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FreightWaves Closes Strategic Series B to Expand Its Media and Data Freight Empire

FreightWaves, the Chattanooga-based media and data startup focused on the freight industry, has raised a $21 million Series B from strategic institutional, corporate and individual investors. The round was led by existing investor 8VC, with participation from new investors including corporate venture arms Hearst Ventures and Prologis Ventures, and former

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Opendoor's New Downtown Atlanta Office Is Open, Airy, and Primed for Growth

Last week, as newly-minted real estate giant Opendoor settled into its Atlanta engineering, design, and operations hub, news outlets reported the company was seeking to raise another $200 million, this time at a $3.7 billion valuation. While valuation numbers can get sticky, here are the hard facts: in 2018,

How CallRail's Part-Time Office Assistant Became Their Lead Voice For Company Culture

How CallRail's Part-Time Office Assistant Became Their Lead Voice For Company Culture

Scaling marketing tech startup CallRail has expanded rapidly over the past few years, following a $75 million growth capital infusion in 2017. The call tracking platform helps business owners spend their marketing dollars wisely by letting them know where their valuable leads are coming from. But when you grow from

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Annual HIMSS Conference Is A Showground For Georgia's Emerging Health IT Startups

Thousands of health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors gathered last week in Orlando, FL, for the annual HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition. This week-long event — considered to be the Super Bowl for health IT specialists — is the largest healthcare technology conference in the world. Interestingly, the state of Georgia

Influencer Marketing Startup Sideqik Closes $5M Series A, Set to Quadruple and Expand On West Coast

Influencer Marketing Startup Sideqik Closes $5M Series A, Set to Quadruple and Expand On West Coast

Atlanta-based influencer engagement platform Sideqik has closed a $5 million Series A round led by Jackson Square Ventures with participation from Fuqua Capital, entrepreneur Tom Noonan, and existing investors Bee Partners and Bonfire Ventures. This round will take the company to about 80 employees, as they expand not only their

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Roadie Raises $37M Series C From The Home Depot and Others To Help Retailers Really Compete With Amazon

Atlanta’s Roadie, the on-demand, crowdsourced delivery startup, has announced a $37 million Series C, bringing their total funding raised to $62 million. The oversubscribed round included investments from The Home Depot, billionaire Warren Stephens and TomorrowVentures, the VC firm founded by Google’s Eric Schmidt. Roadie is based on

Three Years Later And... It's Consumer Show Time

Three Years Later And... It's Consumer Show Time

It seems like it was just yesterday that The Consumer Show first launched in March 2016. Now on its 36th show, the Thursday night gathering for Atlanta's B2C community is still going strong. #theconsumershow highlights five consumer-facing startups, each of which presents their pitch for five minutes, shares