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TechSquare Labs Crowns Fourth Atlanta Startup Battle Winner, But Makes Two Additional Investments

A little rain didn’t stop Atlanta’s startup and business community from descending onto Midtown’s TechSquare Labs startup hub for the fourth iteration of their quarterly startup competition, Atlanta Startup Battle. The sold-out crowd witnessed as, out of six finalists previously determined by judges, early-stage cybersecurity startup OssPolice won $100,000 in investment from TechSquare Labs’ fund. OssPolice, pitched by co-founders Ashish […]

It’s Like the Olympics, Startup-Style | Atlanta Startup Battle is Back

Atlanta’s freshest startup competition opens application submissions The 2 days of competition in Atlanta Startup Battle presents a unique opportunity for startup growth and investment. Throughout the competition, the top participants get to develop their ideas with seasoned mentors and present to active venture capital investors — both local and from Silicon Valley — all in […]

ThingTech’s Seed Round Will Help Grow IoT Asset Tracking Platform

From ride sharing apps to your delivered groceries, as a customer you now know where your requested services are at all times. For companies with a mobile workforce, using that same GPS tracking to know where inventory is in real-time can provide much lower operational costs as well as visibility on potentially expensive assets. From […]

They’ve Built It, You Gotta Come | BuiltxWomen Inaugural Pitch Day

BuiltxWomen is a technical program by women, for women. Statistically speaking, women of color receive 0 percent of venture capital funding. There isn’t just one reason this number has yet to increase — there’s plenty. But BuiltxWomen is doing something about it. Based out of Atlanta’s TechSquare Labs, BuiltxWomen aims to increase the number of female […]

Ben Dyer Was One of Atlanta’s First Successful Software Founders. Now He’s Back As TechSquare Labs’ Partner

In case you couldn’t tell from the name of his first successfully-exited company, Peachtree Software, Ben Dyer is an Atlanta native. Following the sale of the software company, which began as the city’s first true computer retailer, in 1981, Dyer founded and sold multiple technology startups, began venture investing, and serves as an advisor to […]