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Adam Hofeler

Leading Israeli Anti-Phishing Startup Picks Atlanta Cybersecurity Expert As First U.S. Hire

Israeli cybersecurity startup IRONSCALES, which was chosen as one of the top 10 cybersecurity companies to watch in Q3 2017 by Momentum Partners, has found its first U.S. hire in Atlanta-based security veteran, Adam Hofeler. Hofeler will serve as the company’s Vice President of Sales for the

Atlanta Startup Fête Acquired By Evite to Power Mobile Invitations

Atlanta Startup Fête Acquired By Evite to Power Mobile Invitations

Fête, an Atlanta-based mobile-based social planning and invitations startup, has been acquired by Evite. Fête’s technology will help power Evite’s new text-based invitation offering, through which 40,000 mobile invitations are being sent on a daily basis. Though financial terms of the deal were not

HBCU@SXSW

MailChimp Is Challenging Atlanta Corporates to Send Underrepresented Students to SXSW

Spelman College student Brianna Fugate had put in time as a volunteer with Black Girls Code, at a Google immersive summer program, and in her classes as a computer science major. Thanks to her experience and leadership, when she arrived at the 2017 SXSW Conference in Austin, TX, she not

Velocity accelerator

Meet the Southern Startups Selected for Alabama's Velocity Accelerator

Birmingham’s Velocity Accelerator, the only startup accelerator program in the state of Alabama, has selected its second class of companies to join the three-month program. Eight startups, including six from the southeast, will receive $50,000 and begin the program in January. Velocity Accelerator is based at Innovation

TSYS

TSYS Acquires Boston-Based Payments Tech Company for About $1B to Serve More Small to Mid-Size Businesses

Payments solutions giant TSYS has acquired payments technology and merchant-acquiring company Cayan for $1.05 billion in cash. The acquisition will help Columbus, Georgia-based TSYS grow their client base for merchant acquiring in the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market, a major focus for their strategic goals

Hirebotics

Can Human and Machine Employees Get Along? This Robot Rental Startup Says Yes

"Most of our customers — this might sound a little surprising — they're not doing it just because there's cost savings. They're doing it because they have unfilled positions, or they want to push the envelope and experiment with advanced technology." Co-founder and

shipt

Target Acquires Alabama Grocery Delivery Startup for $550M to Compete In Same-Day Delivery

Birmingham, AL-based Shipt, a three-year-old grocery delivery company that competes with Instacart and AmazonFresh, has been acquired by Target for $550 million in cash. The acquisition of Shipt’s delivery platform and on-demand shopper network will help Target compete with the likes of Amazon, along with