“When you’re really being challenged, what can you bring to bear?” That’s a question Dr. Nammy Vedire, director of platform and operations at Atlanta-based VC group Engage, says she asks…
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Verady Raises Funding From TTV to Expand Crypto Asset Accounting Solution
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaVerady, a startup that focuses on cryptocurrency accounting and auditing, has closed an investment round led by early-stage venture capital firm TTV Capital. Fenbushi Capital and fintech leader Pamela Joseph…
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The Engage Venture Platform: Tracking Success Two Years, Four Cohorts, and A Few Stealth Launches In
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinMonths before his business intelligence AI product launched, Pryon founder Igor Jablokov was meeting with top-level decision-makers at some of the largest enterprises in the world. He solicited feedback for…
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The Entrepreneur Behind Alexa’s Tech Is Back With An AI Assistant For Companies
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinIgor Jablokov is used to people not quite “getting” what he’s working on. The Raleigh, NC-based entrepreneur and computer engineer was one of the first minds behind very early (we’re…
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Engage Fund Brings On Daley Ervin, Formerly Airbnb, YPLan, As Entrepreneur-In-Residence
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinThe Engage fund, an Atlanta-based venture fund and startup program backed by 11 corporations including Delta, Goldman Sachs, the Home Depot and UPS, as well as Georgia’s venture fund Invest…
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Trucking Tech Startup FreightWaves Closes $13M Series A From Logistics Tech VCs, Rise of the Rest, New York Jet
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinFreightWaves, 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…
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Atlanta’s Biggest Companies Are Installing Honeybee Hives to Cover the City, Thanks to This Beekeeping Startup
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinThis spring and summer, there will be hundreds of thousands of new residents in Atlanta affected by Georgia’s infamous pollen season. These buzzing Atlantans (no, not Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)…
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Goldman Sachs Stakes A Claim In Atlanta’s Startup Scene With $1.5M In Engage Fund
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinGlobal financial firm Goldman Sachs has joined as the newest partner in Atlanta’s Engage, the venture capital fund that serves as the largest group of corporate investors in one fund.…
