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Atlanta Raining Money

Monday Fund-Day: Who Raised What In The Startup South -- March 29-April 4

It’s been just over three weeks since the World Health Organization characterized the novel coronavirus as a pandemic, and now the slowing of capital has started to appear. Still, there were three significant instances of funding activity, and between March 29 and April 5, it all happened in Atlanta.

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Changing Course: Google for Startups Pivots To Launch All-Online Atlanta Founders Academy During Pandemic

If you didn’t already know that coronavirus was a thing, you might not even have noticed that the Atlanta Founders Academy had switched plans. Not long ago, Google for Startups announced the Atlanta Founders Academy, which would assist 40 startup founders through an 8-month series of programming and workshops

Hypepotamus Resources For Southern Startups Navigating The COVID-19 Crisis

Hypepotamus Resources For Southern Startups Navigating The COVID-19 Crisis

When the going gets tough, there's still work to do. As founders — aspiring or active — figuring out how the roadmap has changed and what to do with new realities and challenges from the COVID-19 crisis, Hypepotamus wants to be a resource to the community by connecting our audience

Jay-Z-Backed Catering Platform HUNGRY Talks Plans & Pivots After Closing $20M Series B Just Before COVID-19 Hit U.S.

Jay-Z-Backed Catering Platform HUNGRY Talks Plans & Pivots After Closing $20M Series B Just Before COVID-19 Hit U.S.

The news had been very positive for HUNGRY going into the spring season. The catering platform, which connects office workers and other groups to talented chefs in their cities, just closed a Series B of just under $20 million at the beginning of March. Among the investors were famous names,

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Monday Fund-Day: Who Raised What In The Startup South — March 23-27, 2020

Welcome back! In case you missed some of last week’s funding news, tech startups in the Southeast continue to raise capital. This week, it’s North Carolina that’s proving to be the hot spot for investment, as four companies from the Tar Heel State account for almost $40

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This Chattanooga-Based, Coronavirus-Tracking Software Platform For Mariners Matters More Than You Might Think

Shipping is big business. And like many industries — especially ones we may not have believed could find themselves in such high levels of turmoil before the coronavirus outbreak — the spread of COVID-19 affects global ports in ways that could present very concerning circumstances. “Things are so dynamic in a maritime

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New Atlanta-Based VC Fund Overline Announces Closing $17.5M of $25M Fund, Wants To Propel Startups To Big Success Despite Coronavirus

With coronavirus news currently roiling financial markets, some might guess that recently launched venture capital funds would hold off on whatever they were planning a few months ago. But that’s not what Michael Cohn and Sean O’Brien, founder-operators of Atlanta-based early stage venture capital firm Overline, have decided