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The Engage fund, an Atlanta-based venture fund and startup program backed by 11 corporations including Delta, Goldman Sachs, the Home Depot and UPS, as well as Georgia’s venture fund Invest…

“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…

Engage, 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…

Invest 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…

Engage Ventures, the venture fund backed by 10 major corporations that launched earlier this year, has announced its first cohort of startups. Eight companies will begin the program, which serves…

Global 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.…

Igor 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…

Two years ago Jonathan Allen was working at a market research firm helping companies who wanted to learn more about their customers, their product-market fit, and make informed decisions about…

A 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…

This 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)…

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…

STORD, 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…

When 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…

Months 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…

Blake 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…

Expect 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…

Verady, 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…

ENGAGE Talent, an artificial intelligence-driven software tool that helps HR professionals recruit smarter, has raised $3 million from investors across the country including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and…

Tech 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…

The Rise of the Rest bus tour, AOL co-founder Steve Case’s tour of entrepreneurial cities outside of the traditional tech hubs, has announced its seventh tour which will focus on…