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Startups and corporations alike are rethinking office buildings. Beyond just restructuring spaces for the post-pandemic workforce, many are thinking about the role construction and architecture can play in a more sustainable urban environment. For Miami-based Ecovie Water Management, that means helping buildings become more water resilient. Founded in 2009, the
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This software firm is getting ready to further disrupt the construction market after landing $190 million in funding. Meet Prescient, a Charlotte-based digital design-build company that is leveraging offsite manufacturing and lightweight steel construction to lower costs and save time for architects and general contractors. This week, against the backdrop
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Atlanta’s Kenyon Hall is looking to bridge the digital divide. An electronics engineer by training, Hall is now the founder and CEO of SOIL, a CleanTech hardware and software startup improving power and connectivity infrastructure. His work is helping communities from rural Georgia all the way to The Gambia.
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The Atlanta advertising and marketing tech scene continues to make waves nationally. CallRail, an advertising and analytics startup, just announced its first acquisition. New York-based PhoneWagon, a four-year-old call tracking software company, will join CallRail and expand the company’s market share in the call analytics space. The acquisition news
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Florence Healthcare, the Atlanta-based software startup streamlining clinical trials, has raised an $80 million Series C round led by Insight Partners. Existing investors Atlanta-based Fulcrum Equity Partners, San Francisco-based Bee Partners, and London-based Flashpoint also joined the round. Ryan Jones, co-founder and CEO of Florence, said the new investment comes
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Going through an accelerator can be a rite of passage for many startups looking to build or scale a business. But a mini-accelerator? Atlanta-based Goodie Nation is teaming up with Verizon with a short-form program specifically designed to help diverse founders get marketing and communications (MarCom) training. The MarCom Mini-Accelerator,
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The original intention of this article was simple: Understand the technology underpinning Georgia’s first ‘Living Building.’ The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, located on Georgia Tech’s main campus, certainly is a technological feat. But constructing 47,000 square feet of programmable space that moves beyond sustainability to
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Atlanta-based Goodr knew changing the food supply chain ecosystem and rethinking hunger was essential before the pandemic. Then videos of hours-long lines for food assistance became some of the more shocking visuals in the early part of 2020. “With the pandemic, people started to see that hunger needed to be
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With metro Atlanta becoming the home of many technology companies and startups, it makes perfect sense to have a place where people and professionals can learn different practices involving cybersecurity. At least, that is what Jovonni Pharr, 32, an Atlanta-based scientist and engineer, thought while working as a data scientist
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Morris Brown College has a comeback story. And Atlanta’s competitive gaming scene will be an important chapter. Founded in 1881 as one of Atlanta’s HBCUs, Morris Brown lost its accreditation in 2002. While enrollment at the school fluctuated between 30 to 50 students over the last nineteen years,
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Karen Houghton is stepping away from her role as Atlanta Tech Village's Vice President to become a new village resident and startup founder. She’s launching Infinite Giving, a FinTech platform for nonprofit management. For Houghton, Infinite Giving is about helping nonprofits overcome the “scarcity mindset” and financial
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If you turned to Robinhood or other investment platforms during the height of the GameStop trading frenzy earlier this year, you definitely weren’t alone. A poll out from Yahoo Finance and The Harris Poll found that one in four American adults bought a viral stock in January 2021. That