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Maija Ehlinger

Atlanta, GA

Born and raised in Southern California, Maija has been in Atlanta since 2010. She is a graduate of Emory University and the Columbia Journalism School's Lede Program for data journalism.

Black Founder-Focused Collab Capital Closes First $50 Million Fund With Impressive List of LPs

Black Founder-Focused Collab Capital Closes First $50 Million Fund With Impressive List of LPs

In just over a year, Atlanta-based Collab Capital closed its $50 million inaugural fund. Collab’s founding team is Jewel Burks Solomon, Justin Dawkins, and Barry Givens. Dawkins and Givens sat down with Hypepotamus last summer to discuss the fund’s investing thesis, fostering Black innovation, and building generational

Behind Engage's New Corporate Partnership Wellstar Health

Behind Engage's New Corporate Partnership Wellstar Health

One Atlanta-based healthcare giant is staking its claim in the city’s entrepreneurial scene. Wellstar Health Systems announced it will join Engage’s growing list of corporate partners. As a hybrid innovation and corporate venture platform, Engage is designed to connect enterprise startups with corporate sponsors and academic research

What's Next for Georgia's PPE suppliers?

What's Next for Georgia's PPE suppliers?

We’ve come a long way from the time of makeshift masks and watered-down hand sanitizer that plagued the spring of 2020. And while vaccine rollouts have brought new hope for the end of the pandemic, manufacturers across the state of Georgia are continuing to fill in a critical

Georgia Tech Ph.D's Eye Healthcare Innovation With Insight Optics

Georgia Tech Ph.D's Eye Healthcare Innovation With Insight Optics

Atlanta students have once again shown their entrepreneurial prowess on the global stage. Insight Optics, an Atlanta-based and Georgia Tech-founded HealthTech platform assisting primary care providers with retinal screenings, took third in this month’s TiE University Global Pitch Competition. The virtual competition is one part of TiE&

New MediaTech Platform LoCo+ Looks To Capture Atlanta's Movie & Music Magic

New MediaTech Platform LoCo+ Looks To Capture Atlanta's Movie & Music Magic

One emerging media platform has big plans to build the future of streaming right from Atlanta. LoCo+, a city-based streaming network officially launching in the summer of 2021, is looking to bring premium, locally-produced content to digital media fans. Its founding team has deep roots in media, entrepreneurship,

Georgia Tech, Google Team Up To Bring New Beat To Drummer's Life

Georgia Tech, Google Team Up To Bring New Beat To Drummer's Life

After seven years of work with Georgia Tech, drummer Jason Barnes has an advanced robotic prosthetic to take his musical talents to the next level. Barnes lost his lower right arm during an electrical accident in 2012. While studying at the Atlanta Institute of Music and Media, he was looking

Atlanta-based Foreground Looks To Be Go-To Place For Photography

Atlanta-based Foreground Looks To Be Go-To Place For Photography

When the pandemic halted in-person gatherings, Stephen Marshall saw firsthand how photographers got creative. “[Photographers] had to pivot and do a lot of different types of shoots. Someone who was a wedding photographer now pivoted to doing family shoots,” Marshall told Hypepotamus. Family preserved moments through porch photo shoots