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Smarp

Scandinavian Startup Smarp Brings A Nordic Attitude and 'Skaberkraft' to U.S. HQ In Atlanta

You may not know it, but several of your favorite tech brands have Nordic origins. Spotify, Skype, Bluetooth, and iZettle (sold to PayPal) all hail from the upper European peninsula comprised of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. And recently, the Nordic entrepreneurial mindset, marked by a focus on education, employee

Shotcall Connects Esports Streamers Directly With Fans In One-On-One Play

Shotcall Connects Esports Streamers Directly With Fans In One-On-One Play

In just one month (January 2019), Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch generated 1.9 million hours of live video content; they saw an average of 12,982 streamers per day. Meanwhile, esports content creators are becoming stars, as the industry is predicted to hit $1 billion for the first time in

Needslist Gives Non-Profits A 'Megaphone' to Communicate With Donors In Real-Time

Needslist Gives Non-Profits A 'Megaphone' to Communicate With Donors In Real-Time

More than 70 million people across the world have been forced to flee their homes as refugees, according to the latest UN annual Global Trends Report. That's one in every 108 people. Organizations on the ground have urgent needs, but no way to effectively communicate with many of

BidOps

San Francisco Supply Chain Bidding Software Bid Ops Bound For SaaS-Strong Atlanta

Atlanta’s strength in supply chain and software-as-a-service has attracted yet another high-potential startup from the coasts. Bid Ops, an automated negotiation platform for procurement, has secured an office in the Atlanta Tech Village to grow their technical and product team. Until now, the team had primarily been located in

LabCorp-Backed Medtech Startup Predicts Outcome of Cancer Therapies On Tumors

LabCorp-Backed Medtech Startup Predicts Outcome of Cancer Therapies On Tumors

On average, it takes about eight years from the time a potential cancer drug enters clinical trials until it's approved, according to the American Cancer Society. But not every drug that's approved works with every cancer patient. Often doctors must try different therapies on the patient

Truman's

Cleaning Sprays Are 98% Water. Direct to Consumer Startup Truman's Ships the Other 2% For a Fraction of the Cost

When Jon Bostock and Alex Reed did a deep dive into how many individual brands of cleaning products they could find on the shelf at a grocery store, the results were pretty astounding. “There are over 50 brands out there just for cleaning — this one is for glass, but only