If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the DMV region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that could propel their startup to growth.
The local venture capital community is robust, with dozens of firms that invest in all sorts of industries, from healthcare to fintech to cybersecurity. And it’s part of the reason that in 2016, approximately $1.09 billion was invested in local high-tech startups by VC firms, placing the region in the top 10 funded clusters in the U.S.
Below is a list of nearly 60 VC firms in the DMV region, including each one’s focus area, what stage it funds and check size, if available. This is a sampling of VC firms in the DMV area — regardless of your business’s industry, you should be able to find the right firm.
If we’ve missed any, let us know at dc@technical.ly and we’ll add them in.
(To learn more about how you can impress potential investors, listen to “The 8 Startup Profiles & Those that Make for the Strongest Investments” by The Full Ratchet’s Nick Moran who is, full disclosure, the founder and general partner of New Stack Ventures, where this author is a fellow.)
ABB Technology Ventures (Washington, DC)
- Companies that impact the future of cities, buildings, homes, transportation, and industry
- Early, late and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Abell Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
- Baltimore companies that are good for mankind and creating jobs
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Initial investments $150,000 to $500,000
- Website / Crunchbase
ABS Capital (Baltimore, MD)
- Business and education services, information and communications technology, healthcare
- Early and late-stage ventures
- $10 million to $25 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Aldrich Capital (Bethesda, MD)
- Business services, software and cloud-services, financial technology, healthcare information technology, and internet
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
A-Level Capital (Baltimore, MD)
- Student-run fund investing in Johns Hopkins students and young alumni
- Seed funding
- Website / Crunchbase
Arborview Capital (Chevy Chase, MD)
- Energy efficiency, resource efficiency and sustainability
- Late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Blue Delta Capital Partners (McLean, VA)
- Federal government services market
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Blue Heron Capital (Richmond, VA)
- Healthcare and technology-enabled business services
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Blu Venture Investors (Vienna, VA)
- Cybersecurity
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Bonsal Capital (Baltimore, MD)
- Mission-driven entrepreneurs, strength in education
- Seed stage
- Website / Crunchbase
Boulder Ventures (Chevy Chase, MD)
- IT and healthcare markets
- Seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Camber Creek (Rockville, MD)
- Real estate technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Camden Partners (Baltimore, MD)
- Education, healthcare and technology-enabled business services
- Early, late, and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
CapitalOne Ventures (McLean, VA)
- Data, technology and financial services
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Catalio Capital Management (Baltimore, MD)
- Biomedical technology
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Chesapeake Bay Seed Capital Fund (College Park, MD)
- Invests in climate tech startups based in Maryland
- Pre-seed, seed and Series A
- $100K to 500K
- Funded by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Website / Crunchbase
CIT GAP Funds (Herndon, VA / Richmond, VA)
- Technology, life science, and cleantech companies, but specific to Virginia
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Columbia Capital (Alexandria, VA)
- Wireless, broadband, media, and enterprise information technology investing
- Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Constellation Technology Ventures (Baltimore, MD)
- Innovative energy technologies
- Late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Core Capital Partners (Charlottesville, VA)
- Data-intensive enterprise software applications and infrastructure solutions
- Seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Datatribe (Fulton, MD)
- Cybersecurity and data science
- Seed-stage ventures
- Up to $2 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Dcode (Washington, DC)
- Governmental technology companies
- Early, late, and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
DC Community Ventures (Washington, DC)
- Community development in underserved markets
- Pre-seed and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
DC Ventures (Washington, DC)
- Not limited to certain industries
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- $10,000 to $500,000
- Website / Crunchbase
Early Light Ventures (Baltimore, MD)
- B2B software companies
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Edison Partners (McLean, VA)
- Technology-enabled solutions in fintech, healthcare IT, and enterprise software
- Seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- $4 million to $15 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Epidarex Capital (Bethesda, DC)
- Life science and health technology companies
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Fenway Summer (Washington, DC)
- Financial technology
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Global Environmental Fund Management (Chevy Chase, MD)
- Companies with an environmental impact
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
GP Ventures (Arlington, VA)
- Enterprise and consumer technology, and consumer products
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Greenspring Associates (Owings Mills, MD)
- Invests in already venture-backed companies
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
GroTech Ventures (Vienna, VA)
- Software and internet technology
- Early and growth-stage ventures
- $500,000 to $5 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Gula Tech Adventures (Ellicott City, MD)
- Cyber
- All Stages
- Website / Crunchbase
IMS Ventures (Alexandria, VA)
- Technology
- Early-stage ventures
- $250,000 to $500,000
- Website / Crunchbase
Industry Ventures (Alexandria, VA)
- Full-stack technology
- Series A, Series B, and growth-stage
- Website / Crunchbase
Inner Loop Capital (Baltimore, MD)
- Cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, data analytics, and enterprise SaaS
- Seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
International Finance Corporation (Washington, DC)
- Internet-related business models that impact priority sectors (digital health, ecommerce, e-logistics, e-supply chain, education and agricultural technology)
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
JMI Equity (Baltimore, MD)
- Software technology
- Series A and Series B ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Lavrock Ventures (McLean, VA)
- B2B companies
- Early-stage ventures
- $1 million to $3 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Lockheed Martin Ventures (Washington, DC)
- Autonomous systems and robotics, cyber securities, space technology, advanced communications and sensors, undersea technologies, data analytics, AI and machine learning, NextGen electronics, advanced materials and manufacturing, and energy and power systems
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Maryland Momentum Fund (Baltimore, MD)
- Maryland-based companies affiliated with the University System of Maryland
- Pre-seed to late-seed stage
- Bridge from angel to Series A
- Website / Crunchbase
Middlebridge Partners (Washington, DC)
- Not limited to certain industries
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Middleland Capital (Washington, DC)
- Technology companies
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Militello Capital (Lansdowne, VA)
- Commercial real estate
- Seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
NaviMed Capital (Rosslyn, VA)
- Healthcare companies
- Growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
New Atlantic Ventures (Reston, VA)
- Healthcare and healthcare IT, higher education, ecommerce, big data, mobile, digital media, cybersecurity
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
New Market Venture Partners (Fulton, MD)
- Education, information technology and business services
- Early and growth-stage ventures
- $2 million to $10 million
- Website / Crunchbase
NewSpring Capital (Baltimore, MD)
- Enabling technology, business services, and information technology
- Series A and Series B ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
NextGen Venture Partners (Baltimore, MD)
- Enterprise, ecommerce, marketplaces, fintech, lifestyle and wellness, B2C, underrepresented, software, healthcare, SaaS
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- $250,000 to $10 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Novak Biddle Venture Partners (Bethesda, MD)
- Information technology
- Pre-seed, seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Old Line Capital (Columbia, MD)
- Technology startups from the mid-Atlantic region
- Early-stage ventures
- Website
Paladin Capital (Washington, DC)
- Not limited to certain industries
- Series A and Series B ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
QED Investors (Alexandria, VA)
- Disruptive financial services
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Razor’s Edge Ventures (Reston, VA)
- Security sector and commercial enterprise technology
- Series A, Series B, Series C, and growth-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Red Abbey Ventures (Baltimore, MD)
- Life-sciences
- Early-stage, late-stage, and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Rethink Impact (Washington, DC)
- Female-led technology companies (healthcare, education, economic opportunity, and environmental sustainability)
- Early and seed-stage venture
- Website / Crunchbase
Revolution Growth (Washington, DC)
- Consumer technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- $4 million to $8 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Route 66 Ventures (Alexandria, VA)
- Financial, digital health, and wellness technology
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Minimum $500,000
- Website / Crunchbase
Sands Capital Partners (Arlington, VA)
- Life sciences and technology companies
- Series A and Series B ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Sail Capital Partners (Arlington, VA)
- Energy and water technology companies
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
See Jane Invest (Baltimore, MD)
- Woman-founded companies with positive social impact
- Website
SHIFT Ventures (Baltimore, MD)
- Mission-driven, underestimated and minority founders
- Seed and early-stage
- Website / Crunchbase
SineWave Ventures (Arlington, VA)
- Commercial and public sector technology
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Squadra Ventures (Baltimore, MD)
- Enterprise software
- Early-stage ventures
- $500,000 to $1.5 million
- Website / Crunchbase
SWaN and Legend Venture Partners (Leesburg, VA)
- Retail product and services, technology-enabled commerce, education, food and hospitality, sports and entertainment
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
TEDCO (Columbia, MD)
- Not limited to certain industries, but specific to Maryland
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- Up to $750,000
- Website / Crunchbase
TCP Venture Capital (Baltimore, MD)
- Technology companies
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
TDF Ventures (Chevy Chase, MD)
- Infrastructure, software, and services enterprise markets
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Toucan Capital (Bethesda, MD)
- Life science and advanced technology
- Seed and early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Townsend Capital (Hunt Valley, MD)
- Emerging energy companies (energy storage and control technology)
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
T. Rowe Price (Baltimore, MD)
- Technology companies
- Early and late-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Quona Capital (Washington, DC)
- Financial technology in emerging markets
- Seed, Series A, Series B, and growth-stage ventures
- $1 million to $30 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Updata Partners (Washington, DC)
- B2B software and software-enabled businesses in financial services
- Series A and Series B ventures
- $4 million to $15 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Valhalla Partners (Vienna, VA)
- Digital media and next generation infrastructure
- Seed, Series A, and Series B ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Vital Venture Capital (Washington, DC)
- B2B SaaS software, medical devices, and diagnostics
- Early and late-stage ventures
- $1 million to $3 million
- Website / Crunchbase
Working Lab Capital (Washington, DC)
- Not limited to certain industries
- Early and seed-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
Zeal Capital Partners (Washington, DC)
- Financial technology
- Early-stage ventures
- Website / Crunchbase
This is a guest post by New Stack Ventures fellow and Georgetown University student Yukta Gutta.
Update: More than a dozen VC firms have been added to this article since it was first published. The headline has been updated accordingly. (10/23/20, 6:42 p.m.)
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