Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.
CEO & Co-founder @tech-cocktail tech startup news & events. Author of Startup Mixology book. Former developer turned product development at @aol & @tribune-interactive.
http://tech.co
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 @saba Software (public company); @dropbox, @klout, @qwiki, @cleversense, and many more.
Vice President, iCapital Network | Special Advisor, Panorama Point Partners | Fmr Director, Mosaic | Fmr Goldman Sachs PSI | Founder, NextGenEngage
Angel Investor. Entrepreneur.
Cloud Computing at scale for A&D and Life Sciences, mission critical SAAS and developed some commercially successful mobile gaming apps (partnered w Chillingo)
Staying hungry, staying foolish as CRO @TheMediaTrust. Member @NextGenAngels. Vet of 5 internet software companies. #adtech, #ecommerce, #mobile, #social, #t/v.
http://alexcalic.com
Founder and Principal of Cogent Security Consulting LLC. M.A. Security Studies, Georgetown University.
Co-Founder & CEO at Main Street Genome; Founding CTO Priceline.com
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, ICD (acquired by Texas Instruments), @mie-labs. Angel investor, member of @Baltimore-Angels.
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Software Entrepreneur
Cofounder of 1776. Passionate about reinventing our lives as citizens by empowering kickass startups.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-burfield/
CEO/Founder at World Wide Web Hosting. Life long entrepreneur and learning to love management. 120+ remote team running 24/7 around the world.
Founder and CTO for SmartThings, SMBLive, Mural Consulting, Mural Ventures. CTO/CIO for RLOC, Dynix, Apptix, TeleComputing. Investor in Sonian, Avenue Right
Worked at @amazon, @etsy • Investor @twice, @sidetour
Founding CTO at webMethods, Investor/Founding CTO at Clearspring/AddThis, Investor/Founder/Board at XRDi. Hold patents in XML/B2B Integration, Data Processing.
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Co-Founder/CEO @webs (acquired by @vistaprint). Co-Founder @sgn (acquired by @mindjolt). Strong product focus. Harvard Law.
VP Biz Dev @TaxiMagic Prior to - Cliqbook Travel sold to @concur. Investor in @gateguru @jetpac @boatbound @bulldog-gin . Ping Pong advocate.
Co-founder & CEO of @koofers. Raised $6MM. Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. Launchbox Digital Alumnus. Mentor. Advisor. Virginia Tech.
http://www.michaelrihani.com
Founder tougher.me, co-founder @fastcustomer + workdesign.co; mentor @500startups + @fortifyvc + Lean Startup Machine; content, UX, operations.
http://stephaniehay.com/blog
Co-founder of @postmates. Front-End / iOS Engineer
Entrepreneur; MoveOn.org Alum; Build Big Online Communities for Good @causes; Renewable Energy; The Rest is Coming Soon
Airborne Ranger. Decorated Combat Veteran. Harvard Business Graduate Frequent Contributor to NPR and BBC via Public Radio International. Entrepreneur.
Co-founder of @spinnakr. Experienced developer of analytics software. Co-founder of @proudlymadeindc and @dctechmeetup
http://interanalytic.com
In a world of hackers and hustlers, I'd rather just be a guy known for getting things done. The Execution-er?
Founder @virtrue • Worked at @symantec, @clearwell • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-miami
http://spectorsthoughts.com/
Co-founder of Big Data startup, @sqrrl. @wharton-school MBA. Director of Cybersecurity at @white-house. @harvard-university BA.
Founder & CEO @hydros-bottle. Director/Investor at @thinkimpact. Investor in @runa-2, Investor in @ribbon , Nurture Inc aka HappyFamily Brands, and American Halal.
CEO of @hinge. MBA, @harvard-business-school. BA, @colgate-university in Econ/Game Theory. Web/software development and management consulting experience.
http://blog.hinge.co
Founder/Catalyst (SmartThings, Refactr, minne✱) interested in promoting startup and entrepreneurial activity in the midwest.
http://alttext.com
Angel Investor. Trader. Founder. Author. Advisor. Early adopter/developer of direct-access trading platforms. Apostle of Liberal Arts. Former DC Cop.
Chairman and Co-Founder of RideScout. West Point grad, Columbia Ph.D. Army intel officer turned entrepreneur. Previously Co-founded BTS and APX Labs.
CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.
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
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor
Top VP @ $110mm Company
Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy
Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
Co-Founder at @foundationdb. Previously worked with FDB team to build @visual-sciences, data analytics software co. sold to @omniture in 2008. Former CPA with E&Y.
Veteran creative director and entrepreneur, holding extensive experience building and managing creative teams within start-ups, in-house and agency cultures.
VP | Business Development @ethical-electric
Mission Investor @skyline-innovation @faraday-bicycles @crowdtangle
http://www.mission-investor.com
Co-founder at @StartupInst. Associate at @techstars. @georgetown Hoya & Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
7 yr @google alum with 2 EMG Awards for toolbar distribution deals. Co-founded @google TV Ads. Received MBA from @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, EE degrees from Purdue. Early @epinions guy.
http://mytonomy.tumblr.com/
I founded Social Times Inc. in 2007 and sold it to WebMediaBrands (parent company behind mediabistro.com) in 2010. Now I'm building my next company...
http://nickoneill.com
Founder and Ceo at @soundtracker
http://blog.soundtracker.fm
Founder, @veenome. Raised 2M in angel/vc. Advisor @iq Engines (Image Data). Legal key in @pointabout acquisition. Pays the Iron Price.
CEO of @popvox. Former counsel to House Way & Means Subcommittee Chairman. LL.M. @american-university University. First "startup" was rebuilding a tornado-ravaged town.
http://www.popvox.com/blog
Co-Founder & CEO @paybygroup, 2x entrepreneur • BA @princeton-university University
President and Chief Operations Officer at SoapBoxSoaps.com, former Tools and Technology Specialist at @livingsocial and SAP ERP Consultant at @ibm
Co-Founder of @koofers. Innovative and results driven leader focused on execution and success in highly competitive environments.
Startup Advisor/ Product Dev/Design/UX/Mktg/ BD Strategy. Co-Owner/Founding CEO of @app-press . Founder @plaxo.
CEO of Good+Geek, maker of Attentive.ly. Co-founding partner, Fission Strategy. Served as ED of the New Organizing Institute. Worked at MoveOn. Tech: PHP/mySQL
Founded Wonky Ventures, which invested in Speek and Veenome. Founded Mindful Chef, which merged with Power Supply in June 2013.
#CEO of #Tech2000 & #appnetic, #Chairman of @loresystems & #Opus8, #investor in mobile, datacenter, CRM, & cloud tech. Blog: tienwong.wordpress.com, @TienWong
http://tienwong.wordpress.com
Invented Mob Wars. Co-founded @metamoki. Angel investor here and there.
CEO of @lucky-sort, former R&D Director (medical fraud detection) and previously a data mining researcher. Author, speaker, manager and data hacker.
Co-Founder and CEO of @tales2go. Accomplished entrepreneur and executive. Disney, Nickelodeon, AG Interactive and Nat Geo. Harvard College and @harvard-business-school.
Currently: VP of Business Development and Marketing at WeWork.
http://mattshampine.com
CEO of @venga. Previously founded @petals-for-the-people & sold to Battery Ventures portfolio company. Background in private equity and strategy consulting.
Founder @ideaspace, @intridea, @socialspring, @scalr, @unlikely-ventures • Worked at @aol, @mckinsey-company, @fiveacross • Studied at @university-of-virginia, @Loyola
http://naffis.com
Founder and CFO FiscalNote | Former NIH National Eye Institute and Amrita Dessert Decorations
Entrepreneur. PhD from @university-of-southern-california, @yahoo @microsoft & @samsung alumni. Founder & CEO/CTO at Tilofy. 12 patents (3 granted)
http://www.khoshgozaran.com/blog-posts.html
CMO at @venga, 20+ year PR career eg. @microsoft, Audi. ED of effort to return MLB to DC- investors incl AOL Chairman, Obama's OMB Director, Colin Powell. @yale-university
Founder @brazen-careerist • Worked at @ibm-global-business-services • Studied at @pennsylvania-state-university. Built an Awesome Team, Great Product, Amazing Clients, Solid Biz
Founder/CEO @foodem - Ran ops. @ food distributor; grew sales 600% in 5 yrs. Restaurant owner; exit in 2 yrs. for 3x ROI. BS in MIS @ UMD Smith Business School.
http://blog.foodem.com
Founder and CEO of @spreecommerce. Long time open source enthusiast and entrepreneur.
Strategy & Business Development; Entrepreneur with former exit to LivingSocial; Built and Scaled events businesses
Early LivingSocial marketing hire, Product Mgr. @ Revolution Health, college CEO @ Students of Georgetown, Inc., Finance + Intl. Bus. majors.
managing partner Novak Druce + Quigg, LLP
partner HalberdCross, pe/vc
partner HalberdCross Risk
Max Planck Foundation, board member
@oxford-university SBS, board member
Founder 1eq • Worked at @deloitte-touche • Studied Information Systems at @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://www.1eq.me/blog
Founder Threat Stack • Worked at @symantec, @mandiant
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
Co-founder, Chief Mom @zoobean. Started up, led K-12 Education Outreach @google. @wharton-school MBA. Taught 7th grade. Program manager at literacy nonprofit.
Founder @naytev - Former Googler - SF and DC - front-end developer, sales hustler
http://www.sprezzy.com
Founder ImageCafe (sold to Network Solutions/Verisign). Founder @groupsite-com (formerly CollectiveX)
Founder & CEO @progressly (coming soon)
http://www.quora.com/Clarence-Wooten
President, COO, & Co-founder of @nexercise. Extensive operations, management, and organizational leadership experience. MBA, @wharton-school. BS Elec Eng, USAF Academy
Founder @atacama-capital-partners • Worked at @morgan-stanley, @united-states-army • Investor @activereplay, @hitch • Studied at @georgetown-university
Founder @fortique and @BorrowingMagnolia. Former Sr. Program Manager at @livingsocial. Startup consultant with BS in Commerce from @university-of-virginia
Husband & Dad. Head of Services & Research for @disruptioncorp & Principal at Crystal Tech Fund. Writing at http://gadoci.me .
Co-founder of @opbandit. Created Data Science group at @livingsocial. Formerly at Washington Post. Engineer, Data Scientist, and recovering Bioinformatician.
http://findingscience.com
Co-founder at @remarkable-hire-1 and Partner, @day2-ventures
Worked at Discovery and @accenture
@wharton-school MBA
http://www.jameyjeff.com
Founder @ideaspace @unlikely-ventures @intridea • Investor @divshot, @myenergy • Studied at @bucknell-university, @university-of-virginia Worked @nasa
http://intridea.com/blog
Longtime digital media entrepreneur and executive. Co-founded WashingtonPost.com and Backfence. Extensive experience in digital media products and strategies.
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/
CMO @weddingwire, NextGen Angels Investor, Acceleprise Mentor, marketing strategist, tech enthusiast, industry speaker, wine connoisseur, Ravens fanatic
http://www.sonnyganguly.com
PhD in CS (spatial DB), co-founded @roam-secure, grew into a market-creating pioneer of emergency alerting technology. Sold to Cooper Industries (now Eaton)
@speek co-founder. Product & tech focused. Successful exit in 2000's (@jaxara). Exec @ @the-college-board. @harvard-university undergrad w/ adv. studies @ @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.
http://dannyboice.tumblr.com
CEO/Founder @hdscores • @johnson-wales-university Alumni • Chef turned Serial Entrepreneur • 8 years Restaurant Industry • 4 years B2B Financial Services Company Management • Working on My 5th Startup
http://HDScores.com/blog
Owner, @interbyte
COO @ @lotame Solutions, and Angel @ @rock-ridge-ventures
Founder @contactually. CTO @workstreamer (acq 2009). Rails developer, community organizer, UMD alum
http://zviband.com/blog
Founder VOYSEE • Worked at @elance, @infineon-technologies with Fortune 500 / Federal Government clients on MM$ releases • Studied PR at @georgia-state-university and MBA
Worked at @goldman-sachs, @livingsocial • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park, @howard-university
Co-Founder & COO at @contactually. Ex-Microsoft PM on Bing Ads. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology alum.
Founder @cofounderslab, @hyperoffice-com • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://www.cofounderslab.com/find-a-co-founder/
Investor in @kidsafe, @iobridge, @proformative @boostable
http://mojoho.com
Former Sr. Consultant at Booz Allen; William & Mary, NOLS, and BOSS graduate.
Founded @emurse-com, sold to @aol in 2008; Founded @twitterholic.com, sold to TNW in 2010; Currently working at @ted
http://alexrudloff.com
Entrepreneur and Advisor. Worked at @paypal, @billmelater • Studied Computer Science at @boston-university, @tuck-school-of-business-at-dartmouth MBA
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
CEO SocialSpring, outsource/offshore expert, cofounder of first IP based Telephony ASP (aka SaaS), once wrote biz case for email replacing memos - native of DC