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Welcome back! In case you missed some of last week’s funding news, tech startups in the Southeast continue to raise capital. This week, it’s North Carolina that’s proving to be the hot spot for investment, as four companies from the Tar Heel State account for almost $40
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Shipping is big business. And like many industries — especially ones we may not have believed could find themselves in such high levels of turmoil before the coronavirus outbreak — the spread of COVID-19 affects global ports in ways that could present very concerning circumstances. “Things are so dynamic in a maritime
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Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, a tech incubator, and autonomous vehicle and smart city living laboratory just north of Atlanta, has been recognized by IDC Government Insights’ Smart Cities North America Awards (SCNAA) for its innovation in the transportation space. The awards highlight what North American communities have done to
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Atlanta-based digital health company Sharecare has launched a centralized online destination for people to easily access the latest developments and medically verified guidance about COVID-19. The new hub is one of many tools and resources that the company plans to introduce to help provide quality health information that ultimately help
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With coronavirus news currently roiling financial markets, some might guess that recently launched venture capital funds would hold off on whatever they were planning a few months ago. But that’s not what Michael Cohn and Sean O’Brien, founder-operators of Atlanta-based early stage venture capital firm Overline, have decided
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Tech startups are continuing to find investment capital, even with the stock market being a little zanier than usual. Read below to find out which North Carolina startup got a little extra funding and which Atlanta company just closed a massive Series B round. In case you noticed, we'
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As the tech community continues to reel from the effects of social distancing due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Atlanta-based meeting scheduling software company Calendly will offer integrations with Zoom and GoToMeeting free of charge through June 30th. The company made the decision to offer these previously Premier Tier options
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Amid historic drops in the Dow Jones Industrial Average due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Atlanta-based cryptocurrency startup Bakkt has announced the closing of a $300 million Series B funding round. Atlanta-based company Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange and nearly two dozen additional global exchanges, launched Bakkt
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The realities of life in the middle of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic are sure to become challenging for everyone, including startups, who definitely need help starting up. With its latest offering, Raleigh-based Pendo hopes to be of service. A product cloud that helps digital product teams and applications deliver software
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Not even the World Health Organization’s declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic could put a total halt on funding around the South this week. Among those startups who closed noteworthy rounds were three companies, each representing a different Southeastern state: Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Keep coming back
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Lauren Sturdivant simply got “tired of drowning.” “Every morning, I walked into my office and I had 30-plus emails and 25-plus voicemails. And more often than not, I was answering the same questions from clients,” says the former attorney. She knew that technology would offer her the lifeline she needed,
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Chattanooga, known by its adopted nickname, “Gig City,” might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of technology in the South. But with the fastest community-wide internet speed in the world and a whirlwind of activity in its startup ecosystem, it’s likely that more