entrepreneurship : Innovation & Job News

After losing his grandmother several years ago and being unable to attend her funeral, Memories.com cofounder Asi Ohana wanted a way to share videos, photos and stories with his family and friends. So he created it.

The Halcyon Incubator, an initiative of the S&R Foundation located in Georgetown, will welcome its second class of social entrepreneurs in January. Meet the companies working to improve living conditions across the globe.

Like a 7-Eleven that delivers, goPuff has been serving college students in Philly and Boston since 2013. District students will have the opportunity to give it a go in a few weeks.

Our twice-monthly list of hot jobs in DC Tech. 

Mhelpdesk, a mobile office solution for field workers in service industries, has expanded its team 400%, moved closer to D.C., and sold a majority stake to HomeAdvisor.

Power Supply, a meal subscription service for vegetarians, paleo eaters and anyone who wants to avoid gluten or dairy, has added four new chefs to its network and moved into bigger digs.

SocialRadar, the mobile app that gives users information about the people around them, has acquired Gridskippr, a software development company out of Baltimore. 

"Who's hiring" is our list of the hottest jobs in D.C. Tech.

Veenome, an indexing and analytics platform for video that started in Northern Virginia in 2011, has grown into a second, NY-based location.

BitGrid, a communication platform for public power utility companies, is headed to San Francisco next week to compete on the global stage in the CleanTech Open.

Contactually, a District-built CRM platform for small and medium businesses, today announces an additional $2 million in seed round funding. 

1EQ marries the Internet of Things and the healthcare industry to produce cutting-edge tools for managing health. 

With four restaurant concepts ready for backing and three more on their way, EquityEats is poised to change the way brick-and-mortar eateries, coffeeshops and bars are funded.

Elvaria, a three-year-old company that manufactures commercial soft-serve dessert machines, is disrupting decades-old competition. Read on to find out how.

Analysts, this one's for you: ICG, a data and streaming analytics company in Chantilly, Va., is launching LUX 2.0, a platform for the analyst community to use to track just about anything.