B2B
Following $450 Million Raise and Acquisition, Birmingham-based Fleetio Is A $1.5 Billion Company
Fleetio hits $1.5B valuation with $450M Series D and Auto Integrate acquisition, marking a major milestone for Birmingham’s growing tech scene.
B2B
Instant Financial Expands Beyond Early Pay with New Financial Wellness Program
Instant Financial is expanding beyond early wage access with its new Financial Wellness program, offering credit-building tools, free rent reporting, high-yield savings, and more to help frontline workers achieve long-term financial stability.
accelerators
Meet Avante, A New Program Empowering Rural Startup Founders
Avante, a new program from FoundersForge, is helping rural entrepreneurs gain the essential skills and support to build and scale businesses in their own communities. With a hands-on approach, this six-week bootcamp is strengthening rural ecosystems and fostering local innovation.
Contributors
23andMe's Bankruptcy and Lessons for Healthcare Innovation
The downfall of 23andMe this week isn't just another Silicon Valley flameout. It's a cautionary tale for anyone innovating in healthcare.
Corporate Innovators
Tech Veteran Matthew Drooker Takes the Helm as CTO at The Weather Company
Georgia Tech graduate and longtime Turner executive Matthew Drooker has been named CTO of The Weather Company. Learn how he plans to leverage technology to enhance weather forecasting for businesses and consumers alike.
Feature
Friday Fund Day: What Southeast Startups Made News The Week of March 17, 2025
Ditto. WineView. TriNet. Rimidi. Inn-Flow. These are a few Southeast companies that made headlines this week.
B2B
From Music City, AI-Powered Content Verification Startup ViNIL Wants To Keep Deepfakes and Digital Deception in Check
ViNIL uses AI-powered fingerprinting technology to verify video, audio, and images—protecting creators, celebrities, and brands from deepfakes and unauthorized content online.
B2B
Atlanta Fintech Ditch Evolves With Debt Repayment Perks for Employees
Last year the Ditch team started focusing on building out its round up tool, which enables users to make small payments towards their liabilities like credit card balances, student loans, and car payments every time they swipe their card. The goal is to help people make paying down debt easier.
B2C
With a growing fleet in Atlanta, Swift Ride looks to make car subscriptions more accessible
"Swift Ride was born from a real problem we saw firsthand—people needed cars, but traditional ownership and leasing were expensive, rigid, and slow. Gig workers, newcomers to a city, or people in life transitions often didn’t qualify for leases or didn’t want to take on long-term debt."
B2B
Atlanta-based supply chain startup PorterLogic, built by Georgia Tech grads, gets acquired
PorterLogic was built under the leadership of Jonathan Porter, Founder and CPO/CTO, and Anya Skomorokhova, co-founder and CEO. Porter and Skomorokhova, two Georgia Tech graduates, worked with Lucasys' CTO at a previous startup, and then worked with the Lucasys’ team during 2020 and 2022 while Porter
Creative Services
Get To Know The CEO: Brianna Jackson Wants To "Build Better Futures" In Atlanta's South Downtown
"South Downtown has about 50+ businesses spanning retail, hospitality, creative industries, and professional services. We’ve seen new energy from small businesses and startups wanting to be part of the revitalization, and we expect those numbers to grow as more investment flows into the area."
B2C
Atlanta's App Startup Reframe Dives Into Consumer Product World With Line Of Non-Alcoholic Beverages
To date, Pradeep said Reframe has helped more than three million people successfully cut back on drinking alcohol…and has ultimately helped people eliminate just under half a billion drinks they would have consumed.