IDology, an Atlanta-based digital identity verification company, will be purchased by a British identity data company, GBG, for $300 million. All 70 IDology employees will remain with the company and stay in their Atlanta office, including the senior leadership team. IDology is the foremost provider of identity verification and fraud prevention solutions in the U.S. […]
Techstars Atlanta, the startup accelerator run in partnership with Cox Enterprises, has seen its first graduate successfully exit. SAWA, a graphic design startup that went through Techstars Atlanta’s third cohort in 2018, has been acquired by email marketing platform Mailchimp. Francis Tao, SAWA’s founder and sole full-time employee, will join Atlanta-based Mailchimp to oversee the […]
Healthgrades, a large healthcare data and ratings firm, has expanded its southern presence with an acquisition of healthcare-focused digital marketing platform Influence Health. The Birmingham-based company also has a large Atlanta presence dating back to its acquisition of Atlanta healthcare startup Brightwhistle in 2015. Denver-based Healthgrades also has an office in Atlanta. Though Healthgrades CEO Rob […]
Atlanta-based fintech startup Gro Solutions, which helps small and mid-sized banks and credit unions improve customer acquisition with a digital sales platform, has been acquired by a public financial software company, Q2 Holdings. All of Gro’s employees will remain on the team and the Atlanta office will become an outpost of Austin-based Q2’s operations. The […]
Atlanta-based virtual workspace solutions company FSLogix has been acquired by Microsoft for an undisclosed amount. The software giant will enhance their recently-launched Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop solution by integrating the five-year-old startup’s technology. “From the beginning, in working closely with several teams at Microsoft, we recognized that our missions were completely aligned,” CTO Randy Cook wrote in […]