Sustainability : Innovation & Job News

Check out 23 electric vehicles built by DC students Saturday.

After hitting $1 million in sales, Alexandria-based SoapBox Soaps is expanding by offering a second line of products and taking its original line to Sam's Club and 1,700 CVS stores across the country.

Wash Cycle Laundry, a dry cleaning and laundry service that hires locals who need help getting back into the workforce, recently landed a contract with GWU, necessitating the increase in staff.

The Aspen Institute, an international nonprofit organization headquartered in Dupont Circle, is launching a Center for Urban Innovation, and within that, an incubator for social entrepreneurs to work on D.C.'s urban woes.

UrbanStems, a District-based floral delivery service that expanded to NYC in December, today announces a $1.5M seed round led by Middleland Capital.

Bun Out the Oven, a registry to help new parents find local providers of meals, cleaning, dog walking and other services, has launched in D.C. 

Undone Chocolate, a craft chocolate maker with a focus on pure ingredients and transparent business practices, is making chocolate in the District.

Fruitcycle, a local social good/food startup, is blossoming. CEO Elizabeth Bennett has hired her first employee, has products in six stores across the District and is popping up all over.

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.

After receiving applications from more than 100 local companies, 1776 announces D.C.'s field of competitors in the Challenge Cup. The winners will move on to the Challenge Festival, which will be even bigger next year.

The makers of the app Greenease have moved to NYC for a stay in an accelerator and $25K but plan to return to DC, their home base, in December.

Fruitcycle, a local food startup that won the audience favorite at Mess Hall's Launch Pad competition, uses an old concept to breathe new life into food that would otherwise be discarded.

Mess Hall, a new culinary incubator in Brookland, opened Saturday night by hosting the final round of Launch Pad, a pitch competition for food entrepreneurs with a $500K investment purse. Mason Dixie Biscuit Company rose to the top and won first prize.

4P Foods, a local startup that delivers produce to consumers at work and at home, is adding Northern Virginia locations to its routes.

SoapBox Soaps, the Alexandria-based soap with a mission, is planning a Series A raise in the fall. The company has placed products in most Whole Foods locations and is working on Target and Costco rollouts.