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As an engineer, Lingbin Kong has a knack for streamlining processes. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a Master in Electrical Engineer, Kong went on to work for Motorola and Alpha Comm Enterprises. But in 2017, he jumped into entrepreneurship with 2PM Solutions after seeing the need to streamline how
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For CEO Tim Kopp, Terminus’ $90 million Series C isn’t just a big headline. “It’s a great validator. But it also puts the pressure on us to keep going.” The Series C round was led by Great Hill Partners, a new investor in Atlanta's account-based marketing
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As Tech Square Ventures launches its Fund II, the firm has tapped Vasant Kamath as a General Partner to help scale and grow its early-stage portfolio. A Georgia native and seasoned tech investor, Kamath most recently served as Director at Primus Capital and as Director of Corporate Development at Cox
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What started with a transaction in a parking lot with a Georgia Tech student has led to a successful exit within the luxury watch space. Atlanta-based Crown & Caliber, an online marketplace that professionalized the sale of second-hand and pre-owned watches, was acquired earlier this month by HODINKEE. Based in
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“Sports have withstood recessions in the past, but nothing can withstand COVID 100 percent,” Jenna Kurath, Vice President of Accelerator Operations & Partnerships at Comcast, told Hypepotamus. That meant pivoting the inaugural Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator. Originally slated to open in Atlanta, into the remote setting. Today, the accelerator announced
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When Chike Nwoke was a student at the University of Maryland College Park, he took note of a unique marketing tactic used by energy drink company Redbull. The company would hire students to represent their brand on campus, which would ultimately drive more drink sales. For Nwoke, this showed that
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As entrepreneurs and large companies alike look to modernize how healthcare is distributed in the wake of COVID, one Atlanta-based startup is bringing back the old fashion “house call.” Ascend Medical, a membership-based mobile clinic, primary care, and telemedicine startup, focuses on providing key preventative care measures and tests to
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T-Mobile, Georgia Tech’s ATDC, and Peachtree Corners Curiosity Lab announced the creation of the 5G Connected Future incubator, which is set to drive the development of 5G-focused startups. Betsy Plattenburg, the Lab’s Executive Director, told Hypepotamus that 5G innovation is important for the work at Curiosity Lab because
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Atlanta-based and BMW Group-owned ParkMobile has released several mobile-first features over the years to help drivers more easily deal with parking. Their latest integration allows drivers to pay for parking within Google Maps. “At ParkMobile, we always try to meet the consumers where they are and reduce friction in the
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Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Braves Foundation say they will work with Missouri-based Rapsodo, a sports data company that gives athletes real-time performance metrics, to help underserved players across the Southeast improve their skills. Rapsodo says that they will be offering pitching, hitting, and other testing platforms “to increase exposure to
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Birmingham-based Michael Panik told Hypepotamus that he’s been at the intersection of marketing and web development for most of his career. But his passion has been helping small businesses. “I believe in small business as a whole. I’m a product of small business,” he said. “The problem is
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A mobile health company in Atlanta is heading to NASDAQ. Sharecare, the consumer-facing health and wellness platform, released plans to merge with Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp.(NASDAQ: FCAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Once the merger is closed, Sharecare, Inc. will be listed on NASDAQ with an initial of