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North Carolina’s Element451 — taking its name from the temperature at which paper burns — has been leading the charge to bring the college admission process into the digital world. The need to streamline how colleges find potential students only grew as traditional campus recruiting was thrown into flux at the
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When Alto closed its $2.8 million seed round in early 2019, the team was on a mission to make alternative investment opportunities accessible to more people. Since then, they’ve gained the attention of traditional investing companies and new investing platforms alike. The Nashville-based team raised a $17 million
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Between tracking down the check, dividing the bill, calculating tip...and of course, remembering to pick up your credit card from the check presenter...paying for a nice meal out can quickly turn into a long and arduous process. From the restaurant’s point of view, handling payments can take
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The team behind AdCritter didn’t initially set out to build a DIY advertising platform for small businesses. CEO and founder Gabriel Smith told Hypepotamus his team initially started looking at how to improve advertising for the continuing education space. “We had to get ads in front of doctors and
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While the pandemic halted international travel, it only helped Women Who Code (WWC) become an even more integral part of the global tech community. CEO & co-founder Alaina Percival told Hypepotamus that the non-profit was in 20 countries before the start of the pandemic. In early 2021, they have a
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Sport AI sees the pandemic as a catalyst for growing fantasy sports. The startup is moving to Birmingham to fuel the technology and ‘democratization' of the space. Noah Kim, CEO and co-founder, played football at The College of William & Mary and worked in the mobile product management space
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While more companies weigh the pros and cons of coworking coming out of the pandemic, Atlanta-based Saltbox sees a growing need for flexible co-warehousing options. “We have seen the pandemic accelerate the shift towards e-commerce in our own space, as many of our members have seen increased sales over the
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Atlanta-based PadSplit and GROUNDFLOOR have been tackling real estate accessibility from two very different angles over the last few years. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before they joined forces to help bring new affordable housing units to communities in need. The two teams announced a new partnership
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Charlotte-based isolved, a SaaS company for HR professionals, has acquired Nashville startup Givful. Founded in 2017, Givful’s platform organizes employee volunteering and fundraising opportunities. The acquisition, isolved’s Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer James Norwood said, is part of the overall focus on purpose-driven work. “Giving and volunteering was
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To open, or not to open? That was the question for most Atlanta offices during the latter half of 2020. With vaccination programs in full swing, large companies and startups alike are asking a very different question in Q2 of 2021: How much space do we need? Office real estate
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What happens after you check ‘become an organ donor’ at the DMV? However well-intentioned organ donors may be, the reality is that upwards of 54% of donated organs are discarded. For the team behind OmniLife, it’s a logistics problem. “A big reason for organ discard is that not enough
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A Kentucky startup raised an $11.4 million Series A to address a major headache in the medical community: verifying patient benefits. eBlu is an electronic workflow solution that streamlines the prior authorization of expensive infusion-based specialty medications. Medical practices can verify a patient’s benefits and coverage information, along