Accelerate Breakfast Series - Dynamic Venue

Kubanda Cyrotherapy - People's Choice Award

The Accelerate Breakfast Series

The Accelerate Breakfast Series is a premier gathering for entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders across the DMV region. Each event offers an exciting platform to connect, collaborate, and discover high-potential investment opportunities from some of the area’s fastest-growing tech companies.
The next Accelerate Breakfast Series event will be Thursday, July 10, 2025.

What to Expect

Five high-growth tech companies present who are actively raising $500,000–$2M in seed-stage capital
Diverse Investor panel
Opportunity for attendees to pose questions to the presenting companies
Focus on innovation and diverse founders from Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC
Presenters exhibit before and after presentation to encourage conversations with investors
Networking Opportunities before and after presentations
Chance to vote for your favorite pitch “People’s Choice”

Who Should Attend?

Early to mid-stage venture capital investors
Angel investors interested in pre-seed founders
Founders looking to network and hear pitches
Business professionals and innovators
Ecosystem service providers
Startup focused government innovator groups/agencies

Cost

$35 for entrepreneurs, investors, and non-profits
$75 for other business professionals
No fees for selected presenting companies

Apply to Present

Selected companies will receive:

Opportunity to pitch to an audience of nearly 200 investors and business leaders
Professional pitch coaching and preparation support
Valuable feedback from an experienced investor panel
Networking opportunities with key stakeholders in the DMV region

Eligible companies must:

Be located in Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, D.C.
Be actively seeking seed-stage capital ($500,000 – $2 million)
Have a scalable technology-focused business model

There is no cost to apply or present.
Applications from historically underserved groups and minority entrepreneurs are especially encouraged.

Past Presenters 2024-2025

April 2024 Presenters

OpsCanvas – Visual cloud deployment platform empowering software teams to deploy to the cloud in hours instead of days or weeks. The platform generates thousands of lines of known-good code and custom configurations in less than 30 seconds.
Founded by serial entrepreneur Brian Kathman (CEO) and Jason Turim (CTO), OpsCanvas reduces the complexity and costs of deploying and running cloud software.
NearStar Fusion – Pioneering the development of clean fusion energy using hypervelocity plasma railguns, led by renowned plasma physicist Dr. Douglas Witherspoon. NearStar aims to create modular, scalable fusion power plants.
Edenic Energy – Revolutionizing outdated buildings in underserved communities with an AI-driven Internet of Things infrastructure network, addressing energy inefficiencies and operational costs. Led by Founder and CEO Thomas Hunter Jr., Edenic’s predictive analytic software facilitates informed decision-making.
Healp – A patient community platform providing peer support to patients with chronic and rare conditions. It serves as a strategic tool for healthcare partners to engage and recruit patients, offering forums and live chats to reduce isolation and confusion during diagnosis.
SRT Labs – Enterprise software platform transforming buildings and cities into Intelligent Entities. By optimizing resources and reducing costs through automation and predictive maintenance, SRT Labs helps create unified ecosystems and visualize infrastructure for efficient management.

July 2024 Presenters

AGED Diagnostics – A pre-clinical diagnostics venture developing blood tests for fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis. AGED is developing the first accurate, noninvasive blood test, and they are currently in the middle of a 500-patient clinical trial in the US and Germany. They were awarded Pepperdine’s Most Fundable Company of 2023.
Anantyx, LLC – Offering Cloud Command (ACC), a groundbreaking self-service cloud management platform. ACC transforms complex cloud terminology into simple language, empowering users to be more productive and responsible with their cloud usage, utilizing Generative AI to streamline cloud adoption.
AtWork Systems, LLC – Developing SaaS platforms for managed services in the GovCon sector. AtWork’s platforms automate back-office tasks, eliminate compliance issues, and help businesses scale through tools like OneLynk™ and CentrumCyber™ software for government contractors of all sizes.
Derive – An AI-accelerated cyber risk assessment and management platform. Derive empowers organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions about cybersecurity by continuously prioritizing strategies based on real-world data and financial impacts.
Teleworker AI – A software platform that uses AI/ML, AR, digital twins, and mobile robotics to facilitate remote work. Users can control robots like drones or robotic dogs, enabling blue-collar workers to enjoy the same remote work benefits as their white-collar counterparts.

January 2025 Presenters

Electro Tempo – A software company revolutionizing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure planning and deployment. Their core product is an advanced analytics and simulation suite that predicts EV charging demand using complex data sets including travel patterns, grid assets, land use, demographics, and emissions.
Evizia – Revolutionizing genome analysis with their platform, PRECYSE, which enables direct, single-molecule visualization of samples. Evizia offers “Next Generation Quality Control (QC)” for Next Generation Sequencing, lowering complexity and cost while providing high-resolution nanoscale imaging.
Slip Signal – A technology company developing Spectrally Efficient Digital Logic (SEDL), a solution to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) in electronic circuits. SEDL enables smaller, lighter, and more efficient devices by providing a native solution to EMI without relying on external shielding or filtering.
Thyme – An AI-driven platform that automates tasks for financial advisors, reducing meeting overhead, accelerating document insights, and streamlining client onboarding. Thyme helps financial professionals save time and improve productivity, and was part of a recent Y Combinator cohort.
QWERX – A cybersecurity startup offering a revolutionary approach to endpoint authentication through its Enterprise Secure Perimeter software. QWERX eliminates static digital credentials for continuous device verification, preventing unauthorized network access across millions of endpoints, including IoT devices.

Exhibitors:

Saltenna – Focused on wireless communications for defense tech, Saltenna is at the forefront of cutting-edge wireless solutions.
UpBrains AI – A supply chain company leveraging AI to optimize and transform supply chain operations.

April 2025 Presenters

FraudOptics – Founded by former FBI/DOJ experts, FraudOptics delivers a risk intelligence platform to combat illicit cryptocurrency activity. By combining blockchain data with open-source insights, it helps financial institutions, law firms, and government agencies prevent fraud, money laundering, and terrorist financing while ensuring regulatory compliance and security.
Kubanda Cryotherapy, Inc. – Disrupting the $4B veterinary tumor market with carbon dioxide-based cryotherapy, Kubanda provides the first affordable, minimally invasive treatment capable of treating large tumors. Developed by cryobiologists and biomedical engineers, it has been launched in North American clinics to save time, reduce costs for pet owners, and improve clinic ROI.
PS Fertility Inc. – Launching a novel male fertility test, PS-Detect, which identifies the percentage of sperm capable of fertilizing an egg by detecting phosphatidylserine (PS) on sperm. This breakthrough discovery in sperm biology is revolutionizing male fertility testing with a flow cytometry diagnostic test.
Scout Space – Redefining space intelligence with cutting-edge autonomy and on-orbit sensor deployments. Scout Space’s AI-driven software and high-performance sensors enable real-time decision-making for defense and commercial satellites, enhancing space security and mitigating operational risks, especially with deep U.S. Space Force partnerships.
Spectrohm – Revolutionizing internal imaging with high-speed, automated inspection. Spectrohm’s patented radio-wave technology provides 100% insight into packages, improving speed, security, and fraud prevention while reducing equipment costs and weight. It is used by governments, eCommerce, and venues to enhance security and enforce tariffs.
Exhibitors:

Keep Company – A company focused on providing innovative solutions for logistics and transportation, ensuring seamless operations and optimizing efficiency in the supply chain.
Flying Ship Company – Specializing in aerial logistics, Flying Ship Company develops cutting-edge technologies to revolutionize the way goods are transported via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ensuring faster, more cost-effective delivery solutions.

"We had such a wonderful experience at the Accelerate Breakfast series and were so honored to win the People's Choice Award! A special thank you to the Accelerate team for putting this wonderful event together. We had so many insightful conversations and are so grateful to be part of such a thriving tech ecosystem!"