The Fort, one of the first startup accelerators in the D.C. area, may be closing its physical doors, but according to Jonathon Perrelli, managing director of Fortify Ventures, it will live on in a blog and in spirit at 1776.
"There's a confusion that The Fort and Fortify Ventures are synonymous," Perrelli explains. They aren't. "We believe in accelerators," he says, "and we want to support early-stage companies." He and the team just don't want to run an accelerator anymore.