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Amidst Acquisition, Kabbage Brings In CTO With Deep Scaling History

Last week, fintech unicorn Kabbage announced the hiring of a new CTO, their first since 2016. James Chou, formerly of Shutterstock and WorkMarket, has a long history of growing scaling technology companies’ product portfolio and capabilities. Chou most recently served as CTO at WorkMarket, a cloud-based workforce management solution

ReciproCare Takes Home $10K Startup Runway Prize For Its Common App For Caregivers

ReciproCare Takes Home $10K Startup Runway Prize For Its Common App For Caregivers

Wednesday night, 10 women and minority-led startups competed for $10,000 of equity-free cash at Startup Runway, a non-profit-driven competition that is the largest-prize pitch competition of its kind. The winner was a health tech platform that focuses on a large, untapped industry — the aging

Country’s Largest Female-Focused Angel Network Establishes Atlanta Chapter

Country’s Largest Female-Focused Angel Network Establishes Atlanta Chapter

Golden Seeds, one of the first and most active female-focused investor networks, has opened for business in Atlanta. This is the New York-based group’s sixth office and its first in the south. “Golden Seeds has been watching the Atlanta market for a few years,” said Golden Seeds

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Atlanta Braves Step Up Tech to Improve Fan Experience, From Mixed Realities to Wheelchair Requests

The Atlanta Braves aren’t shy when it comes to taking risks with tech — as we’ve already seen, the high-speed network at SunTrust Park has already proven an asset when it comes to fan engagement and mobility use. Now, following their first foray into geolocation augmented reality to

One Atlanta Suburb Is Funding An Autonomous Vehicle Track and Accompanying Accelerator

One Atlanta Suburb Is Funding An Autonomous Vehicle Track and Accompanying Accelerator

Though there has been much talk about the City of Atlanta’s autonomous vehicle testing on the North Avenue Smart City corridor, smaller cities have also been shown to reap benefits from exploring smart city technologies. The city of Peachtree Corners, a northern suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County, is

Atlanta's Most Valuable Fintech Company Files for IPO

Atlanta's Most Valuable Fintech Company Files for IPO

GreenSky, an Atlanta-based online lending technology provider, has filed documents to go public with an initial offering of $100 million in shares. The fintech company is currently the third most valuable in the U.S. after Stripe and SoFi. GreenSky last took in outside capital in 2016, raising $50