Feature
The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry needs to clean up fast, and environmentally-focused investors are backing an Atlanta-based EnergyTech startup to do just that. Cove.tool, a startup that helps design and construction professionals reduce carbon emissions and build affordable, more energy efficient buildings, just closed its $30 Million
B2B
Jose Quiros didn’t know exactly what to expect when he packed up his mini cooper with two dogs (one 80 plus pounds), a cat, and a fish and started heading from Colorado Springs to Wilmington, North Carolina. He’d never been to the beach city before, but he was
B2B
If you’ve ever tried to track down a college transcript or skill-based certificate for a new job, you know all about the arduous employment verification process. But it is also a stressful process for employers at service-based companies hiring in “high risk, high turnover” industries. Civil engineer Bryan Hobbs
Feature
An international affairs major using a laser cutter to start a small business. A physics professor showing off his favorite video game. An art student getting ready to deploy an app she built. A group sketching out ways to make MARTA more appealing to students across the Atlanta University Center.
Feature
You’d be hard-pressed to point out a pitch deck that is more uniquely designed than the one put together by the team over at Punchlist. “Pointing” is at the center of the design feedback SaaS startup and its pitch. While pitching at Techstars Demo Day, Atlanta Startup Village, and
Feature
Agriculture is Georgia’s oldest and largest industry, but it might not be the industry where “innovation” is top of mind. A growing number of entrepreneurs across the state and the Southeast region are working to change that narrative — and funding is starting to follow. Global VC investments in the
B2B
Klarna is Europe’s most highly-valued FinTech. When it looked to bring sponsored ads onto its app, it turned to a Research Triangle startup for help. Kevel, a Durham-based AdTech platform, helped Klarna insert user-targeted native ads on its mobile app. Using Kevel’s API infrastructure platform, Klarna created ads
Feature
The FBI can thank an Atlanta-based startup for helping it stay safe earlier this year. When hackers successfully got into the FBI servers and sent malicious emails that looked like they came from employees in November, it was cybersecurity company IRONSCALES that detected the attack and put up a spam
Feature
* my working day may not be your working day This statement, embedded in Courtney Bolton Ph.D 's email signature, is a very important reminder that “remote-first” can be a difficult balancing act for many in the workforce today. While more tech companies are opting for an indefinite remote
B2B
What happens when you build a startup at the intersection of HRTech, InsurTech, logistics, and consumer products? Well, it just might look something like Wellspring, an Atlanta-based startup taking a holistic approach to employee wellness. Founder Andrew O’Shea knows employee wellness is difficult to measure, particularly in a remote
Contributors
Being a first-generation American is a rare opportunity to access the boldest generations of our time – immigrants. As first-generation children, our parents' journeys of leaving their homeland to come to the "land of opportunity" are engrained in our identity. Their hardships are not just tales or stories.
Feature
E-commerce's astromical growth over the last two years has also meant a skyrocketing number of fake and misleading reviews ending up in front of customers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced earlier this year it will begin cracking down on these fake reviews, handing out $43,792 fines