TechBUZZ, the pitching contest launched in 2011 by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, announced its new crop of presenting startups this week.
The 16 startups — hailing mainly from D.C., Virginia, Maryland and New York, will have four minutes to talk up their venture to hundreds of enterpreneurs and investors.
The half-day event will take place on June 16 at AOL’s Steve Case Center.
Those 16 sweet startups are:
- Athena Power (McLean, Va.)
- Attentiv (D.C.)
- Bloomforth (Centreville, Va.)
- Bubbl (New York)
- buzzmark (D.C.)
- CyberTimez (Winchester, Va.)
- DaoCloud (D.C.)
- Esplota (Miami and New York)
- First Mile Geo, Inc. (D.C.)
- Jewelbots (New York)
- Lessoncast (Baltimore)
- RedShred (Baltimore)
- RelishMBA (Charlottesville, Va.)
- Uplevel Security (D.C. and New York)
- Virgil Security, Inc. (Manassas, Va.)
- YOPP (D.C.)
According to MAVA, companies that have presented at TechBUZZ have rounded up a grand total of $200 million in disclosed funding over the years.
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