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Atlanta has a new unicorn. SalesLoft, the Sales Engagement platform founded in 2011, has raised a $100 million Series E round, putting the company’s valuation to $1.1 billion. The Series E round was led by Owl Rock, with additional participation by Insight Partners, HarbourVest, and Emergence. SalesLoft CEO
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During a standard grocery run, consumers probably aren’t thinking about the process by which a grocer gets raw produce, fresh bread, or canned beverages onto shelves. But for the team behind Gimme, an Atlanta-based startup working to improve the invoicing system for the Direct to Store Delivery (DSD) industry,
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As ridesharing becomes more of a ubiquitous part of the transportation ecosystem, the pitfalls of the industry have been put front and center. While larger ridesharing companies have made headlines for lack of driver autonomy over the years, startups have jumped in to help ensure drivers are taken care of
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It’s time to look back and take stock of what we learned over the past twelve months. This year, that task feels more challenging than before. 2020 tested our collective patience, shuttered offices, shifted global markets, made us face loss, and left millions unemployed or underemployed. It also put
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Entrepreneurs often turn every nook and cranny of a home or garage into a space for product testing or experimentation. For the team behind WasteWizer, the pandemic turned a co-founder’s backyard pool area into a prime lab spot for figuring out how to weigh tons of trash. WasteWizer is
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2020 has put a spotlight on the VC community’s pitfalls and its potential. For Stefanie Diaz, the year has brought new startup opportunities front and center. As she told Hypepotamus, “we’ve never seen every industry be so disrupted all at once...companies that were once these novel ideas
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When the pandemic closed its doors in March, Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) knew it was essential to find a way to keep its downtown galleries accessible to the general public. With the technological and creative help of an Atlanta production company, the Center has
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Atlanta popularized southern rap and Hip-Hop. Memphis claims soul, gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock 'n' roll. New Orleans brought us jazz and Nashville serves as the epicenter of the country music world. The Southeast has influenced nearly every genre of music, and people like Courtney Stewart no
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OneTrust, Atlanta’s data privacy management startup that earned unicorn status in 2019, announced it has raised a $300 million Series C funding round. The round was led by TCV, the Silicon Valley VC firm which previously invested in companies such as Airbnb, Netflix, Expedia, Facebook, ByteDance, LinkedIn, and Peloton.
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The team behind Presso has built a robotic dry-cleaning machine that cleans and sanitizes clothes within five minutes. For those who travel for work or spend time lugging shirts to the dry cleaners, Presso’s machine will surely be a time saver. But Hollywood has also taken note, as studios
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Atlanta has made its mark on the film industry over the last few years. It has also fostered tech talent and founders who have transformed the way filmmakers get content. Started in Decatur, Georgia in 2013, Motion Array is a marketplace for creatives to source stock audio, images, and templates
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Getting feedback is part of every entrepreneur's process. But for the team behind Creative Critique, feedback is core to their entire business. Joey Ruse got the idea for a design-focused feedback software after graduating from Kennesaw State University’s entrepreneurship program and starting his own web design company.