Washington DC Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.
Tony VanBrackle
Investor
Managing Partner at Payment Ventures
Stephanie Olvey
Founder @fortique and @BorrowingMagnolia. Former Sr. Program Manager at @livingsocial. Startup consultant with BS in Commerce from @university-of-virginia
Gregory Coleman
President, COO, & Co-founder of @nexercise. Extensive operations, management, and organizational leadership experience. MBA, @wharton-school. BS Elec Eng, USAF Academy
Ashantha Kaluarachchi
Investor
[email protected], [email protected], Specializes in K-20 education, early-stage edtech, & emerging market ecosystems. Passionate about growing learning companies.
Adam Fischman
Investor
Idea Engineer, MBA. Looking to join, grow, invest in start-ups. Worked at @personal-com, @sapient. Studied @cornell-university, @georgetown-university.
Daniel Kahn
Startups, fintech, bizdev and strategy
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
Chris Naegelin
Investor
Award-winning consumer app @ 18. 10 years cyber security. Security research featured in Forbes. MS MIS @george-washington-university Exec. Ed. @yale-university-1.
Anish Sebastian
Founder 1eq • Worked at @deloitte-touche • Studied Information Systems at @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://www.1eq.me/blog
Laura Kennedy
Investor
Head of Biz/Corp Dev @livingsocial. Mentor @lean-startup-machine. Advisor @springboard-enterprises.
Michael Weaver
VP, Business Development @fiscalnote
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?
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
Joshua Bogart
Investor
Active seed and early stage angel investor from the DC area. Portfolio includes mobile, health, security, technology. Board of Directors, Catapult Consultants
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 Christopher
Experienced International development and technology professional looking to unite tech and international development skills & interests.
Colin Drew
Senior Manager of Sales Optimization at LivingSocial. Problem solver and critical thinker. Team oriented worker.
Sunny Regulapati
Execution Master, Strategic Implementation Owner with Product and Operations Expertise, People Hacker
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
William Blaise Warren
Investor
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
Daniel Doll
President and Chief Operations Officer at SoapBoxSoaps.com, former Tools and Technology Specialist at @livingsocial and SAP ERP Consultant at @ibm
Jon Carpenter
Early LivingSocial marketing hire, Product Mgr. @ Revolution Health, college CEO @ Students of Georgetown, Inc., Finance + Intl. Bus. majors.
Caryn Murphy
Business Development Manager, Worked at James Madison University, LivingSocial, Metropolitan Aviation, and Allied Telecom.
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.
Renée Rubin
Strong account management and analytics background, wide array of experience: LivingSocial, Magic Hat Brewing Company, passion for process and operations.
