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It’s all too common for companies to throw a free BetterHelp subscription or a subsidized ClassPass bundle at team members and call it “employee wellness.” But Madilynn Beck, founder of the Atlanta-based startup The Better Spot, thinks that just isn’t enough in our “go faster” work environment. Beck
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Fulcrum Equity Partners, one of Atlanta’s largest and most active growth equity firms, is adding to its investing team. Junior Gaspard has been named as Fulcrum's latest Principal, according to a statement released last week. Gaspard is no stranger to the Atlanta tech and startup ecosystem. He
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As the annual conference dedicated to financial innovation, Fintech South is the place where anyone can learn about the newest fintech ideas.Each year at Fintech South, the Innovation Challenge rewards the most innovative early-stage company based or founded in Georgia that focuses on financial technology with an annual $25,
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Atlanta-based Silicon Road Ventures’ latest portfolio company came out of stealth mode today with big plans to change how companies get those all important business leads. Pitchit, founded in San Francisco by Paul Kleen, is an AI Lead Qualification as a Service (LQaaS) Platform that helps automate the first 24
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Benedict Owanga’s entrepreneurial “spark” first ignited during a power outage. He was a student at Emory Law School in Atlanta when his building lost power one day while he was studying. That was certainly a frustration, but power outages are ultimately a rarity in the United States. It got
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No code? No problem. That’s what co-founders Philip Lakin and Brent Summers believe as they’ve been building out its startup and community hub NoCodeOps in Atlanta. Since launching in 2021, the startup has helped no-code operators and builders inside different companies get the tools and access to community
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This week saw funding rounds, acquisition news, and big new hires at one of Atlanta's largest PE firms. So here's what happened the week of July 15th, 2024: The Big News * 6 out of 10 of the startups selected for the next Techstars Atlanta cohort are
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Veterans of Live Oak Bank, one of the top SBA lenders in the US, have joined the Wilmington, North Carolina fintech startup world to help small businesses get more access to financing options. Lumos was co-founded in 2021 by Youri Nelson, Brett Caines, and Stephen Hayes, who worked as Live
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Before even starting college, Joseph Metzler Concepcion had a business idea and knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. He’d spent his middle and high school years tinkering with different electrical projects, putting together everything from racing drones to electric bikes. But he kept running into a big problem:
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B2B (business-to-business) startups have to navigate a notoriously difficult sales cycle. But the Southeast is known for creating B2B startup and scaleup success stories. So this week, we are turning the mic over to current B2B founders so they can share pieces of advice that up-and-coming founders need to hear.
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Techstars Atlanta Powered By Cox Enterprises didn’t have to look too far from home to find the startups for its 2024 cohort. Over half of the startups selected come from either Atlanta or the great Southeast region. From AI-powered marketplaces to roommates matching apps, here are the startups just
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The Big Headlines * Atlanta-based Sovereign’s Capital, a diversified alternative asset manager dedicated to excellence in faith-driven investing, has closed its largest venture capital fund to date, Venture Capital Fund IV, LP, with over $60 million in committed capital. The fund’s investors include both existing limited partners and new