Bellhops, the Chattanooga-based on-demand moving startup, has raised a substantial Series C in what might be the burgeoning startup city’s largest technology funding round ever. Beyond a rapid expansion across new markets, the funding will go towards doubling the company’s employee base and a new office in nearby Atlanta. Bellhops, founded in 2011, has moved […]
Think about it — you may not always have your laptop, and you may not want to get email to your mobile phone, but when was the last time you didn’t read a text? Marketers are wising up to this fact, and, while email still remains the mainstay of mass marketing communications (though average email […]
“We can order a pizza with an emoji, but the average American still has to wait 24 days for an appointment and lose over two hours of their life to visit the doctor.” James Cowan is a Marine Corps veteran and father of four. While working for an on-demand home repair company, he noted the […]
FreightWaves, a fast-growing startup drawing attention for its data analytics and content platform, focused on the freight market, has closed an oversubscribed Series A round of $13 million. The round was led by logistics-focused 8VC with participating investors including Fontinalis Partners, Story Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and […]
“If you think about the economy, supply chain is at the center of the economy, and transportation is essentially the supply chain. And we’re at the center of all of that.” Santosh Sankar, co-founder and director of logistics and supply-chain focused venture capital fund Dynamo, is bullish on their hometown city Chattanooga’s geographic vantage for […]