WASHINGTON DC · MARYLAND · VIRGINIA
APRIL 27 - 30, 2026
Building at the frontier of technology across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.DMV Deep Tech Week is organized by and for the people who make the DMV's deep tech ecosystem run, from the labs and universities where ideas are born, to the startups, primes, investors, policymakers, and operators who bring them to life.
WHERE DEEP TECH THRIVES
Every mile of the Capital Beltway runs past something extraordinary. National labs. Biotech campuses. Cyber commands. Intelligence agencies. Space centers. The infrastructure of tomorrow is already here, distributed across the DMV in corridors of concentrated brilliance.
We call it the Tech Belt. And we're finally connecting it.
215+
DEEP TECH COMPANIES
200+
INVESTORS
$61.9B
CAPITAL RAISED
8.5%
EXIT RATE
50% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
Companies built along the Beltway don't just survive — they exit. The DMV's deep tech ecosystem produces outcomes at a rate that outpaces every comparable region in the country.
*This map is a living view of the DMV deep tech ecosystem, not an exhaustive one. If your company is missing, please reach out.
DEEP TECH WEEK
APRIL 27 - 30, 2026
Multiple corridors.
One mission.
Monday April 27
Missions + Markets #06: Scaling Defense Startups on AWS
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Concorde, Arlington, VA
Wednesday April 29
Thursday April 30
DMV Deep Tech Week is made possible by the organizations investing in the future of the region’s innovation ecosystem.
Interested in sponsoring DMV Deep Tech Week?
Contact [email protected]