The final two phases for the latest edition of the 1776 Challenge Cup are set. In a shift, the competition is culminating next year in D.C.

1776 and Revolution announced on Thursday that the semifinals of the worldwide startup competition will take place from Jan. 13-17, 2018, and will be held virtually via the UNION platform (which spun out of 1776 as part of its recent merger deal with Philly-based Benjamin’s Desk).

That’s where 75 startups chosen at regional pitch competitions in cities around the world (including Philly and New York as well as D.C. and Crystal City) will vie to make it to the next round. Representing the D.C. area will be D.C. mobile passport app Airside Mobile and Arlington, Va., traffic data platform Mogol.

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