Southeast Tech News From The Week Of December 1-5, 2025
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We’re back in action with our Friday “Fund” Day updates after a brief Thanksgiving hiatus. Get all the week's top stories about the Southeast's startup and technology community in one place.
These are the headlines you need to end the week:
Funding News
- FinTech startup Flex (Miami, Florida): $60 million Series B
- Payments startup Fintainium (Jacksonville, Florida): $7.8 million venture round
- Software startup Vitl (Nashville, Tennessee): $7.5 million seed round
- Aerospace startup Reditus Space (Atlanta, Georgia): $7.1 million seed round
- Analytics startup M2M Capital (Highland City, Florida): $895k seed round
- EdTech Letz Technologies (Weston, Florida): $550k seed round
Top Hypepotamus Story
From his home base inside Atlanta Tech Village - Buckhead, Laron Walker is on a mission to make history immersive and accessible. His startup Memik, and its first project The Legacy Line, is working with an iconic Civil Rights Museum in Memphis to create a new line of AR-embedded projects that bring historical moments to life.
See how Walker is using tech to help people be “more informed, more inspired, or more connected to the past.”
In Other News
Karen Houghton, who many in Atlanta will know for her time at Atlanta Tech Village before moving into the founder seat herself with Infinite Giving, is out with a new book entitled Funding Your Mission – The Modern Guide to Nonprofit Finance. We have the scoop (and an author Q&A) here.
News from Charlotte: the Seed The South Capital Summit is moving to Bank of America Stadium in May 2026.
The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) will host its annual Georgia Technology Summit on April 30, 2026, at Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA. As part of the Summit, the TAG Top 40 Most Innovative Companies will be selected, and the Top 10 announced live on stage, recognizing companies of all sizes that are leading innovation in Georgia. Applications are now open.
Rimidi, a market-leading digital health company that supports healthcare providers with EHR-integrated software, services, and connected devices, recently partnered with Brevard Health Alliance (BHA), a federally qualified health center in Florida, on the implementation of a Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) program.
People To Know
Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners announced the appointment of Emily Heintz as its new Executive Director. Heintz previously served as the founder and Managing Director at Ann Arbor, Michigan's EntryPoint. A more detailed announcement here.
