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What's The Next Play For Atlanta's PlayOn! Sports?

What's The Next Play For Atlanta's PlayOn! Sports?

Navigating a startup through the volatile and unpredictable media landscape is no small feat. But that’s exactly what David Rudolph has done at the helm of ATDC-graduate PlayOn! Sports, a sports media company for the high school market. The rise of streaming and subscription-based programming over the last few

Create-X startup lands seed funding to keep workers safe with wearable technology

Create-X startup lands seed funding to keep workers safe with wearable technology

It started with a conversation between friends about reducing injuries and deaths in the firefighting community. But after scaling the concept through the Create-X Idea-2-Prototype class at Georgia Tech and launching their first product, the team behind SlateSafety (formerly FireHUD) realized their wearable technology had even more industrial use cases.

Atlanta EdTech team looks to tackle teacher burnout with SaaS solution

Atlanta EdTech team looks to tackle teacher burnout with SaaS solution

When we last caught up with Atlanta-based TARA Education Technologies in April 2021, the team was helping teachers create better lesson plans and navigate the changing education landscape during COVID. Since then the teacher shortage has reached epidemic proportions itself. A recent survey suggests half of all teachers are thinking

With new name & funding, inaugural Atlanta Startup Battle winner tackles healthcare woes with AI

With new name & funding, inaugural Atlanta Startup Battle winner tackles healthcare woes with AI

A previous winner of Atlanta Startup Battle, which is now a staple event on the local tech community calendar, has been busy since the big win in 2016. FraudScope officially changed its name to Codoxo in December of 2020, which CEO/founder Musheer Ahmed said reflects the team’s “expanded

After Oversubscribing Fund I, Circadian Ventures' Mike Dowdle Chats Deal Flow, Early-Stage Opportunity

After Oversubscribing Fund I, Circadian Ventures' Mike Dowdle Chats Deal Flow, Early-Stage Opportunity

When we last caught up with investor Mike Dowdle at the end of 2020, he was ready to fix the regional funding gap in the early-stage startup space. He’s officially oversubscribed his $15 million fund at Circadian Ventures, and he is optimistic by the deal flow he is seeing

Can Southeast Startups Lead in the Crypto and Web 3.0 Space?

Can Southeast Startups Lead in the Crypto and Web 3.0 Space?

It started as a 2008 whitepaper on a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Now blockchain is behind the rise of entirely new creative industries, the changing financial landscape, and even a new iteration of the internet (web 3.0). Acronyms like NFT, DeFi, and DAOs snuck into the popular lexicon in

What Airbnb's Atlanta Office Means For The Local Startup Scene

What Airbnb's Atlanta Office Means For The Local Startup Scene

After a year of searching for the perfect home in Atlanta, Airbnb is officially putting down roots on the Westside. The tech giant announced it will move its Tech Hub into Encore, a Georgia Tech-affiliated office inside the live-work-play space The Interlock. It will initially take up 5,000 of