2026 VC & PE Stars

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

7:00 am

9:00 am

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2026 VC & PE Stars

$ 149.00 USD

1200 17th St., NW Washington, DC 20036

Food, drinks, networking

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Our FOURTH annual special program to recognize the DC region’s up and coming venture capital and private equity investors. Whether rising stars with established firms or private capital entrepreneurs raising new funds, there is a deep and diverse pool of investor talent in the region putting capital to work. We’ll gather this group for drinks, food, and networking at Pillsbury’s space downtown DC. Join DCA Live, our co-hosts, and dozens of investors, founders, and connectors from DC finance. See you March 3!

1200 17th St., NW Washington, DC 20036

2026 VC & PE Stars

Awardees

Adam Smith

Zeal Capital Partners

Aki Jiang

Alumni Ventures

Amogh Bhalerao

Canapi

Anna Tolulope Ogundipe

Ripple Works

Brad Casto

CIRI

Cam Shanahan

ABS Capital

Chris George

SAIC

Conrad Zamparello

Razor's Edge

Dan Aliber

Halcyon Venture Partners

Daniel Buckley

LNC Partners

Derek Zajac

Blue Marlin Partners

Dina Berdichevsky

JMI Equity

Emma Barrett

Teamworthy Ventures

Jackson Lefelar

TruStage Ventures

John Richmond

Lockheed Martin Ventures

Jason Harris

TEDCO

Joseph Whang

K Street Capital

Konstantinos Bailas

Updata Partners

Leo Peyronnin

Zeal Capital Partners

Maayan Teper

ResilienceVC

Mark Martinkov

Engligtenment Capital

Mark Strabo

IQT

Matthew Chilton

Updata Partners

Max Funke

Aldrich Capital Partners

Navneet Vishwanathan

Squadra

Rimjhim Khandelwal

Upsurge Baltimore

Roshan Potarazu

ABS Capital

Shefali Kumar

JMI Equity

Zack Strauss

MissionOG

2026 VC & PE Stars

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