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Let's Toast: Atlanta Tech Village Celebrates Latest Cohort Of It Takes A Village Pre-Accelerator Program

Let's Toast: Atlanta Tech Village Celebrates Latest Cohort Of It Takes A Village Pre-Accelerator Program

Hats Off to the Graduates!Less than two years ago, Atlanta Tech Village launched its first-ever It Takes A Village Pre-Accelerator Program. The six-month program, which focuses specifically on startups led by women and people of color, helps the founders accelerate their startup ideas through access to community, education, mentorship,

Fathom AI Aims to Reduce Sports-Related Injuries With Wearable Ankle Sensors

Fathom AI Aims to Reduce Sports-Related Injuries With Wearable Ankle Sensors

In 2013, Duke University athletes Ivonna Dumanyan and Gabrielle Levac both found themselves sidelined by sports-related injuries. During their rehab, they commiserated over the constant onslaught of preventable injuries they'd experienced over the course of their careers. "That's basically how injury works," Dumanyan tells

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eSports Giant Epic Games Acquires Startup Quixel to Increase 3D Realism In Video Games

North Carolina-based eSports behemoth Epic Games, best known for its wildly popular game Fortnite as well as the global game development platform Unreal Engine, has announced its acquisition of the Swedish startup Quixel. The move is designed to improve the three-dimensional photorealism of Epic Games’ graphics. Quixel is renowned for

CEO Colin Breece On Putting the Acquisition Puzzle Together to Fuel ShootProof's Growth

ShootProof started as a one-stop-shop solution that professional photographers can use to easily take customers from client contract to photo delivery without endless email exchanges, but company CEO Colin Breece sees a larger purpose for the Atlanta-based startup. "Our vision is to be the global leader and online hub

On-Demand Car Service Spiffy Doubles In Size With New Acquisition

On-Demand Car Service Spiffy Doubles In Size With New Acquisition

Spiffy, a North Carolina-based startup specializing on on-demand car care services and technology, has announced the acquisition of Your Location Lubrication (YLL), a Florida-based company focusing on high-volume rental car preventative maintenance. The acquisition, which more than doubles Spiffy’s size, adds YLLs’ innovative oil-change system, technicians and fleet to

Martech Startup Transitiv Raises $1.7M Seed Round Led by Vocap Partners

Martech Startup Transitiv Raises $1.7M Seed Round Led by Vocap Partners

Marketer customer data platform Transitiv has raised a $1.7 million seed round, led by Atlanta-based early growth stage venture firm Vocap Investment Partners. "Vocap Partners are a great strategic partner for us as they've been operators before and have walked in our shoes," co-CEO Ashley

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This Startup Makes Filing Cryptocurrency Taxes from Different Exchanges Easy

In 2018, product consultant Vamshi Vangapally needed to figure out how to file taxes on his cryptocurrency transactions. He had tried to alleviate his anxiety around trading cryptocurrency by using a bot to automate his trades. It didn’t work. When the bot he’d programmed posted nearly 20,000