Northern Virginia Corporate, Finance and Investments partner Jeremy Schropp and Technology Transactions and Sourcing associate Dirk Lasater will serve as a judge for the startup business and student startup competition in connection with the Accelerate Investor Conference 2023 on Nov. 2. Dirk and Jeremy will judge alongside various pre seed and seed fund managers, angel investors and tech entrepreneurs. The Accelerate conference has become a large and anticipated annual event in the DMV area and is developed and hosted by George Mason University. The competition included dozens of early to mid-seed stage, high growth businesses across the technology spectrum, including in fintech, blockchain/crypto, life sciences, SaaS, and retail product categories.