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Grab A Plate: These Founders Are Rethinking How We Get Our Food

Grab A Plate: These Founders Are Rethinking How We Get Our Food

Kashi Sehgal is no stranger to the Atlanta entrepreneurial scene. She was one of the originals working out of Atlanta Tech Village (ATV) and founded her first company – a market research messaging platform called Gigabark – 15 years ago in the city. Her entrepreneurial journey is on a bit more of

No Swiping Needed: Techstars Atlanta Startup Has A Modern Take On Matchmaking

No Swiping Needed: Techstars Atlanta Startup Has A Modern Take On Matchmaking

These recent college graduates want you to give matchmaking a whirl. Ted Middleton and Anna Lummus were students at Wake Forest University when they started setting up their single friends who ran on different social circles on campus. What initially started a blind date service via Google Sheets and Google

Atlanta Startup Fetches $3.5M Series A, Doubles Team In 90 Days

Atlanta Startup Fetches $3.5M Series A, Doubles Team In 90 Days

Geographic-specific startups face a unique challenge when it comes to scaling, as founders have to replicate success in each new market their open. That is something Atlanta-based startup Fetch knows well, CEO and co-founder Adam Steinberg told Hypepotamus. “In classic marketplaces, you want to balance growth with

This App Actually Wants You To Get "Offline" And Explore The Local Food Scene

This App Actually Wants You To Get "Offline" And Explore The Local Food Scene

An app that actually wants to decrease your screen time? It might sound like a contradiction, but Charlotte-based Offline is looking to do just that by helping people rediscover and reconnect with local restaurants. Founder and CEO David Shaner, a chemical engineering graduate from NC State, was fresh out

For Mother-Daughter Duo, Tech & Dance Connect Generations

For Mother-Daughter Duo, Tech & Dance Connect Generations

For an Atlanta-based mother-daughter entrepreneurial team, deep conversations can start right in the App Store. Seventh-grader Serenity Marie and her mom Quyionah Wingfield recently launched Gen Connect Game, a platform to spark more family engagement through a curated list of questions and in-app activities. Gen Connect

Nashville-based Stroll Wants To Be Your Personal Tour Guide

Nashville-based Stroll Wants To Be Your Personal Tour Guide

As US travel begins to come back in 2021, a Nashville-based tech startup is looking to make tourism more personal. Stroll, a location-based, personalized app, is what CEO John Mark (JM) Eberhardt describes as a local city guide mixed with Instagram. Beyond a map or utility app, Eberhardt

Atlanta-based Klippit wants to help make everyone an influencer

When Chike Nwoke was a student at the University of Maryland College Park, he took note of a unique marketing tactic used by energy drink company Redbull. The company would hire students to represent their brand on campus, which would ultimately drive more drink sales. For Nwoke, this showed that