Dealmakers -- Washington Post Columnist Terence O'Hara on Capital and Investing in the Washington Region (washingtonpost.com)

The Dealmakers by Terence O'Hara, business columnist

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc., a relatively new bank holding company founded by two longtime Northern Virginia bankers, is preparing to go public, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

3 Big Deals Push Venture Funding to 4-Year Peak (By Terence O'Hara, July 31, 2006, Page D08)

Once Again, Convera Bets the Farm and Allen & Co. Is There (By Terence O'Hara, July 17, 2006, Page D01)

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey's Big Deal Isn't Without Risk (By Terence O'Hara, July 3, 2006, Page D01)

Dealmakers: Cysive's Carbonell: No Longer A Dot-Com Casualty (Post, June 19, 2006, Page D01)

Veteran Executives Add Seasoning to Venture Capital Market (Post, June 5, 2006, Page D01)

Endowed With Risk (By Terence O'Hara, May 22, 2006, Page D01)

ATS Acquisition a Boost For Blank-Check Buying (Post, May 8, 2006, Page D01)

Four Months Later, In-Q-Tel Again Needs New CEO (By Terence O'Hara, April 24, 2006, Page D01)

Novak and Biddle, The Worrywarts of Venture Investing (By Terence O'Hara, April 10, 2006, Page D01)

Acon Builds a Success Story From the Ashes of Enron (By Terence O'Hara, March 27, 2006, Page D01)

This Sunshine's Liable to Leave Burns (By Terence O'Hara, February 13, 2006, Page D01)

There's More Than Baseball in Jeffrey Zients's Days (By Terence O'Hara, January 30, 2006, Page D01)

Merger Expert Struck Gold Sticking With Government Contractors (By Terence O'Hara, January 16, 2006, Page D01)

'Tough Year' for an Unorthodox Bank (By Terence O'Hara, January 2, 2006, Page D01)

American Capital Stakes Out New Ground (By Terence O'Hara, December 19, 2005, Page D01)

Millennium Shareholders Derail Merger (By Terence O'Hara, December 5, 2005, Page D01)

ABS's Fearlessness Pays Off (By Terence O'Hara, November 21, 2005, Page D01)

$35 Million in Venture Capital Gives NexTone New Life (By Terence O'Hara, November 7, 2005, Page D01)

State-Run Venture Fund Succeeds With Native Firms (By Terence O'Hara, October 24, 2005, Page D01)

Columbia Capital Raises Its Fifth Venture Fund (By Terence O'Hara, September 12, 2005, Page D01)

Ferris Baker Watts Collects 'Blank Checks' (By Terence O'Hara, August 29, 2005, Page D01)

In-Q-Tel, CIA's Venture Arm, Invests in Secrets (By Terence O'Hara, August 15, 2005, Page D01)

Carlyle Extends Its Reach In Real Estate With New Fund (By Terence O'Hara, August 1, 2005, Page D01)

With Midlantic Spinoff, Bresler & Reiner Joins IPO Trend (By Terence O'Hara, July 4, 2005, Page D01)

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