Atlanta investors back Visalaw.ai, a Memphis LegalTech startup built by prominent immigration lawyers Valor connected with Visalaw.ai in September of last year as they were looking for LegalTech startups with a generative AI focus.
What InvestTN's Chief Investment Officer Eller Kelliher Wants To See From Founders Tennessee native Eller Kelliher built her career across the state’s venture capital scene. She started as an intern at the angel fund The JumpFund in Chattanooga and then moved her way up the ranks at Jumpstart Foundry, a seed-stage healthcare innovation fund based out of Nashville. She served
Get To Know The CEO: LaunchTN's Lindsey Cox On Leading A State-Wide Startup Ecosystem Lindsey Cox said she found her way into the entrepreneurial world through a “happy accident.” The native Tennessean went to Tennessee Tech University for accounting and started working at the state comptroller's office after graduation. It was in that role that she started diving into economic development. Since
Memphis startup Youdle is tackling grocery supply problems, one "shelfie" at a time Telling the story of the local Memphis community came naturally to Kontji Anthony as she’d spent the last 17 years building up her career at the anchor desk at the NBC affiliate WMC-TV. Now, Anthony is writing her own story in the city with the launch of Youdle,
With New Name & Platform, This Engage Portfolio Company Is Making Cybersecurity More User Friendly ‘User-friendly cybersecurity’ isn’t a phrase you’ve likely to run into often. There’s a reason for that, says otto Chief Product Officer Chad Fowler. “The cybersecurity industry not only tolerates [things that aren’t user friendly], I think it welcomes it,” Fowler told Hypepotamus. “I think there
Tennessee-based Vodium Wants To Help You Become A More Effective Zoom Presenter In a pandemic-plagued world, virtual communication has never been more significant to ensure society continues to run in an orderly fashion. Co-founders Camille Padilla and Mary Mellor decided to create the perfect virtual teleprompter device to improve virtual communication. At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreaks, Padilla
Meet Some of the Southeast Innovators Taking On The Global Water Crisis It’s a paradox for anyone working on the global water crisis: Water is infinitely recyclable, and yet we are running out of it. Estimates suggest water demand could outstrip water supply as early as the year 2030. “Forget low flush toilets and short showers, that's not going