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What Happened in Southeast Tech: January 2021

What Happened in Southeast Tech: January 2021

It's been a busy January for startups. We're wrapping up all the headlines you may have missed...from huge funding rounds to key new hires at companies and organizations across the ecosystem. Dive Into Big Funding Stories * Atlanta: Unicorn Calendly $350 million * Kennesaw: LendingPoint closed $125

After Series A Round, Atlanta-based Voxie Looks To Make Text Message Conversations The Next Big Thing in Brand Engagement

Even before the pandemic, getting in front of the right customers was hard for retailers, restaurateurs, and e-commerce store owners. As email open rates fell over the course of the last few years — and foot traffic into physical stores all but dried up in 2020 — marketers have had to

Atlanta-based Presso raises $1.6M as Hollywood takes notes of its dry cleaning robot

Atlanta-based Presso raises $1.6M as Hollywood takes notes of its dry cleaning robot

The team behind Presso has built a robotic dry-cleaning machine that cleans and sanitizes clothes within five minutes. For those who travel for work or spend time lugging shirts to the dry cleaners, Presso’s machine will surely be a time saver. But Hollywood has also taken note, as

Atlanta Investor Mike Dowdle Launches New Fund To Close Gap For Early-Stage Startups

Atlanta Investor Mike Dowdle Launches New Fund To Close Gap For Early-Stage Startups

While we don’t have any official stats on R.E.M.'s overall impact on the VC world since the Athens-based rock band formed in 1980, we do know they influenced at least the name of Atlanta’s latest venture fund. Mike Dowdle, veteran entrepreneur and investor,

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 16

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 16

We’re ending the week with all the funding, acquisition, and Southeast startup news you need to know: FUNDING NEWS Charlotte, North Carolina: Amicus.io, a fintech platform designed to make donor-advised funds (DAFs) more accessible, raised $8.7 million in Series B funding. Read more about the team,

Atlanta-based Sharecare Takes On Hotel Health As Hospitality Industry Returns To 'New Normal'

Atlanta-based Sharecare Takes On Hotel Health As Hospitality Industry Returns To 'New Normal'

It's been a busy couple of months for Sharecare. As offices looked for ways to navigate 'return to work' plans, the Atlanta-based health tech company rolled out the Well-Being@Work program in July to track and implement COVID readiness plans. Then in September, Sharecare

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 2

SOUTHEAST FUNDING & TECH NEWS: WEEK OF NOV 2

We’re ending the week with all the funding, acquisition, and startup news from across the Southeast you need to know: Atlanta-based Kobiton, a mobile device testing platform, announced it has acquired another Atlanta company, Mobile Labs. Additionally, Kobiton announced it raised an additional $14 million in funding from