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Atlanta-Based FinTech Startup Buckle Raises $31 Million to Expand Its Ridesharing Insurance Business

Atlanta-based financial services company Buckle quietly (!) announced last week that it has raised $31 million in a huge Series A funding round. A tech-enabled provider of insurance coverage for drivers who turn their personal vehicles into ride-sharing assets, Buckle’s value is in addressing insurance gaps in conventional policies, which

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Atlanta-based Charityvest Launches an “HSA for Doing Good” to Help Employees Become Philanthropists

Charityvest started with a simple premise: Giving back should be easy. Founded by Georgia Tech grads Stephen Kump, Jon Koon and Ashby Foltz, and backed by Y Combinator, Charityvest believes that their technology platform does just that, by empowering individuals to create and run their very own tax-deductible charitable fund.

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Atlanta-Based Grubbly Farms Raises Almost $3 Million From Overline VC To Help You Feed Your New Backyard Chickens

If you’ve noticed more people going rural, even in urban areas, you’re not alone. Overline VC has noticed as well, resulting in the Atlanta-based VC leading a $2.9 million seed funding round for AgTech startup Grubbly Farms. With roots also in Atlanta, Grubbly Farms identifies as a

Film Connx Is A One-Stop-Shop to Find and Hire Entertainment Talent

Film Connx Is A One-Stop-Shop to Find and Hire Entertainment Talent

Thanks to state incentives and tax credits, the film and TV industry in Georgia has grown exponentially over the last few years. In the 2018 fiscal year, the industry saw a $9.5 billion economic impact from a record 455 film and television productions shot in the state. At the

"Silicon Harbor"-Based Morphii Translates Your Customers' Emotional Data Into Usable Insights

"Silicon Harbor"-Based Morphii Translates Your Customers' Emotional Data Into Usable Insights

Customer feedback, an incredibly-important factor for any startup or even larger companies, can often be vague — there's no real way for them to express specific feelings aside from checking "satisfied" or "not". Morphii helps you dive a little deeper with a product that provides

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CPR LifeWrap Allows Anyone, Anywhere, To Be a Lifesaver

When a person has a heart attack, survival is a game of seconds and often depends on the individual immediately getting CPR from someone nearby. Unfortunately, less than half of those who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest get the immediate help that they need before the professionals arrive. The majority

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Kentucky-Based Influencer E-Commerce Platform Raises $4M Series A from BIP Capital

From Bowling Green, Kentucky (an hour outside of Nashville, TN), entrepreneur April Foster built an empire in Inked Brands. The crafter-turned-tech-founder helps influencers grow their business in authentic ways through e-commerce, transitioning into this side of the business seamlessly after major success with a scrapbook business (she has shipped over