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New Orleans Startup Levelset Lands $30M Series C Funding Round to Jumpstart Growth

New Orleans Startup Levelset Lands $30M Series C Funding Round to Jumpstart Growth

Levelset, a New Orleans-based SaaS platform that helps relieve cash flow issues for contractors by getting them paid more quickly, has announced a $30 million Series C round of funding led by Horizons Ventures. S3 Ventures, Altos Ventures, Operating Venture Capital, as well as Michael Gollner and Darren Bechtel of

Nashville Edtech Startup Possip Eyes Expansion, Makes History with $1M Raise

Nashville Edtech Startup Possip Eyes Expansion, Makes History with $1M Raise

Possip, a Nashville-based platform that provides real-time education feedback from parents to schools, has announced the closing of a new funding round of slightly more than $1 million. “We are using the funding to expand our work to new areas," says Possip founder and CEO Shani Dowell. “Our aim

This Startup Makes Students Better Writers With AI Feedback In Real Time

This Startup Makes Students Better Writers With AI Feedback In Real Time

After more than a decade as a teacher, Dr. Jamey Heit came to a sobering realization about his ability to teach his students how to write. “I wasn’t able to give my students the help they needed,” says Heit. He realized that learning how to write requires a lot

PrecisionHawk Announces $32M Investment to Develop Software, Fuel Market Expansion

PrecisionHawk Announces $32M Investment to Develop Software, Fuel Market Expansion

Raleigh-based drone technology provider PrecisionHawk today announced a $32 million investment from a variety of investors, including Millennium Technology Value Partners, Third Point Ventures, Eastward Capital Partners, and others. The company plans to use the financing to further market expansion and jumpstart sales initiatives. PrecisionHawk will also use the investment

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Atlanta-based Website Builder Makeswift Scores $1.5M Equity Raise

Atlanta-based website building company Makeswift has raised $1.5 million in equity in its most recent funding round. Pat Matthews, founder and CEO of Active Capital, led the round, with participation from 10 other investors. The four-year-old company, formerly known as Landing Lion, had previously raised $500,000 in a

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SaaS Platform for Executive Assistants Base Secures Seed Funding Round

Base, the first SaaS platform built exclusively for executive assistants, has announced the completion of a $2.6M seed funding round. The year-old company says it will use the funds to grow the platform and increase headcount on its sales, services, and engineering teams. The funding round was led by

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Popmenu Raises $4.5M Series A Round to Power Their Real-Time Menu Management Solution

Popmenu, an Atlanta-based startup that provides guest engagement software for restaurants, has raised a $4.5 million Series A funding round. Rexhi Dollaku of Base10 Partners led the round, with participation from Felicis Ventures’ Niki Pezeshki. “We plan to scale our sales force, accelerate product development, beef up our client