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If you’ve noticed more people going rural, even in urban areas, you’re not alone. Overline VC has noticed as well, resulting in the Atlanta-based VC leading a $2.9 million seed funding round for AgTech startup Grubbly Farms. With roots also in Atlanta, Grubbly Farms identifies as a
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Atlanta-based startup darling Kabbage announced Wednesday the launch of Kabbage Checking, designed to make opening and using a business checking accounts more accessible to companies of any size. The launch expands Kabbage’s capabilities beyond just lending and moves the company closer to being a full-service financial services provider. It
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While it’s not exactly that package-dropping drone we were promised years ago by Jeff Bezos, Amazon has finally brought remote delivery to Atlanta. The online marketplace announced yesterday that Georgia’s capital city and the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tennessee, are the two newest markets where trials of the
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Next Century Spirits, a spirits technology company born in 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina, has closed a $6 million Series C funding round with Chapel Hill-based private equity firm Blue Hill Group, according to a press release from the company. The funding will help Next Century continue its innovative approach
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In a just-released announcement, Techstars Atlanta Managing Director Dave Payne has named the 10 startups selected for the 2020 Class of Techstars Atlanta in Partnership with Cox Enterprises. The six-month selection process gave Payne the opportunity to meet 1,200+ founders in person, over the phone and during virtual meetings.
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From media to corporate outreach, there are plenty of statements being put out there today — some sincere and some seemingly more about posturing than progress — in support of Black entrepreneurship and innovation. But real advocacy is about action, and it appears Atlanta "neighborhood work club" Switchyards is offering
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Blake Patton has seen the rise of Atlanta's tech ecosystem like few others. As managing partner and founder of Tech Square Ventures, which through two separate funds has already invested in 51 startups such as Cypress.io, Pointivo and Goodr, Patton has led the strategic early-stage venture fund
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Urjanet, which considers itself “the world’s largest utility data network,” and announced today that it has raised $14.65 million in a Series D Investment, with participation from Equifax, as well as venture funds including Oak HC/FT, Grotech Ventures, and Correlation Ventures. The Atlanta company, founded in 2010
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BIOMILQ, a “women-owned, science-led and mother-centered” startup, just raised $3.5 million in a Seed round led by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Purple Orange Ventures, Blue Horizon Ventures and entrepreneur Shazi Visram, founder of Happy Family Organics. https://www.facebook.com/biomilq/posts/168425991331404 But what made these
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not gone away, and neither has it given the economy any clear signs that things are back to normal. But Atlanta-based app Steady doesn’t have a normal business model — even having Shaquille O’Neal as a financial backer is just one reason they’re unique.
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Along with their partner Jewel Burks Solomon, Barry Givens and Justin Dawkins are the cofounders of Atlanta-based Collab Capital. Described as "a new institution for Black entrepreneurs," Collab Capital is both a venture fund and an accelerator "studio," where founders will receive guidance and resources they
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Residents of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, can now hail a remote-controlled scooter, thanks to a unique, recently announced partnership at Curiosity Lab. Beginning last week, riders in the northwest Atlanta suburb gained the ability to request GoX Apollo e-scooters to arrive at their current location, streamlining the process of finding a