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Southeast Tech News From The Week Of October 25 - October 31, 2025
Don't worry, nothing Spooky about today's Halloween edition of our Friday Fund Day.
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With 25k Early Users Already, Nashville Gaming Startup Tanbii Plants Real Trees Through Virtual Gameplay
Nashville startup Tanbii combines gaming with real-world impact as a gamified ClimateTech solution.
Education
Atlanta Innovation Cup Spurs Student Startups Ahead of 2026 World Cup
Georgia college students are innovating for the 2025 World Cup through the Atlanta Innovation Cup, building startups that connect tech, travel, and community.
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Tampa Startup Krew Social Teams Up With Tampa General Hospital to Tackle Employee Loneliness and Burnout
Workplace loneliness costs U.S. corporations $154 billion annually, primarily due to absenteeism, according to a report by Cigna.
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Craft Brewery SaaS Startup Ekos Gets Acquired, Joining Forces With Fellow North Carolina Company
Next Glass acquires Charlotte-based Ekos, expanding its portfolio of craft beverage software tools connecting breweries, wineries, and distilleries.
Corporate Innovators
Mercedes-Benz to Invest $34M in Midtown Atlanta Tech Hub
The German automaker moved from its U.S. headquarters from New Jersey to Sandy Springs in 2018.
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After the Funding Round: Tampa EdTech Raises Series B, Starts Next Chapter With New CEO
"I do believe edtech is one of the hardest markets to sell into and exit out of. Incredibly long and seasonal sales/implementation cycles, limited budgets, and lots of bureaucracy and turnover. Despite me facetiously saying I'd not encourage even my biggest enemy to sell into edtech, I'm hopeful tha
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Southeast Tech News From The Week Of October 20-24, 2025
We've curated the most important pieces of news from this week from across the Southeast.
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Need to find...and win...more grants? This new Atlanta AI startup is helping nonprofits do just that.
Here’s how the growing startup is streamlining the grant search process and empowering mission-driven organizations across the country.
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The Insurance Industry Is Broken. Georgia CEO Todd Baxter Thinks Heathos Can Fix It.
Georgia-based Heathos, led by Todd Baxter, is building a connected InsurTech ecosystem to solve the insurance industry’s fragmentation problem.
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Vantaca, North Carolina’s Newest Software Unicorn, Secures $300M to Transform How Community Management Gets Done
Vantaca, a Wilmington software company, lands $300M at a $1.25B valuation to transform how communities are managed across the U.S.
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This Atlanta Founder Says AI Can Make Digital Content Better...And More Likely To Convert
At its core, SparkyAI! helps companies and brands figure out exactly who would buy their product and what messages would most resonate with those buyers while streamlining the content creation process.