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After 20 years of bootstrapping, Durham-based ProcessMaker raises $45M to scale

After 20 years of bootstrapping, Durham-based ProcessMaker raises $45M to scale

ProcessMaker isn’t an overnight success story. But after 20 years of bootstrapping and numerous iterations, the Durham-based company is finally claiming a large stake for itself in the automation market. This week, it confirmed that it has raised a whopping $45 million in Series A funding from Virginia-based growth

With Squeet, Georgia Tech Student & Grad Look To Streamline Group Decision-Making

With Squeet, Georgia Tech Student & Grad Look To Streamline Group Decision-Making

Anyone who has tried to wrangle co-workers or friends to make dinner plans knows the struggle: Group decision-making is painful. Alejandro Campos Villacres and Tillson Galloway met as students at Georgia Tech, and wanted to find a way to tackle the problems created when a group needs to reach a

This Engineer-Turned-Lawyer Is Using AI To Help Georgians Find COVID Vaccine Appointments

This Engineer-Turned-Lawyer Is Using AI To Help Georgians Find COVID Vaccine Appointments

Where there's a challenge, you’ll find an entrepreneur nearby building or coding a solution. As the nation works to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, one Atlanta-based entrepreneur has launched the Georgia Vax App, a text notification platform to streamline vaccine appointment information from various county Boards of Health. The

How Safr Is Helping YMCAs and Universities Track Student Health & Safety Data

How Safr Is Helping YMCAs and Universities Track Student Health & Safety Data

The Safr app was born, like many great ideas, while Fred Burns was waiting in line. A line to drop off his twin boys at the YMCA, more specifically. Parents like Burns had to wait in line for 45 minutes to fill out COVID-related paperwork. “I was handed a clipboard

Meet Zane Venture Fund's Stefanie Diaz

Meet Zane Venture Fund's Stefanie Diaz

2020 has put a spotlight on the VC community’s pitfalls and its potential. For Stefanie Diaz, the year has brought new startup opportunities front and center. As she told Hypepotamus, “we’ve never seen every industry be so disrupted all at once...companies that were once these novel ideas

Meet the Atlanta native fostering MusicTech talent

Meet the Atlanta native fostering MusicTech talent

Atlanta popularized southern rap and Hip-Hop. Memphis claims soul, gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock 'n' roll. New Orleans brought us jazz and Nashville serves as the epicenter of the country music world. The Southeast has influenced nearly every genre of music, and people like Courtney Stewart no

Meet the Football Hall of Famer bringing Smart Masks to students

Meet the Football Hall of Famer bringing Smart Masks to students

During their respective seasons, The NFL had wristbands and the NBA had rings to keep players safe and ultimately track any potential COVID exposure. Pro Football Hall of Famer Champ Bailey has retired from football, but he noticed an important opportunity to make a difference when it comes to using