VC in DC

Always great to get together during the holiday season! 🌟🥂🍾🏀

In a weekend marked by Syria’s collapse, Palantir Technologies all time highs, and a Presidential transition (hello @DOGE), last nights Brex Supper Club w/ VC in DC and Arlington Economic Development Dual Use & National Security edition was timely. We brought together DC’s most active and thoughtful VCs for a meaningful discussion on doubling down on America’s resilience 🇺🇸. Understanding Washington DC will produce alpha—founders should seek investors rooted in defense innovation, not defense tourists.

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One week ago today, we brought together some of the highest quality founders and investors to our VC in DC x Halcyon Venture + Startup Gala. Huge thank you to all of our guests and sponsors for making it an incredible evening. A few highlights for me: 1. We welcomed 225 guests, more than half were VCs! 2. DC is a town on the move 🚀 The feeling was electric ⚡️ - DC, MD and VA all came together under one roof and things were built. Relationships grown. 3. Got confirmation that a term sheet was signed at the event! Making deals happen 🤝 4. JHH vc portfolio showed up! Ryan Joyce, Margaret Upshur, Gerald Kierce-Iturrioz, Tim Cargol - great to see you all and thanks for making time! 5. Convinced Debbie Irwin and Lighthouse Labs RVA to show in force! 6. Catching up with Joshua Reid is always the best. Shoutout to Emily, Adam, Daniel and the whole Halcyon team for hosting us. And thank you to all of our sponsors for helping us bring this event to life: J.P. Morgan, Aprio, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Foley & Lardner LLP, CSC Leasing THANK YOU: Vivienne, Elizabeth, Alan, Angie, Sam, Steve, Steve, Mindy, Von And team VC in DC: Bill Collier and Jarron H. Smith

VC in DC is headed to Venture Atlanta! We're co-hosting a couple of events on Monday, October 7th for investors and founders. If you'll be there drop us a line to get added to our events! Bill Collier Matt Gittleman Jarron H. Smith Deepika Jonnalagadda Dilene U. Jason Caplain Sam Teden F. Peter Franconi

VC in DC and Halcyon are co-hosting the Venture + Startup Gala on Thursday, October 24. If you're a founder or investor drop us a comment and we'll get you added to our pre-registration page. 100 Founders + 100 VCs for an evening of collaboration, networking, great food and drink. Huge thank you to our title sponsor, J.P. Morgan for helping us bring this to life. Vivienne Pham, Elizabeth Salem Graham, Bill Collier, Jarron H. Smith, Emily R. Owen, Adam Caplan

Last night we hosted a VC in DC/Industry Ventures HH at Balos! Big thank you to Jason Hammond with Fidelity Investments and his team for being our anchor sponsor. More exciting updates to come, join our list at vcindc.org Matt Gittleman Jarron H. Smith Bill Collier Tian Shi Amir M. #venturecapital #networking #dealflow