Ben Hatten @benhatten

Co-Founder of Dupont Circle Solutions, oddly tall, and a die hard Notre Dame fan DupontCircleSolutions.com Washington D.C. Joined October 2008

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Ben Hatten @benhatten

2 years ago

@BasileGSenesi Ha - needless to say, different DCS......

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“You’re the 3rd DC based VC we’ve talked to this week!” DC isn’t top of mind when people think about startup ecosystems, but that’s changing. DMV startups raised $5bn in 2021 and $6bn in 2022. And we’re a lot more than govtech and cybersecurity. 👩🏾‍⚖️🔐 @cava went public with a top decile market cap of all IPOs YTD ($4.8B), joining notable DC based food & ecomm startups 🥗 @sweetgreen, 🍕@andpizza and 💐@urbanstems. The VC in DC community is over 150 investors strong representing billions in AUM. And we all want to see more success stories like @Mapbox, @optoroinc, @churnzero, @arcadia, @EVERFI and @FiscalNote come out of our ecosystem. Since joining @HustleFundVC a year ago, @Anthonyobijr at Virginia Venture Partners has been a constant drumbeat 🥁 sharing the great work that entrepreneurs in our area are doing. Many of the key startup ecosystem ingredients are here with: 🎓 Leading universities like @Georgetown, @JohnsHopkins, @UVA (wahoowa!) and @HowardU 👩🏿‍🔬 @TJHSST_Official in Fairfax bringing together some of the brightest young minds in the country 🏃🏻‍♂️ Accelerators and foundries including @HalcyonIncubate, @DataTribe, @1863ventures, multiple @Techstars programs & more 🏕️ Top outdoor spaces and activities for inspiration and collaboration (what’s up @LetsGetOuterly!) @DCstartupweek is around the corner with 100s of events meticulously curated by the incomparable @SeemaAlexander 💛 I’ll be speaking with other folks at the following events: 🧠 10.16: 3:20P-4P Inside the Mind of an Investor w/ @NasirQadree, Managing Partner of Zeal Capital Partners and @dahnag, Managing Partner of Halcyon 🌱 10.17 4P-4:45P Investor Take: Emerging Tech & Funding (AI, Web3, AR/VR) w/ Abid Siddiqui, EIR at @AI_Fund, JP Minetos Investor at @hartmanncap, @marlon_avery of AImpact 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 10.18 1P-5P Founder and Investor Speed Dating w/ @ShulmanRogers 💰 10.20 1P-1:45P No More Bootstrapping: We’re Ready to Raise w/ Jade Garrett founder of @PositiveDVNC @FrankVTaylor investor at VVP Scotty L. investor at @lasolasvc and @mrsmincey founder of @drinkktwinery and investor Hope to see you there! If you’re a local or visiting founder/funder and want to grab coffee or go for a walk that week, please get in touch: haley@HustleFundVC.com

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Ben Hatten @benhatten

3 years ago

@shannonrwatts @TennisChannel I don’t understand how they failed like that

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Ben Hatten @benhatten

4 years ago

As a big fan of the @industrydive team, strongly recommend this thread. @myfirstmilpod definitely made it sound like anyone could have done what the team built over the last 10 years....

Ryan Willumson @ryanwillumson

4 years ago

I just listened to the 8/11 episode of My First Million with @thesamparr and @shaanvp in which they “broke down” B2B media and Industry Dive. Put simply, it was an uninformed and shitty take. The entire episode is littered with factual inaccuracies as well as strategic ones.

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Ben Hatten @benhatten

4 years ago

Congrats to the axios team!!!

Sara Fischer @sarafischer

4 years ago

#BREAKING: @axios agrees to sell to Cox Enterprises — Cash deal values Axios at $525M — Cox will put new money into company to grow biz — Axios will spin off its software services arm @axiosHQ — Deal structure incentivizes management/employees to stay on axios.com/2022/08/08/axi…