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Back by Techstars, Lousville startup Xena Intelligence has big plans to change ecommerce marketing

Back by Techstars, Lousville startup Xena Intelligence has big plans to change ecommerce marketing

The pandemic certainly changed how consumers think about online ordering. But it also drastically changed the way businesses think about their online selling habits. First during lockdowns and then during physical labor shortages, small businesses have had to find more innovative and streamlined ways to get their products online and

Meet Feedcoyote: The startup designed to help freelancers scale their business

Meet Feedcoyote: The startup designed to help freelancers scale their business

An estimated 59 million Americans worked as freelancers in 2021, which is equivalent to a massive 36% of the entire country’s workforce. Those freelancers often lack the support and infrastructure needed to keep up with business operations and ultimately scale their efforts. Plus, building up freelance opportunities is often

Could Carbon Capture Be The Region's Next Big CleanTech Trend? This Founder Thinks So

Could Carbon Capture Be The Region's Next Big CleanTech Trend? This Founder Thinks So

Kentucky-based AppHarvest garnered celebrity backers and an impressive list of investors before going public via SPAC in early 2021. The AgTech startup has a big vision to change the way we feed the country…so it is only fitting that one of its former executives would go off and

SuperFan Acquisition Is A Big Win For Southeast Women Investors & Entrepreneurs

SuperFan Acquisition Is A Big Win For Southeast Women Investors & Entrepreneurs

The JumpFund ‘hit it out of the park,’ you might say, with its first-ever investment. The Chattanooga-based early-stage angel fund invested in the women-led, Louisville-based mobile fan engagement platform SuperFan back in 2014. Since then The JumpFund’s Kristina Montague told Hypepotamus the fund watched

From Charlotte & Louisville, OmniLife Is Tackling Communication, Logistics Problems In Organ Donor Process

From Charlotte & Louisville, OmniLife Is Tackling Communication, Logistics Problems In Organ Donor Process

What happens after you check ‘become an organ donor’ at the DMV? However well-intentioned organ donors may be, the reality is that upwards of 54% of donated organs are discarded. For the team behind OmniLife, it’s a logistics problem. “A big reason for organ discard is that not

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 9

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 9

We’re ending the week with all the funding, acquisition, and startup news from across the Southeast you need to know: Funding News Elizabethtown, Kentucky: Venminder, a SaaS platform to mitigate risk associated with working with vendors, raised $33 million Series C. We've got more information about the

Kentucky-based Venminder Raises $33 Million Series C To Grow Vendor Management SaaS Platform

Kentucky-based Venminder Raises $33 Million Series C To Grow Vendor Management SaaS Platform

Based in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Venminder announced it has closed a $33 million Series C round, led by Boston-based Silversmith Capital Partners. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and MissionOG also joined the round. Silversmith's co-founder Todd MacLean will join Venminder's board. Venminder's SaaS