A new tech accelerator is coming to town: Fortify.vc, a venture fund from Virginia, will begin accelerating some of its portfolio companies at The Fort in DC. The Fort’s launch is supported by a grant of $100,000 from DC mayor Vincent Gray. Initial startups will include Venga and Social Tables – you’ll find them over…
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Today Webs.com was acquired by the Dutch printing company Vistaprint for a reported $117.5 million ($100 million in cash and $17.5 in stock). Webs.com was started in 2001 in Silver Spring, Maryland by then-college students Haroon Mokhtarzada and his brother Zeki. Previously called Freewebs, the product helps people create simple websites. The company raised $11 million in funding from…
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Living the startup life can be exhilarating , yet exhausting, as entrepreneurs are often faced with more items on their “To-Do List” than hours in the day. Just finding trusted resources and making the connections you need can be a full-time job. Foster.ly is helping Washington, DC-area entrepreneurs by corralling the information they’re looking for…
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When you think of tech startups in DC, you probably think of LivingSocial as they are one of the fastest growing startups in the country. But we wanted to see who our readers thought the hottest early-stage, up-and-coming startup in the DC region might be, so we selected over 50 companies and put them into…
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Most of us have 2 ears. None of us have 5.1 ears. So why do we need complicated expensive equipment to render 2 dimensional sound? Current 5.1 sound solutions deliver directional sounds on a flat 2 dimensional plane. These systems enable us to identify the location from which sound is emanating on a 360 degree…
Read MoreBaltimore has officially extended you an invitation to become part of its “innovation community”. Startup City, a just-launched business accelerator program, is recruiting 10 early-stage ventures for a 12 week program that includes mentorship, $15,000 of seed funding, office space, legal advice and workshops this summer in Baltimore. Why Baltimore, and why now? The term “innovation community”…
Read MoreThis past Saturday, I attended Bootstrap Maryland. The event was hosted by Jared Goralnick and Paul Singh and was held at the University of Maryland. The focus of Bootstrap Maryland is to bring together entrepreneurs and give them the tools to run lean tech startups. Aaron Dragushan of Wondermill kicked off the event speaking about…
Read MoreBootstrap Maryland is coming very soon and there are still a few tickets available. If you are in the DC area and looking to start and run your own business you should definitely check it out. Here are the details: When: Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (ET) Where: Pillsbury Law,…
Read MoreIt’s time for a summertime TECH cocktail in Washington, D.C.! This is our sixth TECH cocktail in the D.C. area and it is already shaping up to be a good one. So here are the details and be sure to RSVP as soon as possible as space is limited. When: Thursday, August 27, 2009 –…
Read MoreBack in September at the TechCrunch50 event I wrote a brief post about the top 10 products I wanted to try as of Day 2. Today I can honestly say that there is only one product on that list that I still use everyday – it’s OtherInbox. I set it up shortly after TC50 and…
Read MoreTECH cocktail 4 is coming up fast here in the DC area and we could not be more excited about the lineup of demo startups we have for you. Thank you to our sponsors and the donations of some of our TECH cocktail attendees for making TECH cocktail DC 4 possible in this time of…
Read MoreWe are excited to announce TECH cocktail DC 3! We hosted our last TECH cocktail DC in the spring and since then have hosted a conference in Chicago, as well as mixer events in Chicago, Boulder and Boston. In case you missed these events you can check out the TECH cocktail photos. Make sure to…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More