Enterprise SaaS

Kion

Enterprise SaaS , MD

Multi-cloud governance software -- cloud cost visibility, cost control, and automated compliance (kion.io). HQ Fulton, MD. Blue Heron Capital portfolio company, invested 2021. Distinct from the unrelated Kion supplement brand and Kion Group AG (German forklift maker).

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