Accelerate Investor Conference Returns
September 4, 2024
The Accelerate Investor Conference is back for its fourth year, moving its event to Ballston, on October 23–24, 2024. Spurring the region’s innovation and entrepreneurship engagement to a new level, the conference showcases our metropolitan region as a destination for innovation, venture investment, business development and job creation.
Top venture firms from across North America participate in the Conference to attend top keynotes and industry panels. Eighty venture firms, plus local angel investors, participate as judges.
Attendees can watch 40+ high-growth tech, cyber, defense tech, healthcare and life science companies pitch for their next round of capital. These cutting-edge startups compete for top prizes and are joined by 25 regional student teams presenting business concepts.
In addition to panels on AI, healthcare investment, VC trends and defense-tech, this year’s lineup for keynote and fireside chat speakers includes:
- Arun Gupta, CEO of NobleReach and author of the national bestseller “Venture Meets Mission”
- Paul Misener, Former VP for Global Innovation Policy and Communications, Amazon
- Tom Weithman, CIO, VIPC & Managing Director, Virginia Venture Partners
Registration is open at AccelerateDeals.org. Arlington patrons receive $100 off the ticket price before September 23 with the promotion code BIRD$100.
Accelerate sponsors and partners include Arlington Economic Development (AED), the Council for Innovation Promotion, Smart City Works, ManTech, AE Industrial Partners, Go Virginia, Fairfax City, King & Spalding, Fairfax County EDA, George Mason University, MAAN Ventures, NVTC, Prince William County, Sands Capital, Virginia Bio and Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation.
Learn more about AED’s contributions to growing the region’s tech and innovation ecosystem.