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BIP merger

Two Southeastern Venture Firms Join Forces In Merger'

Two major southeastern venture firms have merged to pool their resources for venture funding in the Southeast. Atlanta-based BIP Capital, one of the largest venture firms in the Southeast, and Accelerant Venture Capital will now operate as one. Paul Iaffaldano, founder and managing partner of Accelerant, will become managing director

BIP merger

Two Southeastern Venture Firms Join Forces In Merger

Two major southeastern venture firms have merged to pool their resources for venture funding in the Southeast. Atlanta-based BIP Capital, one of the largest venture firms in the Southeast, and Accelerant Venture Capital will now operate as one. Paul Iaffaldano, founder and managing partner of Accelerant, will become managing director

Startup Runway Atlanta Hawks

Minority-Geared Startup Showcase Finds New Partner in Atlanta Hawks

According to the 2017 Kauffman State of Entrepreneurship report, entrepreneurs are 80 percent white and 64.5 percent male — numbers that aren’t reflective of the U.S. population. Minorities own half as many businesses as non-minorities, and those businesses stay smaller. This diversity gap certainly costs us — if minorities

Startup Runway Atlanta Hawks

Minority-Geared Startup Showcase Finds New Partner in Atlanta Hawks

According to the 2017 Kauffman State of Entrepreneurship report, entrepreneurs are 80 percent white and 64.5 percent male — numbers that aren’t reflective of the U.S. population. Minorities own half as many businesses as non-minorities, and those businesses stay smaller. This diversity gap certainly costs us — if minorities

Thinkful joins CIRR

Thinkful Becomes First Southeastern Coding School to Commit to Standardized Graduate Data

Switching careers, especially to a technical field, is quite a challenge. For those who may need to keep their 9-to-5 or simply don’t have the time and resources to enroll in a full university program, a coding bootcamp can be a lifesaver — many offer night classes or work-at-your-own-pace options.

Thinkful joins CIRR

Thinkful Becomes First Southeastern Coding School to Commit to Standardized Graduate Data

Switching careers, especially to a technical field, is quite a challenge. For those who may need to keep their 9-to-5 or simply don’t have the time and resources to enroll in a full university program, a coding bootcamp can be a lifesaver — many offer night classes or work-at-your-own-pace options.

85 collapse MARTA tech

In the Wake of I-85 Collapse, MARTA's Tech Steps Up

For a city rated amongst the worst in the world in terms of traffic, the I-85 collapse was in many ways, a nightmare. But along with city officials and emergency responders, another public division stepped up in record time to deal with the crisis — MARTA’s IT department. In fact,