Healthcare

ShiftMed

Healthcare , VA

W-2 healthcare workforce management marketplace -- connects nurses/CNAs/allied health workers to shifts at hospitals and health systems, reducing agency reliance. HQ McLean, VA. Blue Heron Capital portfolio company ($200M round led by Panoramic Ventures).

About DMV

The DMV is built around a single fact: it's the seat of the federal government, and the intelligence and defense agencies headquartered there are the region's actual economic anchor, not a side industry. Georgetown, George Mason, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins up in Baltimore all feed a workforce that skews toward cleared, government-adjacent technical work most other regions don't have.

Region Stats

Total firms 218

VC / investors 59

Companies 145

Universities 14

Known For

Defense

Intelligence

Technology Capital