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Emory Doctor, Mint Founder Talk Closing Vital's Series A In Shifting HealthTech Landscape

Emory Doctor, Mint Founder Talk Closing Vital's Series A In Shifting HealthTech Landscape

For entrepreneur and investor Aaron Patzer, the jump from financial apps to emergency room software is shorter than you might expect. After founding the personal finance app Mint.com (acquired by Intuit) and mobile video assistance platform Fountain, Patzer teamed up with his brother-in-law, Dr. Justin Schrager, Emory emergency room

Louisiana Startup Finds Market Fit On & Off The Field

Louisiana Startup Finds Market Fit On & Off The Field

“I wasn't trying to start a company. Honestly, I was just volunteering and helping [LSU] out.” That volunteer effort for Jack Karavich was centered around getting college football season up and running again during the pandemic. But there was an engineering and design problem standing in the way:

14 Georgia Startups Land Funding From Google For Startups

14 Georgia Startups Land Funding From Google For Startups

The second iteration of Google For Startups Black Founders Found is a lesson in the power of community. The 76 founders in the inaugural 2020 cohort were asked to nominate their startup peers to take part in the fund in 2021. 50 of those candidates were selected and will receive

Atlanta VCs Invest in Local Mobile Testing Platform Kobiton

Atlanta VCs Invest in Local Mobile Testing Platform Kobiton

Investors at Atlanta firms Panoramic Ventures and Fulcrum Equity Partners are continuing to back local mobile experience platform Kobiton. The two firms announced this week they are investing an additional $12 million round in the scaling startup. “[Panoramic and Fulcrum] fundamentally understand our unique technology and our competitive differentiators,” the

Atlanta VCs inject $2M into Durham B2B software startup

Atlanta VCs inject $2M into Durham B2B software startup

Ransomware, malware, denial of service attacks are just some of the constant threats plaguing today's cloud infrastructures. But this North Carolina B2B software startup says it’s putting an end to that. Arpio, headquartered in Durham, has created a SaaS platform that it says protects and eliminates “catastrophic

Backed By VCs in Atlanta & Silicon Valley, Speedscale is growing its customer-focused test automation platform

Backed By VCs in Atlanta & Silicon Valley, Speedscale is growing its customer-focused test automation platform

Speed makes a difference when it comes to building an API test automation company. Just ask the team behind Atlanta-based Speedscale. “We identified a gap in the market around the speed of application delivery and application quality,” Nate Lee, co-founder of Speedscale, told Hypepotamus. Lee is one of three co-founders

Pass it Down Helps Cultural Institutions Survive Pandemic

Pass it Down Helps Cultural Institutions Survive Pandemic

COVID-19 has hit the cultural heritage industry particularly hard. Pass It Down, an award-winning digital exhibit design platform, is helping American cultural institutions withstand the pandemic, one story at a time. “Now more than ever, it’s a challenge for organizations to capture visitor attention and engage their visitors,” said