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Accelerate 2024

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.

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Event Date October, 23

Event Time 4:00pm - 3:59pm

Event Location

Marymount University – Ballston Center 1000 N Glebe Rd Arlington, VA 22201

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