DC Tech Meetup September Edition

9/19/14

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We may have missed some things

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1. Show me the money$?

$8MM

$400MM

$1.25MM

$6.5MM

$2.6MM

$2.1MM

$10MM

$1MM

2. Making Moves

Acquired by Daimler First major car maker to enter the ride-sharing business

Operating in Austin w/ 1776 roots

Acquired by SamsungWill operate as an independent company Moving to Samsung’s Open Innovation Center in Palo Alto

3. Summer Happenings

CONNECTpreneur Crowdfunding Challenge Series

+ many more

InTheCapital Names 10 Coolest Startups

4. Expanding Capacity

Now legally dispensing investment advice as registered investment adviser

Plans $425 Million Fund for IT Startup Investment

Launched $23MM fund - companies building hardware and software tools for gov San Fran based, nat’l investing (FL, MO, CA, NY)

Launches first SF class

New cohort of cybersecurity companies

5. Awards & FundsNew Awards: Wearable Tech, Internet of Things, Responsive Design & Innovative 3-DIY !

Deadlines: Early entry 9/26 Final 11/7

$85K to startups/companies to transform emerging corridors !

Rolling applications - first decision 9/29

Soon be able to do what you love in Dupont Circle November 1st

New tech hub? Renovating historic Manhattan Laundry site @1336 Florida Ave

6. Working It

7. Around the Corner

Rumored: Move to DC after

successful IPO?

Just Announced: October 6, 6:30pm DC Tech Meetup: Digital DC Tech Fund Edition

DC TechDay October 2, 10am

Nat’l Building Museum

DCFemTech Tour de Code October, various events including Startup Weekend

What’s it all about? In May the FCC Proposed rules that would let cable companies create fast lanes and slow lanes on internets. Giant companies would be on the fast lane because they could pay the premium & startups would be left in the slow lanes

8. Update: Net Neutrality

!September 10 was the official Internet Slowdown Day. To fight back, companies like Tumblr, Kickstarter, Etsy, covered their sites with symbolic "loading" icons, to remind everyone what an Internet without net neutrality would look like, and drove a record numbers of emails and calls to lawmakers before 9/15 deadline. Learn more

9. Neat & NextBrendan Irib, Co-founder of Oculus VR donates $31MM to UMD Computer Science Center

Pay for Metro w/ your smartphone or watch? Planning pilot program & testing starts soon.

Everfi Working With the NHL to Teach STEM on Ice

10. Making the newsNamed new CEO - Gautam Thakar former eBay exec

Launched “Speek for Business” to take on WebEx, Join.Me

CEO took $1 salary (from $875MM) after recent restructuring

Added execs from Mashable, Spree Commerce & Tech Cocktail (former DCTM organizer Justin Thorpe)

Gamified shopping – now offers verified coupons & cash back online marketplace

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