Friday Fund Day: Startup News From The Southeast For The Week Of July 7-11, 2025
It has been a hot one across Atlanta and the wider Southeast region. But coming off the 4th of July holiday weekend, funding news has been cooler. Here are the main headlines from across the region:
It has been a hot one across Atlanta and the wider Southeast region. But coming off the 4th of July holiday weekend, funding news has been cooler. Here are the main headlines from across the region:
Acquisition News
- Ditto, which has a large presence in Atlanta, announced it acquired KeySquare Labs.
- North Carolina unicorn company Pendo announced it has acquired Forwrd.ai. Forwrd is a an Israeli-based no-code startup that "enables non-data scientists to build AI and machine learning models that predict churn risk, identify expansion opportunities, and score leads," according to a press release. More details here.
New Faces
- Atlanta-based InsurTech startup Slope Software announced that Tyson Nargassans has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Andy Smith, Slope's Co-Founder and former CEO, will move into the newly defined role of Chief Strategy Officer.
- Ledgible, an Atlanta-based FinTech for digital asset tax and accounting solutions, announced the appointment of Tomer Siegal as Vice President of Product.
- Charlotte-based private equity firm Watchtower Capital announced that Will Keesler has joined the firm as its Managing Partner. More details here.
- Atlanta entrepreneur Mark Feinberg joins Kennesaw State University's HatchBridge Incubator as its new Entrepreneur-In-Residence.
In Other News
- The Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) announced the new members of its Retail Readiness Academy™ cohort.
- Atlanta-based Relay Payments that it will begin accepting Relay's digital payments at all RaceTrac® and RaceWay® truck-accessible locations. More details here.
