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Forget Remote-First. This SaaS Startup Defines Its Hiring Strategy as Metro Atlanta-First

Forget Remote-First. This SaaS Startup Defines Its Hiring Strategy as Metro Atlanta-First

In general, the SaaS world has struggled over the last year and a half. 2023 was another down year for venture capital going into enterprise software, with the value of those transactions slipping 33% last year, according to data collected by PitchBook. And the outlook hasn’t been much better

New partnership looks to connect Southeast startup resources & help disadvantaged businesses grow

New partnership looks to connect Southeast startup resources & help disadvantaged businesses grow

The Southeast Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Growth Hub, the regional pilot project building an interconnected business community, has named a new partner in its efforts to build up the local business community. Earlier this summer, MBDA announced it was partnering with EcoMap Technologies on a new initiative designed

Celebrating Five Years of The North Atlanta Venture Mentoring Service With Mentor Mark Caldwell

Celebrating Five Years of The North Atlanta Venture Mentoring Service With Mentor Mark Caldwell

“There's no entrepreneurial school. You have to go through the school of Hard Knocks…To be able to sit down and add value & experience with ventures – it's powerful for me.” The North Atlanta Venture Mentoring Service (NAV) celebrated its five-year anniversary this July – and is

Friday Fund Day: What Southeast Startups Made Headlines This Week

Friday Fund Day: What Southeast Startups Made Headlines This Week

Another week...another round of headlines from the Southeast startup scene. Let's dive in: Funding News * Rewest, a Tampa, FL-based provider of an automation platform for managed service providers, raised $45M in funding from Sapphire Ventures, with participation from existing investors Meritech Capital and OpenView. Details here. Levitate,

Robin Knows Launches as an AI Platform to Bridge the Digital Divide

Robin Knows Launches as an AI Platform to Bridge the Digital Divide

In the early days of ChatGPT, AI seemed like an unstoppable force, with tech moguls like Elon Musk warning that the technology would advance faster than humans could control. However, early AI adopters, brothers Nate and Tyler Johnson, alongside C. Eliott Johnston, imagined that AI could be used for good.

Atlanta-based growth equity firm Vocap Partners names new General Partner

Atlanta-based growth equity firm Vocap Partners names new General Partner

Atlanta-based venture capital firm Vocap Partners has appointed a new General Partner. Emery Waddell, who has been with Vocap since 2015, was promoted to General Partner this week after serving as the firm’s Principal. Vocap is an early growth equity firm that works with post-product market fit companies in

With social networking app why?!, scrolling is out and asking questions is in

With social networking app why?!, scrolling is out and asking questions is in

Georgia-based founders Maya Watson and Lexi Nisita want to get people talking again. To make that happen in our scroll-heavy world, the two former executives at Netflix and Clubhouse are building why?!, a new social networking and conversation app. Unlike other popular social networking platforms that focus on creating content