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Atlanta HealthTech Starts 2022 Off Strong With Funding, Acquisition News

Atlanta HealthTech Starts 2022 Off Strong With Funding, Acquisition News

The Atlanta HealthTech scene is starting the new year off strong with a series of funding and acquisition announcements. This comes off the heels of an impressive 2021, in which 38 Metro Atlanta-based HealthTech ventures raised funds, according to available Crunchbase data. Some of the most noteworthy deals included

Ecobot Raises $2.8 Million To Boost Digital Collaboration In Fieldwork

Ecobot Raises $2.8 Million To Boost Digital Collaboration In Fieldwork

Asheville-based Ecobot went into the pandemic with three employees. But as those in the environmental regulatory industry looked for better digital collaboration tools, business boomed. The platform is now used by 1,2000 consultants doing regulatory fieldwork and has helped those users file just under 50,000 reports. Now

New NFT Launched By Former Athletes Help Fans Connect With UGA Football Stars

New NFT Launched By Former Athletes Help Fans Connect With UGA Football Stars

The 2022 College Football National Championship game will be a big night for SEC fans. It could also be a big night for NFTs (non-fungible tokens), thanks to a group of former UGA Bulldog standouts. Ty Frix, Keith Marshall, and Aaron Murray, all former UGA football players, have teamed

Birmingham-Based App Looks To Raise The Bar On How You Close Your Bar Tab

Birmingham-Based App Looks To Raise The Bar On How You Close Your Bar Tab

A Birmingham-based startup wants to help with your bar tab on New Year’s Eve (and on every other night, for that matter). TabX, the brainchild of Jay Taylor and his brother Josh Taylor, started as a way to address the very real pain points surrounding the opening and

Meet Some of the Southeast Innovators Taking On The Global Water Crisis

Meet Some of the Southeast Innovators Taking On The Global Water Crisis

It’s a paradox for anyone working on the global water crisis: Water is infinitely recyclable, and yet we are running out of it. Estimates suggest water demand could outstrip water supply as early as the year 2030. “Forget low flush toilets and short showers, that's not going

Charlotte Startup Ekos Raises A Glass With $21 Million Series B Round

Charlotte Startup Ekos Raises A Glass With $21 Million Series B Round

The Ekos team has transformed pretty drastically since the Charlotte-based, beverage industry-focused SaaS startup raised a 2019 $8 million Series A round from Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley Partners. The team grew from 30 employees to 80 with significant growth on the product and engineering teams. And as the

The Negotiating Table Gets a Tech Upgrade, Thanks to Husband & Wife Founding Team

The Negotiating Table Gets a Tech Upgrade, Thanks to Husband & Wife Founding Team

The State of Georgia added 1 million new residents since 2010, meaning an impressive 10% population growth over the last decade. The pool of lawyers in the state has also increased dramatically. The American Bar has tracked a 19% increase in the reported number of lawyers in the state over