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Behind JoinStreamify, The Atlanta Livecommerce Startup Connecting Brands To New Customers

Behind JoinStreamify, The Atlanta Livecommerce Startup Connecting Brands To New Customers

Move over Amazon. The nature of e-commerce is changing, thanks to live stream commerce options making shopping more personal and interactive. Livestream commerce originated in China in 2015 and has become an integral part of the country’s e-commerce landscape ever since. A McKinsey report estimates the market

GT biomedical engineering grad launches first consumer product during World Contraception Day

GT biomedical engineering grad launches first consumer product during World Contraception Day

Sammie Hasen’s passion for entrepreneurship and consumer products started well before joining Georgia Tech’s accelerator Create-X. As an “idea maker,” Hasen said she dabbled in entrepreneurship with a t-shirt brand early in her early teens before heading to Georgia Tech to study biomedical engineering. While at

Venture Atlanta

Out of Over 400 Applicants, 91 Startups Set To Join Venture Atlanta's Stage

The Southeast's largest and most prestigious venture capital conference, Venture Atlanta, has launched several area unicorns and helped startups raised $6.5 billion in funding to date. 91 new companies selected to present on the stage in 2021 will look to continue that momentum. CEO Allyson Eman said

14 Georgia Startups Land Funding From Google For Startups

14 Georgia Startups Land Funding From Google For Startups

The second iteration of Google For Startups Black Founders Found is a lesson in the power of community. The 76 founders in the inaugural 2020 cohort were asked to nominate their startup peers to take part in the fund in 2021. 50 of those candidates were selected and will receive

History Gets A Tech Upgrade With New NFT Marketplace For Museums

History Gets A Tech Upgrade With New NFT Marketplace For Museums

You might say the past and the future are colliding in Pass It Down’s latest investment. VentureSouth, Cultivation Capital, Techstars, Red Stick Angels, and Acadian Capital Ventures joined in on a nearly $2 million seed round to launch Iconic Moments, an NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace created by the

Pivot Helps Atlanta FinTech Startup Land $3M Seed Round

Pivot Helps Atlanta FinTech Startup Land $3M Seed Round

Since its inception, Atlanta-based startup MaxRewards has been focused on “helping people make smarter financial decisions,” said co-founder and CEO Anik Khan. The platform initially gained traction in the student loan repayment space, but Khan said he and his team wanted to get closer to an area of

Atlanta VCs Invest in Local Mobile Testing Platform Kobiton

Atlanta VCs Invest in Local Mobile Testing Platform Kobiton

Investors at Atlanta firms Panoramic Ventures and Fulcrum Equity Partners are continuing to back local mobile experience platform Kobiton. The two firms announced this week they are investing an additional $12 million round in the scaling startup. “[Panoramic and Fulcrum] fundamentally understand our unique technology and our competitive differentiators,” the