50 Best Startups to Work For in Washington DC 2023

Cavnue is building smart roads for smart vehicles, and future-proofing the nation’s roadways.

The interstate highway system defined mobility in the second half of the 20th century. Now, transportation is changing again. Mobility in the 21st century will be defined by intelligent, connected, and autonomous vehicles and while billions ...

DAS42 is a modern provider of data analytics consulting. Our bold point of view helps companies clarify their data needs and our execution puts strategy into action. We deliver solutions that democratize data, create a single source of truth, and facilitate innovation for the future. We work with some of the world’s most successful companies ...

We revolutionize how organizations approach complex challenges and activate their audiences.

Whether the goal is selling a product, signing up individuals for healthcare, turning out the vote, or mobilizing activists and donors, we help our clients change behavior and drive radically better results. We dig deep into the data to ...

SCLogic is a facilities software company. We developed Intra, a logistics platform designed to help organizations optimize the tracking, chain of custody, and fulfillment of accountable items and tasks inside your buildings and across your campus. We provide facilities professionals with a configurable logistics toolbox and integration platform ...

Daily Kos is the nation’s largest liberal online political community, news organization, and activism hub. By connecting our community, partners, clients, and donors we’re empowering them to reshape American politics and build power.

Shift5 is the observability platform for onboard operational technology (OT), enabling smarter, faster decisions through real-time data access, contextual insights, and actionable analytics at the edge for aerospace, rail, and defense. Shift5 unlocks the complete ecosystem of onboard data for operations, maintenance, and cybersecurity teams for ...

Heartbeat Health is a venture-backed health tech startup in New York. We are working to deliver the most effective, efficient, and engaging virtual heart care in the world. By 2030, over 40% of the US population will have heart disease, with direct and indirect costs approaching $1 trillion USD. Heart disease may be the most important health ...

Hustle is the first compliant peer-to-peer texting platform, built to drive one-to-one connection, engagement, and action at scale. We empower organizations to have personal, authentic conversations that build and strengthen relationships and connections with community members. Dedicated to the highest levels of security and compliance, Hustle ...

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Assured Consulting Solutions delivers advanced technology solutions and strategic support services in support of critical national security missions for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. We provide strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across ...

Asymmetrik is a Maryland-based company specializing in software development and data analytics. Since 2008, we’ve been helping clients in government and healthcare solve their toughest problems.
Asymmetrik is refreshingly different, in both the elite engineers we hire and the work we choose to do. We are employee-owned, and don't ...

Silverback Strategies is a high-performance search and social marketing agency located in the heart of Alexandria, Virginia’s historic Old Town. We support businesses whose success relies on measurable growth.

Bringing expert industry-specific insights, patterns, and experience to each customer engagement, Synaptic Advisors has completed over 600+ projects over the last 12 years, helping industry leaders evolve their customer operations with smarter, modern solutions. Our catalog of service offerings spans the full lifecycle of service transformation, ...

Praescient Analytics is a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) based in Fairfax, VA. Founded by a group of former intelligence analysts, software engineers, and entrepreneurs, our aim is to revolutionize how the world understands information by empowering our customers with the latest analytic tools and methodologies. Praescient provides several ...

At Oasys, we are solutions driven and pragmatic. We listen to and collaborate with our customers to solve their toughest challenges with elegant yet efficient solutions. Established by successful technologists and entrepreneurs, our goal is to provide objective and flexible solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges in a rapidly changing ...

INTERCLYPSE, Inc., a small business headquartered in Maryland, providing consulting services, servers, high-end work stations, software value-added reselling, hardware value-added reselling and training with over 50 years of state-of-the art engineering and sales experience to serve our customers.

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From devices such as radar, sensors, satellites, smartphones, meters and other devices that make up the Internet of Things (IoT), TransVoyant collects, cleanses and constantly updates one of the world’s largest repositories of real-time big data—over one trillion events each day. By applying advanced machine learning algorithms to these real-time ...

Founded in 2021, Method enables real-time access to user financial data and enables seamless liability repayment.

Method’s mission is to make personal finance more autonomous. With Method’s APIs, financial institutions, credit unions, banks, and financial management apps can embed loan repayment, data, balance transfers, and bill ...

Plus3 IT Systems, LLC (Plus3 IT) was founded in 2015 by subject matter experts with significant experience delivering complex solutions for Federal Government customers. Supporting a wide variety of mission requirements, we provide expert-level Cloud Adoption, Cloud Security, Cloud Enabled Data Analytics, and Cloud Native Application Development. ...

Redjack tackles the most critical intelligence challenges for enterprises and the government. We fight for the truth to make the world safer for business, democracy, and humanity.
Our original technology emerged from national intelligence agencies, where it is still widely deployed today. In 2007, we launched Redjack with the mission of ...

The epitome of ‘punching above our weight’, pureIntegration is the secret weapon you may never have heard of. Yet.
Consulting, Services and Solutions:
For evolving organizations navigating the changing digital landscape, seeking to improve business operations while attaining deeper member engagement - pureIntegration is your expert, ...

Halvik is a highly successful and respected 8(a) Economically Disadvantage Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) that specializes in providing smart, technology-enabled solutions to help customers realize their business goals. Our Service portfolio, industry experience and unparalleled commitment to solve our customers’ mission-critical problems ...

Tahzoo is a Customer Experience Management Agency. We refer to ourselves as “Architects for the Experience Age”. Our clients are Fortune 500 companies, we help them leverage marketing technology to enable contextually relevant and personalized
experiences for their customers. We are a technology enabled company that provides consulting ...

We extend the reach and impact of counselors, advisors, and mentors with text messaging to allow for more personalized and real-time digital communication.

Signal Vine provides an effective, intelligent two-way text messaging platform that is proven to deliver high student engagement.

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Kit Check is the leading provider of automated medication tracking and diversion detection solutions for hospital pharmacies in the U.S., bringing visibility, simplicity, and predictability to the complex world of medication supply management. Our groundbreaking medication intelligence platforms provide item level visibility, workflow simplicity ...

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Cross Screen Media is a media analytics and technology company focused on helping brands optimize their media buying across all screens.

Dcode connects the tech industry and government to drive commercial innovation in the federal market. Learn more here at our website: https://dcode.co

THE VOID is a destination that inspires the exploration of fully immersive virtual worlds and dimensions with friends and family, creating memorable experiences together. Headquartered in Lindon, UT and with multiple locations in the U.S. and internationally, THE VOID goes beyond virtual reality as it is currently conceptualized, using interactive ...

Civic Nation is a nonprofit ecosystem for high-impact organizing and education initiatives working to build a more inclusive and equitable America. Civic Nation shifts culture, systems, and policy by bringing together individuals, grassroots organizers, industry leaders, and influencers to tackle some of our nation’s most pressing social ...

Mighty is on a mission to help people get a better deal from the justice system by powering the funders who power plaintiffs and their healthcare providers.

RS21 is a rapidly growing, global data science company. We use artificial intelligence, design, and modern software development methods to empower organizations to make data-driven decisions that positively impact the world through innovative solutions that are insightful, intuitive, inspiring, and intellectually honest.

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XOR Security is a professional services firm specializing in helping departments & agencies and commercial organizations understanding the complexity of cyber threat. From enterprise strategy and cyber threat analysis to incident response, XOR security takes innovative approaches to solving information security needs. We pair our understanding ...

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) is a Small Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) located in Ashburn, VA supporting multiple federal agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). We are a multifaceted small business with capabilities in Management, IT services, Training, System ...

Companies typically seek us out because they are facing a multitude of different challenges. Whether these challenges be related to managerial styles, finances, a lack of sales process, or too little experience, we’ll be committed to your success.

Aviture provides software development and technology consulting for military and enterprise clients.

OneGlobe LLC, is a small business incorporated in Virginia in 2005. At OneGlobe, we tap into the needs of our clients and work diligently to deliver innovative Information Technology solutions and consulting services that solve real-world business challenges. For over a decade, our consultants and developers have exceeded expectations and ...

Ordway is a high-growth SaaS company based in Washington DC. We are on a mission to build the world’s most effective billing and finance platform. Used by companies across multiple industries, Ordway eliminates back-office inefficiencies, identifies revenue trends, and simplifies finance and operations tasks so personnel can focus on strategic ...

GiveCampus is the world’s leading fundraising platform for nonprofit educational institutions. Trusted by more than 1,000 colleges, universities, and K-12 schools, our mission is to advance the quality, the affordability, and the accessibility of education. We provide software, services, and expertise that help schools raise more money, from more ...

GoTab, Inc., a Restaurant Commerce Platform (RCP), is helping large- and mid-sized restaurants, breweries, bars, hotels and other venues run lean, profitable operations while making guests even more satisfied. GoTab uniquely allows patrons to order and pay through a server (without a smartphone), or order and pay directly from their own mobile ...

The DLCC recruits, trains, and supports local Democrats running for state legislative office. We give our candidates resources, field support, and the data they need to run smart, winning campaigns.

Dark Wolf Solutions provides DevSecOps agile software development, information operations, penetration testing and incident response, applied research and rapid prototyping, machine learning, and mission support and engineering services to the Intelligence Community, national security, and Fortune 500 customers. By combining the most innovative ...

POP is a social media app that follows every content creator and sorts of creators posts into categories feeds.

We want to change the way you think about mobility. Corporate workplaces and real estate have a transportation problem, and it's time to solve it.

Our TransitScreen displays provide real-time information about all nearby public transit arrivals and availability of bikeshare, carshare, and ridehailing services. You can find them ...

Stellar Science is a small but growing company developing custom scientific and engineering software. We conduct research and develop interactive software in the fields of computer vision, image enhancement, three-dimensional visualization, computational electromagnetics, scene simulation, and thermal modeling, on systems ranging from desktops to ...

CENTERPOINT -- cybersecurity for the Federal Government.

The team specializes in supporting the cybersecurity lifecycle to protect information and valuable assets.

CENTERPOINT is actively looking for cybersecurity professionals across the Washington, D.C. area and the U.S.

Zantech was founded in 2007, by Zia Islam with the vision of building an organization, highly skilled at developing technology-oriented solutions for information systems requirements, for Federal Government customers. Zantech was created based on high quality standards, integrating lessons learned from GM as well as incorporating CMMI ML3 DEV and ...

CareJourney is a leading provider of clinically-relevant analytics for value-based networks. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, CareJourney currently supports leading payer, provider, and life sciences organizations across the US in achieving their goals by wringing new, high value insights out of expansive population claims data. Through its ...

Govini builds software to accelerate the Defense Acquisition Process. Ark, Govini’s flagship product, is a suite of AI-enabled applications, powered by integrated government and commercial data, that solves problems across the entire spectrum of Defense Acquisition, including Supply Chain, Science & Technology, Production, Sustainment, and ...

Omidyar Network is a social change venture that works to reimagine critical systems and the ideas that govern them. We focus on building more inclusive and equitable societies in which individuals have the social, economic, and democratic power to thrive.

We are designers, engineers, and strategists. We create digital products and experiences that inspire customers and advance businesses.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. In order to meet the diverse needs of our clients and make the digital world better for everyone, we seek to expand the ...