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Techstars Atlanta Sees Its First Successful Exit With An Acquisition By Mailchimp

Techstars Atlanta Sees Its First Successful Exit With An Acquisition By Mailchimp

Techstars Atlanta, the startup accelerator run in partnership with Cox Enterprises, has seen its first graduate successfully exit. SAWA, a graphic design startup that went through Techstars Atlanta's third cohort in 2018, has been acquired by email marketing platform Mailchimp. Francis Tao, SAWA’s founder and sole full-time

Financial Education Startup SmartPath Raises $2.7 Million to Help Reduce Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living

Financial Education Startup SmartPath Raises $2.7 Million to Help Reduce Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living

Employee benefits startup SmartPath has closed a $2.7 million round, led by Boston-based VC fund PJC with participation from TTV, Y Combinator and several angel investors, to scale its financial coaching offering. “The funds we've raised will be primarily used to continue building out the tech platform.

Kiwitech

KiwiTech Brings Its Tech-For-Equity Model to the South

To build a technology company, you need capital, often from outside investors. And to land investment, you need to show them your product. To build that product, you have to write code, right? Well, not necessarily. Many would-be tech entrepreneurs get stuck at this critical junction — how to turn a

Short-Term Rental Turnover Startup Shows How It's Done On Super Bowl Weekend

Short-Term Rental Turnover Startup Shows How It's Done On Super Bowl Weekend

While final numbers are still being calculated, Airbnb expected nearly 10,000 guests to arrive at its Atlanta-area properties during the week prior to Super Bowl VIII. This influx of visitors also made it a big week for hospitality startup Kleenerly, an end-to-end platform for short-term rental turnover. The Atlanta-based

sorter

Techstars Startup Weekend Winner Emerges to Take On Digital Marketing With AI-Powered Neuroscience

"Really, any kind of digital footprint can give you an idea of what someone’s personality is.” Though the internet-averse might be a bit wary — surely, a human personality is complex and nuanced — to the two founders of neuromarketing startup Sorter, this possibility, and an emerging body of scientific

Tech Talent: This Former Intel Employee Brings Her Finance Background to the Table

Tech Talent: This Former Intel Employee Brings Her Finance Background to the Table

While working on a project to calculate worldwide inventory at then-employer Intel, Allyson Short found herself drawn to the back-end aspect. As she designed the functionality and UX/UI of the tool, she saw the potential of technology in both solving problems and automating tasks. To satisfy her curiosity, Short

makeshift

How Makeswift, Formerly Landing Lion, Is Guiding Customers Through A Pivot

Alan Pledger, founder of Techstars Atlanta graduate company Landing Lion, thought his product could do better. Landing Lion aimed to solve a problem Pledger had identified while working as a software consultant: the difficulty faced by non-technical marketers when they needed to quickly put together a website. They often had