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The Engage Venture Platform: Tracking Success Two Years, Four Cohorts, and A Few Stealth Launches In

Months before his business intelligence AI product launched, Pryon founder Igor Jablokov was meeting with top-level decision-makers at some of the largest enterprises in the world. He solicited feedback for how his platform could help businesses across industries — logistics, finance, transportation, retail and more. Those conversations were made

Pryon

The Entrepreneur Behind Alexa’s Tech Is Back With An AI Assistant For Companies

Igor Jablokov is used to people not quite “getting” what he’s working on. The Raleigh, NC-based entrepreneur and computer engineer was one of the first minds behind very early (we’re talking the ’90’s) artificial intelligence experiments that have led to some of the most well-known

Daley Ervin

Engage Fund Brings On Daley Ervin, Formerly Airbnb, YPLan, As Entrepreneur-In-Residence

The Engage fund, an Atlanta-based venture fund and startup program backed by 11 corporations including Delta, Goldman Sachs, the Home Depot and UPS, as well as Georgia’s venture fund Invest Georgia, has expanded its team with the addition of Daley Ervin as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Ervin has been

FreightWaves

Trucking Tech Startup FreightWaves Closes $13M Series A From Logistics Tech VCs, Rise of the Rest, New York Jet

FreightWaves, a fast-growing startup drawing attention for its data analytics and content platform, focused on the freight market, has closed an oversubscribed Series A round of $13 million. The round was led by logistics-focused 8VC with participating investors including Fontinalis Partners, Story Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Revolution’

Bee Downtown

Atlanta’s Biggest Companies Are Installing Honeybee Hives to Cover the City, Thanks to This Beekeeping Startup

This spring and summer, there will be hundreds of thousands of new residents in Atlanta affected by Georgia’s infamous pollen season. These buzzing Atlantans (no, not Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets) will be busy traversing thousands of acres across the city to make it a more fertile, flowered and sustainable

Engage

Goldman Sachs Stakes A Claim In Atlanta's Startup Scene With $1.5M In Engage Fund

Global financial firm Goldman Sachs has joined as the newest partner in Atlanta’s Engage, the venture capital fund that serves as the largest group of corporate investors in one fund. This makes 11 companies, along with state-funded institutional investor Invest Georgia, that have contributed a total of $18

Freightwaves

Freightwaves Is Using Data, Content, and Financials to Build a Bloomberg-Like Empire For Freight Markets

When Craig Fuller started FreightWaves, a niche publication focused on the freight, supply chain and logistics industries, he was focused on educating the world about his other startup, TransRisk. That company provides a market data analytics and tracking dashboard akin to a Bloomberg Terminal. “It was intended to basically educate