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Tennessee secures $70 million to invest in early-stage startup & newly-formed funds

Tennessee secures $70 million to invest in early-stage startup & newly-formed funds

Tennessee startups have a new local investment pool to tap into thanks to LaunchTN and funding secured through the American Rescue Plan. The state was one of four across the country to receive additional State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding under the American Rescue Plan, according to a statement

Athens-based “content command center” startup lands $3 million seed investment

Athens-based “content command center” startup lands $3 million seed investment

Can you imagine spending $80 million on a single-use product? Andrew Levy and Sam Birdsong saw that happen on multiple occasions while producing videos for enterprise companies over the last ten years. The two Athens, Georgia-based founders and filmmakers realized a fundamental flaw when it came to how

A Restaurant Owner's New Best Friend Might Just Be A Influencer Marketplace With ATL Roots

A Restaurant Owner's New Best Friend Might Just Be A Influencer Marketplace With ATL Roots

Social media not only created new job opportunities for budding marketers, but also gave rise to an entirely new subset of celebrities. The social media influencer is ubiquitous on platforms like Tik Tok on Instagram today. And those influencers are bringing in some serious cash, as the influencer marketing industry

Louisiana-based, Bootstrapped startup Falaya helps with the "ebbs and flows" of the real estate market

Louisiana-based, Bootstrapped startup Falaya helps with the "ebbs and flows" of the real estate market

While Falaya is tackling a universal problem in the real estate world, its name is deeply rooted in its home turf of Louisiana. Borrowing from a word in the Choctaw language for long river, the goal of the early-stage startup is to connect the different parts of the real

The Gathering Spot In Atlanta To Host First-Of-Its-Kind Inc. Magazine Founders House

The Gathering Spot In Atlanta To Host First-Of-Its-Kind Inc. Magazine Founders House

Atlanta startups like SnapNurse, Stord, and PrizePicks have been a staple on the Inc. 5000 List, put out annually by the business magazine Inc. to rank the fastest-growing privately held companies in the US. Now the City of Atlanta itself is on top of Inc. Magazine’s list. The

It's Time To Pay Attention To ATL's Age Tech Scene

It's Time To Pay Attention To ATL's Age Tech Scene

Atlanta’s startup community is known for turning out fintech and SaaS success stories. But the next startup to become a household name could be in the Age Tech space, thanks to a growing number of innovators and investors in town. If you haven’t run into the term just

Create-X team scores $1.1 million seed round to change the way we stand in lines

Create-X team scores $1.1 million seed round to change the way we stand in lines

A college English class might not be the first place you’d think a software startup would get off the ground. But that’s exactly where the concept behind Queues was born. Samuel Porta was given an assignment during his freshman English seminar at Georgia Tech that would end up