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| 04.07.2024 | New DC Gov’t Relations Firm Launches to Champion Frontier Tech Companies | WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 4, 2024–
Today marks the official launch of Washington Office, a new DC-based strategy firm that aims to redefine government relations by focusing on frontier tech that powers the national interest. Specifica... |
| 03.02.2021 | Celebrate Black History Month virtually with these 8 Philly events | Events Roundup is a Technical.ly column where we highlight events happening in the Philly area each month. Got a submission? Email us the details so we can consider it for our next roundup: philly@technical.ly.
As the country recognizes Bla... |
| 01.05.2020 | Our ultimate back-to-school guide for DC-area student entrepreneurs | Updated 5/1/2020 by Cassidy Beegle-Jackson.
Starting a business can daunt founders at any age, but becoming a student entrepreneur can add a special kind of anxiety to college life.
"When you’re meeting with people and telling them abo... |
| 05.12.2019 | A comprehensive 2020 guide to DC coworking spaces | If you need a space to work, your options for coworking and flex office space offerings in D.C. are not lacking.
This year alone, the nation’s capital welcomed Two Birds, a coworking space for working class parents; Convene’s first coworkin... |
| 01.10.2019 | Events Roundup: 12 ~not-spooky~ professional development meetups this October | We know that networking and professional development can feel like the stuff of nightmares.
But this October, Philadelphia is filled to the brim with conferences, speaker series and even a fair dedicated to the local maker community. If you... |
| 03.09.2019 | Events Roundup: Hear founder failures and learn to network better this September | Folks looking to network, career change, level up their skills or learn more about the tech industry will have a wealth of opportunities to do so at events throughout this September.
We’re looking forward to “Founding Failures,” an evening ... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup landscape [2019 Update] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup landscape [2019 Update] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 16.07.2019 | 1776 is opening an incubator location in North Bethesda this winter | After announcing the shuttering of its Crystal City office and the return of its D.C. location this year, 1776 is expanding into a new state.
The prominent D.C.-based incubator network is partnering with the Greencourt Innovation Center (GI... |
| 27.06.2019 | 1776 DC and Ipsos are hosting a patient experience pitch competition | It looks like 1776 is making a comeback in the District with a new office and pitch competition.
The prominent D.C.-based incubator and coworking space is partnering with Ipsos to host a patient experience pitch competition for startups wor... |
| 14.12.2018 | Goodworld relocates to a new coworking space after working out of 1776 DC for almost 5 years | Goodworld has officially moved to WeWork K Street after working out of 1776 DC for nearly five years.
The tech startup that facilitates charity donations via hashtags had to relocate after 1776 announced that it would be closing its Washing... |
| 07.12.2018 | A comprehensive 2019 guide to DC coworking spaces | Washington, D.C. has increasingly become a place to be for coworking with more creative spaces to work out of popping up each year. The District welcomed Mindspace this summer but had to bid farewell to prominent coworking space Impact Hub ... |
| 19.11.2018 | Goodworld Lands $750K Investment from Mastercard | D.C.–based Goodworld received a $750,000 investment from Mastercard to expand social giving efforts, according to the companies. Goodworld’s tech enables users to link their bank accounts to their social media accounts to send charitable do... |
| 19.11.2018 | Goodworld lands $750K investment from Mastercard | D.C.–based Goodworld received a $750,000 investment from Mastercard to expand social giving efforts, according to the companies. Goodworld’s tech enables users to link their bank accounts to their social media accounts to send charitable do... |
| 16.11.2018 | Kenya’s Twiga Foods secures $10m investment from IFC, TLcom | Kenyan mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods has secured a $10-million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), venture capital firm TLcom and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).
The ... |
| 16.11.2018 | Kenya’s Twiga Foods secures $10m investment from IFC, TLcom | Kenyan mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods has secured a $10-million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), venture capital firm TLcom and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).
The... |
| 15.10.2018 | #Solar100’s Lidija Sekaric: Solar’s jack of all trades | The saying goes, “A jack of all trades is a master of none,” positing a distinction between a generalist and a specialist.
Bucking convention that someone could only be a generalist or a specialist, Dr. Lidija Sekaric is solar’s jack of all... |
| 18.09.2018 | Here are the startups in 1776’s new accelerator program | Coworking space 1776 announced the 10 companies that will be participating in the first cohort of its D.C. Startup Accelerator.
“With so many exceptional and quality candidates, it was hard to narrow down the applicants to just 10 companies... |
| 12.09.2018 | Indiez helps build software for tech companies, remotely | Whether it’s a beach in Bali or a mountain in Alaska, imagine having the choice to work from anywhere, manage your own workload, and work whenever you want. One startup is trying to make that possible.
Indiez was created after a solo backpa... |
| 16.07.2018 | 1776 launches accelerator to help startups get ‘investor ready’ | 1776 is launching an accelerator program this fall from its D.C. campus.
With the new offering, the team behind the network of incubators is looking to help early-stage startups get “investor ready,” said Anthony Maher, 1776’s Chief Growth ... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 16.04.2018 | Get Introduced to mid-Atlantic tech leaders at Philly Tech Week | It’s one of the densest business clusters in the world, but we know there isn’t yet an overflowing of identity for the mid-Atlantic.
That imprecise geographic strip roughly between New York and Virginia is an old one by our nation’s standar... |
| 26.03.2018 | Miami-based Caribu wins 1776 Challenge Cup | Entrepreneurs from 20 cities around the world took the big stage at The Anthem on Thursday night.
They were at the concert hall at The Wharf for the final round of the Challenge Cup, hosted by 1776 and Revolution.
Earning the $100,000 inves... |
| 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... |
| 13.03.2018 | Goodworld teams with payments company to help bank customers round up for charity | Social giving startup Goodworld announced a partnership with Australian payments company Verrency on Tuesday.
The partnership is aimed at creating a new charitable giving service that banks can offer to customers, according to a news releas... |
| 27.02.2018 | DC founders created a new trivia game on Facebook Messenger | Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush. Which of these U.S. presidents said that women’s beach volleyball was his favorite event at the Olympic games? If you guessed Reagan, you’re wrong! The answer is George W. Bush, and the question ... |
| 26.02.2018 | 20 hiring companies will be at NET/WORK DC this Wednesday | In case you didn’t already notice, from our daily event coverage (February’s Editorial focus is Hiring), or from our On The Market column or our ever poppin’ jobs board, it’s our mission to connect you to exciting employment opportunities i... |
| 20.02.2018 | A data dive into who’s hiring for what job at NET/WORK DC 2018 | NET/WORK DC 2018 is presented by 1776 and the (newly expanded) Flatiron School on Wednesday, February 28, and hiring organizations will be at Gensler looking for their next candidate. Thanks to our media partners ByteBack, General Assembly ... |
| 21.12.2017 | Startup competitions with largest cash prizes in blockchain | They include Por-sche Innovation Contest, Blockchain Oscar, Consensus 2017 and CoinAgenda
If you're a startup seeking opportunities to get funded, educated or connected, startup competitions are a great resource.
Vator has been holding its ... |
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| 28.11.2017 | 8 Incubators From Around the Country You Might Not Have Heard of Before | Here at TechCo, we've done plenty of lists rounding up the most impressive incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces in plenty of major cities and across a variety of sectors, from the best healthcare accelerators to a collection of th... |
| 16.11.2017 | 1776 and DC airports are giving startups a place to land | 1776 is expanding its focus on travel to the startups to the airport.
The incubator is partnering with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on a new “Startup Challenge” that looks to provide resources to young companies.
The incub... |
| 01.11.2017 | This startup is delivering wine straight from local vineyards | Imagine ordering a bottle from your favorite local winery online and having it delivered in time for dinner. That’s the goal of Mike Lawler and Mike Barefoot, the founders of Haymarket, Va.–based VinoWine, an app and website that connects w... |
| 25.10.2017 | Report: Investments in disruptive healthcare startups stagnate from 2016 to 2017 | While the startup ecosystem of 25 major US markets grew 35 percent from 2016 to 2017, investment into companies specifically looking to disrupt healthcare with digital care or other solutions remained relatively stagnant during the same per... |
| 16.10.2017 | Benjamin’s Desk and 1776 Are Merging | Philadelphia-based coworking network Benjamin’s Desk and DC-based incubator 1776 have officially announced their merger. And yes, both of their names are references to the American Revolution, thanks for noticing.
The goal of the merge: To ... |
| 13.10.2017 | America's 10 hottest cities for startups | Flickr/rosenkranz
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| 13.10.2017 | 5 tips for startups seeking to partner with larger firms | Want to take your startup to the next level? Partnering with big, corporate players might seem like hitting the jackpot, and while such success is a possibility there are a few things you can do to boost your chances, according to a panel h... |
| 13.10.2017 | Philly makes top 3 in ranking of startup cities | Trailing behind Boston and the Bay Area, Philly scored the No. 3 spot on a yearly ranking of the country’s 25 top startup cities, climbing up five notches from last year’s report.
The 68-page Innovation That Matters 2017 report, released ye... |
| 21.09.2017 | Benjamin’s Desk and 1776 are negotiating a merger: report | Homegrown coworking company Benjamin’s Desk is in talks to acquire D.C.-based incubator 1776, according to a report in the Washington Business Journal.
Per the terms of the deal as described in the report — which cites several sources with ... |
| 11.09.2017 | Introducing the 2017 50 on Fire Winners | DC Inno's 50 on Fire honors the hottest companies, organizations and people from across a number of categories, each one operating within or around the city's innovation economy.
You might be looking at this list and think "Huh, this i... |
| 07.09.2017 | Every Major DC Accelerator, Listed | Accelerators are to startups as spinach is to Popeye. And for those located in the DC area, it's important to stay updated on the biggest and brightest accelerators available.
It's tough to stay on top of the constantly shifting mass of inc... |
| 07.09.2017 | Ukrainian startups invited to Challenge Cup 2017 (apply until Sept. 8) | Startups from Ukraine and neighboring countries are invited to apply to participate in the global startup competition Challenge Cup 2017 to be hosted on September 22 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
In total up to 20 startups will be selected to pres... |
| 22.08.2017 | Looking for a dev job? On the Market has options | On the Market is a Technical.ly column where we highlight noteworthy job openings and the people who are lookin’. Got a submission? Email us and tell us why it belongs in the roundup.Fugue is hiring for a senior software engineer on its aut... |
| 21.08.2017 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [21/08/2017] | Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. There are loads of competitions, networking sessions and workshops happening around South Africa and the rest of t... |
| 21.08.2017 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [21/08/2017] | Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. There are loads of competitions, networking sessions and workshops happening around South Africa and the rest of t... |
| 18.08.2017 | Multiplying meetups look to the collective | Consider the power of a collective.
Just about every growing tech community goes through periods of alternating between expansion and consolidation. One group surges to become a vital flag bearer, others grow to serve specific constituencie... |
| 10.08.2017 | Startup competitions seeking blockchain companies | They include competitions from Smart Dubai Office, CoinAgenda, CoinDesk and d10e
If you're a startup seeking opportunities to get funded, educated or connected, startup competitions are a great resource.
Vator has been holding its own compe... |
| 08.08.2017 | Behind 1776's Quest to Pair Scrappy DMV Startups With Established Industry Players | It's not worth denying it: 1776 has been through a few changes at the executive level in the last year.
In August 2016, they brought on Peter Cherukuri as its first president and chief innovation officer. In November, co-founder and then-co... |
| 04.08.2017 | Simplifi wins 1776 Challenge Cup regional | Student debt management startup Simplifi won the 1776 New York Challenge Cup pitch competition put on by incubator 1776 at its Brooklyn Navy Yard space Thursday night.
The young company beat out 16 other startups and will move on to the glo... |
| 02.08.2017 | How Goodworld’s space stands out at 1776 | Goodworld helps people #donate to favored charitable causes via the web, and founder Dale Nirvani Pfeifer had a purpose behind hiring in D.C.
Now a team of eight, half of whom are in technical roles, the company is building its own identity... |
| 25.07.2017 | Travel startups: Marriott and 1776 want you | For startups with a focus on travel, there’s a three-month incubator with cash prizes that could be a good opportunity.
It’s called the Travel Experience Incubator Challenge and it comes out of a partnership between Marriott, Accenture and ... |
| 10.07.2017 | Applications for 1776’s Challenge Cup due this Friday | For early stage founders looking to get their vision out into the world, 1776’s Challenge Cup, which has a New York deadline of July 14, could be a very good opportunity.
The Challenge Cup is the signature pitch competition of 1776, the inc... |
| 23.06.2017 | Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (6/23-7/6) | Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every other Friday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up in the next... |
| 21.06.2017 | Hey transportation startups, here’s a new way to hit the accelerator | 1776 and Transurban North America are seeking startups looking to revolutionize American road systems.
The two orgs opened applications this week for the Smart Highways Challenge: Smarter, Safer, and More Efficient. It’s an open call for st... |
| 09.06.2017 | Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (6/9-6/22) | Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every other Friday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up in the next... |
| 02.06.2017 | Apply for the 1776 Challenge Cup for an opportunity to pitch your startup in New York | Share this article:
The 1776 Challenge Cup is a worldwide tournament for the most promising and innovative startups. The challenge opportunes startups to win prizes, make connections and share their vision on a global stage. This year, 1776... |
| 31.05.2017 | 1776 Ventures Provides $500K to MPOWER | MPOWER Financing announced today that 1776 Ventures has doubled-down its investment in the company with an additional $500,000 investment ahead of MPOWER’s planned Series B for this summer. 1776 Ventures is an investment fund focused on see... |
| 16.05.2017 | 4 reasons Raleigh, NC is quickly emerging as a top hub for tech entrepreneurship | One of the fastest growing places in the country, Greater Raleigh is growing by 64 people per day. Currently at just over a million residents, our population is projected to double by 2040. Out of the 43 people who are moving here, 75 perce... |
| 08.05.2017 | 1776NY launches fellowship for women entrepreneurs | As 1776NY prepares to move into its new digs this fall, it’s launching a new program squarely focused on female founders.
The incubator has partnered with the Kate Spade Foundation to create the Women’s Entrepreneurship Lab. The announcemen... |
| 27.04.2017 | 1776’s Education Lead, ‘Rusty’ Greiff Heads to 2U | For the past two years, Russell Greiff has amassed a portfolio of edtech startups at 1776, an incubator and investment fund based in Washington D.C. Now the serial education entrepreneur is moving on. “Rusty,” as he’s more affectionately ca... |
| 19.04.2017 | Healthbox launches subscription research service for providers with deep dive on health IT companies | “We’re bridging the education gap,” Patel said. He described the reports as an extension of the Healthbox Catalyst program.
Patel noted that one question Healthbox gets asked about a lot is startup failure rates. He acknowledged that even f... |
| 18.04.2017 | The 1776 Challenge Cup is back for its fourth year running | 1776, D.C.’s prominent incubator, seed fund and producer of yearly global pitch competitions, announced Tuesday that it is bringing back the Challenge Cup for a fourth year.
The 2017 edition of this pitch competition will, like years before... |
| 18.04.2017 | 1776 Teams up With Revolution's Rise of the Rest for 2017 Challenge Cup | Two of D.C. tech's most prominent organizations are teaming up to support the same message: startups can start from anywhere.
This year, 1776's Challenge Cup is teaming up with Revolution's Rise of the Rest for the part-venture capital firm... |
| 11.04.2017 | Benjamin’s Desk is bringing 1776 to town (plus 16 other #PhillyTech Power Moves) | The latest move from Benjamin’s Desk is not measured in square feet: Philly’s mostly bootstrapped coworking spot was announced as one of 20 partner companies backing 1776’s UNION program, a “digital network and platform that catalyzes innov... |
| 15.03.2017 | Lumanu, Doyenne Group, Intellivisit & More: This Week’s WI Watchlist | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Keep up with the latest news from Wisconsin’s innovation community with these recent headlines:
—Lumanu, a Milwaukee-based developer of marketing software that helps customers... |
| 13.03.2017 | 1776 and MedStar collaborate on new pitch competition for health-tech startups | MedStar Health and 1776 announced on Friday that the two organizations have teamed up to offer a new pitch competition for health tech startups. The competition, called (quite long-windedly) “Thinking Outside Healthcare’s Traditional Box — ... |
| 10.03.2017 | 1776NY’s first-ever Women’s Demo Day featured an impressive slate | Twelve pitches in 24 minutes. And a healthy smattering of red.
That was the scene at 1776NY’s Women’s Demo Day, which observed International Women’s Day with a pitch event featuring female founders of local startups. Among them: a marketpla... |
| 24.02.2017 | Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (2/24-3/2) | Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every Friday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up this weekend and ... |
| 20.02.2017 | There should be more women angel investors: Learn how at this event | Women are underrepresented at all levels of the investing game. Here at Technical.ly we focus a lot of how little venture funding goes to female founders (just 3 percent by some counts) but there’s another issue that may or may not be relat... |
| 16.02.2017 | Dubai Innovation Office Seeking Startups for $20k Blockchain Contest | Dubai’s government is on the hunt for startups to take part in a new blockchain contest, offering prizes of up to $20,000 for the winning projects.
The competition, dubbed the SDO Blockchain Challenge, was announced late last month by the S... |
| 14.02.2017 | 1776NY’s class of startup fellows is really impressive | 1776NY, the new incubator/coworking space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard announced its inaugural class of 19 of startups and by the looks of it, the place is stacked.
In December, 1776NY announced it was taking applications for a class of startu... |
| 02.02.2017 | DC tech leaders weigh in on Trump’s refugee ban | “When we think of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen, we think of our colleagues, our startups and our partners who work hard every day to solve tough problems to make people’s lives better.”
So writes 1776 CEO Evan Burfield... |
| 31.01.2017 | Nab a fellowship at 1776NY and get some free office space, too | Brooklyn tech newcomers 1776 are hitting the ground running, today announcing a spring fellowship program at the Brooklyn Navy Yard–based startup incubator.
The D.C.-born 1776 is looking for tech startups with two or more employees, which a... |
| 25.01.2017 | Wow: NYU is spending more than $500 million to up its tech presence in Brooklyn | NYU President Andrew Hamilton will unveil tomorrow the university’s plan to invest more than half a billion dollars into buildings and programs at NYU Tandon in Downtown Brooklyn over the next decade.
Hamilton will be speaking Thursday morn... |
| 13.01.2017 | How ShipLync is working to save shippers a bunch of time and effort | Because of her family’s background in plastics recycling, Saureen Desai knows a lot about shipping and logistics. She knows, for example, how businesses that need to ship things spend hours, whole days even, on the phone with logistics comp... |
| 06.01.2017 | Want to Move to Virginia? Startup Arlington Is Here to Tempt You. | Tech.Co has partnered with Arlington Economic Development to bring you this story.
Do you currently live outside the greater DC area? Do you want to change that? If you're a cool startup founder or CEO, Startup Arlington wants you to, and t... |
| 06.01.2017 | Want to Move to Virginia? Startup Arlington Is Here to Tempt You. | Tech.Co has partnered with Arlington Economic Development to bring you this story.
Do you currently live outside the greater DC area? Do you want to change that? If you're a cool startup founder or CEO, Startup Arlington wants you to, and t... |
| 13.12.2016 | Startups! Get free office space at the new 1776NY | Brooklyn’s newest entry into the coworking game is 1776, an incubator and seed fund and coworking space opening up in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
1776 is offering startups free coworking space through August of 2017 via its Startup Fellowship p... |
| 28.11.2016 | 1776 will lose cofounder as leadership departures at incubators, accelerators continue | In her blog post, she explained that the foundation for 1776 was born from her previous role as managing director of the Startup America Partnership:
Find serial successful entrepreneurs to join together to a) knock down the barriers to sta... |
| 23.11.2016 | UPDATED: Donna Harris Steps Down as Co-CEO of 1776 | In 2013, when Donna Harris and Evan Burfield launched 1776, they couldn't have predicted how much growth and international recognition they would've received. Now, three years later, Harris is stepping down as co-CEO of the growing startup ... |
| 10.11.2016 | Toast lands $1.5M for cross-border payment services for migrant workers in Asia | Fintech is blowing up in Southeast Asia. Toast, a startup that helps make cross-border payments easier and cheaper for migrant workers living overseas, is the latest to help itself to money from investors.
The Singapore-based startup today ... |
| 26.09.2016 | Brooklyn’s newest incubator and seed fund is looking for startups | Rachel Haot, managing director of 1776NY, shared some photos from inside the new startup incubator and seed fund. 1776’s temporary Brooklyn space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard looks sharp; its forthcoming space will be on the top floor of Build... |
| 06.09.2016 | Inno Approved: DC Tech (And Ping Pong) Events To Know About This Week (9/5-9/11) | Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every Monday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up this week.
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| 04.09.2016 | What cities need to know about drones | Brooks Rainwater Contributor
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| 29.08.2016 | Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (8/29-9/4) | Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every Monday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up this week.
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| 18.08.2016 | When it comes to the tech community, what does DC want to be known for? | D.C. is not Silicon Valley.
Despite the fact that a number of startups here do espouse the hoodie-and-a-ping-pong-table aesthetic, it doesn’t seem to be out of a desire to play copycat. Our nation’s capital is an expensive city to start up ... |
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| 26.07.2016 | From orthopedics to MS, Ananda Devices wants to harness the potential of organ-on-a-chip | Magdesian’s innovation is one of the latest in the organ-on-a-chip movement, which has the potential to dramatically accelerate the drug industry research and development. Scientists generally “put some cells on a Petri dish and hope they w... |
| 05.07.2016 | Oticon’s hearing aid uses AI: Are high tech tools for hearing loss ignoring mass market? | Hearing aid companies have served customers facing complex hearing environments using so-called “narrow beam forming,” but it isn’t a very satisfying solution, according to Schum.
“It creates a very unnatural listening experience, because y... |
| 29.06.2016 | Here’s what’s up with 1776’s ‘Startup Federation’ and ‘Union’ platform and all that | At last week’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Palo Alto, Calif., 15th Street-based 1776 (in partnership with Dell and Capital Factory) announced the Startup Federation and a platform called Union.
With @dellinnovators, we announced Union... |
| 24.06.2016 | Capital Factory Joins Union, an International Startup Platform | At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, 1776 and Dell announced a partnership with Microsoft and Capital Factory to create Union, an international startup platform. |
| 21.06.2016 | To drum up deals internationally, Fenox VC launches Startup World Cup with $1 million prize | San Jose-based Fenox Venture Capital is launching a series of pitch competitions called the Startup World Cup, with a $1 million investment prize, in an effort to identify top entrepreneurial talent in 11 international markets, according to... |
| 16.06.2016 | Graduate from Coffee Shops to One of These Arlington Coworking Spaces | Tech.Co has partnered with Arlington Economic Development to bring you this story.
Freelancer, full-timer, contractor, entrepreneur, or even funemployed – they all have one thing in common: the need for a place to get work done. From Arling... |
| 14.06.2016 | 1776 now has a chef | Hungry entrepreneurs at 1776’s Crystal City campus, and soon the 15th Street campus, now won’t even have to leave the building for some brain food.
1776 announced on Monday that the company has hired chef Aaron Butler to run its “food progr... |
| 13.06.2016 | Inno Approved: Tech Events to Know About This Week (6/13-6/20) | Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every Monday with new ideas and tech events to check out
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| 13.06.2016 | Dubai emergency response startup MUrgency wins 1776 Global Challenge Cup | After a week full of pitch competitions and panel discussions, the third 1776 Global Challenge Cup came to a close on Friday evening at the historic Lincoln Theatre on U Street. MUrgency, a Dubai-based app aimed to democratize emergency res... |
| 10.06.2016 | At 1776, a global journey in digital health and diagnostics | The company’s cloud-based platform and app links urgent care patients with validated and trained hospitals and first responders. The goal is to grant patients physical access to a doctor in less than 10 minutes following a push of the emerg... |
| 09.06.2016 | Hiring news at 1776 amid Challenge Cup festivities | D.C.’s 1776 announced Wednesday that the incubator and seed fund has hired Christian Garcia as a managing director of its investment arm. Garcia will have a specific focus on energy, water and food.
Please join us in welcoming Christian Gar... |
| 08.06.2016 | The final week of Challenge Cup 2016 is officially underway | 1776’s Challenge Festival 2016 officially kicked off on Tuesday night to the sounds of country music and the chatter of hundreds of attendees networking.
You know it’s a party when there’s a custom Snapchat filter. (Screenshot)
The global e... |