On Wednesday, January 29th, our DC chapter held their second successful Demos and Drinks event at Rumors, a well-known venue located in the bustling neighborhood of DuPont.
The event brought together 150 tech enthusiasts and professionals and featured SocialRadar, FiscalNote, and LeagueApps: three local startups currently making waves in the DC metro area.
As attendees braved the cold and began to arrive, they were greeted by the Tech in Motion team and provided with a complimentary drink ticket. The night quickly became animated as attendees milled about the bar, networked, and flocked to the simultaneous demos.
SocialRadar’s station was piled high with t-shirts and swag for attendees, while representatives showed off the beta version of the app on their personal phones. SocialRadar is a location-based services app that allows users to connect with the people around them. Representatives walked attendees through the app’s ability to merge their phone’s geo-locational abilities with their social media accounts to provide users with real-time information of who is around them and how they are connected. SocialRadar’s privacy solution allows for complete control over account privacy settings with the option of being invisible to others, anonymous, visible to friends, friendsof friends, or sharing your information publicly. SocialRadar officially launched their app the day after Demos and Drinks, Thursday, January 30th, and have since been the talk of the town!
It should come as no surprise that in Washington, D.C., just about anyone you happen to chance upon is politically attuned. So when attendees caught wind of FiscalNote, their designated demo area was immediately packed with inquisitive event-goers. The representatives of this real-time government analytics platform, that enables users to track the progress of local legislation, motions, votes and the like, were kept busy the duration of the event showing their product and explaining their predictive algorithms.
The third demo company was LeagueApps, a sports community platform that provides users with the resources necessary to manage leagues and individual sports organizations. For active communities, LeagueApps would be incredibly useful in, say, organizing a kickball league in the area. Created in the Summer of 2013 and based in NYC, LeagueApps already has success stories in cities across the nation, such as Chicago and LA.
The evening was a huge success! Attendees could be seen continuing to network for over an hour after the event officially ended. Thank you for all the great feedback and please reach out to our organizers if interested in presenting at a future Demos and Drinks event.
A big thanks to our sponsors, Workbridge Associates and Jobspring Partners. Stay tuned for Tech in Motion DC’s next event and make sure to join our official meetup group!