Moxie Award Honors 17 DC Area Businesses for Boldness and Innovation in 2025
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The Moxie Award winners demonstrate how bold business strategies and market innovations can provide competitive advantages across 17 industry categories.
The Moxie Award selection process involved third-party judges evaluating nearly 130 finalists across multiple criteria including innovation, growth, and community service.
These award-winning organizations are making the DC community stronger through their service initiatives and by creating positive local economic impact.
Seventeen diverse DC area businesses from cybersecurity to healthcare were honored for their boldness at the ninth annual Moxie Awards ceremony.
The Moxie Award announced 17 deserving DC area businesses and organizations as 2025 winners at the ninth Moxie Award Ceremony & Dinner, a celebration of boldness in business. These winners were honored among nearly 130 finalists for making a difference in the marketplace with their bold initiatives, strategic market moves, and moxie. More than 400 business leaders attended the event held at The Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, highlighting the significance of this recognition within the regional business community.
Since the Moxie Award began nine years ago, the organization has reviewed nearly 1,500 award entries and discovered many of the DC area's most impressive companies. This year identified another set of companies leading their industries, with the 2025 winners showing some of the strongest moxie seen to date according to Moxie Award Co-Chair Sarah Cody. The recognition carries substantial weight in the competitive DC business landscape, where innovation and bold decision-making can significantly impact market position and growth potential.
After careful review and evaluation by a panel of third-party judges, this year's 17 winners shined brightest among their competition for demonstrating exemplary resilience, innovation and growth, industry leadership, community service, and local achievements. The diverse range of winning companies spans multiple sectors including technology, healthcare, government contracting, and nonprofit organizations, demonstrating that bold business practices can thrive across various industries.
The 2025 Moxie Award winners include FlexProfessionals, LLC in Business & Professional Services (https://www.flexprofessionalsllc.com/), Preferred Capitol Cleaning, LLC in Construction & Real Estate (https://preferredcapitolcleaning.com/), and Revolution Cooking, LLC in Consumer Services (https://revcook.com/). The cybersecurity category winner was Avint, LLC (https://avintllc.com/), while University Startups (https://www.university-startups.com/) took honors in Education.
Financial Services recognition went to Ecphora Capital (https://ecphoracapital.com/), and the Government Contracting categories featured multiple winners across different size classifications. These included Krilla Kaleiwahea (K2) for GovCon under 50 employees (https://www.k2-nho.com/), ViaTrie, LLC for 50-99 employees (https://viatrie.com/), and OneZero Solutions for 100-199 employees (https://www.onezerollc.com/). Larger government contractors recognized included Davis Defense Group for 200-299 employees (https://davisdefense.com/) and The MIL Corporation for 300+ employees (https://www.milcorp.com/).
Healthcare recognition went to Trusted Doctors, LLC (https://www.trusted-doctors.com/), while nonprofit winners included Open Goal Project for organizations under 20 employees (https://www.opengoalproject.org/) and Veterans on the Rise (https://www.veteransontherise.org/). Technology sector winners featured Waymap in Software (https://www.waymapnav.com/), Keep Company in Technology under 100 employees (https://keep-company.com/), and Coforma, LLC in the general Technology category (https://coforma.io/).
Event attendees had an opportunity to meet with hundreds of other executive leaders and share what moxie means to them, creating valuable networking opportunities that can lead to future collaborations and partnerships. The recognition provides these companies with enhanced visibility and credibility in their respective markets, potentially opening doors to new business opportunities and partnerships. For the DC business community, these awards highlight the importance of bold leadership and innovative thinking in driving economic growth and maintaining competitive advantage in an increasingly challenging business environment.
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