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Meet The Atlanta-based Company Taking A Fresh Look At The Canned Cocktail Space

Meet The Atlanta-based Company Taking A Fresh Look At The Canned Cocktail Space

Early in the pandemic, Paul Owusu was one of many people who leaned into at-home cocktail making. But he turned that passion into a full-blown business…and it is making quite the splash in the canned cocktail world. Owusu recently moved to Atlanta to be closer to his

Seed&Spark Looks to “Spark” New Funding Opps For Storytellers

Seed&Spark Looks to “Spark” New Funding Opps For Storytellers

From creating an immersive cinema in a New York living room to raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to film a unique, self-designed project rejected by agencies, Emily Best has built an impressive film career in her own right. But like many filmmakers, she ran into problems raising the

This London-based Startup Is "Tapping" Into Atlanta's Fintech Scene For US Expansion

This London-based Startup Is "Tapping" Into Atlanta's Fintech Scene For US Expansion

Well before Capital on Tap opened its office in Midtown Atlanta, the London-based fintech startup already had deep roots in the city. Co-founder and CEO David Luck is an Emory graduate. COO Damian Brychcy grew up in Metro Atlanta and holds degrees from both Georgia Tech and the

These Are The Founders Changing How We Get Hired In 2022

These Are The Founders Changing How We Get Hired In 2022

When Hypepotamus first introduced readers to Noelle London back in 2017, she was a recent Atlanta transplant ready to drive innovation through her work at Invest Atlanta. Now in 2022, she’s moved to the other side of the proverbial founder-investor table with the launch of Illoominus. “I'

By targeting churn in the payments space, Arcum looks to expand ATL's fintech landscape

By targeting churn in the payments space, Arcum looks to expand ATL's fintech landscape

The team behind Arcum Partners thinks the merchant services space is missing something pretty critical. “For an industry that has the word ‘services’ in it, there is a huge lack of services,” co-founder Sebastian Builes explained to Hypepotamus. The Atlanta-based team built out an analytics platform to help

Meet the Atlanta founder with the most "swag" in town

Meet the Atlanta founder with the most "swag" in town

John Howard has the goods to back up the superlative of being the founder with the ‘most swagger’ in the Metro Atlanta area. He started Slingshot after years as a designer and after building up the creative software development firm Black Airplane. Company swag bags were a necessary part of

These New Orleans entrepreneurs are piecing together a business opportunity, one glass bottle at a time

These New Orleans entrepreneurs are piecing together a business opportunity, one glass bottle at a time

People may open a wine bottle to celebrate a work win. But for co-founders and recent Tulane University graduates Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, a shared bottle of wine sparked an entirely new business concept, aptly named Glass Half Full. The two were frustrated that the bottle of wine