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Five local startups receive over $225k in grants from Arlington County

By Savannah Taffe
The Rosslyn skyline and Arlington National Cemetery at sunset (staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

Arlington County awarded $225,000 in grants to five local startups working to solve problems in their respective industries, from keeping track of freight trucks to helping veterans with disabilities.

The five winning startups are the first to receive grants — of $25,000 to $50,000 apiece — from the Arlington Innovation Fund. This new pot of money, which the county approved last year, is intended to support early-stage tech companies, particularly those owned by women, veterans and minorities, while pushing down office vacancy rates.

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Around Town

Arlington summer camp registration is one week away

By Dan Egitto
Cover of Arlington's 2024 summer camp catalog (via Arlington County)

Summer camp registration is just around the corner, with yet another change to smooth out the process.

Camp registration — historically a process plagued with problems for parents — was a relatively quiet affair last year after the county and its platform vendor tweaked the technology and made a few other changes.

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Ballston startup PerformYard to expand after nabbing $95M investment

By Jo DeVoe
PerformYard logo (via PerformYard/Facebook)

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 

Ballston-based human resources startup PerformYard has nabbed a $95 million equity investment from Updata Partners, a D.C.-based growth equity firm.

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NEW: APS warns of data breach from visitor management system

By Jo DeVoe
Person working on laptop (Photo by Burst on Unsplash)

(Updated at 4:55 p.m.) Arlington Public Schools experienced a data breach this week affecting information it collects for visitors to school buildings.

The school system notified people of “externally exposed” data in a message sent this afternoon (Friday). The breach is part of a broader leak, reported this morning, affecting some schools in the U.S. that, like APS, use a visitor management system from Raptor Technologies.

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W-L student prompts police investigation after allegedly using a device to turn off nearby iPhones

By Jo DeVoe
Washington-Liberty High School in the snow in 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Last month, a peculiar cybersecurity incident derailed class at Washington-Liberty and prompted a police investigation that is ongoing.

Around 10:10 a.m. on Nov. 30, police were dispatched to the school for “the late report of suspicious circumstances,” says ACPD spokeswoman Ashley Savage.

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A Yorktown alum sold his first startup before he had a diploma. Now he’s onto the next venture.

By Jo DeVoe
From left, Josh Jacobs, Allison Swope, Bruce Weaver, Roger Nowakowski and Justin Schwartz (courtesy photo)

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 

By the time Arlington native Roger Nowakowski graduated from Yorktown High School, he had already founded and sold his first startup venture.

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Arlington-based Federated Wireless to research securing 5G networks wherever U.S. military may go

By Jo DeVoe
The GHOST team (courtesy Federated Wireless)

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 

Ballston-based Federated Wireless is working with a university to secure 5G networks for U.S. soldiers and government operatives while abroad in possibly hostile countries.

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Pentagon official says earthly technologies are a greater threat than aliens

By James Jarvis

The head of the U.S. intelligence agency tasked with investigating alleged alien spacecraft sightings says it found no evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth.

But that’s not necessarily good news, says Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

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Arlington IT firm announces second merger

By Jo DeVoe
Banner announcing merger of C3 and Ingalls Information Security (via LinkedIn/C3 Integrated Solutions)

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 

Almost a year after its last merger, Arlington-based IT company C3 Integrated Solutions celebrated another major consolidation.

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New digital payment system in Ballston Quarter garage catches some drivers ‘off-guard’

By James Jarvis
Ballston Quarter parking garage at 627 N. Glebe Road implements new contactless payment system, effective Oct. 16, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Visitors to the Ballston Public Parking Garage this month may have noticed the absence of parking ticket kiosks and gates.

They were replaced with a new contactless parking system last month on Oct. 16.

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Four Arlington startups rank among North America’s top 500 fastest-growing tech companies

By Jo DeVoe
Deloitte 2023 Technology Fast 500 Rankings illustration (via Deloitte)

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 

Four Arlington-based startups have made it onto Deloitte’s 2023 North America Technology Fast 500 Rankings list, released last week.

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GMU celebrates “topping out” of major expansion on Virginia Square campus

By James Jarvis
George Mason University's forthcoming Fuse building in Virginia Square (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The outer structure of George Mason University’s $235 million expansion project in Arlington is complete.

The university celebrated the “topping out” milestone last Friday with tours of the under-construction FUSE at Mason Square structure on its Virginia Square campus.

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