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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…

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…

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…

The road to startup success doesn’t necessarily smell like roses. It holds a signature scent of sweat, musty cement, and coffee — lots of coffee. The sounds resonate roaring cheers,…

Much can be accomplished in just one year, just ask ATDC and Worldpay. With a $1 million dollar backing from the global payments giant, the ATDC FinTech Program guided 20…

If data is currency for the Information Age, then those who can navigate the rising tide of analytics at companies stand ready to cash in on their skills. But first…

Leadership has launched for Techstars Atlanta with the appointment of its first managing director, Michael Cohn. The startup veteran will ignite the global accelerator program, set to begin this summer,…

Big things are happening here in the South and the folks at Y Combinator have taken notice. So, they’re packing their bags and heading to TechSquare Labs in an effort…