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 […]
Techstars Atlanta graduate Vlipsy, a startup that allows users to search for and share short, sound-enabled video clips from popular culture (think GIFs, but with sound), has raised funding from Cox Enterprises as part of a $1.3 million seed round. Additional investors include JumpStart Inc., North Coast Angel Fund and Impact Angel Fund. “This seed […]
Automobile ownership is rapidly shifting. The rise of short-term car rentals (i.e. Zipcar, General Motors’ Maven), ride sharing (Uber, Lyft), and try-before-you-buy (one study found that almost 10 percent of new cars in 2013 were purchased by consumers within 180 days of renting a car) is changing consumer behavior around automobiles. Clutch is an Atlanta-based startup […]