DC-area founder Ben Christensen is a technologist with a background in climate and carbon science. But when he set out to create a startup, he went beyond his education and gathered inspiration from his carpenter father.
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Washnington Business Journal: This auto tech startup can’t hire fast enough. It hits the gas with $5M and new leadership.
Rockville’s Autosled Inc. has secured $5 million in new financing to bulk up its team in the face of increasing demand for its tech platform, which facilitates communication, tracking and payments between drivers and shippers.
Technically DC: Scholly and Google are offering $10K scholarships for BIPOC women in tech
Scholarship connection app Scholly has partnered with Google to create a new scholarship for women from marginalized communities of color in tech. The Women of Color In Tech $10,000 Scholarship, which opened applications this month, is a scholarship for collegiate BIPOC women pursuing computer science or related majors.
DC Inno: Reston cyber company Mandiant reaches $5.4B deal to sell to Google
Reston cybersecurity company Mandiant Inc. (NASDAQ: MNDT) said early Tuesday it has reached a deal to sell to Google LLC for $23 per share in an all-cash deal valued at $5.4 billion.
Technically DC: Ahead of its SXSW pitch, Rockville’s N5 Sensors just launched new wildfire detection tech
This weekend, Rockville, Maryland’s N5 Sensors has some pretty noteworthy plans. Earlier this week, the sensor-tech company dropped a brand-new pilot program for its wildfire-sensing technology. It’s going to be a huge talking point when founder and CEO Abhishek Motayed will be pitching at South by Southwest, happening now though March 20 in Austin.
Technically DC: Start.Law aims to be a legal advocate for the ‘other 10%’
“Ninety percent of venture capital funding goes to the white guys.” “Even when underrepresented founders do secure funding, they raise significantly less, are less likely to raise subsequent rounds, and retain less equity in their companies,” said Maria Worley, attorney and founder of Start.Law.
Technically DC: Worker wellness-focused Givhero closed a seed round, with lots of Maryland backing
Gaithersburg, Maryland-based social wellness platform Givhero recently closed a seed round with several Maryland institutional investors’ support.
Seed round participants included Baltimore’s Conscious Venture Fund II, Swerve Limited, TEDCO and the University System of Maryland Momentum Fund. The amount invested in the seed round was not publicly disclosed.
DC Inno: Greater Washington Partnership says it’s on track to launch 45,000 into tech careers
Capital CoLAB, an initiative launched by the Greater Washington Partnership to match students, particularly women and people of color, with the region’s tech job openings, has so far engaged with 12,000 prospective workers through its programs, the organization said.
Technically DC: Power Moves: This global expert is the new CEO of DC’s Crypto Council for Innovation
Look, you’re probably sick of hearing about cryptocurrency after this weekend’s Super Bowl commercial mayhem, but there is some local news to know on the subject. This month, the Crypto Council for Innovation, a global lobbying group HQ’d in DC for leaders in the crypto industry, announced that Sheila Warren would be its new CEO.
Washington Business Journal: This D.C. mental health care startup is expanding to reach more people of color
Hurdle offers appointments to people of color via telemedicine with therapists trained in cultural humility and responsiveness.
