Education
FinTech, BioTech, HealthTech…and now, FashionTech? There are a growing number of startups in the Southeast that are working at the intersection of fashion and technology. Some are helping parents buy and sell second-hand baby items. Others are connecting college students through shared wardrobes. A few are even providing personalized
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Software engineers turned entrepreneurs Louis Murerwa and Michael Moyo have spent time across all different corners of the world in the early parts of their tech careers. From Zimbabwe and Zambia, the two graduated from Dartmouth in New Hampshire. Murerwa went on to work at Google in New York City,
accelerators
Atlanta just landed a new startup accelerator. Cox Enterprises and gener8tor, a global venture firm and startup accelerator, announced today the launch of the Cox Cleantech Accelerator. The bi-annual 12-week program will support five of the most promising cleantech startups in each cohort. Startups will receive a $100,000 investment,
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Laura Jorgensen and Courteney Lowe, professional cyclists turned entrepreneurs, started The RunnerBox and The RiderBox as an athlete-focused subscription service. But while building the direct-to-consumer (D2C) company, they recognized a gap in the market. Specifically, it is hard for athletes to find their favorite new refueling options. While subscription boxes
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Press Sports, the Atlanta-based social media platform for young athletes, has been acquired by The DONUT. The acquisition is all about creating a new type of media company to engage Gen Z and Millennial audiences online. The DONUT, based out of Austin, is an unbiased newsletter platform that is described
Companies
Cybersecurity professionals face ever-increasing challenges in protecting sensitive data and systems from sophisticated threats. To better equip those on the front lines, we reached out to cybersecurity professionals, startup founders, and CEOs to gather insights and get their practical advice on staying ahead of cyber adversaries. In our latest We
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Tampa-based entrepreneur Blake Richardson is proving that louder isn’t always better in the tech world. He’s the co-founder and CEO of EaseAlert, a wearable alert platform for the first-responder community. The hardware startup is replacing loud — and potentially dangerous — alarm systems with a heart-friendly solution. Richardson said the
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Those boring conference name tags are getting an upgrade, thanks to a group of students. Like many college kids, Andrew Grant and Joshuai Grant found themselves going to a lot of networking events and conferences to get their careers off the ground. And by attending those events, they ended up
Feature
In general, the SaaS world has struggled over the last year and a half. 2023 was another down year for venture capital going into enterprise software, with the value of those transactions slipping 33% last year, according to data collected by PitchBook. And the outlook hasn’t been much better
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The Southeast Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Growth Hub, the regional pilot project building an interconnected business community, has named a new partner in its efforts to build up the local business community. Earlier this summer, MBDA announced it was partnering with EcoMap Technologies on a new initiative designed
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Atlanta-based venture capital firm Vocap Partners has appointed a new General Partner. Emery Waddell, who has been with Vocap since 2015, was promoted to General Partner this week after serving as the firm’s Principal. Vocap is an early growth equity firm that works with post-product market fit companies in
B2C
Georgia-based founders Maya Watson and Lexi Nisita want to get people talking again. To make that happen in our scroll-heavy world, the two former executives at Netflix and Clubhouse are building why?!, a new social networking and conversation app. Unlike other popular social networking platforms that focus on creating content