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As the tech community continues to reel from the effects of social distancing due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Atlanta-based meeting scheduling software company Calendly will offer integrations with Zoom and GoToMeeting free of charge through June 30th. The company made the decision to offer these previously Premier Tier options
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Amid historic drops in the Dow Jones Industrial Average due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Atlanta-based cryptocurrency startup Bakkt has announced the closing of a $300 million Series B funding round. Atlanta-based company Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange and nearly two dozen additional global exchanges, launched Bakkt
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Buying a car has changed quite a bit over the years. In the past, automobile manufacturers would sell their inventory to dealers, who would then sell those cars to consumers — with significant and unseen markups. However, market changes, transparency, and an increasingly savvy customer base have combined to erase some
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Lauren Sturdivant simply got “tired of drowning.” “Every morning, I walked into my office and I had 30-plus emails and 25-plus voicemails. And more often than not, I was answering the same questions from clients,” says the former attorney. She knew that technology would offer her the lifeline she needed,
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Douglasville-based cloud and data center service provider Lume has announced the closing of a $4.3 million investment round led by BaseCamp Capital LLC intended to support its cloud-based offerings and expand the market presence of the company's Cloud Anyware™ and edge data center solutions. The round brings
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axialHealthcare, a Nashville-based healthcare optimization company dedicated to navigating substance abuse issues for patients and healthcare providers, has announced the closing of a $15 million Series C equity financing round. The company will use the funding to jumpstart its expansion into the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery spaces.
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Atlanta-based digital health company Sharecare has acquired Visualize Health, a Tennessee-based company that improves healthcare outcomes by making it easier for payers and providers to close gaps in patient care. With the acquisition, Visualize Health becomes the 14th company to come into the Sharecare fold since Jeff Arnold founded the
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After six years, CREATE-X at Georgia Tech, an entrepreneurship incubator designed to nurture the confidence and expertise that graduates need to run their own businesses, has announced its first exit. Crescendo, an AI-powered interactive music trainer that facilitates focused practice and immediate feedback for musicians, has been acquired by Ultimate
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Mere months after closing a $200 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners, Atlanta-based data privacy management startup unicorn OneTrust has announced a $210 million Series B funding round, once again led by Insight Partners, along with Coatue Management LLC. This new funding round more than doubles OneTrust’
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Many college students—and young people in general—often find themselves wringing their hands over climate change, sustainability, and the effects environmental damage can have on our world. As an interior design student at SCAD, David Paull ruminated on the subject over and over again, and his thoughts led him
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After five years attracting and recruiting talent to Atlanta, the leadership of ChooseATL has decided to try more ways to draw young professionals. This week, the organization introduced new programming aimed at an increasingly mobile workforce. "We have a new generation entering the workforce,” Ashley Tanks, senior director of
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Automation plus enterprise artificial intelligence can equal the perfect match, and when enterprise AI company Exponential Machines announced its merger with automation company PurpleLogic at this year’s AI Summit to become an entirely new company called Exponential AI, it decided to make a new life in Atlanta. “The joining