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It’s hard to miss the Cleantech boom happening right now across the State of Georgia. The last 24 months have been a blur of headlines about the state’s push to bring in new EV companies and battery manufacturing plants necessary to fuel the shift to renewable energy. International
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VC funding has dropped precipitously over the last two quarters, especially for startups not in the generative AI space. Global venture capital funding in the first half of 2023 plunged 48% (to $173.9 billion) year-over-year, according to available Pitchbook data. But it hasn’t been completely quiet for Southeast
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Attention B2B SaaS founders: There’s a new growth equity firm in the Southeast looking to hear your pitch. Durham-based Jurassic Capital announced today it closed an oversubscribed $30 million fund that will invest in regional B2B software companies. The firm invests in bootstrapped and “lightly capitalized companies” in the
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After a rocky year for stocks and bonds in 2022, it is no surprise that investors have been flocking to alternative investment opportunities to diversify their portfolios. And that trend doesn’t seem to be waning. In fact, a recent PwC report suggests that alternative asset classes – like real assets,
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You rate your Uber driver. You scour Yelp for hair stylists. You carefully read about a new doctor online before making an appointment. So why isn’t there a place to read about a financial advisor you're looking to hire? Trust in financial advisors is incredibly low, something
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Long before walking across the Georgia Tech graduation stage this spring, the team behind Tabnam had job offers from some of the most high-profile global tech companies. That is a dream situation for most computer science students…but Daksh Gupta and Soohoon Choi had a different vision for how they
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Cox Enterprises is no stranger to the Atlanta startup scene. The broadband, automotive services, and media giant powers two of Atlanta’s Techstars programs, is a corporate sponsor of Engage, was part of launching Endeavor Atlanta, put $150 million into the fast-growing cleantech startup Nexus Circular earlier this year, and
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Attention startup founders: There’s a new fund in town ready to deploy capital. The Georgia-based healthcare system giant Wellstar announced last week that Catalyst by Wellstar is launching its $100 million fund designed to “shape the future of healthcare.” The fund is certainly not just looking to back biomedical
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Coming out of stealth mode, the team behind Dori has a big vision for the future of the VC world. Specifically, the Atlanta-based startup wants to “help a first time founder fundraise like a serial entrepreneur,” said CEO and co-founder Sarosh Shahbuddin. The fundraising world is brutal for most first-time
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North Carolina has landed a new international VC. SixThirty, a St. Louis-based firm with roots in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Amsterdam, announced it is opening up operations in the Research Triangle area and is tapping a local investor to do just that. Joe Darcy, who received his MBA from UNC,
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The sheer number of deals in the Southeast venture capital over the last year has kept service providers (lawyers, accountants, bankers, etc.) busy. The team behind Service Provider Capital is looking to tap into this momentum as they close Fund II. The fund brings together service providers from across the
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When Overline VC closed an oversubscribed $27.4 million first fund, its investing thesis was simple: Find the best early-stage companies coming out of the Southeast and give those founders access to strong operating partners and a network of support. Since then Overline has invested in 17 pre-seed and seed-stage