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Carbice Raises $15 Million Series A To Bring Nanomaterials To Your Phone And To Space

Carbice Raises $15 Million Series A To Bring Nanomaterials To Your Phone And To Space

Carbice Corporation, an Atlanta-based nanotechnology company born out of Georgia Tech, has closed a $15 million Series A funding round. The round was led by London-based Downing Ventures and Bay Area-based Toyota AI Ventures. The funding is exciting news for a company that is developing technologies that can be found

Post Acquisition, Durham-Based MindSumo Is Looking To Build An End-To-End Innovation Ecosystem

Post Acquisition, Durham-Based MindSumo Is Looking To Build An End-To-End Innovation Ecosystem

Most college students order a pizza and cram for an next exam. But on any given night, students on MindSumo might just be inventing the next big thing in pizza. MindSumo was started in 2011 as a way to help companies crowdsource innovative ideas and for students to get real-world

From Its ATDC Home, Startup Defynance Is Tackling The Student Debt Crisis

From Its ATDC Home, Startup Defynance Is Tackling The Student Debt Crisis

The student loan debt crisis is a problem that affects 44 million Americans. Collectively, Americans hold more than $1.6 trillion dollars in student debt, and those numbers are growing every year. An ambitious startup named Defynance aims to address this problem by providing a revolutionary debt-free solution. “The way

Applications Open For $50,000 Pitch Competition + Seat In Pax Momentum's Upcoming Cohort

Applications Open For $50,000 Pitch Competition + Seat In Pax Momentum's Upcoming Cohort

Getting into the right accelerator program can be the rocket fuel a founder needs to get their product off the ground. In their first cohort, Pax Momentum poured plenty of rocket fuel into up-and-coming startups, like Boston-based Change: Water Labs, and Raleigh-based SaaS platform NanoVest. Now, the Pax team is

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 16

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 16

We’re ending the week with all the funding, acquisition, and Southeast startup news you need to know: FUNDING NEWS Charlotte, North Carolina: Amicus.io, a fintech platform designed to make donor-advised funds (DAFs) more accessible, raised $8.7 million in Series B funding. Read more about the team, the

Flush with $8.7M, Charlotte fintech startup unveils ‘philanthropic’ platform

Flush with $8.7M, Charlotte fintech startup unveils ‘philanthropic’ platform

A Charlotte fintech startup, flush with $8.7 million in new funding, is launching its own platform aimed at making us all philanthropists. Amicus.io is focused on “democratizing” donor-advised funds (DAF). This week, it unveiled its first product, DAF 2.0 — a platform, it says, allows consumer banks to

Innovation Has Deep Roots in Tennessee. Now, The Rest of the Country Is Taking Note.

Innovation Has Deep Roots in Tennessee. Now, The Rest of the Country Is Taking Note.

Even on a Zoom call, the team at Launch Tennessee knows how to welcome people into their growing community. Ahead of their latest virtual speaker series, Hypepotamus got a chance to connect with Launch Tennessee’s CEO Van Tucker to talk about how this unique public-private partnership is taking tangible