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Enterprise-Focused Startup Building The "Search For Everything" Platform Relocates To Atlanta

Enterprise-Focused Startup Building The "Search For Everything" Platform Relocates To Atlanta

Software engineers turned entrepreneurs Louis Murerwa and Michael Moyo have spent time across all different corners of the world in the early parts of their tech careers. From Zimbabwe and Zambia, the two graduated from Dartmouth in New Hampshire. Murerwa went on to work at Google in New York City,

Atlanta Investors Back AI Sales Automation Startup In $2.5 Million Seed Round

Atlanta Investors Back AI Sales Automation Startup In $2.5 Million Seed Round

Atlanta-based Silicon Road Ventures’ latest portfolio company came out of stealth mode today with big plans to change how companies get those all important business leads. Pitchit, founded in San Francisco by Paul Kleen, is an AI Lead Qualification as a Service (LQaaS) Platform that helps automate the first

A Restaurant Owner's New Best Friend Might Just Be A Influencer Marketplace With ATL Roots

A Restaurant Owner's New Best Friend Might Just Be A Influencer Marketplace With ATL Roots

Social media not only created new job opportunities for budding marketers, but also gave rise to an entirely new subset of celebrities. The social media influencer is ubiquitous on platforms like Tik Tok on Instagram today. And those influencers are bringing in some serious cash, as the influencer marketing industry

Behind Tonic, The "Small & Mighty" Company Redefining Fake Data

Behind Tonic, The "Small & Mighty" Company Redefining Fake Data

When chatting with Grant Wainscott at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, it’s easy to hear his enthusiasm for the local tech sector. “Everyone loves a unicorn, but we love to see the early days,” Wainscott told Hypepotamus. One of those early-stage companies, Tonic, recently turned heads over

Flock Safety Raises $47 Million Series C To Grow Its Atlanta-Based Crime Prevention & Solving Platform

Flock Safety Raises $47 Million Series C To Grow Its Atlanta-Based Crime Prevention & Solving Platform

The Atlanta-based sofware software Flock Safety, known for building localized surveillence system to prevent and solve neighborhood crime, announced it has closed a $47 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Bay Area-based Meritech Capital and more than doubles the startup's capital. Meritech

Lean Startup Conference | Win Trip to San Fran

Lean Startup Conference | Win Trip to San Fran

This fall, we’re partnering with General Assembly to give away a trip for two to the 2015 Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco, November 16th - 19th. It's a meeting with some of the most successful minds in tech, and you and a friend could get VIP access,

SparkMarket’s San Fran Adventure in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator

SparkMarket’s San Fran Adventure in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator

Partners, Process and Points of Light Welcome back! Since Atlanta we’ve spent the intervening 6 weeks processing week one’s learnings, conducting user interviews (learn what makes your users tick!), holding demo sessions with my peers from the cohort (think: show & tell), and challenging previously held assumptions about