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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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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.
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Southeast Startup News From The Week Of August 25-29, 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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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.
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BREAKING: Techstars Atlanta Names New Managing Partner
Anastasia Simon has been with the Techstars organization since 2022, first as a Venture Principal for Techstars Impact and Techstars Atlanta powered by Cox Enterprises. Last year she served as the Managing Director for Techstars climate-focused program in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
accelerators
Startups Court Investors At The Access Georgia Foundation's Summer Showcase
Seven founders pitched female and minority-led startups at the Access Georgia Investor Showcase, a program helping startups get capital, coaching, and connections.
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Friday Fund Day: Startup News From The Southeast For The Week Of August 4-8, 2025
We've got a quick roundup of the top innovation and entrepreneurial headlines across the Southeast: Funding News * ketteQ, an Atlanta-based software team with a focus on supply chain planning, raised a $20 million Series B from lead investor Vocap Partners. * Raleigh-based 10 Federal, a company that builds self-storage
Education
Conferences Tech Founders and VCs Are Attending This Fall (2025)
These are the tech events happening across the Southeast region that are on our radar.
B2B
Nashville Growth Equity Firm Backs Atlanta's NPHub With $20 Million Investment
Atlanta-based NPHub secures $20M from Edison Partners to expand its platform helping nurse practitioners find clinical rotations and full-time jobs—tackling critical healthcare workforce gaps nationwide.
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Alabama’s First State-Backed Venture Studio Launches to Spark New Tech Companies
The studio and fund is designed to create new ventures that solve real-world problems for underserved customers and markets across the state.
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Armed With a New $75M Fund, Collab Capital Looks to Back Founders Solving Real-World Problems
Fund II will focus on Seed and Series A investments into founders that are “best equipped to solve real-world, consequential problems through unique market expertise and lived experience,” according to a press release. Collab will deploy $1 to $1 million into 30 companies over the next five years, w