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Florence Healthcare, the Atlanta-based software startup streamlining clinical trials, has raised an $80 million Series C round led by Insight Partners. Existing investors Atlanta-based Fulcrum Equity Partners, San Francisco-based Bee Partners, and London-based Flashpoint also joined the round. Ryan Jones, co-founder and CEO of Florence, said the new investment comes
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Going through an accelerator can be a rite of passage for many startups looking to build or scale a business. But a mini-accelerator? Atlanta-based Goodie Nation is teaming up with Verizon with a short-form program specifically designed to help diverse founders get marketing and communications (MarCom) training. The MarCom Mini-Accelerator,
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The original intention of this article was simple: Understand the technology underpinning Georgia’s first ‘Living Building.’ The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, located on Georgia Tech’s main campus, certainly is a technological feat. But constructing 47,000 square feet of programmable space that moves beyond sustainability to
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Atlanta-based Goodr knew changing the food supply chain ecosystem and rethinking hunger was essential before the pandemic. Then videos of hours-long lines for food assistance became some of the more shocking visuals in the early part of 2020. “With the pandemic, people started to see that hunger needed to be
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Morris Brown College has a comeback story. And Atlanta’s competitive gaming scene will be an important chapter. Founded in 1881 as one of Atlanta’s HBCUs, Morris Brown lost its accreditation in 2002. While enrollment at the school fluctuated between 30 to 50 students over the last nineteen years,
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Karen Houghton is stepping away from her role as Atlanta Tech Village's Vice President to become a new village resident and startup founder. She’s launching Infinite Giving, a FinTech platform for nonprofit management. For Houghton, Infinite Giving is about helping nonprofits overcome the “scarcity mindset” and financial
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If you turned to Robinhood or other investment platforms during the height of the GameStop trading frenzy earlier this year, you definitely weren’t alone. A poll out from Yahoo Finance and The Harris Poll found that one in four American adults bought a viral stock in January 2021. That
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Ian Hoppe’s lightbulb moment in the EnergyTech space came while he was working as a journalist. He spent six years at the Alabama Media Group, chasing down corruption stories across the country and reporting on regional news from his base in Birmingham. Before entering the media world Hoppe worked
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Before we dive into the innovation news, we have to first take a quick botany and history lesson. While most might associate the cannabis sativa plant with the marijuana industry, one variety, hemp, was historically an important and sustainable American crop. Traditionally used for clothing, rope, paper, and oil-based fuels
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When John Whatley launched DreamHouse in 2017, he had a vision for what live-work-play environments should look like. From its first headquarters in Atlanta, DreamHouse started as a co-living incubator for entrepreneurs searching for both office and residential options. Now, after building up the business in Hong Kong over the
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Two of Atlanta’s educational powerhouses are teaming up with other key stakeholders in the city to connect and grow the Southeast innovation community. The Southeast Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Growth Hub will be a two-year pilot program to provide critical resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners
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Construction and property-focused startups increasingly find themselves at the center of two important trends: Building a more sustainable future and creating a more remote-friendly environment. Not only are people seeking homes that fit remote work standards, the team at North Carolina-based Higharc told Hypepotamus that the need for virtual home