Friday Fund Day: Startup News From The Southeast For The Week Of April 14, 2025

Here’s what we covered on Hypepotamus this week:

  • We got a look inside the new office for UK-based fintech, payroll, and HR giant Sageat Ponce City Market in Atlanta. The space will be used for Sage’s growing headcount in Atlanta and for its first Customer Discovery Center.
  • Kaleido Life Insurance Inc.‘s Craig Du Bruyngave us the scoop on how they are rethinking the life insurance space
  • Jim Duggan told us about the power of planting trees and building a ClimateTech hub in #Alabama with Intrinsic Methods, LLC
  • Robin Cowie walked us through moving from the movie industry to the startup world with the launch of Skillmaker.AIas the #Wilmington-based #EdTech company looks to transform the future of work

 

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Funding news from across the Southeast

  • Vocap Partners, an Atlanta-based early-growth equity firm investing in B2B startups, announced it exceeded its initial $100 million target for Vocap Fund IV. Vocap will continue accepting commitments until $150 million, according to a press release.
  • hellocare, a Florida-based AI-powered telehealth startup, raised a $47 million venture round, according to Crunchbase.
  • Charlotte-based Soyio, a blockchain and identity management startup, raised a $1 million pre-seed round, according to Crunchbase.
  • Florida-based GoldState Music, which invests in music rights and music-related companies, announced it raised $500 million in strategic capital, according to a press release.