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Monique Villa

Monique Villa Brings A Modern Eye to Investing in the Southeast

When Monique Villa moved to Nashville from LA at the end of 2017, she had only set foot in Tennessee a few times; she had very little exposure with the Southeast as a whole. So the natural researcher set out on a tour to learn about her new home. “I

Invest Georgia-Backed Knoll Ventures Fills A Funding Gap for the Southeast’s Early-Stage Startups

Invest Georgia-Backed Knoll Ventures Fills A Funding Gap for the Southeast’s Early-Stage Startups

Anyone who reads Fortune or follows Crunchbase News on Twitter has heard about the "supergiant" funding rounds of today's venture capital landscape — SoftBank and other mega-funds betting hundreds of millions, even billions, on relatively new companies. It stands that this phenomenon has altered startup funding

comeback cities

'Comeback Cities Tour' Brought A Dozen Coastal VCs Through the South. Here's What They Thought

Last month, Atlanta founder Michael Sengbusch penned a piece for Hypepotamus on the underrepresentation of southeastern startups at the TechCrunch Disrupt startup event in Silicon Valley. That underrepresentation means that not only are startups from the region missing out on the visibility and connections to capital, but those who live

state of startups in the southeast

VC Deal Size in the Southeast Is Increasing — And You Get More Bang for Your Buck Than On the Coasts

Atlanta-based venture capital firm BIP Capital has released their State of Startups in the Southeast report for the second year, a comprehensive chronicle of recent activity in the region. The analysis offers a high-level look at trends that aren’t commonly well-reported in regions outside VC-heavy

11-11 Ventures Commits to $1M Investment For This Year's Crop of Venture Atlanta Startups

11-11 Ventures Commits to $1M Investment For This Year's Crop of Venture Atlanta Startups

11-11 Ventures, an Alpharetta-based seed and Series A venture capital firm, has committed to raising a $1 million capital vehicle to invest exclusively in companies presenting at this year’s Venture Atlanta conference. Venture Atlanta, now in its 11th year, is the largest venture investor conference in the

Georgia state government

Invest Georgia Allocated Another $10M to Support Georgia's Venture Funds

Invest Georgia, the state-funded investment program, has received an additional $10 million in the FY 2019 state budget. This brings the program’s total funding up to $40 million available to spur economic activity by investing in Georgia-based venture capital and private equity funds. “Invest Georgia furthers one

growth equity

Pay Attention to These Four Metrics to Expedite Your Chances of a Growth Equity Investment

Building any technology company from the ground up is undeniably challenging and resource intensive. Of course, it takes more than just money to build a startup — and survive — but access to outside capital is possibly the most important asset for scaling. It is also often the biggest challenge to overcome.