Innovation & Job News

Last night, D.C.’s transportation junkies were officially introduced to the latest wave of car sharing startups at launch parties just two miles apart. 

The startup won WDCEP's  "Live Free in D.C." competition, designed to attract startups to D.C.'s tech scene.

We've pulled together dozens of new jobs available at D.C.'s most exciting companies to help you find your next position.

Hera Hub DC is part of a national chain to allow women to connect with other female entrepreneurs, and it officially opens June 10.

The "productive space" will open new locations in the D.C. area as well as Boston.

Jamese Mangum, a junior at Washington Math, Science, and Technology Public Charter High School, won the 2015 LearnServe Innovation Award for Black Girls Love STEM Too, a social initiative she invented.

“If you were to watch cable and traditional TV shows, you’d see [black] women fighting each other on reality TV. If you see black men, they're in the news as criminals. That’s not the true makeup of the African diaspora.”

Tahzoo, a "customer experience" agency based in the District, says it's the largest of its kind in the world after acquiring Netherlands-based digital agency HintTech.

Check out 23 electric vehicles built by DC students Saturday.

As part of the city's InnoMAYtion challenge, startups Foster.ly and Betterific are asking DC residents to propose innovative solutions for the city.

A roundup of the latest jobs in DC Tech and other exciting startups.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has appointed Matt Bailey, a former user experience manager for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and co-founder of Code for D.C., as the city's first director of technology and innovation.

No napping. But they have waffles.

Union Kitchen and Compass Coffee are teaming up to offer free classes to would-be entrepreneurs. The new endeavor is called Made in DC.

Allyson Jacob, innovation news editor since Elevation DC first began publishing news in January 2013, has written her last piece for the publication.