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Atlanta-Based SaaS Lavender Says Its AI-Powered Platform Will Make Your Sales Emails Way Better

Anyone earning a living as a writer will admit that they’re never all that excited to share news of new AI platforms that could one day spell the end of their ability to earn a living. But even this writer has to admit that Atlanta-based email editing SaaS

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Atlanta-Based FinTech Startup Buckle Raises $31 Million to Expand Its Ridesharing Insurance Business

Atlanta-based financial services company Buckle quietly (!) announced last week that it has raised $31 million in a huge Series A funding round. A tech-enabled provider of insurance coverage for drivers who turn their personal vehicles into ride-sharing assets, Buckle’s value is in addressing insurance gaps in

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eBay is Partnering With Kennessaw-Based LendingPoint to Provide Small Business Loans to eBay Sellers

In an announcement made public on August 5, eBay announced that the online marketplace is partnering with LendingPoint, the Atlanta-area platform that rapidly originates unsecured loans to merchants and service providers using data and code, to provide installment loans to eBay sellers wanting to sustain or simply grow their

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Atlanta-Based Grubbly Farms Raises Almost $3 Million From Overline VC To Help You Feed Your New Backyard Chickens

If you’ve noticed more people going rural, even in urban areas, you’re not alone. Overline VC has noticed as well, resulting in the Atlanta-based VC leading a $2.9 million seed funding round for AgTech startup Grubbly Farms. With roots also in Atlanta, Grubbly Farms identifies as

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Meet Shaun Chavis, Founder of LVNGbook, a Customizable, Shoppable Cookbook For Healthy, Delicious Recipes

A lot more people are cooking these days, but cookbooks have always been great resources for not just recipes but ideas for living healthier lifestyles. Cookbook author and food journalist Shaun Chavis is now taking food recommendations into the future as the founder and CEO of a new cookbook platform

Atlanta-Based Utility Data Aggregator and Payment Automator Urjanet Raises $14.65M in Series D Funding Round

Urjanet, which considers itself “the world’s largest utility data network,” and announced today that it has raised $14.65 million in a Series D Investment, with participation from Equifax, as well as venture funds including Oak HC/FT, Grotech Ventures, and Correlation Ventures. The Atlanta company, founded in 2010

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Steady, Atlanta-Based App For Gig Economy Workers Backed by Shaq, Raises $15 Million in Series B

The COVID-19 pandemic has not gone away, and neither has it given the economy any clear signs that things are back to normal. But Atlanta-based app Steady doesn’t have a normal business model — even having Shaquille O’Neal as a financial backer is just one reason they’

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