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PowerSpike

PowerSpike, an eSports Influencer Marketing Platform, Closes Seed Round From Philadelphia 76ers, Techstars

PowerSpike, a startup helping live stream gaming influencers connect with brands, has closed a seed funding round of half a million dollars from the Philadelphia Sixers Innovation Lab, Techstars Atlanta, First Round Capital’s Dorm Rood Fund and more. “We’re excited to invest in AJ Damiano and his talented

Landing Lion Lands Half A Million Founder's Round, Unveils New Look

Landing Lion, a Techstars Atlanta graduate that produces a high-performance landing page platform for digital marketers, has closed on a $500,000 ‘founders round’ of funding. Contributors to the round included two partners from Austin-based Active Capital and Andy Powell, CEO of Atlanta’s CallRail. Alan Pledger, Landing Lion’s

Airline Optimization Startup Volantio Raises Series B From Global Aviation Giants

Airline Optimization Startup Volantio Raises Series B From Global Aviation Giants

Atlanta-based airline software startup Volantio has raised a Series B funding round of $2.6 million, led by Ingleside Investors with strategic investors International Airlines Group (IAG), JetBlue Technology Ventures, and Qantas Ventures. This follows the company’s stints in the airline-specific AVRO Accelerator, backed by Australia national carrier Qantas,

FasterCapital

Middle East-Based Virtual Incubator Plants Regional Partner to Look for Southeastern Startups

FasterCapital, a virtual incubator based in Dubai, is looking for southeastern startups and has placed boots on the ground to do it. Former Silicon Valley startup catalyst and technology entrepreneur Arthur Stepanyan is serving as the startup program’s first Regional Partner in the southeast and will be based in

movius series c

Movius Raises $15M Series C To Secure and Separate Your Employees' Personal Phone Lines

In recent years, using your personal mobile device as your work phone has become the norm, particularly in startups but increasingly also in many enterprises. But with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies, security issues can quickly pop up — along with the problem of employees feeling they are never "

Predikto

Predikto Plans European Expansion With $4M Series A Round

Machine learning software startup Predikto closed a $4 million Series A round this week to fund product development and expansion plans both here in Atlanta and to Europe. The round was led by Fidelis Capital with contributions from TechOperators and other firms. "The funds will help us expand our

engage

Atlanta Top Companies Launch Fund To 'Engage' Startups

A first-of-its-kind partnership: 10 major Atlanta-based companies have announced the creation of a new venture, part VC fund, part accelerator, in partnership with Mayor Kasim Reed, the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP), Georgia Tech's ATDC and Tech Square Ventures. Each company will provide $1.5 million to launch