Washington DC Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.
Jeff Hagins
Investor
Founder and CTO for SmartThings, SMBLive, Mural Consulting, Mural Ventures. CTO/CIO for RLOC, Dynix, Apptix, TeleComputing. Investor in Sonian, Avenue Right
Bobby Yazdani
Investor
Founder @saba Software (public company); @dropbox, @klout, @qwiki, @cleversense, and many more.
Raj Bhaskar
Investor
Software Entrepreneur
Dave Helmreich
Investor
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Michael Sidgmore
Investor
Vice President, iCapital Network | Special Advisor, Panorama Point Partners | Fmr Director, Mosaic | Fmr Goldman Sachs PSI | Founder, NextGenEngage
Stewart Allen
Investor
Founding CTO at webMethods, Investor/Founding CTO at Clearspring/AddThis, Investor/Founder/Board at XRDi. Hold patents in XML/B2B Integration, Data Processing.
Ben Welch-bolen
Investor
CEO/Founder at World Wide Web Hosting. Life long entrepreneur and learning to love management. 120+ remote team running 24/7 around the world.
Bong Koh
Investor
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Ed Chalfin
Investor
Founder, ICD (acquired by Texas Instruments), @mie-labs. Angel investor, member of @Baltimore-Angels.
Alex Calic
Investor
Staying hungry, staying foolish as CRO @TheMediaTrust. Member @NextGenAngels. Vet of 5 internet software companies. #adtech, #ecommerce, #mobile, #social, #t/v.
http://alexcalic.com
Frank Gruber
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
Maria Thomas
Investor
Worked at @amazon, @etsy • Investor @twice, @sidetour
Eric Koester
Investor
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
Raj Das Gupta
Investor
Cloud Computing at scale for A&D and Life Sciences, mission critical SAAS and developed some commercially successful mobile gaming apps (partnered w Chillingo)
Haroon Mokhtarzada
Investor
Co-Founder/CEO @webs (acquired by @vistaprint). Co-Founder @sgn (acquired by @mindjolt). Strong product focus. Harvard Law.
Neil Kataria
Investor
Angel Investor. Entrepreneur.
Evan Burfield
Investor
Cofounder of 1776. Passionate about reinventing our lives as citizens by empowering kickass startups.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-burfield/
Scott Case
Co-Founder & CEO at Main Street Genome; Founding CTO Priceline.com
Paige Craig
Investor
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
Jason Seats
Investor
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Clay Whitchurch
Investor
Founder and Principal of Cogent Security Consulting LLC. M.A. Security Studies, Georgetown University.
Blake Hall
Investor
Airborne Ranger. Decorated Combat Veteran. Harvard Business Graduate Frequent Contributor to NPR and BBC via Public Radio International. Entrepreneur.
Justin McLeod
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
Tim Csontos
Investor
VP Biz Dev @TaxiMagic Prior to - Cliqbook Travel sold to @concur. Investor in @gateguru @jetpac @boatbound @bulldog-gin . Ping Pong advocate.
Michael Rihani
Co-founder & CEO of @koofers. Raised $6MM. Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. Launchbox Digital Alumnus. Mentor. Advisor. Virginia Tech.
http://www.michaelrihani.com
Steven Chen
Investor
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
Sam Street
Co-founder of @postmates. Front-End / iOS Engineer
Michael Mayernick
Co-founder of @spinnakr. Experienced developer of analytics software. Co-founder of @proudlymadeindc and @dctechmeetup
http://interanalytic.com
Martin Ringlein
Investor
Veteran creative director and entrepreneur, holding extensive experience building and managing creative teams within start-ups, in-house and agency cultures.
David Sandrowitz
Investor
In a world of hackers and hustlers, I'd rather just be a guy known for getting things done. The Execution-er?
Tom Matzzie
Entrepreneur; MoveOn.org Alum; Build Big Online Communities for Good @causes; Renewable Energy; The Rest is Coming Soon
Craig Cummings
Investor
Chairman and Co-Founder of RideScout. West Point grad, Columbia Ph.D. Army intel officer turned entrepreneur. Previously Co-founded BTS and APX Labs.
Khalid Itum
Investor
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor
Top VP @ $110mm Company
Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy
Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
Ely Kahn
Investor
Co-founder of Big Data startup, @sqrrl. @wharton-school MBA. Director of Cybersecurity at @white-house. @harvard-university BA.
Adam Spector
Investor
Founder @virtrue • Worked at @symantec, @clearwell • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-miami
http://spectorsthoughts.com/
Stephanie Hay
Founder tougher.me, co-founder @fastcustomer + workdesign.co; mentor @500startups + @fortifyvc + Lean Startup Machine; content, UX, operations.
http://stephaniehay.com/blog
Richard Graves
Investor
VP | Business Development @ethical-electric
Mission Investor @skyline-innovation @faraday-bicycles @crowdtangle
http://www.mission-investor.com
Lawrence Black
Investor
Angel Investor. Trader. Founder. Author. Advisor. Early adopter/developer of direct-access trading platforms. Apostle of Liberal Arts. Former DC Cop.
Winston Ibrahim
Founder & CEO @hydros-bottle. Director/Investor at @thinkimpact. Investor in @runa-2, Investor in @ribbon , Nurture Inc aka HappyFamily Brands, and American Halal.
Nick Lavezzo
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.
Ben Edwards
Founder/Catalyst (SmartThings, Refactr, minne✱) interested in promoting startup and entrepreneurial activity in the midwest.
http://alttext.com
Mark Hatch
CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.
Marci Harris
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
Matthew Shampine
Investor
Currently: VP of Business Development and Marketing at WeWork.
http://mattshampine.com
Nick ONeill
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
William Weil
Co-Founder and CEO of @tales2go. Accomplished entrepreneur and executive. Disney, Nickelodeon, AG Interactive and Nat Geo. Harvard College and @harvard-business-school.
Kevin Lenane
Founder, @veenome. Raised 2M in angel/vc. Advisor @iq Engines (Image Data). Legal key in @pointabout acquisition. Pays the Iron Price.
Glynn LoPresti
Co-Founder of @koofers. Innovative and results driven leader focused on execution and success in highly competitive environments.
Minh Nguyen
Investor
Startup Advisor/ Product Dev/Design/UX/Mktg/ BD Strategy. Co-Owner/Founding CEO of @app-press . Founder @plaxo.
Noah Pepper
CEO of @lucky-sort, former R&D Director (medical fraud detection) and previously a data mining researcher. Author, speaker, manager and data hacker.
Dave Maestri
Investor
Invented Mob Wars. Co-founded @metamoki. Angel investor here and there.
Tien Wong
Investor
#CEO of #Tech2000 & #appnetic, #Chairman of @loresystems & #Opus8, #investor in mobile, datacenter, CRM, & cloud tech. Blog: tienwong.wordpress.com, @TienWong
http://tienwong.wordpress.com
Vinay Bhargava
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/
Jeff Kelley
Investor
Founded Wonky Ventures, which invested in Speek and Veenome. Founded Mindful Chef, which merged with Power Supply in June 2013.
Shaun Johnson
Co-founder at @StartupInst. Associate at @techstars. @georgetown Hoya & Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Gerald Yao
Founder and CFO FiscalNote | Former NIH National Eye Institute and Amrita Dessert Decorations
Daniel Doll
President and Chief Operations Officer at SoapBoxSoaps.com, former Tools and Technology Specialist at @livingsocial and SAP ERP Consultant at @ibm
David Naffis
Investor
Founder @ideaspace, @intridea, @socialspring, @scalr, @unlikely-ventures • Worked at @aol, @mckinsey-company, @fiveacross • Studied at @university-of-virginia, @Loyola
http://naffis.com
Sam Von Pollaro
CEO of @venga. Previously founded @petals-for-the-people & sold to Battery Ventures portfolio company. Background in private equity and strategy consulting.
Daniele Calabrese
Founder and Ceo at @soundtracker
http://blog.soundtracker.fm
Camilo Acosta
Co-Founder & CEO @paybygroup, 2x entrepreneur • BA @princeton-university University
Rosalyn Lemieux
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
Jamey Jeff
Investor
Co-founder at @remarkable-hire-1 and Partner, @day2-ventures
Worked at Discovery and @accenture
@wharton-school MBA
http://www.jameyjeff.com
Kash Rehman
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
Stephanie Olvey
Founder @fortique and @BorrowingMagnolia. Former Sr. Program Manager at @livingsocial. Startup consultant with BS in Commerce from @university-of-virginia
Clarence Wooten
Investor
Founder ImageCafe (sold to Network Solutions/Verisign). Founder @groupsite-com (formerly CollectiveX)
Founder & CEO @progressly (coming soon)
http://www.quora.com/Clarence-Wooten
Bram J. Levy
Investor
Strategy & Business Development; Entrepreneur with former exit to LivingSocial; Built and Scaled events businesses
Gregory Coleman
President, COO, & Co-founder of @nexercise. Extensive operations, management, and organizational leadership experience. MBA, @wharton-school. BS Elec Eng, USAF Academy
Anand Appulingam
Investor
Founder @atacama-capital-partners • Worked at @morgan-stanley, @united-states-army • Investor @activereplay, @hitch • Studied at @georgetown-university
Ryan Healy
Founder @brazen-careerist • Worked at @ibm-global-business-services • Studied at @pennsylvania-state-university. Built an Awesome Team, Great Product, Amazing Clients, Solid Biz
Sean Schofield
Founder and CEO of @spreecommerce. Long time open source enthusiast and entrepreneur.
Greg Novak
Investor
managing partner Novak Druce + Quigg, LLP
partner HalberdCross, pe/vc
partner HalberdCross Risk
Max Planck Foundation, board member
@oxford-university SBS, board member
Winston Lord
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
Jen Andre
Founder Threat Stack • Worked at @symantec, @mandiant
Zack Liscio
Founder @naytev - Former Googler - SF and DC - front-end developer, sales hustler
http://www.sprezzy.com
Brandon Gadoci
Investor
Husband & Dad. Head of Services & Research for @disruptioncorp & Principal at Crystal Tech Fund. Writing at http://gadoci.me .
Brian Muller
Co-founder of @opbandit. Created Data Science group at @livingsocial. Formerly at Washington Post. Engineer, Data Scientist, and recovering Bioinformatician.
http://findingscience.com
Ali Khoshgozaran
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
Hemang Gadhia
Investor
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
Anish Sebastian
Founder 1eq • Worked at @deloitte-touche • Studied Information Systems at @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://www.1eq.me/blog
Jon Carpenter
Early LivingSocial marketing hire, Product Mgr. @ Revolution Health, college CEO @ Students of Georgetown, Inc., Finance + Intl. Bus. majors.
Jordan Lloyd Bookey
Co-founder, Chief Mom @zoobean. Started up, led K-12 Education Outreach @google. @wharton-school MBA. Taught 7th grade. Program manager at literacy nonprofit.
Adam Lehman
Investor
COO @ @lotame Solutions, and Angel @ @rock-ridge-ventures
Craig Dixon
Entrepreneur and Advisor. Worked at @paypal, @billmelater • Studied Computer Science at @boston-university, @tuck-school-of-business-at-dartmouth MBA
MILLICENT
Founder VOYSEE • Worked at @elance, @infineon-technologies with Fortune 500 / Federal Government clients on MM$ releases • Studied PR at @georgia-state-university and MBA
Scott Day
Investor
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/
Matthew Eierman
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
Zvi Band
Founder @contactually. CTO @workstreamer (acq 2009). Rails developer, community organizer, UMD alum
http://zviband.com/blog
Ideen Solhtalab
Former Sr. Consultant at Booz Allen; William & Mary, NOLS, and BOSS graduate.
Tony Surak
Investor
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
Mark Potts
Longtime digital media entrepreneur and executive. Co-founded WashingtonPost.com and Backfence. Extensive experience in digital media products and strategies.
Danny Boice
@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
Frantisek Brabec
Investor
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)
Tony Cappaert
Co-Founder & COO at @contactually. Ex-Microsoft PM on Bing Ads. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology alum.
Shahab Kaviani
Founder @cofounderslab, @hyperoffice-com • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://www.cofounderslab.com/find-a-co-founder/
Sonny Ganguly
CMO @weddingwire, NextGen Angels Investor, Acceleprise Mentor, marketing strategist, tech enthusiast, industry speaker, wine connoisseur, Ravens fanatic
http://www.sonnyganguly.com
Joshua Ho
Investor
Investor in @kidsafe, @iobridge, @proformative @boostable
http://mojoho.com
Joseph Santoro
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
Alex Rudloff
Investor
Founded @emurse-com, sold to @aol in 2008; Founded @twitterholic.com, sold to TNW in 2010; Currently working at @ted
http://alexrudloff.com
Nino Zahrastnik
Investor
Owner, @interbyte
Obinna Onungwa
Worked at @goldman-sachs, @livingsocial • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park, @howard-university
Yoshi Maisami
Investor
Founder @ideaspace @unlikely-ventures @intridea • Investor @divshot, @myenergy • Studied at @bucknell-university, @university-of-virginia Worked @nasa
http://intridea.com/blog