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Stord's Series C Brings The Atlanta Supply Chain Startup's Funding To $100M Raised in 6 Months

Stord's Series C Brings The Atlanta Supply Chain Startup's Funding To $100M Raised in 6 Months

Atlanta-based Stord is wrapping up Q1 2021 with a Series C funding round sure to turn heads across the supply chain field. The $65 million Series C round, led by new investors BOND, Salesforce Ventures, and Lineage Ventures, brings the startup’s total capital raised over the last 6

Behind Atlanta-based Sonar's $12M Series A and the Growing Field of Change Intelligence

Behind Atlanta-based Sonar's $12M Series A and the Growing Field of Change Intelligence

Necessity, the old proverb says, is the mother of invention. For two Atlanta entrepreneurs, necessity came after accidentally wiping out an entire year’s worth of work with one click. Brad Smith, a “non-engineer”, met Jack McGlinchey, a product manager, at another Atlanta-based startup. “The two often riffed

Atlanta's Overline Oversubscribes First Fund To Boost Local Seed-Stage Startups

Atlanta's Overline Oversubscribes First Fund To Boost Local Seed-Stage Startups

Despite the headlines around unicorns and larger funding rounds, Atlanta venture capital leaders Michael Cohn and Sean O’Brien still recognized a problem for local seed-stage companies. Namely, that it is still hard to raise the first few rounds of institutional capital within the region. “For founders who raised

Inspired by Durham’s Black Wall Street, New Fund Targeting Black-led Startups closes $3.45M Fund

Inspired by Durham’s Black Wall Street, New Fund Targeting Black-led Startups closes $3.45M Fund

Durham’s Black Wall Street may be long gone, but a team of local angel investors is working on a comeback of sorts. Meet Resilient Ventures, a new fund “inspired by [its] legacy,” specifically targeting African American-led startups from around the country. This month, two years after its launch

Verusen Apppoints New CTO As Supply Chain Startup Scales

Verusen Apppoints New CTO As Supply Chain Startup Scales

Andrew Vaughan has signed on as Verusen’s new Chief Technology Officer. Vaughan brings his background in engineering, product, and supply chain to the growing Atlanta-based startup. He joined Groupon’s engineering team in Chicago right before the company’s IPO and later served as Hyatt Hotels' Global

Behind Fulcrum Equity Partner's $275 Million Fund

Behind Fulcrum Equity Partner's $275 Million Fund

As Fulcrum Equity Partners closed its fourth fund, an oversubscribed and totaling $275 million, Frank Dalton and Tom Greer spoke to Hypepotamus about what this means for the future of the firm. “With our fund size, we're now able to become a pretty strong financial partner,” said Dalton.

New VC Fund In Atlanta Looks to Boost Media-Focused Startups

New VC Fund In Atlanta Looks to Boost Media-Focused Startups

Atlanta has another venture capital firm. Sound Media Ventures, led by Shachar Oren, announced the initial closing of its Fund I, with a target to reach $25 million. Oren told Hypepotamus that the fund looks for seed and early-stage startups focused on the media tech market. He was previously