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Shila Nieves Burney

Shila Nieves Burney Challenges Perceptions With The Zane Venture Fund

Shila Nieves Burney has had enough of being rebuffed, although she doesn’t fear it. “I’m a lot older than the typical entrepreneur,” she quips. But righteous indignation seeps through her voice as she relates tale after tale of talented founders of color being denied investment opportunities. Some, she

Overline VC

New Atlanta-Based VC Fund Overline Announces Closing $17.5M of $25M Fund, Wants To Propel Startups To Big Success Despite Coronavirus

With coronavirus news currently roiling financial markets, some might guess that recently launched venture capital funds would hold off on whatever they were planning a few months ago. But that’s not what Michael Cohn and Sean O’Brien, founder-operators of Atlanta-based early stage venture capital firm Overline,

Valor Ventures

Valor Ventures Targets $25M For Second Fund Focused On Financial Inclusion

Valor Ventures, an Atlanta-based, early-stage venture capital firm, has announced the first close of its second fund. Valor is targeting $25 million for the fund in total and has closed on just over one-third. Valor’s General Partner and Founder Lisa Calhoun was the first woman to

algo capital

Atlanta-Based VCs Raise $200M Blockchain Fund

As Atlanta retains and grows its status as a fintech hub, some local investors are looking toward what many say is the next frontier of fintech: blockchain technology. Today, blockchain-focused venture capital firm Algo Capital announced the closing of its first fund at $200 million, double the firm’s

Atlanta's Noro-Moseley Partners Closes Oversubscribed Eighth Fund At $180M, Projects Up to 20 Investments

Atlanta's Noro-Moseley Partners Closes Oversubscribed Eighth Fund At $180M, Projects Up to 20 Investments

Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley Partners has closed on an oversubscribed eighth fund (NMP VIII) to invest in growing healthcare technology and software companies. At $180 million, this is Noro-Moseley’s largest fund since the dot-com boom, and one of the largest active funds in the Southeast. “We really

loeb.atl

Loeb.atl, A 'Venture Collective' Founded By Media Tech Entrepreneur Michael Loeb, Opens For Business

“We are not incubation. We are curation,” Michael Loeb tells Hypepotamus. Loeb is the president and CEO of Loeb Enterprises, a New York City-based 'venture collective' which functions as both venture capital and a company-building lab. Loeb founded the group after success as a media and

New Venture Fund, Accelerator Silicon Road Searches For Retail Tech Gold In Atlanta

Could Atlanta be the final stop on the silk road of success for retail tech startups? As a region strong in fintech, payments, and marketing technology, many of the pieces already exist to drive the next level of brick-and-mortar retail (which, despite apocalyptic projections, is far from dead)