Innovation & Job News

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.

Social Tables has literally gone from zero to 60 in the last three and a half years--from a single founder to a team of five dozen employees. Take a closer look at the company's journey.

Capital Call, a semi-annual pitch event hosted by Cooley LLP, draws entrepreneurs and investors together for potential matchmaking. Meet the companies who pitched last week.

Ideaventions, an Oakton-based provider of after-school science classes for kids, is opening a private school in Fall 2015. School founder Ryan Heitz gives us a peek at what's ahead.

Vouched, a new app from startup Pipevine in Tysons, Va., aims to fix LinkedIn's endorsement feature.

nspHire, a new job search app, is designed for millennials or anyone else who uses their phone for everything. It takes its design cues from Tinder, and it's available on Android now and debuts on iOS November 1. 

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Improvonia, an order-management platform for restaurants and suppliers, has gained 149 clients since kicking off operations in July. Here's why the company is growing, averaging a new hire every week.

ID.me, an online identity verification platform that has served the military community since 2011, has opened up its marketplace to all consumers, letting everyone take advantage of its high-ranking security standards.

Snaapiq rewards users for snapping and uploading selfies. With more than 20,000 downloads so far, the cofounders might be on to something.