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Startup Runway Opens Applications for Pitch Competition + Mentoring Program

Startup Runway Opens Applications for Pitch Competition + Mentoring Program

Startup Runway has opened applications for its 2024 Spring Showcase! Last year, Startup Runway celebrated a record 14 winners across 43 Finalists and 6 Showcases. The bar is set and the team is ready to go bigger in 2024. Underrepresented founders can apply to pitch for three $10,000 grants

Startup Runway Names Nwanyinma Dike As New Executive Director

Startup Runway Names Nwanyinma Dike As New Executive Director

Startup Runway, an Atlanta nonprofit connecting investors to top startups led by underrepresented founders, just named a new Executive Director. Nwanyinma Dike, who describes herself as an “engineer turned strategist,” has the organization’s top spot previously held by Mecca Tartt. While Dike started her career in corporate, she is

Temperature Check: How did early-stage investors navigate uncertainty in 2023?

Temperature Check: How did early-stage investors navigate uncertainty in 2023?

The VC world was pretty quiet this year, particularly for those investing in and watching later-stage ventures. Venture capital funding globally dropped by nearly half in the first half of 2023, according to data from research firm PitchBook. That lack of enthusiasm certainly hit the Southeast, as later, bigger

Atlanta-based Aetos Imaging Taps Local Investors To Grow Visual Maintenance Management Software

Atlanta-based Aetos Imaging Taps Local Investors To Grow Visual Maintenance Management Software

Buildings are getting a 3D makeover, thanks to Atlanta-based Aetos Imaging. And that could have a huge impact on the technicians, engineers, building managers, and facility operators that keep those buildings running each and every day. The startup uses 3D scanning cameras to create a “digital twin” of a

Atlanta VCs inject $2M into Durham B2B software startup

Atlanta VCs inject $2M into Durham B2B software startup

Ransomware, malware, denial of service attacks are just some of the constant threats plaguing today's cloud infrastructures. But this North Carolina B2B software startup says it’s putting an end to that. Arpio, headquartered in Durham, has created a SaaS platform that it says protects and eliminates “catastrophic

Valor Ventures

Valor Ventures Targets $25M For Second Fund Focused On Financial Inclusion

Valor Ventures, an Atlanta-based, early-stage venture capital firm, has announced the first close of its second fund. Valor is targeting $25 million for the fund in total and has closed on just over one-third. Valor’s General Partner and Founder Lisa Calhoun was the first woman to

Following Overwhelming Interest, Funding U Raises $5M to Scale Student Lending Nationally

Following Overwhelming Interest, Funding U Raises $5M to Scale Student Lending Nationally

Student lending startup Funding University has raised a $5 million strategic funding round in equity and debt. The $2.4 million equity portion was led by Silicon Valley-based Deciens Capital with participation from Valor Ventures, Asia-based fund GMO Ventures and additional angel investors. Additional investment was allocated in

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