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Bonjour, Atlanta | City of Atlanta Opens International Startup Exchange Applications

Early-stage Atlanta companies seeking to expand into international markets may be able to get support from the City of Atlanta in a program that will send them abroad for free. The Atlanta International Startup Exchange, now in its third year, will select four companies to go to Toulouse, France, for

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Inaugural Atlanta Black Tech Week to Be Held This Fall

Black Tech Planet has announced the first ever Atlanta Black Tech Week (ABTW), a week-long celebration where Atlanta’s tech community comes together to discuss the Black tech ecosystem. The conference, held August 29-Sept. 1, will bring together tech leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and technologists to highlight diverse founder-led companies and

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Southeastern Female-Focused VC Firm The JumpFund Raises Fund II, Backed By City of Atlanta

Female and southeastern-focused venture capital firm the JumpFund has raised its second fund of $5.2 million, more than double their first fund. JumpFund I invested in 18 early-stage companies with female founders or leadership. The JumpFund was founded in 2013 with the intent to increase the pool of capital

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Techstars Atlanta's Unique Third Class Breaks the Tech Accelerator Mold

Techstars Atlanta, the local startup accelerator program part of the global Techstars network, has chosen 10 early-stage companies — following over 500 interviews — for its third cohort. The 12-week program, which is sponsored locally by Cox Enterprises, kicks off this Monday. The Techstars Atlanta team traveled around the world to source

First Look At the $100M Georgia Cyber Center: The Largest Investment in Cybersecurity By a State

First Look At the $100M Georgia Cyber Center: The Largest Investment in Cybersecurity By a State

In early 2017, Georgia state government made clear its commitment to growing and nurturing the state's cybersecurity talent with the allocation of an initial $58 million, and then another $35 million, into the Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training. The campus of the Augusta-based center

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Chronic Disease Management Platform Rimidi Rebrands On the Heels of $6.5M Funding Round

Digital health startup Rimidi, formerly known as Rimidi Diabetes, has made its expanded mission official on the heels of a $6.575 million funding round. The capital came from new investors, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company and Turner Investments, as well as existing investors Cox Enterprises, Village Capital, The

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San Francisco Communications Platform Twilio Is Recruiting For New Atlanta Office

San Francisco-based cloud communications tech company Twilio has opened a new office — its first in the U.S. outside of the major tech hubs of California and New York — in Atlanta. Based for now at WeWork Terminus in Buckhead, their space currently houses a dozen employees, but they plan to