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New $72 million fund looks to make Atlanta central to women's HealthTech ecosystem

New $72 million fund looks to make Atlanta central to women's HealthTech ecosystem

Atlanta has a new $72 million fund dedicated to addressing women’s HealthTech. SteelSky Ventures, led by Maria Velissaris, closed its fund last week and is now the largest women’s healthcare VC fund in the country. Named after the New York City skyline, SteelSky was initially launched in the

Atlanta and Paris Selected As Next Site For Space-Related Startup Program

Atlanta and Paris Selected As Next Site For Space-Related Startup Program

Atlanta is about to embark on its own type of space race, thanks to a new program housed at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), an international organization for startup founders, is expanding its Space Stream into Atlanta and Paris. It aims to be the largest

Birmingham's REPOWR brings "asset-as-a-service" model to trucking

Birmingham's REPOWR brings "asset-as-a-service" model to trucking

The co-founders of REPOWR know all about the traditional inefficiencies surrounding the logistics industry. Patrick Visintainer and Spencer Ware, who worked in logistics and transportation insurance and liability respectively, saw that trucks were often underutilized when it came to moving things from point A to point B. “[We] saw the

Behind The Growing InsurTech Scene In Atlanta & Tampa

Behind The Growing InsurTech Scene In Atlanta & Tampa

Don’t let the name fool you. Tampa-based iink Payments is on a mission to eliminate the extra “ink” associated with the insurance industry. The problem stems around collecting signatures on physical checks. “When you get a check from the insurance company, they can oftentimes have as many as seven

Atlanta Startup Fetches $3.5M Series A, Doubles Team In 90 Days

Atlanta Startup Fetches $3.5M Series A, Doubles Team In 90 Days

Geographic-specific startups face a unique challenge when it comes to scaling, as founders have to replicate success in each new market their open. That is something Atlanta-based startup Fetch knows well, CEO and co-founder Adam Steinberg told Hypepotamus. “In classic marketplaces, you want to balance growth with having great economics

NC's Spiffy Lands New Funding As AutoTech Sector Continues Rapid Growth

NC's Spiffy Lands New Funding As AutoTech Sector Continues Rapid Growth

A year ago when we caught up with North Carolina-based Spiffy, the on-demand car care startup was rebounding from Covid with a new franchising expansion plan. A year into the franchising effort, Grayson Leverenz, Spiffy’s Chief Marketing Officer, told Hypepotamus that the startup has expanded into 10 markets and

This App Wants To Get You Outside To Explore "Nature-based Mindfulness"

This App Wants To Get You Outside To Explore "Nature-based Mindfulness"

If it’s been a while since you went on a hike, walked around your local park, or smelled the proverbial roses in your own backyard, you aren’t alone. We live in what has been called the “Indoor Generation,” but a new Atlanta-based app is looking to shift that