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DC Download: DC Inno's 1st Podcast and Why Obama Likes SpaceX



DC Inno's first podcast
  • Can't get enough DC Inno? Check out the first DC Inno podcast and hear the team dive into some of the biggest innovation stories of the week.
Why Obama is a fan of SpaceX
  • Turns out President Obama is a big fan of space, speaking excitedly about traveling to Mars, and how companies like SpaceX will get us there. And SpaceX will have new competition after NASA added a new company to the contract for orbital flights.
VCs invested $1.4B in DC tech in 2015
  • In 2015, venture capitalists spent $1.4 billion in D.C.-area technology through 169 individual deals. Chris Bing explains where all the money went.
Revolution's investment in insurance disruption
  • Revolution is looking to disrupt the insurance industry, leading a $15 million investment in insurance tech startup PolicyGenius. There's massive potential in the multi-trillion dollar industry, which is why the VC firm decided to make its biggest initial investment yet.

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