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Atlanta's Overline Oversubscribes First Fund To Boost Local Seed-Stage Startups

Atlanta's Overline Oversubscribes First Fund To Boost Local Seed-Stage Startups

Despite the headlines around unicorns and larger funding rounds, Atlanta venture capital leaders Michael Cohn and Sean O’Brien still recognized a problem for local seed-stage companies. Namely, that it is still hard to raise the first few rounds of institutional capital within the region. “For founders who raised

Inspired by Durham’s Black Wall Street, New Fund Targeting Black-led Startups closes $3.45M Fund

Inspired by Durham’s Black Wall Street, New Fund Targeting Black-led Startups closes $3.45M Fund

Durham’s Black Wall Street may be long gone, but a team of local angel investors is working on a comeback of sorts. Meet Resilient Ventures, a new fund “inspired by [its] legacy,” specifically targeting African American-led startups from around the country. This month, two years after its launch

Atlanta's 48in48 Scales Its Skills-Based Volunteer Organization As Non-Profit Needs Grow

Atlanta's 48in48 Scales Its Skills-Based Volunteer Organization As Non-Profit Needs Grow

What started as a weekend for tech employees to give back has grown into an international movement to bring non-profits into the digital space. As the name implies, the non-profit organization 48in48 aims to build 48 websites over the course of each 48 hour-long hack-a-thon.

Verusen Apppoints New CTO As Supply Chain Startup Scales

Verusen Apppoints New CTO As Supply Chain Startup Scales

Andrew Vaughan has signed on as Verusen’s new Chief Technology Officer. Vaughan brings his background in engineering, product, and supply chain to the growing Atlanta-based startup. He joined Groupon’s engineering team in Chicago right before the company’s IPO and later served as Hyatt Hotels' Global

Canadian eLearning Company Acquires Atlanta-based MLevel

Canadian eLearning Company Acquires Atlanta-based MLevel

Two eLearning companies are joining forces to improve employee training opportunities. Earlier this month Canada’s Axonify announced its acquisition of MLevel, an Atlanta-based digital learning platform designed to help companies build interactive games to improve engagement and retention through employee training programs. The financials of the deal were

Behind Fulcrum Equity Partner's $275 Million Fund

Behind Fulcrum Equity Partner's $275 Million Fund

As Fulcrum Equity Partners closed its fourth fund, an oversubscribed and totaling $275 million, Frank Dalton and Tom Greer spoke to Hypepotamus about what this means for the future of the firm. “With our fund size, we're now able to become a pretty strong financial partner,” said Dalton.

Atlanta's Trust Stamp Acquires Image-Based Authentication Startup Out of London

Atlanta's Trust Stamp Acquires Image-Based Authentication Startup Out of London

In the neverending quest to remember each and every one of our passwords, Trust Stamp has made an acquisition designed to make the process a bit more picture-perfect. The Atlanta-based fraud detection company announced it has acquired PixelPin, an image-based account authentication startup based out of London.