We’re ending the week with a quick round up on all the funding, acquisitions, and other startup news from across the Southeast you need to know. Know of a headline we missed? Let us know!
Funding News
FinTech/Finance
VIVA Finance Raises a Seed Round
Atlanta-based VIVA Finance, an online lending platform pulling employment data instead of credit scores, has secured a $2.3 million seed round, led by Acumen Fund.
Polygon.io Raises $6 million in Series A Funding
Polygon,io, a platform designed to bring real-time and historical financial data to users, raised $6 million in Series A funding on Thursday. The round was led by e.ventures, with additional capital coming from existing investor, Green Visor Capital.
You can learn more about Polygon.io’s CEO Quinton Pike in our last interview with him here.
Greenwood Financial Raises Funds To Start Bank
Greenwood Financial, founded by Atlanta legions Andrew J. Young, Michael “Killer Mike” Render, and Ryan Glover, closed a $3 million seed round from private investors. The bank’s goal is to provide a digital banking platform specifically for the Black and Latinx community.
CleanTech
Danimer Scientific is going public
Software
Alpharetta-based CoreView closed a $10 million Series B funding round. We’ve got all the details here.
New Moves Across the Southeast
IDology Appoints Christina Luttrell as CEO
Atlanta-based IDology has named Christina Luttrell as the company’s new CEO. She previously served as the company’s COO.
