The theme for this year’s Venture Atlanta conference, FORWARD, aptly addresses this moment in time for the Atlanta technology ecosystem, says  CEO Allyson Eman.

“This year’s number of applicants broke even last year’s record, with the quality of companies making it a very difficult job for our Selection Committee,” she said upon the announcement of the 86 startups selected to take the stage this October.

Many of those selected will be familiar to the Hypepotamus audience. 60% of startups come from outside of Atlanta and in other growing tech hubs across the Southeast.

Meet The Startups By Tech Vertical

Aerospace

Kayhan Space - Boulder, Colorado / Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

HealthTech / MedTech / Healthcare

1 TrueHealth - Austin, Texas

Allergood - Durham, North Carolina

Carework  - Port Orange, Florida

femPAQ - Bentonville, Arkansas

Intellidoc

Medigi

Mitivate - Atlanta, Georgia

Patientory  - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Physician 360 - Dallas, Texas (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Quinsite - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Skintelligent - Atlanta, Georgia

Media Technology

Beam Dynamics - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Offbeat Media Group - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

RootNote - Nashville, Tennessee (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Seed&Spark - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

SwitchFrame

The Mirror - Miami, Florida

Vū Technologies Corp - Tampa, Florida

Climate / Environment / Energy

CIRT (Can I Recycle This, Inc.)

RetailTech / Ecommerce

Arcum Partners - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Greenlist - San Francisco, California

Martech

Allobee - Durham, North Carolina

Fintech / Insurtech

Allison - Tampa, Florida (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Deposits Inc - Dallas, Texas

Everyware - Austin, Texas

Flyp Financial - Charlotte, North Carolina

Infinite Giving - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Marco - Miami, Florida

myFloc - Atlanta, Georgia

Sola - Atlanta, Georgia

Swipe Credit - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Viva Finance - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Yellow Card - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Supply Chain / Logistics / Transportation

Carpool Logistics - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Duke AI - Dallas, Texas

Jax Rideshare Rentals - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

OneRail - Orlando, Florida

PorterLogic - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Preteckt - Memphis, Tennessee

SemiCab - Atlanta, Georgia

Analytics

Coginiti - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Ecomaps Technologies - Baltimore, Maryland

JourneyTrack - Wilmington, Delaware

Qualytics - Baltimore, Maryland

Rippleworx - Huntsville, Alabama

Spontivly - St. Petersburg, Florida (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Mobile Apps

EyeGage - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

F3TCH - Wilmington, North Carolina (Hypepotamus coverage here)

iAccess Life - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Laundr - Gainesville, Florida

One Donation - Winston Salem, North Carolina

Software / SaaS / Cloud / IT

Cast AI - Miami, Florida

CROOW - Tampa, Florida

Cuemby - Delray Beach, Florida

Harness Technologies - Tampa, Florida

Leasecake - Winter Park, Florida

Mini City - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Motionworks - Atlanta, Georgia

Omedym - Liberty, South Carolina

QuantHub - Birmingham, Alabama

Resultid - Boston, Massachusetts

Speedscale - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Togal.AI - Miami, Florida

Travelsist - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Vieaura - Chicago, Illinois

Industrial Automation

Linebird - Richmond, Virginia

Lucid Drones - Charlotte, North Carolina (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Employment / HR Tech / Gig Work / Employee Engagement

ConConnect - New York, New York

Cooleaf - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

GoCoach - New York, New York

My Panda - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Hubstaff - Fishers, Indiana

Onwards HR - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Rali - Alpharetta, Georgia

Seekr - Coral Gables, Florida

Transition - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Cybersecurity

Evident - Atlanta, Georgia

Hummingbird AI - Miami Beach, Florida

Siemba - Alpharetta, Georgia

Construction / Real Estate / Hospitality

FlowPath - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Presso - Atlanta, Georgia (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Proserve Alliance - Roswell, Georgia

Rent Check - New Orleans, Louisiana (Hypepotamus coverage here)

Smart Alto - San Francisco, California

Venture Atlanta will take place from October 19-20 at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta.