Over 150 of Atlanta’s startup ecosystem members gathered last Friday night for the inaugural Atlanta Startup Awards to find out who would take home the trophy in each of five company and three individual categories. Organized by Startup Atlanta, the Awards aim to celebrate the city’s most successful startup companies, entrepreneurs, and the community leaders, including […]
Two major southeastern venture firms have merged to pool their resources for venture funding in the Southeast. Atlanta-based BIP Capital, one of the largest venture firms in the Southeast, and Accelerant Venture Capital will now operate as one. Paul Iaffaldano, founder and managing partner of Accelerant, will become managing director at BIP, and former managing […]
You know what a marketer does, and a sales team, and even an account manager, but customer success is a field that is still being defined. Hovering amidst the fields of technology, marketing, sales, and support, a customer success team must constantly utilize insights gleaned from data to make sure clients are using their products to the best […]
In the startup world it’s all about who you know (or love). In honor of Valentine’s Day we’ve connected with three of Atlanta’s closest partnerships. RICK MYERS & AMY HOOVER- Are They or Aren’t They? Current positions: Rick– Founder, Talent Zoo / Cofounder, Strongbox West Amy– President, Talent Zoo / Cofounder and CEO, Strongbox West […]
In February Blake Patton announced that he was launching Tech Square Ventures, a $10 million fund focused on seed-stage and early stage companies. Blake shared his reasoning behind starting the fund in the Saporta Report earlier this week, “the funding shortage in Georgia is a big opportunity for early-stage venture capital and angel investors. The current level of […]