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However the numbers are sliced, it’s been a quiet year for venture capitalists. Despite sitting on a lot of cash – around $271 billion of dry powder by some estimates – the number of investment checks cashed by startups is down 53% year-over-year and are even down below pre-pandemic levels. Newly-minted
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There is nothing sexy about periods. But Strapt has found a way to make them a little better — one chic vending machine at a time. Carly Simenauer, an Emory Goizueta and Georgia Tech graduate, founded Atlanta-based Strapt Vending to provide free period and feminine products in quality, contactless restroom dispensers.
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Monetizr, a Techstars Atlanta graduate with international roots, is growing its cap table and plans to expand its employee base after closing a new $4 million seed investment this week. The startup, founded in Riga, Latvia and now headquartered in Atlanta, is an advertising experience platform designed to help brands
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It all started one day when Monte Applewhite went out to brunch in Atlanta. Now, Atlantans are known to take brunch very seriously (the city consistently ranks high on lists of the best brunch places in the country). But Applewhite noticed something missing from the experience. Instead of “lively chatter,
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Instead of driving to a pharmacy for your next prescription refill, what if your doctor told you it was time to head to a dance class? Or maybe a pottery class, if that’s more your style? That is the vision Art Pharmacy, an Atlanta-based startup, has for the future
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VC funding has dropped precipitously over the last two quarters, especially for startups not in the generative AI space. Global venture capital funding in the first half of 2023 plunged 48% (to $173.9 billion) year-over-year, according to available Pitchbook data. But it hasn’t been completely quiet for Southeast
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Like most areas around Metro Atlanta, there’s been one dominant mode of transportation for residents and commuters around the Cumberland area. That, of course, has always been the car. The Cumberland area is split into four quadrants by I-75 and the 285 “Perimeter” highway that encircles Atlanta. If you’
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AI, tech layoffs, the Great Resignation, and affirmative action aren’t just newspaper headlines that get attention across startup and business communities. They all ultimately boil down to be HR problems. HR and people leaders are poised with questions like: Why are women leaving our organization at higher rates than
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Attention B2B SaaS founders: There’s a new growth equity firm in the Southeast looking to hear your pitch. Durham-based Jurassic Capital announced today it closed an oversubscribed $30 million fund that will invest in regional B2B software companies. The firm invests in bootstrapped and “lightly capitalized companies” in the
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Childhood physical therapy is getting a creative revamp, thanks to a group of students at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). TheraVR, a virtual reality program that gamifies physical therapy for children with neuromuscular diseases, was born inside a Savannah classroom with renowned professor and creator Teri Yarbrow.