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This North Carolina cleantech startup is helping the business world get to net-zero

This North Carolina cleantech startup is helping the business world get to net-zero

A month after President Biden signed an executive order effectively mandating companies to disclose their climate risk, one Durham-based cleantech startup is poised to lead the charge. “[We’ ve] been scaling to prepare for this very moment,” says The Climate Service (TCS) co-founder James McMahon. “Our mission is to embed

Meet The Atlanta FinTech Entrepreneur Who Is Driving Innovation At The Gas Pump

Meet The Atlanta FinTech Entrepreneur Who Is Driving Innovation At The Gas Pump

Like any good early-stage founder, Ben McFarlin visited his potential customers directly when he wanted to test out a new business venture and FinTech idea. His customers just happened to be pumping gas. Long before the pandemic, McFarlin was looking to innovate the driver’s experience at the pump, and

Ally Commerce Spinoff Startup Adds Flexibility To Healthcare Payments Proccess

Ally Commerce Spinoff Startup Adds Flexibility To Healthcare Payments Proccess

A spin-off startup from Ally Commerce, Green Feather, is finding a niche in the healthcare payments space. Atlanta-based Ally Commerce launched in 2007 as an end-to-end eCommerce technology provider for consumer durables companies. Green Feather got off the ground as the team saw a “demand from healthcare companies trying to

Irish E-Commerce FinTech Expands Into Atlanta Market, Plans For Rapid Hiring

Irish E-Commerce FinTech Expands Into Atlanta Market, Plans For Rapid Hiring

Coming off of a $76 million Series A funding round, Irish FinTech startup Wayflyer has its eyes on Atlanta. With a focus on providing flexible financing options for growing eCommerce brands, CEO Aidan Corbett told Hypepotamus that 75% of the company’s clients are in the US. Wayflyer already has

How Two NC State Grads Are Using Predictive Analytics To Improve How Websites Load

How Two NC State Grads Are Using Predictive Analytics To Improve How Websites Load

Two North Carolina entrepreneurs are measuring success by the second. Ben Hardison and Camden Conekin, co-founders of Padeo, are working to improve website loading times for various websites through predictive analytics and pre-loading technology. When it comes to loading times, seconds matter. Even a few-second delay drastically increases the chances

Emily Traxler Brings Customer Success Background To Real Estate Startup's C-Suite

Emily Traxler Brings Customer Success Background To Real Estate Startup's C-Suite

Bank Shot, an Atlanta-based FinTech startup focused on improving the real estate earnest money process, has tapped Emily Traxler as its new CEO. Traxler brings her work in software startups and customer success experience to the real estate tech company. She is taking over from the startup’s founders Bernardine

Google For Startups Launches 2nd $5 Million Black Founders Fund

Google For Startups Launches 2nd $5 Million Black Founders Fund

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund is back for 2021. The $5 million fund, announced today, will give $100,000 in non-dilutive funds to 50 Black startup founders across the country. But Atlanta’s influence is all over this national program. Google for Startups US, headed by Jewel Burks Solomon,