Entrepreneurs pitch their start-ups at Virginia Venture Summit

Entrepreneurs, start-up companies and investors converged for the 2nd Annual Virginia Venture Summit Thursday.

They filed into the Virginia Historical Society for a day of pitching their companies and learning from other successful local businesses, such as Relay Foods.

The host organization, Richmond Venture Forum, also announced that it has a new name and website.

Now called Venture Forum RVA, the organization hopes to continue it's nearly 30-year history of connecting start-ups and venture capital to help grow new businesses and jobs in Richmond.

Said Venture Forum RVA President Andrew White, "I think the Venture Forum needs to shine a light on all that activity and let everyone know we can be a destination for raising capital and for starting new companies, and growing great companies, like HDL, SnagAjob, Evatran, all based in Richmond because of what we have going on here."

You can find Venture Forum RVA's new website here.