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"Innovation Week is that special time of year when we get to show off the impressive work that founders and researchers are doing in Tennessee. It's also an invaluable opportunity to bring together entrepreneurial leaders from across the state, Lindsey Cox, Launch Tennessee's CEO, said.
B2B
OXOS has raised just under $42 million in funding, according to available Crunchbase data. Its Series A round, which closed in 2023, included New York-based Parkway Venture Capital and California-based Intel Capital.
B2B
Eniojukan told Hypepotamus that Concentrix’s enterprise focus made it the “perfect company to take [Voiceworx]’s innovative AI technology to customers globally.”
B2B
"Georgia is becoming a critical player in biopharma manufacturing," Thacker Goethe told Hypepotamus, highlighting the presence of industry giants like Takeda, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Johnson & Johnson.
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Funding rounds. Acquisition headlines. Moves across the ecosystem. Here's what you need to know from this week across the startup world of the Southeast! On The Funding Front Atlanta-based Aetos just announced a $4 million funding round from Flyover Capital and Tech Square Ventures. We caught up with
Education
For a little Valentine’s Day flair, founder Jonathan Dickerson describes his startup Gumption as “Tinder for Lenders.”
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CEO Chiko Chingaya and his team are building up Talisman inside the walls of Chattanooga’s “insulator” known as Brickyard.
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Nashville-based Angel Q (previously known as Angel Kids AI), got its start building a safer browser option for kids to access the internet. But browsers are not the only way of searching for information in 2025, as people are increasingly turning to LLMs and different AI platforms to answer their
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Tripp, who serves as Deadbook’s founder and CEO, built the first part of his career in the corporate world with names like thyssenkrupp and DS Smith. Jessica, co-founder and CMO, built her career in the PR (public relations) world, working with both Fortune 500s and early-stage startups.
B2C
For Ade and many others, pickleball isn’t just a passion, it’s a business opportunity. To support the growing community of entrepreneurial players, Pickleheads recently launched new features, a payment processing tool, allowing organizers to host and monetize in-person events directly through the pl
Corporate Innovators
Exotec’s North American employee base is expected to “reach over 200 people by the end of this year, up from 120 at the end of 2024,” said Exotec’s Managing Director of North America Stanislas Normand.
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Quantum Workplace, an employee engagement and performance management platform, announced its acquisition of Durham, North Carolina-based WorkDove, a performance management software. Details in the press release here.