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The race is on to get American roads ready for more electric vehicles (EV). Atlanta-based Resilient Power — backed by some impressive new investors — is looking to lead the pack. The team announced this week it closed a $5 million seed round from Texas-based Energy Transition Ventures, Amazon's Climate
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NFTs may seem like the latest overnight craze in art, entertainment, and sports. But the team behind Atlanta-based GigLabs has been building in the space for years, and they are ready to show the world the power of non-fungible tokens. Jon Parise, Chief Revenue Officer and co-founder of GigLabs, told
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“Starbucks, Chick-Fil-A, and Panera all have great app experiences. We want to bring that to our local restaurant customers,” Dick Sikes, founder and CEO of Hazlnut told Hypepotamus. For Sikes and his Jacksonville-based team, that means building out white-labeled online ordering pages and mobile apps for local restaurants. Many of
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Crime and Buckhead cityhood are two of the topics front and center as candidates enter the final days of the 2021 Atlanta Mayoral race. But many of the 14 candidates are touting their entrepreneurial or small business background as key qualifications as they campaign to be “CEO of the City.
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Since its founder invented the checkbook over 100 years ago, Deluxe Corporation has grown to be one of the biggest names in the business development and financial services space. Despite its massive size, Deluxe's focus on small businesses has launched a TV show and now has helped the
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Real estate demands and the overall housing shortage brought about a Construction Tech boom in the VC world. US construction-related startups alone raised $2.8 billion since January 2020, with Southeast startups raising $285.5 million in that same time frame, according to available Crunchbase data. But construction on Planet
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It may sound counterintuitive at first, but GoCheck is building technology to help fight a pressing problem created by technology. A growing body of research suggests that myopia (nearsightedness) is on the rise with the increased amount of screen time and overall indoor time kids and adolescents are averaging each
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Kindergarten friends turned FSU college roommates Griffin Hamilton and Brandon Cummings now find themselves in the startup founder space after seeing first-hand how messy and complicated facilities management can be. The underlying operation of any building requires a lot of communication between various stakeholders, be it vendors, internal teams, or
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The sheer number of deals in the Southeast venture capital over the last year has kept service providers (lawyers, accountants, bankers, etc.) busy. The team behind Service Provider Capital is looking to tap into this momentum as they close Fund II. The fund brings together service providers from across the
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It may just be a match made in local foodie heaven. Following this summer’s $65 million Series C announcement, Popmenu says it plans to acquire local RestaurantTech startup and recent Techstars Atlanta graduate OrderNerd. The deal brings together startups addressing various pain points restauranteurs face. Popmenu is an all-in-one
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Derrick Barker and Brittany Mosely first met through their grandparents during freshman move-in day at their Harvard dorm. Since graduating in 2010, the two have been making moves across the real estate space as operators of short-term rental properties, large apartment complexes, and single-family houses. Unlike other investment opportunities, real
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When Overline VC closed an oversubscribed $27.4 million first fund, its investing thesis was simple: Find the best early-stage companies coming out of the Southeast and give those founders access to strong operating partners and a network of support. Since then Overline has invested in 17 pre-seed and seed-stage