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14 Georgia Startups Land Funding From Google For Startups

14 Georgia Startups Land Funding From Google For Startups

The second iteration of Google For Startups Black Founders Found is a lesson in the power of community. The 76 founders in the inaugural 2020 cohort were asked to nominate their startup peers to take part in the fund in 2021. 50 of those candidates were selected and will receive

Atlanta VCs Invest in Local Mobile Testing Platform Kobiton

Atlanta VCs Invest in Local Mobile Testing Platform Kobiton

Investors at Atlanta firms Panoramic Ventures and Fulcrum Equity Partners are continuing to back local mobile experience platform Kobiton. The two firms announced this week they are investing an additional $12 million round in the scaling startup. “[Panoramic and Fulcrum] fundamentally understand our unique technology and our competitive differentiators,” the

Atlanta VCs inject $2M into Durham B2B software startup

Atlanta VCs inject $2M into Durham B2B software startup

Ransomware, malware, denial of service attacks are just some of the constant threats plaguing today's cloud infrastructures. But this North Carolina B2B software startup says it’s putting an end to that. Arpio, headquartered in Durham, has created a SaaS platform that it says protects and eliminates “catastrophic

Backed By VCs in Atlanta & Silicon Valley, Speedscale is growing its customer-focused test automation platform

Backed By VCs in Atlanta & Silicon Valley, Speedscale is growing its customer-focused test automation platform

Speed makes a difference when it comes to building an API test automation company. Just ask the team behind Atlanta-based Speedscale. “We identified a gap in the market around the speed of application delivery and application quality,” Nate Lee, co-founder of Speedscale, told Hypepotamus. Lee is one of

Pass it Down Helps Cultural Institutions Survive Pandemic

Pass it Down Helps Cultural Institutions Survive Pandemic

COVID-19 has hit the cultural heritage industry particularly hard. Pass It Down, an award-winning digital exhibit design platform, is helping American cultural institutions withstand the pandemic, one story at a time. “Now more than ever, it’s a challenge for organizations to capture visitor attention and engage their

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Atlanta-Based FinTech Startup Buckle Raises $31 Million to Expand Its Ridesharing Insurance Business

Atlanta-based financial services company Buckle quietly (!) announced last week that it has raised $31 million in a huge Series A funding round. A tech-enabled provider of insurance coverage for drivers who turn their personal vehicles into ride-sharing assets, Buckle’s value is in addressing insurance gaps in

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Atlanta-based Charityvest Launches an “HSA for Doing Good” to Help Employees Become Philanthropists

Charityvest started with a simple premise: Giving back should be easy. Founded by Georgia Tech grads Stephen Kump, Jon Koon and Ashby Foltz, and backed by Y Combinator, Charityvest believes that their technology platform does just that, by empowering individuals to create and run their very own tax-deductible charitable