Washington DC Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.
Khalid Itum
Investor
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor
Top VP @ $110mm Company
Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy
Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
Obinna Onungwa
Worked at @goldman-sachs, @livingsocial • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park, @howard-university
Brent Summers
Enterprise Account Manager at Contactually
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
Michael Rosen
Founder @freshades-com •Worked at @livingsocial, Managing Director @gc-capital-llc • Studied at @george-mason-university
Anand Appulingam
Investor
Founder @atacama-capital-partners • Worked at @morgan-stanley, @united-states-army • Investor @activereplay, @hitch • Studied at @georgetown-university
Adam Fischman
Investor
Idea Engineer, MBA. Looking to join, grow, invest in start-ups. Worked at @personal-com, @sapient. Studied @cornell-university, @georgetown-university.
Greg Mazanec
COO @ AgLocal.com
Laura Kennedy
Investor
Head of Biz/Corp Dev @livingsocial. Mentor @lean-startup-machine. Advisor @springboard-enterprises.
Jon Carpenter
Early LivingSocial marketing hire, Product Mgr. @ Revolution Health, college CEO @ Students of Georgetown, Inc., Finance + Intl. Bus. majors.
Jesse Thomas
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
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
Cenell D. Harrell
Investor
Consultant @soldsie Sales @loyalblocks, worked at @livingsocial, Studied at @morgan-state-university University, Co-Founder @driven-magazine-com
Bram J. Levy
Investor
Strategy & Business Development; Entrepreneur with former exit to LivingSocial; Built and Scaled events businesses
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
Alan VanToai
Co-Founder of @simplecrew. Host of The Crewlab Podcast.
Sunny Regulapati
Execution Master, Strategic Implementation Owner with Product and Operations Expertise, People Hacker
Michael Rihani
Co-founder & CEO of @koofers. Raised $6MM. Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. Launchbox Digital Alumnus. Mentor. Advisor. Virginia Tech.
http://www.michaelrihani.com
Michael Weaver
VP, Business Development @fiscalnote
Sandra Tran
social media & online marketing guru • Worked @livingsocial, @Duke University • Studied at @JMU • Founder of 2 organizations
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
Dave Helmreich
Investor
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Nancy Huang
Marketing Executive at @livingsocial, Class of 2014 @georgetown-university MBA. Background in Biz Dev + sales. Salesforce Junkie. History of developing top performers
Caryn Murphy
Business Development Manager, Worked at James Madison University, LivingSocial, Metropolitan Aviation, and Allied Telecom.
Samuel Dennis
Event Marketing Specialist; Worked at LivingSocial and launched the company's one of a kind live events venue; Strong background in new product initiatives.
Joseph Santoro
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
Kate Faxon-St. Georges
Sole brand marketer at LivingSocial; managing strategic partnerships with the Dallas Cowboys, AEG, The Price is Right and the Ellen Degeneres Show
J. Grant Mooney
Investor
Investment analyst and angel investor with a strong background in economics (MA U. of Denver) and strategic consulting (U.S. Government).
Shahab Kaviani
Founder @cofounderslab, @hyperoffice-com • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://www.cofounderslab.com/find-a-co-founder/
TJ Leonard
SVP Marketing, @videoblocks
VP Marketing, @babbaco
Dir, Product Marketing @vlingo (Acquired by NUAN)
Assoc Dir, Strategy & Analytics @digitas
Dahyu Patel
CEO of @tappedin • President at Intellect Strategies • Worked at @mindjet, @tibco-software • @cornell-university University, Aerospace Engineering
Kathleen Shea-Porter
@livingsocial alum. Grammar nerd. Pop culture junkie. @university-of-richmond-1 undergrad. @johns-hopkins-university-1 MA in progress.
Michael Christopher
Experienced International development and technology professional looking to unite tech and international development skills & interests.
Shavanna Miller
Founder/CEO @bloompop. Worked at @rosetta-stone & @meetup. @columbia-university University & @london-school-of-economics grad.
Stacey
Client Services Manager; background in start-up environment; Worked at LivingSocial; Degree in Mass Communications with a focus in New Media & Journalism, Minor in Electronic Media & Film, and a Certificate in Broadcasting
Ashley Carpenter
Market Programmer
Stephanie Grice
Experienced User Acquisition Manager thriving in the startup culture; Works at LivingSocial.
Sam Levy
Growth Hacker at @hinge, Built @livingsocial's Business Intelligence team then directed segmentation and personalization solutions for Email Marketing. Started marketing analytics career @marketbridge consulting for @hp and @microsoft . Mathematical econ
Alex Graham
Mike Kott
Seasoned professional with @proven track record in product strategy, innovation, development, management and marketing.
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
Robert Thompson
Sales Executive, Marketing and Social Media Guru, Worked at LivingSocial and Vocus, Sales and Marketing training
Ideen Solhtalab
Former Sr. Consultant at Booz Allen; William & Mary, NOLS, and BOSS graduate.
Chris Rodriguez
Marketing & Growth Hacking, @knewton. Previously @speek, @tykoon, @lean-startup-machine. Driving traffic, converting visitors, promoting sharing & distribution.