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SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF DEC 14

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF DEC 14

The end-of-the-year buzz is definitely keeping the news rolling in from across the Southeast. If your week has been a bit hectic, we've put together all the important headlines from the region: Funding News * Atlanta, Georgia: Cypress.io, a startup known for streamlining how developers test software, raised

Arkansas Real Estate Investing Platform AcreTrader Sees US Farmland as Growing Asset Class

Arkansas Real Estate Investing Platform AcreTrader Sees US Farmland as Growing Asset Class

US Farmland has historically outperformed most asset classes and other forms of real estate, making it a prime opportunity for savvy investors. Unfortunately, buying and maintaining farmland directly can be extremely difficult without local knowledge, management, and large investment commitments. “AcreTrader solves these issues by providing transparency, flexibility, and ease

Atlanta-based Presso raises $1.6M as Hollywood takes notes of its dry cleaning robot

Atlanta-based Presso raises $1.6M as Hollywood takes notes of its dry cleaning robot

The team behind Presso has built a robotic dry-cleaning machine that cleans and sanitizes clothes within five minutes. For those who travel for work or spend time lugging shirts to the dry cleaners, Presso’s machine will surely be a time saver. But Hollywood has also taken note, as studios

In $65 million deal, Artlist acquires Atlanta-based Motion Array to expand content licensing catalog

In $65 million deal, Artlist acquires Atlanta-based Motion Array to expand content licensing catalog

Atlanta has made its mark on the film industry over the last few years. It has also fostered tech talent and founders who have transformed the way filmmakers get content. Started in Decatur, Georgia in 2013, Motion Array is a marketplace for creatives to source stock audio, images, and templates

VIDEO: Durham-based Spoonflower sees triple-digit growth as creativity and crafting grow during COVID

VIDEO: Durham-based Spoonflower sees triple-digit growth as creativity and crafting grow during COVID

Back in March, Spoonflower, an on-demand, digital printing company, reported 30% year-over-year growth in the first quarter. By most standards, it was poised for a "nice" year going forward, says its CEO Michael Jones. Then the pandemic hit. “We saw a little bit of a slow down for

Meet The Atlanta Team Building An Online Space For Creative Feedback

Meet The Atlanta Team Building An Online Space For Creative Feedback

Getting feedback is part of every entrepreneur's process. But for the team behind Creative Critique, feedback is core to their entire business. Joey Ruse got the idea for a design-focused feedback software after graduating from Kennesaw State University’s entrepreneurship program and starting his own web design company.

Chapel Hill health tech startup lands $40M in Series A financing

Chapel Hill health tech startup lands $40M in Series A financing

A year after setting up second headquarters in North Carolina, personal health startup Well Dot is getting ready to scale. On Monday, the firm, which has home offices in Chapel Hill and Newton, Massachusetts, announced it had landed $40 million in first-round funding. Well's backers include well-known Silicon