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DCA Live is excited to recognize some of the great rising stars in the DC region’s robust and growing government contracting community. We’ll profile this diverse and dynamic group in the coming weeks and recognize them at a special event on April 13 in Arlington, VA. Join us! You will want to get to know these company founders, emerging executives, investors, and community connectors.

On the eve of DCA Live’s Capital Capital: Dual Use conference, join us to toast the great companies that will showcase this year. These are the high-growth companies that are solving big problems for both our federal agencies and commercial enterprise clients. Join and our ALL Star host to meet and recognize founders and executives from companies working on Cyber, AI/ML, HealthTech, Drones, Semiconductors, Supply Chain, Energy and more.

The trade association and professional society community in the greater Washington, DC region continues to thrive after a period of enormous disruption. Many of these great organizations have unlocked new ways to deliver value to their members and adopting innovative approaches to business challenges.  

On August 26, we'll gather for an end of summer and getting back to business bash to recognize some of those associations that accelerated growth or are bouncing back by taking fresh and innovative approaches.

Join DCA Live and our partners for this community event to toast the leaders and great teams of our 2025 Red Hot Associations. Come enjoy food, wine and networking with leaders of the DC association and business community at a great downtown rooftop venue.  

For the 9th consecutive year, DCA Live is pleased to honor a group of DC-area Non Profit CFOs who have made extraordinary contributions to the growth and health of their organizations over the past 12 months in this challenging economic environment.  This group was nominated by their peers in non profit finance and selected for their excellence and leadership. Join us to meet this amazing group of finance executives and movers and shakers from DC’s non profit finance community.

Capital flows to high-growth tech companies have slowed nationally but dozens of DC technology ventures remain Red Hot. DC-area companies in AI, dual use, cybersecurity, big data, fintech, proptech, health care and other sectors continue to grow, attract capital and talent and make incredible progress in their missions to solve our country’s biggest challenges.

For the 9th consecutive year, DCA Live and our partners are excited to recognize the 2024 Red Hot Companies, the Washington region's fastest growing and most exciting companies. We’ll be profiling these companies over the coming weeks and will celebrate them with a lively, fun event on the evening of Wednesday, August 28 on the rooftop of Sands Capital in Rosslyn, VA.  

Join us to meet the leaders of these great companies and our community of investors, connectors and advisors to DC Tech and enjoy great views, food, drink and networking.

Join DCA Live and our co-hosts as we kick off 2026 by honoring a group of exceptional high-growth tech finance and operations leaders. The past 12 months have seen significant growth for dozens of great local ventures but significant challenges in the capital markets and we’ll toast that have navigated this environment and engineered growth. Join us for food, drink and networking with region’s leaders in tech finance.