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It's another exciting week for both the SaaS and sustainability communities in Atlanta. Cove.tool, an Atlanta-based B2B automated platform that make building construction more energy efficient, has closed $5.7 million Series A investment round, according to a press release on their website. The round was led
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Zane Venture Fund is serious when they say they are invested in finding "exceptional, diverse teams building tech-enabled solutions." They are starting by making sure students catch the entrepreneurial bug. The fund has opened registration for Zane Access' Virtual Forum for Student Entrepreneurs. In partnership with VC
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Atlanta-based Polygon.io, which uses real-time APIs to connect users with brings data on stocks, crypto, and other important financial markets, has announced it closed a $6 million Series A round led by e.ventures. Green Visor Capital, an existing investor in Polygon.io, also participated in the round. Hypepotamus
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Startups and small businesses must have a stellar overall design experience on their website or app to attract customers in a competitive online setting. Luckily, current General Assembly (GA) students are hungry to bring such projects to life for local companies looking to update their brand and improve the overall
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While Software-as-a-Service is one of the largest industries across the Southeast, companies like Cloverly are looking to bring a different definition of SaaS to consumers and businesses alike. Cloverly’s “Sustainability-as-a-Service” platform and suite of tools are designed to help companies and retailers of all sizes take tangible steps towards
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Perhaps the scariest thing about Halloween is the amount of plastic waste left over from discarded candy wrappers. Americans purchase more than 600 million pounds of Halloween each year. Since most curbside recycling services are unable to recycle candy wrappers, thousands of pounds of waste ends up in landfills or
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We’re ending the week with a quick round up on all the funding, acquisitions, and other startup news from across the Southeast you need to know. Know of a headline we missed? Let us know! Funding News FinTech/Finance VIVA Finance Raises a Seed Round Atlanta-based VIVA Finance, an
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In case you needed another reason to be bullish on the Southeast tech startup scene, BIP Capital released its 2020 State of Startups in the Southeast Report this week. It shows that, even with coronavirus-related slowdowns, the region is attracting investment dollars and startups are growing across diverse industries. Since
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Google for Startups announced that of the 76 recipients of its $5 million Google for Startups Black Founders Fund and revealed the 35 Black-owned startup founders in metro Atlanta were the beneficiaries of $2.35 million in non-dilutive cash awards. “We are committed to helping Black founders who have been
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Whenever we chat with Atlanta entrepreneurs, the conversation inevitably leans towards the potential the city has to become one of the biggest startup hubs in the country. Our conversation last week with 1Q’s CEO Keith Rinzler was no different. For Rinzler, Atlanta is just waiting for a big consumer-facing
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Just in case you didn’t have enough to worry about in 2020, Earth’s orbit has a countless number of human-made objects that could collide with one of over 8,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Sure, space debris may seem like a far off thing to stress about, but for
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“The southeastern region is obviously a hotspot for business and technology. Alpharetta is just booming and we’re looking from every angle to take advantage of it. It’s a good place to be especially in these tough times when accessing that type of talent is critical,” CoreView CEO Michael