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REIN

Insurtech Startup Raises $7.3M From Liberty Mutual to Insure Drones, Robots and More

REIN, an insurtech startup focused on emerging technology markets like robots, drones, mobility and IoT products, has raised $7.3 million in a funding round from investors including insurance giant Liberty Mutual’s investing arm. Founded in 2015, REIN is based in Chapel Hill, NC. Kiplin Capital and a number

PRSONAS

This Startup Projects Virtual 'Digital Personalities' To Add A Personal Touch In Your Store, Event Or Office

Siri, Cortana, Alexa… having a virtual assistant in all your devices and gadgets certainly isn’t a rarity anymore. But how often can you say you interact with a human-like, intelligent, personable hologram? For Chuck Rinker, the answer is fairly often. The founder and chief innovation officer of PRSONAS,

Tavia

Dollar Shave Club-For-Feminine Products Aims to Keep Girls In Africa In School

When Eileen Stephens' college-aged daughter brought home Half the Sky, a book about women in the developing world, Stephens expected to read about oppression, malnutrition and inequity. But there was one situation detailed in the book that she had never heard anyone talk about, much less try to

First real estate

Real Estate Startup Raises $5M to Build Out An AI-Driven Relationship Predictor for Agents

As in many fields, real estate professionals may be experiencing uncertainly about how artificial intelligence tools could disrupt the industry or replace jobs. But one startup is flipping that on its head by employing AI to help agents do their jobs more effectively. First, a Durham, NC-based startup, has

Bee Downtown

Atlanta’s Biggest Companies Are Installing Honeybee Hives to Cover the City, Thanks to This Beekeeping Startup

This spring and summer, there will be hundreds of thousands of new residents in Atlanta affected by Georgia’s infamous pollen season. These buzzing Atlantans (no, not Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets) will be busy traversing thousands of acres across the city to make it a more fertile, flowered and sustainable

Cultivate

This Music Marketing Startup Tells Artists When (and What) to Post to Build Their Audience

Recording companies invested $4.5 billion globally in 2016 in artist scouting, development, and marketing to promote artists and their music. Marketing departments or agencies have their hands full with social media posting for each one of those signed artists — often monitoring hundreds or thousands of accounts. Cultivate makes this

North Carolina Fintech Fast Mover nCino Closes Salesforce Ventures Funding

North Carolina Fintech Fast Mover nCino Closes Salesforce Ventures Funding

Fintech company nCino has taken in a strategic round of more than $51 million, led by existing investor Salesforce Venture, to aid global expansion and product innovation. The cloud-based bank operating system is built on the Salesforce platform and integrates with Salesforce Financial Services Cloud. "Salesforce has been