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Dr. Nammy Vedire: Yale-Taught Engineer, Visual Artist, Platform Builder, Possible Superwoman
by Mike Jordanby Mike Jordan“When you’re really being challenged, what can you bring to bear?” That’s a question Dr. Nammy Vedire, director of platform and operations at Atlanta-based VC group Engage, says she asks…
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Goldman Sachs Stakes A Claim In Atlanta’s Startup Scene With $1.5M In Engage Fund
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinGlobal financial firm Goldman Sachs has joined as the newest partner in Atlanta’s Engage, the venture capital fund that serves as the largest group of corporate investors in one fund.…
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Engage Fund Matures With Second Round of Investments Into Eight Startups
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinEngage, the Atlanta-based corporate-backed venture fund and startup growth program, has announced investments into eight startups for its second growth program. Engage counts 10 of Georgia’s biggest corporations and Invest…
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The Entrepreneur Behind Alexa’s Tech Is Back With An AI Assistant For Companies
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinIgor Jablokov is used to people not quite “getting” what he’s working on. The Raleigh, NC-based entrepreneur and computer engineer was one of the first minds behind very early (we’re…
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Newly-Formed Engage Ventures Team Opens Applications For First Startup Class
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinA small but powerful team of venture superstars at Engage, the Atlanta-based independent venture fund and accelerator backed by 10 corporate giants and Georgia Tech, is ready to begin sifting through…
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Invest Georgia Allocates $1.5M State Dollars to Enterprise-Backed Engage Fund
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinInvest Georgia, the state-funded investment program intended to spur economic and startup activity, has made its fourth allocation of $1.5 million into Engage Ventures. This follows Invest Georgia’s investments thus…
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Atlanta’s Biggest Companies Are Installing Honeybee Hives to Cover the City, Thanks to This Beekeeping Startup
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinThis spring and summer, there will be hundreds of thousands of new residents in Atlanta affected by Georgia’s infamous pollen season. These buzzing Atlantans (no, not Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)…
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A first-of-its-kind partnership: 10 major Atlanta-based companies have announced the creation of a new venture, part VC fund, part accelerator, in partnership with Mayor Kasim Reed, the Atlanta Committee for…
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On-Demand Warehouse Startup STORD Solidifies Market Leadership With $2.4M Seed Round
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinSTORD, the on-demand warehousing software startup targeting the massive shipping industry, has raised $2.4 million in a seed round co-led by Silicon Valley’s Susa Ventures and logistics-focused Dynamo, out of…
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Freightwaves Is Using Data, Content, and Financials to Build a Bloomberg-Like Empire For Freight Markets
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinWhen Craig Fuller started FreightWaves, a niche publication focused on the freight, supply chain and logistics industries, he was focused on educating the world about his other startup, TransRisk. That…
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The Engage Venture Platform: Tracking Success Two Years, Four Cohorts, and A Few Stealth Launches In
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinMonths before his business intelligence AI product launched, Pryon founder Igor Jablokov was meeting with top-level decision-makers at some of the largest enterprises in the world. He solicited feedback for…
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Country’s Largest Female-Focused Angel Network Establishes Atlanta Chapter
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinGolden Seeds, one of the first and most active female-focused investor networks, has opened for business in Atlanta. This is the New York-based group’s sixth office and its first in…
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Driven By Major Corporations, Entrepreneur Catalyst Program Endeavor Enters Atlanta
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinA new startup growth engine has entered the Atlanta ecosystem, spearheaded by an impressive roster of Atlanta’s corporate giants and technology leaders. Global entrepreneur catalyst program Endeavor announced that Atlanta…
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Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed: On the Startup Scene and the Need to “Nurture Courage”
by Holly Beilinby Holly Beilin“Over the last two years as Mayor, Atlanta has just really taken off.” On March 15, Switchyards Downtown Club filled up for its signature Made In Atlanta monthly event. The…
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Monday Fund-Day: Who Raised What In The Startup South March 16-20, 2020
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanTech startups are continuing to find investment capital, even with the stock market being a little zanier than usual. Read below to find out which North Carolina startup got a…
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Verady Raises Funding From TTV to Expand Crypto Asset Accounting Solution
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaVerady, a startup that focuses on cryptocurrency accounting and auditing, has closed an investment round led by early-stage venture capital firm TTV Capital. Fenbushi Capital and fintech leader Pamela Joseph…
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Tech Square Ventures Founder Blake Patton Shares Details of Firm’s New $75 Million Fund
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanBlake Patton has seen the rise of Atlanta’s tech ecosystem like few others. As managing partner and founder of Tech Square Ventures, which through two separate funds has already invested…
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Nonprofit Formation Platform Resilia Raises $8 Million in Series A, Continuing Founder Sevetri Wilson’s History-Making Winning Streak
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanExpect Sevetri Wilson to be in the news a lot more in the near future — the African-American entrepreneur’s nonprofit formation and compliance platform Resilia just announced a completed Series…
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A walk around Inspire Brands’ Innovation Hub in Sandy Springs is a uniquely tasty experience. The center opened in 2021 as a way to test out new technologies that could…