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Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based tech company focused on public safety and crime prevention, has caught the attention of one of the world’s largest VC firms. Tiger Global led Flock Safety’s recent $150 million Series E funding rounding, joined by 776 and Spark Capital. Existing investors a16z, Bedrock, Matrix,
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33 electric buses have been taking UGA students across campus over the last year as part of an effort to make commuting a “little greener.” Now a university-wide initiative looks to make UGA a top player in the booming statewide e-mobility movement. Georgia has become a hub for electric mobility
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Since Verusen minted its $8 million Series A in January 2021, supply chain stressors have continued to be top of mind for consumers and manufacturers alike. While the Atlanta-based startup got off the ground to streamline operations on the indirect materials and maintenance repair operations side, founder Paul Noble told
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Asheville-based Ecobot went into the pandemic with three employees. But as those in the environmental regulatory industry looked for better digital collaboration tools, business boomed. The platform is now used by 1,2000 consultants doing regulatory fieldwork and has helped those users file just under 50,000 reports. Now the
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Canadian social media management platform Hootsuite is moving into Midtown Atlanta’s Tech Square. Opening the office in Atlanta is key for the company looking to hire tech talent and scale in the US. But CEO Tom Keiser has even stronger connections to the city. “Growing up in the southeast
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If you’ve tracked an overseas package or tried to buy any number of consumer electronics over the last few months, you know all about the inflexible nature of the global supply chain. Supply chain experts have long known about this inflexibility. As Professor Nikolay Osadchiy, Associate Professor of Information
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“When you've been hearing no all day every day, and then someone tells you ‘yes,’ and here's $1,000...that's the gas that fills up your inspiration tank right there,” James Oliver, Jr. told Hypepotamus. Oliver is the founder of the ParentPreneur Foundation, which
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Since its founder invented the checkbook over 100 years ago, Deluxe Corporation has grown to be one of the biggest names in the business development and financial services space. Despite its massive size, Deluxe's focus on small businesses has launched a TV show and now has helped the
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Real estate demands and the overall housing shortage brought about a Construction Tech boom in the VC world. US construction-related startups alone raised $2.8 billion since January 2020, with Southeast startups raising $285.5 million in that same time frame, according to available Crunchbase data. But construction on Planet
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The sheer number of deals in the Southeast venture capital over the last year has kept service providers (lawyers, accountants, bankers, etc.) busy. The team behind Service Provider Capital is looking to tap into this momentum as they close Fund II. The fund brings together service providers from across the
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When Overline VC closed an oversubscribed $27.4 million first fund, its investing thesis was simple: Find the best early-stage companies coming out of the Southeast and give those founders access to strong operating partners and a network of support. Since then Overline has invested in 17 pre-seed and seed-stage
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Residents in Peachtree Corners will soon have a new way to get around town this fall, thanks to a new fleet of autonomous shuttles. PAUL (Piloting Autonomous Use Locally) will launch next week for residents shuffling between City Hall and breweries, hotels, and other key spots along Research Drive. The