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Friday Fund Day: What Southeast Startups Made News The Week of Feb 10-14, 2025

Friday Fund Day: What Southeast Startups Made News The Week of Feb 10-14, 2025

Funding rounds. Acquisition headlines. Moves across the ecosystem. Here's what you need to know from this week across the startup world of the Southeast! On The Funding Front Atlanta-based Aetos just announced a $4 million funding round from Flyover Capital and Tech Square Ventures. We caught up

Founder Talk: The Art of Making the Perfect Marketplace Match

Founder Talk: The Art of Making the Perfect Marketplace Match

For a little Valentine’s Day flair, founder Jonathan Dickerson describes his startup Gumption as “Tinder for Lenders.”

This Chattanooga startup is building a better AI-driven workflow for busy accountants

This Chattanooga startup is building a better AI-driven workflow for busy accountants

CEO Chiko Chingaya and his team are building up Talisman inside the walls of Chattanooga’s “insulator” known as Brickyard.

This Nashville Startup Is Protecting Kids Online with Smarter, Safer AI

This Nashville Startup Is Protecting Kids Online with Smarter, Safer AI

Nashville-based Angel Q (previously known as Angel Kids AI), got its start building a safer browser option for kids to access the internet. But browsers are not the only way of searching for information in 2025, as people are increasingly turning to LLMs and different AI platforms to answer

Atlanta-based Aetos Charts Its Next Growth Phase With $4 Million Funding Round

Atlanta-based Aetos Charts Its Next Growth Phase With $4 Million Funding Round

CEO Connor Offutt told Hypepotamus that the funding process was a “three to four month intensive” process to complete.

This husband-and-wife founding team wants you to talk about death.

This husband-and-wife founding team wants you to talk about death.

Tripp, who serves as Deadbook’s founder and CEO, built the first part of his career in the corporate world with names like thyssenkrupp and DS Smith. Jessica, co-founder and CMO, built her career in the PR (public relations) world, working with both Fortune 500s and early-stage startups.

VCs & sports enthusiasts back Atlanta-based Pickleheads, a platform serving 1 million players each month

VCs & sports enthusiasts back Atlanta-based Pickleheads, a platform serving 1 million players each month

For Ade and many others, pickleball isn’t just a passion, it’s a business opportunity. To support the growing community of entrepreneurial players, Pickleheads recently launched new features, a payment processing tool, allowing organizers to host and monetize in-person events directly through the pl

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