Jon Atkinson‘s commitment to fostering innovation and talent in New Orleans is fully ingrained in the career he’s built in Louisiana. As the former director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Loyola University, he was charged with creating programs to support students following an entrepreneurship path. “I got to build a lot from a blank […]
Techstars Atlanta, the local startup accelerator program part of the global Techstars network, has chosen 10 early-stage companies — following over 500 interviews — for its third cohort. The 12-week program, which is sponsored locally by Cox Enterprises, kicks off this Monday. The Techstars Atlanta team traveled around the world to source the 10 startups. […]
Comcast NBCUniversal’s The Farm has opened its brand new, 12,000-square-foot space at The Battery Atlanta. The space will be home to startups accepted into The Farm’s accelerator program, which is part of Comcast’s LIFT Labs for Entrepreneurs program, along with co-working desks, a hardware lab, and event space. The accelerator is a program of Boomtown, a […]
IgniteHQ, a startup hub in Marietta, Georgia, has partnered with India-based venture development firm to bring their accelerator programming and global development opportunities to U.S. entrepreneurs. Commence Mint will replicate its already-successful program at IgniteHQ, providing accepted startups with funding, education opportunities, mentorship, advising, and a trip to India. Commence Mint operates both an early-stage fund […]
On Monday, global startup network Techstars announced a new accelerator program to be located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle park (RTP), specifically in Cary. The MetLife Digital Accelerator, Techstars’ second program in the Southeast following industry-agnostic Techstars Atlanta, will focus on insurance technologies. Insurance technology — insurtech — is big business amongst the trillion-dollar insurance industry […]