on the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Investor in @sitscape, @kidsafe, @mysbx, @max-endoscopy, @mememe, @gold-lasso, @seguro-surgical, @interaction-labs, @content-now, @bid4health, @hook-ladder, @sensics...
Hammerstone Capital
General Partner at Imagine Ventures
Idea Engineer, MBA. Looking to join, grow, invest in start-ups. Worked at @personal-com, @sapient. Studied @cornell-university, @georgetown-university.
Strategy & Business Development; Entrepreneur with former exit to LivingSocial; Built and Scaled events businesses
Managing Director of Fishbowl Labs; various product, marketing and operational roles at Netscape and AOL; Michigan MBA'98 & BSE'93
Data geek. Work for an online advertising start-up. car nut, Formula 1 fan, Foodie, love photography but am not particularly good at it.
Worked at @linkedin, @paypal • Investor @nvite, @e2e-materials
Founder ImageCafe (sold to Network Solutions/Verisign). Founder @groupsite-com (formerly CollectiveX)
Founder & CEO @progressly (coming soon)
http://www.quora.com/Clarence-Wooten
Investor in @kidsafe, @iobridge, @proformative @boostable
http://mojoho.com
Active angel investor. Founder, Capital Growth, Inc. (sold data portion to PLS & PBC) Frmr Pres PA Angel Network. Lancaster Angel Network.
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
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
Owner, @interbyte