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MicroStrategy buys $623M more bitcoin in March
Tysons-based tech company MicroStrategy continues to grow its cryptocurrency collection, acquiring more than 9,200 more bitcoins in one week in March. From March 11 to March 18, MicroStrategy acquired approximately 9,245 bitcoins for approximately $623 million in cash, according to the company’s Tuesday filing with the U.S[...]
McLean AI health care startup raises $111M in Series A funding
McLean-based Zephyr AI has raised $111 million in a Series A funding round, the health care technology startup announced March 13. The round included participation from about 30 investors, including Revolution Growth, Eli Lilly & Co., Jeff Skoll, and Epiq Capital Group, according to a news release and a Securities and Exchan[...]
Torc makes interim CFO permanent
Blacksburg-based self-driving truck company Torc Robotics, a subsidiary of Daimler Truck, hired Richard Kannan as its new chief financial officer, the company announced Thursday. Kannan, who had served as interim CFO since August, will also become a member of Torc’s executive leadership team. “Richard has proven himself [...]
Alliance for Building Better Medicine receives $1M award
The Alliance for Building Better Medicine — a group of public and private pharmaceutical manufacturers and research organizations in Richmond and Petersburg — will receive a $1 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Richmond-based innovation incubator Activation Capital, which convened the alliance four yea[...]
Leidos receives $158M Air Force contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos won a follow-on contract valued up to $158 million to develop and expand the Air Force’s Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application, a government-owned software application system, the company announced Thursday. Kessel Run, a division within the Air [...]
MicroStrategy’s fortunes rise as bitcoin sets new record
Tysons-based tech company MicroStrategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin, has been riding a recent surge in the cryptocurrency, which hit an all-time high of $69,324.58 Tuesday morning before falling off somewhat in the afternoon. As of Feb. 25, MicroStrategy and its subsidiaries held a total of 193,000 bit[...]
JLL: NoVa is still nation’s top data center market
Northern Virginia remains the country’s largest data center market, according to a report released Monday by real estate company JLL. The 581 megawatts of capacity leased by energized — or built-out — data centers in Northern Virginia for 2023 represented a new record, according to the JLL report. Data centers leased 1[...]
New president and CEO named for Herndon’s Deltek
Deltek announced Tuesday that Bob Hughes will become the Herndon-based software company’s president and CEO in April when current leader Mike Corkery moves to an operating group executive role at Roper Technologies, Deltek’s Florida-based parent company. Previously, Hughes worked as an executive at Kronos, a workfo[...]
McLean’s Iridium to purchase Satelles
McLean-based Iridium Communications, a global satellite communications company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Satelles, a Reston-based provider of satellite-based time and location services that serve as a backup for GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), Iridium announced Monday. Satelles’ po[...]
Shentel to sell cell towers portfolio for $310.3M
Shenandoah Telecommunications (Shentel) has entered into an agreement to sell its portfolio of cellular towers and associated operations to Vertical Bridge Holdco for $310.3 million in cash, the Edinburg-based company announced Friday, a move that appears to largely transition Shentel out of the last remnants of its cellular pho[...]
Tegna expands contract with Comscore
Tysons-based Tegna, the nation’s largest owner of NBC-affiliate TV stations, has reached a multiyear deal with Reston-based Comscore, which will continue providing media metrics and audience measurement services across the broadcaster’s local TV, major affiliate and digital businesses, the companies announced Friday.[...]
Virginia 500 Spotlight: ANEESH CHOPRA
FIRST JOB: Bellhop at a Ramada Inn outside of Princeton, New Jersey MOST VALUED POSSESSION: My wedding ring HOW I UNWIND FROM WORK: Playing tag with the kids in the backyard HOW I CHOSE MY CAREER: I was inspired by President Clinton to solve national problems through better use of technology. HOW I BALANCE MY […]
