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| 13.05.2026 | Avant Genomics Raises Over $3 Million To Advance Automated Liquid Biopsy Sample Preparation Platform | Avant Genomics announced it has raised more than $3 million in financing to accelerate development of its Avant Source platform, an automated liquid biopsy sample preparation system designed for precision cancer detection. The financing inc... |
| 13.05.2026 | Avant Genomics Raises $3M+ in Funding | Avant Genomics, a Charlottesville, VA-based company which specializes in fully-automated liquid biopsy sample preparation for precision cancer detection, raised $3M+ in funding.
Backers included TitletownTech, Halyard Ventures, Virginia Ven... |
| 31.10.2024 | The Startup Culture in Northern Virginia: What Makes It Unique? | Share
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The startup scene is really taking off, and Northern Virginia has become an unexpected hotspot for young entrepreneurs. With its growing tech companies, startup hubs, and creative community, this area is creati... |
| 16.07.2021 | How To Design A Smart City Everyone Wants To Live In | Chief Technology Officer at Integrity Management Services, Inc., where she is leading cutting-edge technology solutions (AI) for clients. |
| 24.05.2021 | RealLIST Connectors 2021: Meet 20 people making sure DC’s tech community sticks together | In a year where we were torn apart from, well, virtually anyone who didn’t live within our immediate household, connections were more important than ever.
Beyond only seeing others via computer screen, it meant no accidental bump-ins or net... |
| 18.03.2021 | Hydroponics startup Babylon Micro-Farms raises $3m seed capital for US expansion | US indoor agriculture startup Babylon Micro-Farms has closed a $3 million seed round led by previous investors including the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT).
New investors to take part in the fundraise included Hull Street Capital, V... |
| 16.02.2021 | CIT GAP Funds delivers more than $32M in early-stage funding to Virginia companies since inception | A family of funds managed by the Center for Innovative Technology has invested about $1.8 million into Richmond-area startups in recent years.
Through partnerships with Richmond-area groups like Lighthouse Labs, Trolley Ventures, 1717 Innov... |
| 25.01.2021 | CIT GAP Funds has invested $32.4M into 240+ Virginia startups since its inception | Named Virginia’s most active investor by CB Insights for the past six years, CIT GAP Funds’ investments have helped create more than 6,500 new jobs in the Commonwealth in the last 15 years, it reported this month.
The Center for Innovative ... |
| 12.11.2020 | CIT’s Virginia Founders Fund Invests in Mesh Intelligence | Richmond, VA, Nov. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) today announced that Virginia Founders Fund (VFF) has invested in Rosslyn, Va.-based Mesh Intelligence, developer of a proactive food safety and supp... |
| 16.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the Baltimore-DC region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the Baltimore-D.C. region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that c... |
| 13.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the DMV region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the DMV region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that could propel... |
| 01.06.2020 | RoundlyX to use new investment to grow digital asset platform | Richmond's Center for Innovative Technology has invested in digital asset startup RoundlyX.
Richmond-based RoundlyX, formerly Coin Savage, aims to be the Mint.com of digital assets, giving customers a place to manage their bitcoin and other... |
| 10.02.2020 | The Hampton Roads Tech Ecosystem at a Glance | This is part of our Inno on the Road Series, where we explore and showcase a neighboring ecosystem. Inno on the Road: Hampton Roads, which will feature a couple new stories a month and an event in May, is presented by BDO.
With a tangled we... |
| 08.01.2020 | Babylon Micro-Farms closes $2.3m seed round | Babylon Micro-Farms has raised a $2.3 million seed round led by Virginia-based early-stage investment group CIT GAP Funds and startup incubation group Plug and Play Ventures. The round also includes a $225,000 grant from the National Scienc... |
| 24.09.2019 | Center for Innovative Technology announces series of funding briefings for Virginia entrepreneurs | The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) just announced the launch of a series of educational funding events.
CIT is a nonprofit corporation created by the State of Virginia that invests in technology companies.
With this series, the nonp... |
| 28.03.2019 | Female tech founders in DC received only 4.7% of VC funding in 2018 | It’s no secret that female-founded companies aren’t getting the venture capital funding that they need, but consider that only 2.2 percent of venture capital went to all female-founded companies in the U.S. in 2018.
That means that roughly ... |
| 17.01.2019 | CIT’s Virginia Founders Fund is investing in a Bristol-based tech company | The Herndon, Va.–based Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced that its Virginia Founders Fund has invested in Virginia-based Micronic Technologies, a developer of sustainable water purification technology, a press release states. ... |
| 28.11.2018 | ARtGlass Closes $1.3 Million Angel Round | ARtGlass, which provides augmented reality experiences on smartglasses to cultural and historic sites, today closed a $1.3 million angel financing round.
The Richmond, Virginia-headquartered global enterprise attracted five of the Commonwea... |
| 28.11.2018 | ARtGlass Closes $1.3 Million Angel Round | ARtGlass, which provides augmented reality experiences on smartglasses to cultural and historic sites, today closed a $1.3 million angel financing round.
The Richmond, Virginia-headquartered global enterprise attracted five of the Commonwea... |
| 20.11.2018 | Cyber accelerator MACH37 is accepting applications for its Spring 2019 cohort | Herndon, Va.–based cyber accelerator MACH37 is accepting applications for its spring 2019 cohort. The program designed to help the next generation of cyber startups develop will begin on April 1, 2019. The cyber accelerator is seeking compa... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here’s a funding opportunity for Va. startups | The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced Tuesday that it is accepting proposals for its Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF). CIT is backed by the Commonwealth of Virginia and this initiative was launched to conti... |
| 26.04.2018 | Virginia Founders Fund seeks to invest in startups founded by women, people of color, veterans | The Commonwealth of Virginia has a new seed investment fund aiming to increase access to capital for startups founded by women, people of color and veterans, and companies based outside Northern Virginia.
Gov. Ralph Northam announced the cr... |
| 16.03.2018 | 20 startups are heading to DC for the Challenge Cup finals | After pitch competitions around the world, 1776 and Revolution will crown a winner of the latest Challenge Cup in D.C.
The finals of the 75-city competition will be held March 22 at The Anthem, the recently-opened concert hall at the Distri... |
| 17.04.2017 | 6 New Cybersecurity Startup Cohorts from MACH37 | The cybersecurity industry is rife with aspiring entrepreneurs and budding startups. But as with any industry that has a wealth of potential innovation, it can be difficult to succeed without some help along the way. That’s where MACH37 com... |
| 19.02.2017 | Center for Innovative Technology and Smart City Works Launch Accelerator | The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) has partnered with Smart City Works, Inc., to launch a business actuator, a new type of business accelerator focused on growing early stage businesses aimed at advancing smart city solutions.
Smart... |
| 12.11.2016 | Wearable innovation is coming to first responder technology | The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has announced the selection of 10 start-up companies to be part of EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology, an accelerator program designed to bring start-ups, accelerators, an... |
| 27.09.2016 | Qrvey Secures $1.2m in Seed Funding | Qrvey, a McLean, Virginia-based multi-app platform provider, secured $1.2m in seed funding.
The round was led by The Center for Innovative Technology.
The company intends to use the funds to further develop its innovative feedback platform.... |
| 26.09.2016 | Qrvey Raises $1.2M Seed | Qrvey announced today that it has raised a $1.2M seed round of funding led by the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and launched the first multi-app feedback platform for web and mobile environments. Qrvey will use the proceeds to fur... |
| 21.08.2016 | Virginia, CIT Launches Smart City Initiative | The Center for Innovative Technology has teamed up with George Washington University and 22 Capital Partners* to develop an ecosystem of smart city technologies and innovation in Virginia.
The partnership was created to facilitate a working... |
| 23.03.2016 | Tenant Turner Receives Investment from CIT GAP Funds | Tenant Turner, Inc., a Richmond, Virginia-based leasing platform for residential property managers, received an investment from The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)’s CIT GAP Funds.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The compan... |
| 03.12.2015 | Security Mobile App Maker LiveSafe Raises $4M, Appoints New CEO | Arlington, Va.-based LiveSafe has raised a venture round worth $4 million as the company looks to expand its security software business into new verticals, execute a larger marketing plan and for product development efforts. The lead invest... |
| 15.09.2015 | This Woman Is the Venture Capitalist Every Va. Startup Wants to Meet | Image via Wiki Commons
“The worst pitch I ever heard was from this entrepreneur that decided to join my parents and me for brunch one Sunday without an invitation. He sat down with his laptop at our table at the Carlyle in Arlington and jum... |
| 27.08.2015 | Logistics startup CargoSense raises $2.5M to track refrigerated products | Reston-based CargoSense is ensuring your frozen turkey gets a cushy ride to your dinner plate.
The company has designed a “black box” that tracks how pharmaceuticals and refrigerated products are treated during shipment.
The platform captur... |
| 07.05.2015 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation putting $75M toward disease surveillance, Roche gets FDA approval for venetoclax (Morning Read) | LIFE SCIENCE
Adaptimmune, a UK-based biotech using T-cell therapy to treat cancer and infectious disease, raised $191 million in its IPO. The company priced 11.3 million shares at the high end of the range ($17 per share) for a market cap o... |
| 06.05.2015 | e-Kare Raises Funding | e-Kare, Inc., a Fairfax, VA-based digital health company that speeds the assessment and monitoring of chronic wounds, raised a funding of undisclosed amount.
The Center for Innovative Technology‘s CIT GAP Funds made the investment.
The comp... |
| 28.04.2015 | CargoSense Closes $2.5M Seed Funding Round | CargoSense, a Reston, Virginia-based big data and analytics SaaS company, closed a $2.5m seed funding round.
Backers included IrishAngels, Middleburg Capital Development and Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology.
The company intends t... |
| 12.03.2015 | 24 VC Firms in Northern Virginia You Should Know About | While it's true that some of the best sources of venture capital can be found in Northern California, venture funding is increasingly developing in other parts of the country, with some surprising cities chasing at the heels on the amount o... |
| 11.03.2015 | Feds to Back Wearable Tech Startups With New Accelerator Program | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The latest entrant into the startup accelerator and wearable-technologies games? It’s the Department of Homeland Security.
The DHS announced Tuesday that it will launch its tw... |
| 11.03.2015 | CIT Launches Accelerator Initiative | The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) of Virginia, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), has created an accelerator program to speed the delivery of the latest i... |
| 11.03.2015 | Homeland Security taps two accelerators to push wearables for first responders | Dallas-based accelerator Tech Wildcatters and Chicago-based accelerator TechNexus have announced that they are accepting applications for a new incubator program, called Emerge. The program, which will include 10 to 15 companies across the ... |
| 16.12.2014 | Blue Triangle Technologies Closes Funding | Blue Triangle Technologies, a Richmond, VA-based provider of an eCommerce analytics platform, has closed a $857k funding round.
Backers included Blu Venture Investors, CIT GAP Funds (read here), New Dominion Angels, and private investors.
T... |
| 03.12.2014 | CIT and MACH37 Hold Demo Day for CyberSecurity Startups | The Center for Innovative Technology, the nonprofit corporation focused on innovation and entrepreneurship growth in Virginia, and the MACH37™ Cyber Accelerator hosted over 100 investors at its third Demo Day to hear pitches from entreprene... |
| 25.11.2014 | DC was the blankest canvas of a city that I could imagine: Peter Corbett | iStrategyLabs recently created a Wizard of Oz-worthy contraption: the Dorothy trigger allows you to activate a command on your phone with a click of your shoes. It’s the kind of clever, attention-grabbing merger of technology and digital st... |
| 07.11.2014 | Okta Catches SpydrSafe In Its Enterprise Web | Update: Okta has still not explicitly confirmed the acquisition of SpydrSafe, but its cofounder today retweeted our story about the sale after Okta unveiled a new Mobility Management service. That new product is much of what I describe belo... |
| 03.10.2014 | Mining Educational Data By Inventing Apps For All to Use | One indisputable effect of introducing technology into education has been the generation of unprecedented amounts of electronic data on America’s public school students — their attendance, their test scores, their graduation rates, and many... |
| 28.09.2014 | How to Get Funded by DC’s Biggest Startup Investors | What happens when you put seven startup investors on stage at a casual event, where ties are discouraged, jokes are made, and cocktails are on hand? You get some brutal honesty.
Straight talk and telling it like it is were the themes of our... |
| 02.09.2014 | Cybersecurity Accelerator MACH37 Launches Fall 2014 Session | Herndon, Va-based cybersecurity business accelerator, MACH37, has launched its Fall 2014 session.
Launched in 2013 by the Center for Innovative Technology and led by Rick Gordon, Managing Partner, MACH37™ consists of a 90-day program in whi... |
| 15.07.2014 | MACH37 Relaeses Report about Early Investing in Cybersecurity Startups | Herndon, Virginia-based MACH37™ Accelerator released a white paper focused on the attractiveness of investing in the IT security market.
Download the doc here
The document highlights the market for IT security innovation, the possibilities ... |
| 09.06.2014 | MACH37 Launches Call to Expand Mentor Network to Canada, Europe and Australia | Herndon, VA-based cyber accelerator MACH37 announced the expansion of its mentor network with a global call for new members coming from Canada, Europe and Australia.
The Stars Network includes cybersecurity entrepreneurs, domain experts, an... |
| 01.05.2014 | Virginia-Based MACH37 Cyber Accelerator Opens Application Period for Fall Cohort | The MACH37™ Cyber Accelerator has opened the application period for its “F14” Fall Cohort.
The program, which will begin September 2, 2014 in Herndon, Virginia, consists of an intense 90-day period in which eight create security product sta... |
| 18.04.2014 | CIT GAP Funds, Interview with MD Tom Weithman | Last week, the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced that its CIT GAP Funds‘ portfolio reached 100 companies, an achievement that they celebrated with a party in Charlotsville. No, stop, anyways. Since then, they have already inv... |
| 25.03.2014 | DC-Based Accelerator MACH37 Begins Second Class of Cybersecurity Startups | Last week, MACH37 began its Spring session with a new batch of cybersecurity startups. This is the second class of companies for the DC-based accelerator.
MACH37 is an accelerator located at the Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon, ... |
| 17.12.2013 | DivvyCloud Gets Funding From CIT GAP Funds | Just a few months ago, DivvyCloud demoed its hybrid cloud solution as part of Acceleprise's third class of graduating companies. That night they were a standout, and it seems that the startup has continued its pursuit of innovation and succ... |
| 25.11.2013 | Public Safety App LiveSafe Receives Funding From CIT GAP Funds | The Arlington-based mobile safety solutions provider LiveSafe announced Monday receiving funding from the Center for Innovation Technology's CIT GAP Funds. The parties chose not to disclose specifics of the deal.
LiveSafe is a mobile app th... |
| 19.11.2013 | Veenome Raises $1M On Heels of New Dashboard Launch | Arlington's ad-tech platform Veenome – the 21st century advertiser's dream tool – announced Tuesday closing a $1 million round of funding. The funding comes on the heels also of the company's recent launching of its dashboard, a way to make... |
| 17.09.2013 | Fitnet Raises Funding | Fitnet, a Blacksburg, Virginia-based virtual fitness studio application, raised a funding from The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)‘s CIT GAP Funds.
The amount of the deal remained undisclosed.
The company intends to use the funds to ... |
| 10.07.2013 | CirrusWorks Raises Funding | CirrusWorks, a Herndon, VA-based developer of network control platforms, received an investment from The Center for Innovative Technology‘s CIT GAP Funds
The company intends to use the funds for market presence expansion and for product dev... |
| 09.07.2013 | LendPro Receives Investment from CIT GAP Funds | LendPro, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based in-store consumer financing platform, received an investment from the Center for Innovative Technology‘s CIT GAP Funds.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
Te company intends to use th... |
| 07.06.2013 | Cyber-security accelerator Mach37 announces applications for inaugural class | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
HERNDON, VA – Cyber-security accelerator Mach37 b... |
| 04.04.2013 | VividCortex Receives Funding from CIT GAP Funds | VividCortex, a Charlottesville-based system performance management company that builds SaaS tools to helps clients run IT systems, received a funding from the Center for Innovative Technology‘s CIT GAP Funds.
The amount of the investment wa... |
| 11.12.2012 | Speek Receives $1.2M In Seed Stage Funding For VoIP Service That Replaces The Antiquated Conference Call Experience | Speek has received $1.2 million in early stage investment for its VOIP service that replaces the antiquated conference call experience of calling a 10-digit number and entering a pass code. Investors were not disclosed. Previous investors h... |
| 29.11.2012 | Cont3nt.com Receives Investment from the CIT | Cont3nt.com, a Dulles, Va.-based marketplace for breaking photo and video journalism that connects creators and acquirers in real-time, has received an investment from the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT).
The company intends to use t... |
| 27.11.2012 | Veenome Raises $100K | Veenome, an Arlington, Va.-based company that provides a platform which allows advertising networks and publishers to monitor a product’s performance on online video, has received a $100k investment from the Center for Innovative Technology... |
| 26.11.2012 | Veenome Raises Another $600K To Translate Video Content Into Machine-Readable Data | Veenome, a startup that analyzes video content to improve ad targeting (as well as analytics and SEO), just announced that it has raised $600,000 in new funding.
The company is also announcing a partnership with video ad network BrightRoll.... |
| 20.11.2012 | Lewis and Clark Pharmaceuticals Raises $100K in Funding | Lewis and Clark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Charlottesville, Va.-based developer of novel adenosine-based pharmaceutical compounds for autoimmune and other diseases, has raised $100k in funding.
The investment was made by the Center for Innova... |
| 09.10.2012 | Uppidy Raises $50K in Funding | Uppidy Inc., a Reston, Va.-based mobile sharing, search and storage technology company, has raised $50k in funding.
The capital has been provided by the Center for Innovative Technology‘s GAP Funds (CIT GAP Funds).
The company intends to us... |
| 25.09.2012 | BrightContext Receives Investment from CIT GAP Funds | BrightContext Corporation, an Arlington, Va.-based provider of a platform to build applications that process large streams of real-time data, has received an investment from the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT).
The company intends to... |
| 04.09.2012 | YaSabe Raises Funding | YaSabe, Inc., a Herndon, VA-based online search engine designed to help Latinos in the US find and discover businesses, jobs, and other information locally, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding.
Backers include the Center for Innovat... |
| 11.07.2012 | UVA and Virginia Tech Companies Receive Impressive Funding Awards from CIT | Higher education institutes are some of the most active researching facilities in all of the nation, so it's no surprise that states are beginning to aid in their development and fund their technological advances. Virginia is one example of... |
| 04.04.2012 | VanGogh Imaging Raises $100K | VanGogh Imaging, Inc., a McLean, Va.-based software company that offers 3-D computer vision technology for high volume mobile applications, has raised $100k in funding from the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)
The company intends to u... |
| 05.03.2012 | Sunnovations Receives $200K in Funding from CIT | Sunnovations Inc., a McLean, Va.-based clean technology company specializing in solar hot water (SHW) systems for the US and international residential markets, has received $200k in funding from the Center for Innovative Technology‘s Common... |
| 07.02.2012 | Distil Receives $100K Investment from CIT GAP Funds | Distil, Inc., a Falls Church, Va.-based software as a service web security company, has received a $100k investment from the Center for Innovative Technology’s CIT GAP Funds.
Led by Founder and CEO Rami Essaid, the company provides solution... |
| 03.02.2012 | WireTough Cylinders Receives $200K Investment from Commonwealth Energy Fund | WireTough Cylinders, LLC, a Bristol, Va.-based manufacturer of compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinders reinforced with steel wire, has received a $200k investment from the Center for Innovative Technology‘s Commonwealth Energy Fund (CEF).
Th... |
| 11.01.2012 | PublicRelay Receives Investment from CIT GAP Funds | PublicRelay, Reston, a Va.-based company that provides an intelligence system for corporate communications and public relations executives, has received an investment of undisclosed amount from the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)’s C... |
| 09.01.2012 | Rivanna Medical Raises $50K | Rivanna Medical, a University of Virginia (U.Va.)-based start-up that specializes in portable, low-cost, radiation-free X-ray replacement technology based on medical ultrasound, has received a $50k investment from the Center for Innovative ... |
| 12.10.2011 | Servhawk Receives $200k Investment from the Commonwealth Energy Fund | Servhawk LLC, a Northern Virginia-based provider of server energy analytics solutions, has received a $200k investment from the Center for Innovative Technology‘s Commonwealth Energy Fund (CEF).
The company intends to use the funds to expan... |
| 08.10.2011 | Distilled Intelligence Competition Will Award $25k to 55 Startups | Distilled Intelligence 1.0 is a startup competition that’s taking place this Tuesday, Oct 11, and aims to energize the Mid-Atlantic region of startups and investors.
The event is put on by Fortify.vc, a regional seed and early stage venture... |
| 23.02.2010 | Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Washington DC | The words “fat cats in Washington” have been uttered in every corner of the nation from Texas to the Bay, yet DC’s tech scene is anything but sluggish. Companies like AOL, Nextel, MCI and Uunet found early success in the region and since th... |
| - | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation putting $75M toward disease surveillance, Roche gets FDA approval for venetoclax (Morning Read) | TOP STORIES
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing up to $75 million in a network of disease surveillance sites in developing countries to rapidly gather better data, about how, where and why children are getting sick and dying,... |
| - | Испытательный полигон умного города построят под Вашингтоном | В качестве экспериментальной площадки для технологий умного города выбран Ашберн – небольшой городок с населением чуть больше 40 тысяч в штате Вирджиния. Выбор не случаен. Здесь находятся штаб-квартиры и филиалы крупных исследовательских и ... |