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Here Are The 10 Startups Just Announced For the 2020 Techstars Atlanta Class

In a just-released announcement, Techstars Atlanta Managing Director Dave Payne has named the 10 startups selected for the 2020 Class of Techstars Atlanta in Partnership with Cox Enterprises. The six-month selection process gave Payne the opportunity to meet 1,200+ founders in person, over the phone and during virtual meetings.

Switchyards

Switchyards Announces Free 1-Year Membership For 100 Black-Led Nonprofits

From media to corporate outreach, there are plenty of statements being put out there today — some sincere and some seemingly more about posturing than progress — in support of Black entrepreneurship and innovation. But real advocacy is about action, and it appears Atlanta "neighborhood work club" Switchyards is offering

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Tech Square Ventures Founder Blake Patton Shares Details of Firm's New $75 Million Fund

Blake Patton has seen the rise of Atlanta's tech ecosystem like few others. As managing partner and founder of Tech Square Ventures, which through two separate funds has already invested in 51 startups such as Cypress.io, Pointivo and Goodr, Patton has led the strategic early-stage venture fund

Tech Talent: This Awesomely Named Developer Has a Knack for Debugging

Having a special name can be a gift and a curse — take it from someone named after one of the greatest and most famous basketball players of all time, and also one of today's most popular film actors. But if Michael Jordan could tell Cassandra Champagne anything, it&

Atlanta-Based Utility Data Aggregator and Payment Automator Urjanet Raises $14.65M in Series D Funding Round

Urjanet, which considers itself “the world’s largest utility data network,” and announced today that it has raised $14.65 million in a Series D Investment, with participation from Equifax, as well as venture funds including Oak HC/FT, Grotech Ventures, and Correlation Ventures. The Atlanta company, founded in 2010

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Lab-Grown Breastmilk Startup BIOMILQ Raises $3.5 Million In Seed Funding

BIOMILQ, a “women-owned, science-led and mother-centered” startup, just raised $3.5 million in a Seed round led by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Purple Orange Ventures, Blue Horizon Ventures and entrepreneur Shazi Visram, founder of Happy Family Organics. https://www.facebook.com/biomilq/posts/168425991331404 But what made these

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Steady, Atlanta-Based App For Gig Economy Workers Backed by Shaq, Raises $15 Million in Series B

The COVID-19 pandemic has not gone away, and neither has it given the economy any clear signs that things are back to normal. But Atlanta-based app Steady doesn’t have a normal business model — even having Shaquille O’Neal as a financial backer is just one reason they’re unique.