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Tampa Startup Krew Social Teams Up With Tampa General Hospital to Tackle Employee Loneliness and Burnout
Workplace loneliness costs U.S. corporations $154 billion annually, primarily due to absenteeism, according to a report by Cigna.
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Craft Brewery SaaS Startup Ekos Gets Acquired, Joining Forces With Fellow North Carolina Company
Next Glass acquires Charlotte-based Ekos, expanding its portfolio of craft beverage software tools connecting breweries, wineries, and distilleries.
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Mercedes-Benz to Invest $34M in Midtown Atlanta Tech Hub
The German automaker moved from its U.S. headquarters from New Jersey to Sandy Springs in 2018.
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After the Funding Round: Tampa EdTech Raises Series B, Starts Next Chapter With New CEO
"I do believe edtech is one of the hardest markets to sell into and exit out of. Incredibly long and seasonal sales/implementation cycles, limited budgets, and lots of bureaucracy and turnover. Despite me facetiously saying I'd not encourage even my biggest enemy to sell into edtech, I'm hopeful tha
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Southeast Tech News From The Week Of October 20-24, 2025
We've curated the most important pieces of news from this week from across the Southeast.
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Need to find...and win...more grants? This new Atlanta AI startup is helping nonprofits do just that.
Here’s how the growing startup is streamlining the grant search process and empowering mission-driven organizations across the country.
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The Insurance Industry Is Broken. Georgia CEO Todd Baxter Thinks Heathos Can Fix It.
Georgia-based Heathos, led by Todd Baxter, is building a connected InsurTech ecosystem to solve the insurance industry’s fragmentation problem.
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Vantaca, North Carolina’s Newest Software Unicorn, Secures $300M to Transform How Community Management Gets Done
Vantaca, a Wilmington software company, lands $300M at a $1.25B valuation to transform how communities are managed across the U.S.
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This Atlanta Founder Says AI Can Make Digital Content Better...And More Likely To Convert
At its core, SparkyAI! helps companies and brands figure out exactly who would buy their product and what messages would most resonate with those buyers while streamlining the content creation process.
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Canada Expansion on Fintech Software Firm’s Roadmap After $29M Raise
“This means expanding to Canada won’t just unlock a new market for Rainforest, it also allows our existing platform clients to expand their current offering into a new market.”
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Atlanta Startup My Panda Redefines Employee Gifts with ‘Time Back’ This Holiday Season
What employees really want this holiday season is their time back, says My Panda CEO and founder Tamara Lucas.
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Get To Know The CEO Behind Atlanta’s Oversight, Which Helps Global Enterprises Detect Risk And Manage Spend Smarter
Atlanta-based Oversight CEO Terrence McCrossan shares how AI-powered spend risk management is helping global enterprises control cost and reduce fraud.