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Even before the pandemic, getting in front of the right customers was hard for retailers, restaurateurs, and e-commerce store owners. As email open rates fell over the course of the last few years — and foot traffic into physical stores all but dried up in 2020 — marketers have had to get
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Over 1,800 years ago, Hellenistic philosopher Sexton Empiricus applied science to the study of the human body and changed the course of medicine. Moving into 2021, an Atlanta-based team is using artificial intelligence to improve the pharmaceutical world and how doctors best get treatments to patients. Founded by CEO
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Atlanta has a new unicorn. SalesLoft, the Sales Engagement platform founded in 2011, has raised a $100 million Series E round, putting the company’s valuation to $1.1 billion. The Series E round was led by Owl Rock, with additional participation by Insight Partners, HarbourVest, and Emergence. SalesLoft CEO
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AvidXchange is expanding its footprint yet again. The Charlotte-based fintech software provider has acquired Core Associates, an accounts payable (AP) firm based out of Jupiter, Florida. The company is the maker of TimberScan, a complementary AP solution estimated to have 30,000 users. With this acquisition, AvidXchange said it becomes
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It’s time to look back and take stock of what we learned over the past twelve months. This year, that task feels more challenging than before. 2020 tested our collective patience, shuttered offices, shifted global markets, made us face loss, and left millions unemployed or underemployed. It also put
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North Carolina is becoming a top relocation spot for techies fleeing big metros in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Just ask Jason Caplain, partner at Bull City Ventures. In over two decades working as a venture capitalist in the Triangle, he says he’s never seen such a flood
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OneTrust, Atlanta’s data privacy management startup that earned unicorn status in 2019, announced it has raised a $300 million Series C funding round. The round was led by TCV, the Silicon Valley VC firm which previously invested in companies such as Airbnb, Netflix, Expedia, Facebook, ByteDance, LinkedIn, and Peloton.
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The end-of-the-year buzz is definitely keeping the news rolling in from across the Southeast. If your week has been a bit hectic, we've put together all the important headlines from the region: Funding News * Atlanta, Georgia: Cypress.io, a startup known for streamlining how developers test software, raised
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The team behind Presso has built a robotic dry-cleaning machine that cleans and sanitizes clothes within five minutes. For those who travel for work or spend time lugging shirts to the dry cleaners, Presso’s machine will surely be a time saver. But Hollywood has also taken note, as studios
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Atlanta has made its mark on the film industry over the last few years. It has also fostered tech talent and founders who have transformed the way filmmakers get content. Started in Decatur, Georgia in 2013, Motion Array is a marketplace for creatives to source stock audio, images, and templates
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A year after setting up second headquarters in North Carolina, personal health startup Well Dot is getting ready to scale. On Monday, the firm, which has home offices in Chapel Hill and Newton, Massachusetts, announced it had landed $40 million in first-round funding. Well's backers include well-known Silicon
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Raleigh-based Pendo is expanding its footprint into the Asia-Pacific. Despite the on-going pandemic, the cloud tech startup is opening offices in Tokyo, Japan and Sydney, Australia. The uptick: Pendo will employ more than 20 people in Asia over the next two years, in roles spanning sales, marketing, customer success, and