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Electra expands Manassas headquarters
Oct 2, 2025

Electra expands Manassas headquarters

Manassas-based aviation startup Electra.aero on Tuesday announced it was expanding its headquarters in Virginia.

Screenshot from a promotional video for Auterion's Nemyx product, a cross-platform drone swarm strike engine. Image credit Auterion.
Sep 26, 2025

Arlington drone software firm raises $130M in Series B funding

Auterion, an Arlington-based provider of drone software, announced it has raised $130 million in a Series B funding round.

Hampton Roads health care accelerator launches
Jul 29, 2025

Hampton Roads health care accelerator launches

A new health care accelerator supporting 24 small and growing health care-related businesses in the Hampton Roads area wraps up its 12-week program in August. Developed by nonprofit coworking space Bloom as a program of the Portsmouth Partnership, the Bloom Healthcare Accelerator is helping local entrepreneurs build relationships, scale their operations and navigate the unique […]

HEARD AROUND VIRGINIA
Jul 29, 2025

StartVirginia: Heard Around Virginia August 2025

AgroSpheres, a Charlottesville biotech company developing nontoxic crop-protection products, announced in late June it was launching commercial sales of Fun-Thyme, a biofungicide derived from thyme oil. The company is partnering with Denver-based agricultural products marketer and distributor Wilbur-Ellis to introduce the product to U.S. farms. Fun-Thyme is billed as a highly effective alternative[...]

Data Centers
Jul 2, 2025

Nvidia-backed AI startup to curb hungry data centers’ appetite for power

Startup Emerald AI plans to use software that will help AI data centers adjust their energy consumption, avoiding strain on the grid.

Electra.aero announced that Max Ochoa has joined the company as chief financial officer. Photo Courtesy Electra.aero
May 6, 2025

Electra announces new CFO

Electra.aero, a Manassas-based aviation startup, announced Tuesday that Max Ochoa has joined the company as chief financial officer.

Glenn Diersen is the founder and president of Summit Human Capital in Richmond. Photo courtesy Summit Human Capital
Apr 23, 2025

19 Virginians are finalists for EY Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year

Nineteen Virginia entrepreneurs are finalists for EY’s 2025 Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year award, with winners to be announced June 18.

An orange aircraft parks in front of skyscrapers
Apr 21, 2025

Electra raises $115M to build ultra-short aircraft

Manassas-based aviation startup Electra.aero announced Monday it has secured $115 million in Series B funding to enter pre-production and certification phase of its EL9 model, a hybrid ultra-short aircraft that can take off and land in 150 feet. The round was led by Prysm Capital, a New Jersey-headquartered growth equity firm. Prysm’s co-founder and managing […]

HEARD AROUND VIRGINIA
Mar 31, 2025

STARTVIRGINIA April 2025 news roundup

Antithesis Operations, a Vienna software testing startup whose tools find bugs in computer programming code, announced in mid-February it had raised $30 million in new funding. The company aims to double its workforce and continue its expansion into new markets. Repeat investor Amplify Partners, a California-based venture capital firm, led the funding round, and San […]

Biotech accelerator launches in Charlottesville
Mar 31, 2025

Biotech accelerator launches in Charlottesville

At the beginning of April, the Charlottesville area will enter a new phase in its journey to become a hub for biotech innovation with the launch of the Commonwealth Bio Accelerator. The program will help early-stage biotech companies from the University of Virginia and others in the surrounding region and beyond move from the research […]

UR students launch food startup — for school credit and profit
Jan 30, 2025

UR students launch food startup — for school credit and profit

Lindsay Batten never thought she’d become a CEO before leaving college, but the University of Richmond senior is beginning her final semester as head of a brand-new startup. The company — which will produce a newly conceived pesto Caesar salad dressing called Envee — is the result of a marketing class focused on entrepreneurship, Bench […]

HEARD AROUND VIRGINIA
Jan 30, 2025

StartVirginia: Heard Around Virginia – February 2025 edition

Crystal City venture capital firm America’s Frontier Fund is among the nation’s first VC firms to secure approval for up to $175 million in matching capital under the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative, a federal program aimed at boosting investment in tech areas vital to national security. This funding for 2-year-old AFF, whose […]

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