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Southeast Startup News From The Week Of September 8-12, 2025
That's a wrap on another week. These are the headlines you need to know as you head into the weekend
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UGA Alum Builds Atlanta-based Thryft Ship To Empower Instagram Resellers
Atlanta startup Thryft Ship helps Instagram resellers scale. They won a pitch competition at Fintech South and are now heading to Venture Atlanta.
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Atlanta’s Brightlane Labs Launches As Venture Studio To Build & Scale FinTech Startups
Atlanta-based Brightlane Labs debuts to launch 3–5 FinTech startups yearly, targeting compliance and risk solutions for smaller banks.
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BREAKING: Meet The 86 Companies Selected For Venture Atlanta 2025
Since its founding, Venture Atlanta has helped launch more than 930 companies, facilitating over $8 billion in capital raised and $20.8 billion in successful exits.
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Fueled By FinTechs, DeepTechs, and HealthTechs, The City of Wilmington, North Carolina's Startup Scene Is On The Map
It is no coincidence that Wilmington-based FinTech startups have seen a strong few years. Many of the new founders in town got their career started inside Live Oak Bank and nCino before taking the leap into technology entrepreneurship.
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How Georgia Tech Is Stepping Up Its Startup Game: A Chat with the Chief Commercialization Officer
Sivakumar aims to amplify that impact, helping to make Atlanta one of America’s top five tech hubs. The goal? Launch 1,000 startups per year and mint at least one unicorn annually. This bold bet would redefine Atlanta’s economic future.
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Investors Double Down on Atlanta's FinTech Rainforest With $29 Million Series B
Rainforest recorded a 10x growth in revenue year-over-year, with the company seeing a dramatic increase in its annual processing volume. The FinTech platform has attracted customers from a variety of different industries.
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Atlanta, Chicago & Silicon Valley Investors Back Adviser Labs, A Startup Reimagining Compute-Intensive Workloads
Atlanta’s Adviser Labs raises $1M to simplify cloud computing for AI, biotech, and finance teams—eliminating DevOps bottlenecks for startups and enterprise businesses.
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Get To Know The CEO Behind Cellairis, A Company In The Business Of Connecting Businesses
We spoke to Taki Skouras about the origins of Cellairis and what is next for the growing Metro Atlanta company.
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Southeast Startup News From The Week Of September 1-5, 2025
We take the week’s top stories, from fundraising deals in North Carolina to new startups forming in Georgia, and put them in any easily-digestible format.
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From Campus to Community: How Georgia Tech’s Create-X Demo Day Powers The Atlanta Startup Ecosystem
Georgia Tech’s Create-X Demo Day featured 100 student startups and drew 1,500+ attendees, fueling Atlanta’s startup ecosystem.
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After The Funding: Atlanta’s Sola Insurance Lands $8M Series A To Scale Weather And Data-Driven InsurTech
Atlanta-based Sola Insurance has secured $8M in Series A funding to reinvent home insurance with weather data. By reducing fraud and streamlining claims, the InsurTech startup aims to deliver affordable, resilient coverage for homeowners across 12 states as it accelerates hiring and expansion.