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New CTO Talks The Challenges, Opportunities In Building At A Seed-Stage Startup

New CTO Talks The Challenges, Opportunities In Building At A Seed-Stage Startup

Calm Mattier, a Georgia Tech physics graduate turned teacher turned developer, is stepping into the CTO role for the fast-growing Atlanta startup Lillii RNB Inc. That team, which includes the fraud detection platform Freeing Returns, raised $3 million seed round from Serena William’s venture fund this April to

With fresh investment from Serena Williams, Atlanta team is ready to take on more e-commerce fraudsters

Editor's Note: Since this article was first published, the company has gone through a rebrand and is now called Freeing Returns. The article was updated on March 13, 2023 to reflect the update. You can learn more about Freeing Returns here. When the idea that would become Freeing

First Google for Startups Atlanta Pop-Up Empowers Underrepresented Entrepreneurs With 48 hours of Focused Mentorship

First Google for Startups Atlanta Pop-Up Empowers Underrepresented Entrepreneurs With 48 hours of Focused Mentorship

The Google Atlanta midtown office was bustling during the first two days of October. Everywhere you looked you saw two people huddled together — a Google mentor and a startup founder — discussing specific pain points and using the mentor's expertise to solve them. About 40 minutes after, the founders

This Merchandise Returns Startup Tackles the $9B Fraudulent Returns Market

This Merchandise Returns Startup Tackles the $9B Fraudulent Returns Market

Fraudulent returns cost big box retailers a large chunk of money every year — a recent study found that retailers lose more than $9 billion from fraudulent returns a year. Just from last holiday season, retailers estimated that more than 5 percent of holiday returns are expected to be fraudulent. When