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Join us November 5 & 6!

Engage with top Local and National
Investors, Corporates & Innovators

Apply to present!

May 16, Breakfast Application Deadline

July 29, Conference Application Deadline

Engage with top Local and National
Investors, Corporates & Innovators

Apply to present!

May 16, Breakfast Deadline

July 29, Conference Deadline

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Save the Date! November 5-6, 2025

Join us on November 5 – 6, 2025 in Arlington, VA.

Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area are exploding with activity, with arrivals of large tech operations, including Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. The area is also growing tech startups, innovative growth companies, and a deep pool of talent.

The annual Accelerate events will be located principally in Arlington’s Virginia Square neighborhood – just a couple of miles from Amazon’s HQ2, and a few metro stops away from Reagan National Airport (DCA).

Raise Capital!

Startups, click here to apply for the November Conference.

The Accelerate Investor Conference accepts 50 companies from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Chosen startups will pitch to packed rooms of regional and national, angel and venture capital investors.

The Accelerate Investor Conference

is a venture investor and startup conference and early stage business competition that showcases our region as a powerhouse for innovation and business opportunity.

The competition fuels innovation-based business growth by showcasing the best and brightest new tech startups to potential investors to foster their development within Virginia, Maryland, and Metro DC.

Dozens of top tech companies and 20+ student teams will compete to win cash and bragging rights. The competition targets entrepreneurs with early to mid seed stage, high growth businesses with the potential to have an immediate and positive impact on our local economy, as well as student concepts with longer-term business viability.