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Students are still dealing with the long-term impacts of COVID. Atlanta startup QuestRead wants to help.

Students are still dealing with the long-term impacts of COVID. Atlanta startup QuestRead wants to help.

Janessa Ferrell, Co-founder and CEO of QuestRead, left her career as a school teacher in 2019 to solve the reading proficiency gap. While she was working on solving this problem, the world halted. The pandemic had a large impact on education and new research from Education Recovery Scorecard found

Startup Runway Opens Applications for Pitch Competition + Mentoring Program

Startup Runway Opens Applications for Pitch Competition + Mentoring Program

Startup Runway has opened applications for its 2024 Spring Showcase! Last year, Startup Runway celebrated a record 14 winners across 43 Finalists and 6 Showcases. The bar is set and the team is ready to go bigger in 2024. Underrepresented founders can apply to pitch for three $10,000 grants

Think you're the next Taylor Swift? Or SZA? This collaborative MusicTech startup might help

Think you're the next Taylor Swift? Or SZA? This collaborative MusicTech startup might help

If you watched the 66th Annual Grammy Awards last weekend and thought, ‘hey, I could do that!’ you might want to give the app Bass Parlour a try. The Atlanta-based startup connects artists and musicians together to help create original music. This is an opportunity for vocalists to team

Startup Runway Names Nwanyinma Dike As New Executive Director

Startup Runway Names Nwanyinma Dike As New Executive Director

Startup Runway, an Atlanta nonprofit connecting investors to top startups led by underrepresented founders, just named a new Executive Director. Nwanyinma Dike, who describes herself as an “engineer turned strategist,” has the organization’s top spot previously held by Mecca Tartt. While Dike started her career in corporate, she is

Showcase Competition Alert: Startup Runway Announces Call for Applications

Showcase Competition Alert: Startup Runway Announces Call for Applications

???? Is this thing on ???? Hey Founders! Here is your opportunity to participate in one of the biggest showcases of the year. Startup Runway is gearing up to host its last pitch competition of the year and seeking startups from near and far to pitch. Startup Runway is a pitch competition

These Are The Mental Health Startups You Need To Know

These Are The Mental Health Startups You Need To Know

The healthcare landscape has changed dramatically since the US first designated May as Mental Health Awareness Month back in the 1940s. At the time, the goal was to drive general awareness of mental wellness and celebrate recovery from mental illness. “Now, it’s much less stigmatized to talk about mental

Startup Runway Soars into New Cities with Program Expansion

Startup Runway Soars into New Cities with Program Expansion

The Startup Runway Foundation is on a mission to provide more first checks to founders of color and women. After growing frustrations of seeing the lack of founders of color represented in funding competitions, the Foundation was created and established its vision of closing the funding gap faced by underrepresented