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Meet the brother and sister team in Florida behind NightCap, the brand tackling drink spiking at bars

The brother and sister founding team of Shirah Benarde and Michael Benarde are looking to change the meaning behind “grabbing a nightcap.” Shirah developed NightCap as a unique product that turns a simple hair scrunchie into a drink spiking prevention tool. “When we first started NightCap, one of the very

Looking to refine your company pitch in 2023? This Tampa-based SaaS company can help

Looking to refine your company pitch in 2023? This Tampa-based SaaS company can help

If you’ve ever stayed up late reformatting slides, emailed back-and-forth to get approved logos to add to a deck, or tried to track down your boss to get the most up-to-date sales numbers before a pitch, you understand exactly why Tampa-based Shufflrr was created.

Behind The Acquisition: Charlotte-based ThreatSwitch Sees Acquisition As Growth Opportunity

Behind The Acquisition: Charlotte-based ThreatSwitch Sees Acquisition As Growth Opportunity

Charlotte-based ThreatSwitch is taking the acquisition route as it looks to grow its Charlotte-based team. The security compliance startup announced this week it was acquired by Sign In Solutions, a visitor management and risk mitigation software. Sign In’s US headquarters is in St. Petersburg, and it is

Spontivly looks to bring data to the conversation about community

Spontivly looks to bring data to the conversation about community

Community can come in all forms, but there might be one universal truth – measuring the concept of “community” is difficult. That difficulty is something that Marissa Huggins and Anthony Nagendraraj knew very well during their time in the corporation world. Huggins built her career in the nonprofits and Nagendraraj worked

How One Tampa-based Blockchain Startup Is Helping Those Building For Web3

How One Tampa-based Blockchain Startup Is Helping Those Building For Web3

As Ethereum and other blockchain protocols started taking off several years back, Michael O’Rourke recognized a fundamental flaw associated with those building in the relatively new space. While more people were building on top of the blockchain, they relied on a single service provider. “We got the sense that

Atlanta Ventures Backs Startup Bringing "Starbucks App-Like Experience" To Local Restaurants

Atlanta Ventures Backs Startup Bringing "Starbucks App-Like Experience" To Local Restaurants

“Starbucks, Chick-Fil-A, and Panera all have great app experiences. We want to bring that to our local restaurant customers,” Dick Sikes, founder and CEO of Hazlnut told Hypepotamus. For Sikes and his Jacksonville-based team, that means building out white-labeled online ordering pages and mobile apps for

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