OmniEarth wants to launch 18 satellites. It’s starting with $1.3M [Startup Roundup]

WHO’S MAKING MOVES?

Coworking space network WeWork is ready to close a deal for a 26,000-square-foot space on H Street, the Washington Business Journal reports.
The Bitcoin Shop, an Arlington-based online store for Bitcoin users, plans to merge with the Israeli Spondoolies-Tech Ltd, a bitcoin miner. The shop had just raised $2.3 million.

WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?

Applied Predictive Technologies, an Arlington financial cloud analytics company, has been acquired by MasterCard for $600 million, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Arlington-based OmniEarth, a company that seeks to launch 18 satellites into space to obtain a high-resolution view of the Earth, has raised $1.3 million from a $3 million prospective round, according to an SEC filing. The Washington Business Journal has more.
Vii Network, a Penn Quarter-based healthtech company, has raised $250,000 out of a prospective $3 million round, according to an SEC filing.
West McLean, Va.-based Senseware, a company that makes wireless sensors to measure energy usage, has raised $125,000 in debt, out of a prospective $750,000 round, according to an SEC filing.
Visidraft, a Cheverly, Md.-based startup that makes augmented reality tools for architects and interior designers, has raised $250,000 in seed funding. DC Inno has more from this press release.
Vienna-based cybersecurity company ThreatQuotient has raised $1.5 million in a seed round led by Blu Venture Investors, the Center for Innovative Technology and Virginia Tech Investor Network, a network of alumni who “fund Hokie.”

WHO’S GETTING BUZZ?

U.S. CTO Megan Smith made the cover of Wired Magazine. “[T]hink of Megan Smith as tech’s chief evangelist in government,” says the profile piece inside.
ID.me CEO Blake Hall discussed his ambitions with the Washington Business Journal.
Social Tables CEO Dan Berger took to Medium to share his recipe for a good company culture. “A really awesome culture means an almost religious-like community or tribe,” he writes.