SVA Members in the News
Curated news articles about members of Startup Virginia. See how our members are creating headlines and energizing the startup landscape in Virginia.
Richmond Inno
Dec 2020
Richmond Inno’s Startups to Watch in 2021
Featured Members:
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dec 2020
Richmond-based venture capital firm NRV invests in Williamsburg startup company Iron Sheepdog
Featured Members: Iron Sheepdog
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Richmond BizSense
Dec 2020
Shockoe Bottom tele-health company fuels expansion with $250K capital raise
Featured Members: AnswersNow
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Richmond Inno
Nov 2020
Responding to cultural appropriation concerns, Totem rebrands to Humanitru
Featured Members: Humanitru
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Richmond Inno
Nov 2020
With the launch of new career readiness micro-credentials, MajorClarity enters ‘Phase 2’
Featured Members: MajorClarity
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Nov 2020
Startup Spotlight: DropAlley creating an online marketplace for introduction of streetwear apparel brands
Featured Members: DropAlley.io
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The Silicon Review
Nov 2020
An innovator revolutionizing lab consumables reuse through high-quality waste reduction devices: Grenova
Featured Members: Grenova
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Richmond Inno
Nov 2020
UnMoo founder combines science with mission to create dairy alternatives
Featured Members: UnMoo
— read the article
Tech Tribune
October 2020
2021 Best Tech Startups in Richmond (Virginia)
Featured Members: Outdoor Access, Trilogy Mentors, Nudge, AnswersNow, Buddy, Brandefy, SEQL, Naborforce
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Style Weekly
October 2020
The 2020 Top 40 Under 40: Ankit Mathur, 38
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 2020
Shoe Crazy Wine founder is starting to see her vision realized
Featured Members: Shoe Crazy Wine
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Richmond Inno
October 2020
Rudder cofounders use their own freelance experience to create a unique payment platform
Featured Members: Rudder
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Richmond BizSense
October 2020
Shockoe Bottom startup wants to streamline the product drop
Featured Members: DropAlley.io
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Richmond Inno
October 2020
UpRiver 2020 showcases how founders have weathered the Covid storm
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Pax Momentum
October 2020
Announcing the Pax Fall 2020 Cohort!
Featured Members: RoundlyX
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Richmond Inno
October 2020
How Covid has helped AnswersNow do more for its clients
Featured Members: AnswersNow
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 2020
Richmond-area entrepreneurs talk about how they have survived – and adapted – during the pandemic
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Richmond Inno
October 2020
Shoe Crazy Wine founder Gwen Hurt paved her own path to success
Featured Members: Shoe Crazy Wine
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Richmond Inno
Sept 2020
Richmond’s Inno Under 25
Featured Members: LineBird, Personify, Brandefy, SEQL
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Richmond Inno
Sept 2020
Beauty lovers rejoice: Brandefy is launching its first subscription box
Featured Members: Brandefy
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Richmond Inno
Sept 2020
DropAlley.io aims to deliver high-powered fashion to brands, designers and customers alike
Featured Members: DropAlley.io
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The Scarsdale Inquirer
Aug 2020
Failla’s Trilogy Mentors growing by leaps and bounds
Featured Members: Trilogy Mentors
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Richmond Inno
Sept 2020
Richmond-based Naborforce snags a spot in Techstars accelerator
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Sept 2020
Startup Spotlight: Naborforce lands spot in prestigious business accelerator
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Pivotal Ventures
Sept 2020
10 Startups to Kick-Off New Accelerator Focused on Solutions for Older Americans
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Inc. Magazine
Sept 2020
Why America Needs More Innovation in Eldercare
Featured Members: Naborforce
— read the article
Washington Business Journal
Sept 2020
Exclusive: Halcyon’s angel group is now active. Here are its first investments.
Featured Members: MajorClarity
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Aug 2020
WATCH NOW: Richmond startup Grenova has developed high-tech equipment to help labs rethink waste and cost
Featured Members: Grenova
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Richmond Inno
Aug 2020
Richmond startup rebrands as SEQL, looks to expand beyond recruitment platform
Featured Members: SEQL
— read the article
Dallas Fort Worth Airport Media Room
Aug 2020
DFW Airport Launches New Initiative to Rebuild Trust and Confidence in National Air Travel
Featured Members: Quartr
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Richmond Inno
Aug 2020
CRISIS INNOVATORS: How five Richmond startups became ‘Crisis Innovators’ amid Covid
Featured Members: Kamana, Grenova
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Aug 2020
Startup Spotlight: UnMoo makes dairy-free cheeses from nuts
Featured Members: UnMoo
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Richmond BizSense
Aug 2020
Richmond insurance startup for adventurers takes big leap
Featured Members: Buddy
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Aug 2020
Seven startups forge ahead with business plans through virtual Lighthouse Labs program
Featured Members: LineBird
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Aug 2020
Startup Spotlight: MajorClarity helps students discover future careers with online platform
Featured Members: MajorClarity
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Richmond BizSense
Aug 2020
Local wine company scores deals with Food Lion, Sam’s Club
Featured Members: Shoe Crazy Wine
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Richmond Inno
Aug 2020
HelloFriend adapts to Covid with new contactless ordering solution
Featured Members: HelloFriend
— read the article
Richmond Inno
Aug 2020
Lighthouse Labs, DEIC announce fall accelerator cohorts
Featured Members: LineBird
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Richmond Grid
Aug 2020
Grenova’s plan to stop supply shortages in COVID-19 testing labs
Featured Members: Grenova
— read the article
Richmond BizSense
Aug 2020
15 startups tapped for Lighthouse Labs, Dominion accelerator programs
Featured Members: LineBird
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Richmond Grid
Aug 2020
On the road to removing transportation as a barrier to health
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Capital One
Jul 2020
Capital One Empowers Digital Learning: Providing technology assistance to digital education partners and educating youth online
Featured Members: Trilogy Mentors
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jul 2020
Seven startups focused on energy-related businesses chosen for first Dominion Energy Innovation Center accelerator
Featured Members: LineBird
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Richmond Inno
Jul 2020
Trilogy Mentors’ $1.1M raise will allow for platform expansion
Featured Members: Trilogy Mentors
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Richmond Inno
July 2020
Roundtrip adds $4M to Series A round
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Inno
July 2020
Team Excel offers a platform for students to improve self-efficacy, motivation and leadership skills
Featured Members: Team Excel
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Richmond BizSense
July 2020
BizSense Assembly recap: Black Entrepreneurship in Richmond
Featured Members: Shoe Crazy Wine
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PR Web
July 2020
Roundtrip hauls in a $4M strategic capital raise
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 2020
Startup Spotlight: Outdoor Access partners with land conservancy to make properties available for recreation
Featured Members: Outdoor Access
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Tech Crunch
July 2020
Fringe pitches a monthly stipend for app purchases and subscriptions as the newest employee benefit
Featured Members: Fringe
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Richmond BizSense
July 2020
Richmond startup wants to be the LinkedIn-meets-Zillow for collegiate recruiting
Featured Members: STAC
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Richmond Inno
July 2020
Summer travel plans cancelled? This Richmond company gives you close-to-home access to outdoor recreation
Featured Members: Outdoor Access
— read the article
Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 2020
RoundlyX, which enables investments in digital assets, plans growth with CIT investment
Featured Members: RoundlyX
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Richmond Inno
July 2020
Drone tech startup Linebird is out to solve utilities’ operational problems
Featured Members: LineBird
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Richmond Inno
June 2020
The venture capital pipeline: fixing racial disparities in startup funding
Featured Members: Team Excel, Shoe Crazy Wine
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 2020
Drive-Thru app tries to simplify curbside pickup
Featured Members: Drive-Thru
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Richmond Inno
June 2020
Roundtrip receives $252K grant to study transportation use by opioid patients
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Inno
June 2020
Richmond entrepreneur says his movement-based, wearable technology is the future of footwear
Featured Members: Kinis
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 2020
Richmond-based recreation insurer Buddy plans wider rollout of service
Featured Members: Buddy
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Richmond Inno
June 2020
Meet Richmond’s 2020 Inno on Fire
Featured Members: RoundlyX, STAC, Naborforce, OccasionGenius, Trilogy Mentors, Light the Music, Roundtrip, Grenova, Kamana, Terravive, Totem, Startup Virginia
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 2020
In severe downturn, some Richmond-area startups thrive, some pivot, others wait and hope
Featured Members: AnswersNow, Brandefy, Farmraiser, Trilogy Mentors
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Mobi Health News
June 2020
NIH grant gives Roundtrip $252K to study impacts of transportation on opioid use disorder treatment
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Inno
June 2020
RoundlyX to use new investment to grow digital asset platform
Featured Members: RoundlyX
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
May 2020
As elective procedures declined, local startup Roundtrip focused on helping healthcare workers get transportation
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Inno
May 2020
STAC offers new way for athletes and recruiters to connect in the digital age
Featured Members: STAC
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Center for Innovative Technology
May 2020
CIT GAP Funds Invests in RoundlyX to Support a New Generation of Cryptocurrency Investors
Featured Members: RoundlyX
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
May 2020
Seven startups selected for business accelerator Lighthouse Labs’ summer program
Featured Members: Kinis, LineBird
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Richmond Inno
May 2020
Richmond woman turns a fast-food problem into a coronavirus solution
Featured Members: Drive-Thru
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Richmond BizSense
April 2020
Shockoe Bottom startup takes on restaurant takeout
Featured Members: Drive-Thru
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Richmond Inno
April 2020
‘A Sticky Product’: How Totem Helps Nonprofits Automate and Raise Money
Featured Members: Totem
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Richmond Inno
April 2020
Richmond Startup Roundtrip Shifts Gears to Assist in COVID-19 Response
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Inno
April 2020
The Top 10 Richmond Startup Funding Rounds of Q1
Featured Members: Fringe, STAC, OccasionGenius, Totem
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Richmond Inno
April 2020
How Richmond’s Data Society Trains Big Businesses in Data Science
Featured Members: Data Society
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CBS 6
April 2020
Drive-Thru App on Virginia This Morning
Featured Members: Drive-Thru
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COLLECTOR Studios
April 2020
Episode 3: Come Together Virginia
Featured Members: Grenova
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Richmond Inno
April 2020
Naborforce Adapts Its Senior Assistance as COVID-19 Spreads in Virginia
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Richmond BizSense
Mar 2020
Uber-inspired companionship service for seniors expands beyond region
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mar 2020
Startup Spotlight: Two Richmond-area startup companies selected for accelerator program in Silicon Valley
Featured Members: Occasion Genius
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mar 2020
Startup Spotlight: Richmond-based maker of sustainable products finds key customer in Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market
Featured Members: Terravive
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Richmond BizSense
Mar 2020
Local footwear startup stepping into casual shoe market
Featured Members: Kinis
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Richmond Inno
Mar 2020
How Richmond’s Kamana Health Plans to Help with Hospital Staffing Shortages During the Pandemic
Featured Members: Kamana
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Richmond Inno
Mar 2020
How Richmond Startup Terravive is Capitalizing on SXSW Even After Its Cancellation
Featured Members: Terravive
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Skift
Mar 2020
An Event Tech Startup Is Helping Travel Companies Adapt Marketing During Crisis
Featured Members: OccasionGenius
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Ciston PR Newswire
Feb 2020
WGU Labs, MajorClarity Partner to Advance Career Readiness for High School Students
Featured Members: Major Clarity
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Feb 2020
Two Virginia startups each win $7,500 in Dominion Energy Innovation Center pitch competition
Featured Members: Linebird
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Richmond Inno
Feb 2020
RoundlyX Plans to Take Its Digital Asset Management Tech International
Featured Members: Roundly X
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Richmond Inno
Feb 2020
Richmond’s bitCubs Brings Computer Science Education to Children Through Animation
Featured Members: Bitcubs
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Richmond Inno
Feb 2020
A Richmond Startup Taking on the ‘Silver Tsunami’ with a Tech Platform
Featured Members: Naborforce
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A View from the Treehouse
Feb 2020
A Conversation with Charles Merritt
Featured Members: Buddy
— read the article
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jan 2020
Startup Spotlight: Kamana secures investment, plans to add jobs
Featured Members: Kamana Health
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Richmond Inno
Jan 2020
Starchive Wants to Change the Way You See Your Digital Media Files
Featured Members: Starchive
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Richmond Inno
Jan 2020
Rock On: Richmond’s Light The Music Raises $250K Investment
Featured Members: Light the Music
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jan 2020
Richmond startup company Light the Music raises $250,000 to further develop educational technology
Featured Members: Light the Music
— read the article
Richmond Inno
Jan 2020
Report: Virginia Startups Landed $1.16B in 2019
Featured Members: Fringe, Naborforce, Kamana Health
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Richmond Inno
Jan 2020
HR Tech: How Visual Workforce’s Skills-Matching Found Its Niche
Featured Members: Visual Workforce
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Richmond Inno
Dec 2019
This UVA-Born Startup is Revolutionizing the Home Farming Industry
Featured Members: Babylon Micro-Farms
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