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What started with a $50,000 initial investment has grown into a gaming accessories company with 7 million yearly online store sessions and a loyal group of gamers across the globe. With customers in 60 countries, Atlanta-based KontrolFreek announced it will be acquired by SteelSeries, an international consumer electronics company
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During their respective seasons, The NFL had wristbands and the NBA had rings to keep players safe and ultimately track any potential COVID exposure. Pro Football Hall of Famer Champ Bailey has retired from football, but he noticed an important opportunity to make a difference when it comes to using
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“I think we’ve all been in positions as leaders where we may have felt like we didn’t know exactly what to do. We read the books or listened to a Simon Sinek TedTalk, but on Monday, you don’t know how to actuate it,” Teaming’s co-founder Tim
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Two Atlanta-basedTechOperator portfolio companies are joining forces as the future of retail moves even further online. Springbot, the marketing and analytics platform based in Midtown, acquired Atlanta-based Matcha last week. Matcha has made a name for itself in the content marketing space since moving from Chattanooga to Atlanta in 2018.
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When a startup is able to create both a B2B and a B2C solution, you know the team is working on something unique. But when that startup is also addressing health inequities within clinical trials, it’s clear that startup is essential. As a digital health company, Huntsville-based Acclinate works
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We’re ending the week with all the funding, acquisition, and Southeast startup news you require to know: Funding News * Atlanta, Georgia: As call volume increases in the wake of the pandemic, CallRail announced it raised an additional $56 million from existing investors Sageview Capital and Leaders Fund. We have
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While we don’t have any official stats on R.E.M.'s overall impact on the VC world since the Athens-based rock band formed in 1980, we do know they influenced at least the name of Atlanta’s latest venture fund. Mike Dowdle, veteran entrepreneur and investor, spoke
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Social distancing has brought about one interesting benefit for CallRail, the Atlanta-based phone call tracking and analytics startup. According to data released by the company, overall call volume was up 35% between June 2019 and June 2020, suggesting more people are making calls in order to get crucial business updates
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Branch Technology, a Chattanooga-based 3D printing and construction technology startup, announced this week that it has raised a new $11 million funding round. The round, led by EquipmentShare, brings the company’s overall funding to $22 million to date. Additional support came from Brick & Mortar Ventures, Chattanooga Renaissance Fund,
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Candice Blacknall described herself as a "non-traditional" student when we sat down for a Zoom interview earlier this week. After nine years in the U.S. Army as a health care specialist, Blacknall has returned to the classroom to pursue both an MBA from Georgia Tech's
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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 25% of the world’s population suffers from anemia, which leads to negative downstream health problems such as fatigue, weakness, complications in pregnancy, and in extreme cases, even cardiac arrest. Atlanta-based Sanguina, born out of research from clinicians and scientists at
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Traditionally, companies looking to get an ad in front of online customers have had to publish through Google Ads or Facebook Ads. But a Durham-based AdTech company is reframing how companies run in-house advertisements and ultimately build new ad revenue streams. Kevel, which just rebranded from Adzerk, also announced a