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
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
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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
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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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Richmond Inno
Dec 2019
The Richmond Startups to Watch in 2020
Featured Members: Fringe, Kamana Health, Tablee, Trilogy Mentors, Terravive
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Richmond BizSense
Dec 2019
The best of Richmond’s startup scene 2019
Featured Members: Naborforce, AnswersNow, Roundtrip, Occasion Genius, Event Zingo
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Richmond Inno
Dec 2019
Kamana Health Lands New Funding From CIT GAP Funds
Featured Members: Kamana Health
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dec 2019
Faces of 2019: Tablee founders are participating in a business accelerator program in Chicago
Featured Members: Tablee
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dec 2019
Faces of 2019: Babylon Micro-Farms raises $2.3 million; has plans to expand its indoor, hydroponic farming systems
Featured Members: Babylon Micro-Farms
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BusinessWire
Nov 2019
RoundlyX Partners with Voyager for Low Risk Crypto Investing
Featured Members: Roundly X
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PhocusWire
Nov 2019
VIDEO: OccasionGenius – Summit pitch runner-up at Phocuswright Conference 2019
Featured Members: Occasion Genius
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Richmond Inno
Nov 2019
This VCU Grad Uses Virtual Reality to Help Kids Manage Their Mental Health
Featured Members: Root VR
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Richmond Inno
Nov 2019
Tablee’s Disruptive Restaurant Tech Starts With the Push of a Button
Featured Members: Tablee
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Richmond Inno
Nov 2019
Sustainability-Focused Winner Emerges From Lighthouse Labs Fall Demo Day
Featured Members: Terravive
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Nov 2019
Startup Spotlight: Naborforce completes investment round, adds staff and is looking to expand
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Forbes
Nov 2019
Modular Micro Farms: A New Approach To Urban Food Production?
Featured Members: Babylon Micro-Farms
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Forbes
Nov 2019
How Black Women In Wine—And Their Allies—Are Banding Together To Achieve Better Representation
Featured Members: Shoe Crazy Wines
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Nov 2019
Hardywood and two Richmond-area startups raise money to expand their ventures
Featured Members: Fringe
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Nov 2019
Getting to know: Brent Dillie from startup Tablee
Featured Members: Tablee
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Nov 2019
Creator of compostable cups and forks out of plant-based materials makes top pitch in startup contest
Featured Members: Terravive
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Richmond Inno
Nov 2019
AWS Awards Thousands to Lighthouse Labs Accelerator Startups in NoVa
Featured Members: EdConnective, Major Clarity, Trilogy Mentors, Light the Music, Totem, CrowdLobby
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 2019
Startup Spotlight: Kamana wants to streamline the process of hiring contract healthcare professionals
Featured Members: Kamana
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Start Peninsula
October 2019
Winners Announced for Start Peninsula
Featured Members: French Slide
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 2019
Startup Spotlight: Dinegigs introduces hiring platform geared for independent restaurants
Featured Members: DineGigs
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Richmond Inno
October 2019
Six Richmond Startups Awarded at RVAwesome Founders Celebration
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 2019
Roundtrip and five other startups named winners of annual rvAwesome Founders awards
Featured Members: Roundtrip
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Virginia Business
October 2019
Richmond startup places second in international contest
Featured Members: Tablee
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 2019
Richmond startup develops drone system to help monitor power transmission lines
Featured Members: Linebird (Beirobotics)
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Richmond Inno
October 2019
New Money: Top Richmond Funding and Acquisition Deals of September
Featured Members: Outdoor Access, Trilogy Mentors
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Virginia Business
October 2019
New kids on the block(chain): Are cryptocurrencies the future of finance?
Featured Members: Roundly X
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 2019
Editorial: Business without barriers
Featured Members: Fringe
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
September 2019
Startup Spotlight: VCU students create new door design that combines a sliding door with a hinging French door
Featured Members: French Slide
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
September 2019
Startup Spotlight: Richmond-based Outdoor Access raises $2.8 million, expands into three new states
Featured Members: Outdoor Access
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
September 2019
Startup Spotlight: Brandefy pivots to focus on beauty products, completes $550,000 capital raise
Featured Members: Brandefy
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
September 2019
Richmond-based EdTech startup Trilogy Mentors gets $835,000 investment
Featured Members: Trilogy Mentors
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Richmond Inno
September 2019
Richmond Tech Startup Kamana is Finding Constant Work for Healthcare Pros
Featured Members: Kamana
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Richmond Inno
September 2019
Richmond Edtech Startup Trilogy Mentors Raises $800K Pre-Seed Round
Featured Members: Trilogy Mentors
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
September 2019
Patent Focus: recent local patents awarded
Featured Members: French Slide
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Surge
September 2019
MAVA Announces Initial Wave of Techbuzz Companies to be Showcased at Surge 2019
Featured Members: Occasion Genius
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Cision PR Newswire
September 2019
MacLaurin Group & Michael Silverman Lead $835,000 Investment in Trilogy Mentors
Featured Members: Trilogy Mentors
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Style Weekly
August 2019
The Innovation Issue: Meet creative Richmonders trying to change the world.
Featured Members: Babylon Micro-Farms, AnswersNow, Buddy
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 2019
Startup acceleration: Lighthouse Labs graduates nine startups with ties to Virginia colleges
Featured Members: Babylon Micro-Farms, Crowd Lobby, Skinny Dipper, Totem
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 2019
Seven startups chosen for fall cohort of business accelerator Lighthouse Labs
Featured Members: Fringe, Hellofriend, Light the Music, Kamana Health, Terravive
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 2019
Richmond-based maker of software for legal discovery documents acquired by McLean-based firm
Featured Members: Compiled
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 2019
Richmond-based entrepreneur bringing a helping hand to Charlottesville-area seniors who need a ride or a hand
Featured Members: Naborforce
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Richmond Inno
August 2019
Richmond Inno’s 2019 Coolest Companies
Featured Members: Occasion Genius
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Richmond Inno
August 2019
Lighthouse Labs Names 7 Startups for Fall Accelerator Cohort
Featured Members: Fringe, Hellofriend, Light the Music, Kamana Health, Terravive
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Style Weekly
August 2019
Jeff Beck: Co-founder of AnswersNow, an autism resource for parents
Featured Members: AnswersNow
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 2019
Greater than the sum of its parts’: Three Richmond-area startups join forces to improve preventative and personalized health
Featured Members: Nudge
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Style Weekly
August 2019
Charles Merritt: One of the co-founders of Buddy insurance for outdoor adventurers
Featured Members: Buddy
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Style Weekly
August 2019
Babylon Micro-Farms: Modular hydroponic units help chefs grow fresh produce
Featured Members: Babylon Micro Farms
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 2019
Startup Spotlight: SSUPP Foods founders take hiatus, look to revise strategy
Featured Members: SSUPP Foods
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 2019
Startup Spotlight: OneGivv aims to become an ‘all-in-one’ platform for philanthropic giving
Featured Members: OneGivv
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 2019
Startup Spotlight: Henrico woman goes into business with natural Mosquito B Off incense sticks
Featured Members: Mosquito-B-Off
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KLDiscovery
July 2019
Pivotal Acquisition Corp Announces Acquisitions by KLDiscovery
Featured Members: KLDiscovery
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Richmond Inno
July 2019
Meet Richmond Inno’s 2019 Inno Blazers
Featured Members: Roundtrip, Buddy
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KiwiTech
July 2019
KiwiTech Announces the Launch of Innovative Sports Content Platform – Pro Sports Outlook
Featured Members: Pro Sports Outlook
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Richmond Inno
July 2019
How EventZingo Made Treasure From Another Richmond Startup’s Trash
Featured Members: Event Zingo
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 2019
Startup Spotlight: Serial entrepreneur is creating ‘fun brand’ with his Crow Cookies venture
Featured Members: Crow Cookies
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 2019
Startup Spotlight: EventZingo founders bring experience in diverse fields to events-planning startup
Featured Members: Event Zingo
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
June 2019
Startup company AnswersNow has raised $850,000 in seed capital round
Featured Members: AnswersNow
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Richmond Inno
June 2019
Meet Richmond’s 2019 Inno on Fire
Featured Members: Major Clarity, Buddy, Totem, Rountrip, Grenova, Startup Virginia
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Richmond Inno
June 2019
A Richmond Startup Seeking Answers on Autism Just Raised $850K to Scale
Featured Members: AnswersNow
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
May 2019
Startup Spotlight: Software developer brings deep experience to new product venture
Featured Members: ACVITS
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