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Opendoor's Mega-Funding Round From SoftBank Means More Expansion For Atlanta Office

Real estate startup Opendoor made headlines once again this past week with news of a substantial funding round — $400 million from the SoftBank Vision mega-fund, bringing its venture capital funding raised to over $1 billion. And though the company is headquartered in San Francisco, it says it will be using

Excess Inventory Costs Manufacturers Millions. This Startup Is Helping Them Go Lean

Excess Inventory Costs Manufacturers Millions. This Startup Is Helping Them Go Lean

Paul J. Noble spent over 10 years in industrial manufacturing supply chain operations for global home supply company Sherwin-Williams. During that decade, he observed the lack of optimization surrounding parts inventory, and the increasing costs that fragmentation caused. The main cause was a lack of visibility between suppliers, distributors and

Backstage Capital's First Accelerator Startup is Google for Entrepreneurs' Winner Optimal Solar

Backstage Capital's First Accelerator Startup is Google for Entrepreneurs' Winner Optimal Solar

Last Friday, Google for Entrepreneurs' Black Founders Exchange Program crowned Durham, NC-based startup Optimal Solar as the winner of their pitch competition held at North Carolina tech hub American Underground. At the helm of the solar energy technology startup is Reginald Parker, Ph.D., an MIT-educated engineer that focused

CommissionTrac

CommissionTrac Is Bringing CRE Transactions Into the 21st Century

Did you know that just one commercial real estate transaction can involve multiple transactions with multiple brokers, sometimes from different firms that all have different payment and back office systems? Oh, and each of those brokers likely has a different commission structure as well, which could change halfway through the

A Vibrant Gathering For the Coolest Under 40 Crowd

A Vibrant Gathering For the Coolest Under 40 Crowd

Experience Atlanta's vibrant Midtown, luxury-style Network Under 40 exists to help people build their foundation for career and personal life success, but connecting them with real people to build genuine relationships. Network Under 40 events are designed to help you build a local community and turn tedious networking

Global Payments Orders Up New Markets With $415M Acquisition of Restaurant SaaS Provider

Global Payments Orders Up New Markets With $415M Acquisition of Restaurant SaaS Provider

Payments technology company Global Payments has announced their intent to acquire end-to-end SaaS platform for quick service restaurants SICOM Systems in a $415 million cash transaction. The acquisition is expected to close in Q4. “The acquisition of SICOM aligns perfectly with our software-driven payments strategy and establishes Global Payments as

ATDC Venture Showcase

Roadtrippin': ATDC Seeking Startups for Venture Showcase to New York City

Launched in 2017, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) Venture Showcase Series takes startups to high venture capital-concentration cities like Boston, Silicon Valley and New York City. These companies get to meet and gain valuable feedback from some of the top VC investors in the country. ATDC is now accepting