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Grants & Funding
Meet the Founders and Builders Powering New Orleans
Rather than trying to replicate the playbook from coastal hubs, New Orleans is building infrastructure that plays to local strengths: industry access, capital efficiency, and founder retention.
Atlanta AgTech Startup Good Agriculture Raises $1.5M Seed Round Led by Pittsburgh's Nicely Road
Atlanta-based Good Agriculture raises $1.5M seed round led by Pittsburgh's Nicely Road for its AI-powered farm management platform. CEO Alex Edquist's startup streamlines agricultural business operations for regenerative farmers across the US, targeting 1,000+ customers and $2M ARR by 2027.Retry
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.
These 5 founders will be on stage for the 3686 pitch competition this year
Athlete-specific tele-mental health solution Onrise won last year’s pitch competition and went on to secure funding from LaunchTN’s $70-million equity investment fund, InvestTN.
After The Funding: Q&A With VIVA Finance's CEO Jack Markwalter
Atlanta-based VIVA Finance has secured $220 million in debt funding led by Community Investment Management to expand its AI-powered loan platform for working Americans with limited credit history.
WEI Is Back. Who in Atlanta should apply?
With its relaunch, WEI is looking to bring on 15 female entrepreneurs who are building either high-growth potential or are scalable social impact ventures and have already created over $50k in revenue.