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To Fight Crime, Andreessen Horowitz & Other Investors Pour $150 Million Into Atlanta's Flock Safety

To Fight Crime, Andreessen Horowitz & Other Investors Pour $150 Million Into Atlanta's Flock Safety

The large funding round headlines keep coming in for the Atlanta tech scene. On the heels of its November 2020 $45 million Series C raise, Flock Safety just closed a $150 million Series D round to help scale. “Simply put, we are growing incredibly fast and the demand is increasing,

Meet Stephen Wakeling, Atlanta Founder Rethinking E-Waste & The Circular Economy

Meet Stephen Wakeling, Atlanta Founder Rethinking E-Waste & The Circular Economy

Entrepreneurs working in the circular economy see both the financial and environmental advantages of rethinking e-waste. Atlanta entrepreneur Stephen Wakeling has watched the space transform over the last decade while building Phobio, a SaaS platform designed to facilitate electronic device trade-ins. “The useful life of a phone is being elongated,

The Largest Data Science Conference in the Southeast to Host Global Conference this Fall

The Largest Data Science Conference in the Southeast to Host Global Conference this Fall

The Data Science Connect Community Keeps On Growing Data Science Connect (DSC), an organization founded as a community of practitioners, thought leaders, academics, and students looking for high-quality technical content and connection in data science, has grown to be the Southeast's largest data science conference. After adding two

For Atlanta-based SnapNurse, Flexibility Is Central To Post-Pandemic Medical Staffing

For Atlanta-based SnapNurse, Flexibility Is Central To Post-Pandemic Medical Staffing

A startup founder must know they’re on to something when the name of their company becomes a verb. That’s exactly what founder and CEO Cherie Kloss hears from nurses and medical workers using SnapNurse to find short-term positions or travel nursing contracts. “We’re seeing people post ‘I

Woman-led Nashville healthcare startup XSOLIS is scaling after landing $75M

Woman-led Nashville healthcare startup XSOLIS is scaling after landing $75M

This Nashville healthcare data startup is getting ready to scale after landing $75 million in funds. XSOLIS (pronounced similarly to “excellence’) this week confirmed it secured a “minority growth” investment from Brighton Park Capital, a Connecticut-based firm specializing in growth-stage healthtech firms. "This investment will be a catalyst as

With The Suites, Founder Takes New Approach To Building A Business Community

Shimite Obialo was well aware of the statistics around Black and brown founders when she entered the VC startup space in 2017. The most recent data suggests that minority founders raised just 2.4% of all venture funding over the past six years. Obialo, a corporate finance attorney and entrepreneur,

Can FinTech Bring More Movie Magic To ATL? FilmHedge Says Yes

Can FinTech Bring More Movie Magic To ATL? FilmHedge Says Yes

Despite being both a media and FinTech powerhouse, Atlanta has yet to become a hub for film financing. But one startup founding team — bringing together backgrounds in financial services, media, film funding, and venture capital — is ready to change that narrative. FilmHedge was born after Jon Gosier, an entrepreneur and