Lease-tracking agency LeaseAccelerator raises $4.7M [Startup Roundup]

WHO’S MAKING MOVES?

Evolent Health, the Arlington-based outpatient care platform that went public in early May, has increased its offering price from $100 million to a maximum $184 million.
The Web Development Group, a creative agency headquartered in Old Town Alexandria, has opened a new office in WeWork Chinatown.
Speaking of WeWork, the network of coworking spaces has opened up a new floor in its Dupont Circle location. There will be an opening party next week.
Dulles-based Speek is potentially looking for a buyer, after a deal with Polycom fell through, a result of the departure of former CTO Matthew Turner. Here’s an interesting read from the Washington Business Journal.

WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?

After Arlington-based Rosetta Stone announced it had received an “expression of interest” from RDG Capital Fund Management Friday, the company saw its shares rise 19 percent that same day.
Reston-based VideoBlocks, a stock video company, announced it has raised $8 million in a round led by North Atlantic Capital.
After the recent expansion of Getaround and launch of Split in the District, the car-sharing network Zipcar is growing to new locations in the area, including Benning Road, Branch Avenue and Minnesota Avenue.
Frederick, Md.-based Welocalize, a company that helps brands grow to new, linguistically diverse markets, announced it has received a “significant” investment of an undisclosed amount from Minnesota-based Norwest Equity Partners.
Reston-based WealthMinder, a financial advising platform, has raised $1.45 million, according to the Washington Business Journal.
Regenxbio, a D.C.-based gene therapy company, has raised $70.5 million in equity, according to an SEC filing.
RLJ Entertainment, a video distribution company based in Silver Spring, has raised $22.5 million, according to an SEC filing. This follows a $30 million seed round announced in January — one of the region’s top three VC deals.
LeaseAccelerator, a lease-tracking consultancy based in Great Falls, has raised $4.7 million, according to an SEC filing.

WHO’S GETTING BUZZ?

Navroop Mitter, the CEO of D.C.-based secure messaging company ArmorText, was profiled in Inc. as one of the four entrepreneurs “changing the messaging industry.”
EJ Rumpke, the director of operations at new D.C. transplant Kinglet, a company that facilitates the leasing of tiny spaces, learned a few life lessons when Bill Murray crashed his bachelor party. And they all apply to startup life.
Former AOL executive Steve Case explained why he believes the “third wave” of the internet is coming, in a Washington Post op-ed.
Local African-American newspaper The Washington Informer profiled the Wealth Factory, a financial literacy startup that won $20,000 as part of the Industrial Bank’s 80th anniversary grant round.