Silicon Valley gets a lot of shine. We get it, the Valley has star power and volume. But, corporations are spread out across the country, and may not need to build up frequent flier mileage to find innovative startups. At our corporate innovation strategy group Your Ideas Are Terrible, we’ve seen example after example to make […]
Atlanta-based mobile testing startup MoQuality has closed a $2.5 million seed round led by San Francisco-based Amity Ventures and Cox Enterprises with participation from Newton Fund, Service Provider Capital and additional angel investors. They’ll now be expanding their engineering team to continue product development. MoQuality’s AI-powered test-automation tool, called Barista (a play on words related […]
Cox Enterprises has entered the eSports arena by funding an Atlanta team in the Overwatch League, the first and largest global professional eSports league. Overwatch’s inaugural season recently wrapped up its Grand Finals with 12 teams from across the U.S., Europe, and Asia in the competition. ESPN reports that Overwatch parent company Blizzard Entertainment is […]
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. […]
The Coca-Cola BridgeCommunity, an Atlanta-based startup commercialization program that matches young companies with corporate partners to generate pilots and contracts, has selected its third cohort of startups. 11 companies will join the program to connect with Coca-Cola, Capgemini, Cox Enterprises, MailChimp, Porsche Financial Services and SunTrust Bank. “In order for Coca-Cola to drive a total beverage […]