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Atlanta just landed a new startup accelerator. Cox Enterprises and gener8tor, a global venture firm and startup accelerator, announced today the launch of the Cox Cleantech Accelerator. The bi-annual 12-week program will support five of the most promising cleantech startups in each cohort. Startups will receive a $100,000 investment,
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“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
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Techstars Tuscaloosa has tapped Anastasia Simon as the program’s first Managing Director. Simon is a natural fit for the program, which will focus on supporting WaterTech and Sustainability startups. She's been a star of the Atlanta tech ecosystem, moving from the startup to the investor side of
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Editor’s note: This article was first published in Global Atlanta, an online news publication devoted to revealing the city’s ties with the world and helping local companies navigate the global economy.-- A July 11 networking event in Peachtree Corners highlighted nine Israeli firms developing and testing technology
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Accelerators are a common way for promising, early-stage startups can learn the skills needed to get an idea off the ground. The Southeast region is home to many accelerators, incubators, and venture studios. We've curated the list of what programs are in the region!
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In a remote-first business world where teams can be just about anywhere, the State of Alabama is making a strong pitch that its is the place to be. Part of that pitch includes dollar signs. Last month, Innovate Alabama announced the recipients for its fourth round, and largest, round of
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Fusen World, the brainchild of prolific startup founder and investor Christopher Klaus, is looking to invest in the next generation of college startup talent. That mission was on full display this week in Midtown Atlanta with the inaugural Cleantech Innovation Challenge. Twelve startups, with roots at universities across the State
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Space enthusiasts (including all you solar eclipse watchers!) will want to keep an eye on one Alabama startup that is currently orbiting around Earth sixteen times a day on the International Space Station (ISS). Birmingham-based Shipshape Urban Farms, an AgTech startup creating localized food networks with modular hydroponic farms, blasted
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The “entrepreneur-in-residence” (EIR) role is common in the startup world, with accelerators and university startup programs hiring such a person to provide mentorship, guidance, and expertise to budding entrepreneurs. But that title isn’t as common in the nonprofit world. But the United Way of Greater Atlanta is taking a
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Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, and UPS have their eyes on eight founders recently selected to join Engage, a 10-week program that helps B2B startups refine their go-to-market strategies and get in front of enterprise clients. The Atlanta-based program is open to companies across the country. But
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Tampa’s startup community was ready for something like Embarc Collective to come to town. The nonprofit tech and entrepreneurial hub, which got off the ground in 2019, didn’t even have to open the doors to its physical space in Downtown Tampa for there to be a swell of
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Up on the eighth floor of Midtown’s 999 Peachtree Building, overlooking the iconic Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, you’ll find what Charles Potts refers to as “the front door to community banks.” That ‘front door’ opens up to the new Center for Innovation for ICBA (the Independent Community