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Friday Fund Day: Startup News From The Southeast For The Week Of June 2, 2025
These are the top headlines you need to know if you follow startups in Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, and Orlando.
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Friday Fund Day: Startup News From The Southeast For The Week Of May 26, 2025
Following the long Memorial Day weekend, these are the startup headlines you need to know from across the Southeast:
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What's Missing In The Atlanta Startup Scene?
No long Q&As. No other prompts. We gave that question to accelerator leaders, startup program organizers, and ecosystem builders to answer that question in any way they wanted.
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Machining Startup Toolpath Scales Up with Industry Support and Key Acquisitions
Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) and existing investor ModuleWorks, a tooling automation software company, joined a new round of investment in Toolpath, bringing the Atlanta-based startup’s full funding amount to $20 million to date.
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Kiksasa Is Reimagining How Accelerators Operate & Build Startup Communities
After a pivot, Kiksasa’s all-in-one platform is helping accelerators, incubators, and startup programs ditch disconnected tools and scale community impact.
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The Future of Sales Is Voice-Driven: Nashville's VendoIQ Launches From Local Venture Studio
Nashville-based venture studio The Innovation Studio has launched its first startup, VendoIQ — a “voice-to-action” mobile app designed to streamline CRM and sales workflows for reps in the field. Built for busy sellers on the go, the app uses AI to turn voice commands into seamless updates, research
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Hawks All-Star, tech entrepreneurs back Atlanta-based Resurgens Gaming's latest funding round
Atlanta’s Resurgens Gaming launches Ghost Launchpad, a new accelerator for video game developers, is launching after new infusion of capital.
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TTV Capital Adds Former Cardlytics and Greenlight Execs to Bolster Fintech Investment Team
The former Cardlytics CEO and Greenlight CMO bring decades of fintech leadership experience to one of Atlanta’s top VC firms.
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Are Southeast Investors Confident About The Future? A New Survey Gives Us Clues.
Market volatility, tariffs, and uncertain exit multiples all came up as things that are worrying investors in the near-to-medium term.
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Friday Fund Day: Startup News From The Southeast For The Week Of April 14, 2025
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As Demand for Behavioral Health Services Surges, Atlanta’s Acuity Raises $1.5M to Bring AI-Powered Clinical Support to Hospitals
Backed by $1.5M in seed funding from Valor Ventures, Atlanta startup Acuity aims to modernize behavioral healthcare with AI tools that optimize hospital staffing and psychiatric care.
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Your City, Your Startups: Techstars Atlanta Continues
"We're super excited to kick off this new chapter, and we can't wait to build the future of Atlanta startups together!" - Tim Dorr