DIG SOUTH STORY OF THE DAY MARYLAND — NASA’s James Webb Telescope Captures Groundbreaking Images of Distant Galaxies The universe’s splendor and breadth are on display like never before, thanks to a new batch of images that NASA released from…
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ATLANTA ENTREPRENEUR’S 2ND STARTUP UPBEAT MUSIC APP ACQUIRED ATLANTA —Atlanta entrepreneur Seth Radman has hit another high note in the MusicTech space. A little over two years after his startup Crescendo was acquired by Ultimate Guitar, one of his latest ventures,…
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LOCUS BIOSCIENCES GAINS $35M IN FUNDING RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK —Gene editing startup Locus Biosciences is another step closer to actualizing its biotherapeutics against bacterial diseases after landing $35 million in additional capital. The Morrisville startup said the funds included Series B…
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$5.6B INVESTMENT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN GEORGIA SAVANNAH —Georgia will be home to Hyundai’s first dedicated EV plant and battery manufacturing facility in the United States, the company announced Friday. Hyundai is investing almost $5.5 billion into the EV plant in…
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SUMMIT KEYNOTES EXPERTS IN WEB3, NFTS, REMOTE WORKING, NBA MARKETING + COMEDY IMPROV! DIG SOUTH Tech Summit, the South’s first and foremost event connecting leading global brands to the South’s most scalable startups, is bringing you 74 leading executives, 30 startups…
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CHECKING IN WITH STANFIELD GRAY 10 YEARS AFTER THE LAUNCH OFDIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT Expose Yourself! Yes, this was the cheeky battle cry of DIG SOUTH Tech Summit #1 more than a decade ago. It was also a cri de coeur for…
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WHAT THE HECK IS WEB3, YOU ASK, AND WHY SHOULD I CARE? DIG SOUTH Tech Summit speakers will dive deep on the topic in just two weeks, examining the whacky hype, the very real emerging tech, the passion projects, the…
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DIG DIG SOUTH ON SC PUBLIC RADIO MONDAY, APRIL 25Tune in to your local South Carolina Public Radio on Monday, April 25 at 7:52 am when the South Carolina Business Review will feature the upcoming DIG SOUTH Tech Summit, May…
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Anyone who attended DIG SOUTH Tech Summits #3 and/or #4 undoubtably remembers the inimitable dynamo Gary Vaynerchuk. Thanks to our good friend Jordan French, publisher of Grit Daily News, we connected with Vayner NFT President Avery Akkineni who will join…
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VAYNER NFT PRESIDENT AVERY AKKENINI HEADLINES DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT Anyone who attended DIG SOUTH Tech Summit #3 and/or #4 undoubtably remembers the inimitable dynamo Gary Vaynerchuk. Well the DIG Team is fired up to continue to build on the…
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GOOD GROWTH CAPITAL PARTNER TO SPEAK AT DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT Flux Deal: The State of Venture Capital & Investing Post-PandemicModerator: Andy Brusman, CEO, Charles Towne HoldingsCarolyne LaSala, Managing Partner/Software, Data Science, Good Growth CapitalNancy Hilliker, VP, Revolution Growth Catch…
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DISRUPTOR STUDIO HOST MODERATES DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT FIRESIDE CHATS NEXT MONTH Get ready to dig deeper on emerging tech and entrepreneurship with Alex Gonzalez as he interviews Atlanta Hawks CMO Melissa Proctor and Jay Bailey, President and CEO of…
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Thomas Ma is the co-founder of Sapphire Studios, one of the premier TikTok marketing creative agencies. Sapphire has worked with over 150 brands ranging from adidas, Coinbase, Fabletics, and many more to help them scale on TikTok. Thomas is a…
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Thomas Ma is the co-founder of Sapphire Studios, one of the premier TikTok marketing creative agencies. Sapphire has worked with over 150 brands ranging from adidas, Coinbase, Fabletics, and many more to help them scale on TikTok. Thomas is a…
Continue readingSPROCKETS RAISES $10 MILLION TO FIX THE HIRING PROCESS CHARLESTON – Anybody recall Sentio landing a $125,000 “big check” from SC Launch on DIG SOUTH’s Wild Pitch stage in 2019? Since that event (sponsored by DIG NATION member SCRA), Sentio rebranded as Sprockets and they’ve…
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INSURTECH SCENE IN ATLANTA & TAMPA GROWS ATLANTA— Don’t let the name fool you. Tampa-based iink Payments is on a mission to eliminate the extra “ink” associated with the insurance industry. The problem stems around collecting signatures on physical checks. “When…
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INCLUSIVELY TO HELP RETHINK THE HIRING PROCESS RICHMOND— Some interview and applicant tracking systems have been “rigid” and “exclusionary” to those with disabilities, mental health conditions, and chronic illnesses. Inclusively is an employment platform connecting companies to candidates with disabilities that have…
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WORKHOUND SECURES $12 MILLION SERIES A FUNDRAISE FROM LEVEL EQUITY CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE— WorkHound, a leader in the employee feedback management space and DIG NATION member, announced today that it has successfully completed a $12 million Series A fundraising round. The…
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CHECKING IN FROM AUSTIN AT SXSW 2022 DIG SOUTH founder Stanfield Gray is checking in from Austin, TX during SXSW, getting the latest and greatest, swimming in the massive hype around Web3, metaverse, crypto, NFTs and other emerging tech, creativity and…
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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: TIM MINAHAN EVP BUSINESS STRATEGY & CMO CITRIX Huzzah! Another global leader is coming to DIG SOUTH Tech Summit. Tim Minahan is executive vice president, business strategy and chief marketing officer at Citrix, where he has a proactive role…
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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHTJames “Jay” Bailey CEO & President Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Looks whoCommitted to living by his personal motto, “Build As We Climb,” change agent, thought leader, entrepreneur and emerging philanthropist, James M. Bailey has dedicated his life to…
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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHTMELISSA MCGHIE PROCTOR, EVP & CMOATLANTA HAWKS & STATE FARM ARENA Curious about how an NBA team markets itself in the age of players as social media influencers and amid the global emergence of NFTs? Find out at DIG…
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DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMITSPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: ROBERT TERCEK DIG SOUTH Tech Summit is stoked to announce the return of our very first keynote speaker who launched the inaugural Summit in 2013 – 10 years ago! Tech expert Robert Tercek is the founder…
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HARBOR ENTREPRENEUR CENTER OPENS ACCELERATOR APPLICATIONS CHARLESTON – The Harbor Entrepreneur Center accepts eight companies each year into the Harbor Accelerator program where they remain in residency at the Harbor Epic Center for 24 weeks. During residency, companies engage in a focused curriculum…
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WILMINGTON’S VANTACA RAISES $5M WILMINGTON – Vantaca, a Wilmington-based provider of software for association management companies, disclosed it has raised $5 million in equity in an SEC filing. The filing notes that the funding period is indefinite, though it also…
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HYBRID FUND LOOKS TO INTRODUCE MORE PEOPLE TO VENTURE CAPITAL RESEARCH TRIANGLE – Greggory Bordes, Joe Mancini, and Nikin Shah, all graduates of The Fuqua School of Business at Duke, started North Carolina-based Front Porch Venture Partners after working across the…
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CREATE-X STARTUP LANDS FUNDING FOR WEARABLE TECH ATLANTA – It started with a conversation between friends about reducing injuries and deaths in the firefighting community. But after scaling the concept through the Create-X Idea-2-Prototype class at Georgia Tech and launching their…
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LAUNCHBIO’S ‘INVEST IN CURES’ EVENT SET FOR FEB 24 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – North Carolina’s rising profile as a leading cell- and gene-therapy hub will be well recognized Feb. 24 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, as LaunchBio’s signature Invest…
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CHARLESTON TECH CENTER LANDS MISSISSIPPI SOFTWARE DEVELOPER CHARLESTON – A Mississippi-based software provider plans to hire engineers to staff an office it is opening in Charleston’s upper peninsula. Camgian said this week that its new space at the Charleston Tech Center on…
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📣 Hey, Startups – Raising capital? And tired of being stuck in sterile Zoom pitches? Make your case in person in beautiful Charleston. But don’t delay, tomorrow, Feb. 2, may be your last chance to apply to dance on the…
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FOUNDER OF TRAVELSIST GETS STARTUP OFF THE GROUND FROM INSIDE AIRPORT ATLANTA – Beyond moving 275,000 passengers a day, Hartfield-Jackson International Airport is home to a new set of TravelTech entrepreneurs. One such founder is Veronica Woodruff, who joined the startup world after…
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ATLANTA-BASED AURIGN HAS TECH SOLUTION TO GET MUSICIANS PAID ATLANTA – Georgia State grad Robert Hatcher recognized an inherent problem in the music industry while building his previous startup, Soundcollide. Musicians, agents, and labels have traditionally struggled to figure out the equity…
Continue readingBROTHERS CREATE ROOTNOTE, A SAAS PLATFORM HELPING CREATORS & MUSICIANS NASHVILLE – Between platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, and Patreon, creatives have a lot of ways to get their content out online. That creates a lot of data to sort through. Nashville-based…
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JAZZ SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN RECEIVES HIGHEST HONOR AT ANNUAL NEW ORLEANS GALA CHARLESTON, SC – Citibot, the leading provider of interactive chat solutions for local government, announced today that Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD) received the coveted Silver Anvil award from…
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BLACKBAUD INC. BUYS ED-TECHCOMPANY, EVERFI WASHINGTON D.C. – Ed-Tech Aquired. D.C. ed-tech company EverFi Inc. has been sold for $750 million, less than six months after dispatching its higher-education business for $100 million. Blackbaud Inc., a Charleston, South Carolina, cloud software…
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CHARLOTTE STARTUP EKOS RAISES A GLASS WITH $21 MILLION SERIES B ROUND CHARLOTTE –Crafty Software Solutions. The Ekos team has transformed drastically since the Charlotte-based, beverage industry-focused SaaS startup raised a $8 million Series A round in 2019 from Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley…
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F3TCH SETS UP SHOP AT NC BEACH TO HELP HOTELS CONNECT WITH MOBILE-FIRST GUESTS WILMINGTON – Jose Quiros didn’t know exactly what to expect when he packed up his life and started heading from Colorado Springs to Wilmington, North Carolina. Quiros…
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NEW INVESTMENT FUND TARGETS TRIANGLE STARTUPS WITH BACKING FROM 20+ FOUNDERS RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Triangle-based serial entrepreneur and investor (and past DIG SOUTH Tech Summit speaker) Scot Wingo will launch a new fund with the stated goal of supporting…
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION WITHIN GEORGIA’S AGTECH SCENE ATLANTA – Agriculture is Georgia’s oldest and largest industry, but it might not be the industry where “innovation” is top of mind. A growing number of entrepreneurs across the state and the Southeast region…
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STARTUP IRONSCALES CONTRIBUTES TO ATLANTA’S CYBERSECURITY HUB GROWTH ATLANTA – The FBI can thank an Atlanta-based startup for helping it stay safe earlier this year. When hackers successfully got into the FBI servers and sent malicious emails that looked like they…
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KYOCERA AVX INVESTS IN VENTURE CAPITAL FUND GOOD GROWTH CAPITAL FOUNTAIN INN, SC – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, has invested in Good Growth Capital (GGC),…
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APPLY NOW TO TAKE THE STAGE AT DIG SOUTH’S WILD PITCH! CHARLESTON – Call for Startups Open until Dec. 31. DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch is the South’s Capitol of Capital, the first and foremost event specifically welcoming startups from across the region…
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SC to be US Launch Site for Google’s New Undersea Cable MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Wired Wines. Google has picked the Grand Strand as the East Coast launch site for an underwater cable that will run thousands of miles along the Atlantic…
Continue readingMITRE Establishes Innovation Center in Huntsville HUNTSVILLE – Innovation Hub. The MITRE Corp., a federally funded R&D company, has established a regional innovation hub in Huntsville called the iHub. The iHub, which is located at the Redstone Gateway Conference Center, aims to…
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U.S. Space Force Recognizes Georgia Tech as New Strategic Partner ATLANTA – Student Space Force. Georgia Tech and the U.S. Space Force launched a strategic partnership to develop a high-caliber aerospace workforce and collaborate on advanced aerospace research. As part of…
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TFX Capital Believes Supporting Veteran-led Startups Can Result in Durable Outcomes CHARLOTTE – Venture Veterans. One segment of companies that may be a good bet for venture capitalists, according to venture capital firm TFX Capital are veteran-led startups. Kevin Eckert is a partner…
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The South’s best early- to growth-stage companies invited to apply to present to top investors on May 11-13 at College of Charleston TD Arena DIG SOUTH Tech Summit has announced its call for startups to join Wild Pitch on May…
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BrainCheck Raises $10M for Cognitive Health Screening Platform HOUSTON – Cognitive Care. Houston-based startup BrainCheck raised $10 million in Series B capital to develop its cognitive health screening technology. BrainCheck’s Series B funding round was led by Austin-based Next Coast Ventures and…
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ATL Based Review Platform Helps Students Find Meaningful Internships ATLANTA – Experience is Key. Stephen Ralph Jr. and Sims Pettway saw an opportunity to build a student-focused internship review platform for those looking to land a dream position at a coveted…
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Venture Atlanta Showcases 91 Stellar Startups ATLANTA – Like the Braves’ Freddie Freeman Venture Atlanta knocked it out of the park this past October 20-21, producing a hybrid event that presented an array of top-shelf, scalable startups from seed to…
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Freeform 3D Printing Startup Partners with NASA CHATTANOOGA – Space Printing. Branch Technology is building for the moon. Alongside material scientists at Stanford University and global architecture firm Fosters + Partners (designers of Apple’s Cupertino HQ), Branch Technology is working with NASA…
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The Summit to include tech founders, investors, entrepreneurs and executives from leading global brands and the South’s most scalable startups Charleston, S.C. – October 26, 2021 – DIG SOUTH Tech Summit, the South’s first and foremost event connecting leading global…
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DIG SOUTH Tech Summit Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary! Holy startup, Batman, it’s been a full decade of DIG SOUTH. Fire up the founder’s signal – we’re going big, Big, BIG … And we need to see YOU there next May 11-13! DIG SOUTH is proud to…
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GeneCapture Secures Government Contracts and Private Funding HUNTSVILLE, AL – Government Genealogy. GeneCapture is looking to make headway after receiving two investments from private and government sources. In August, the company won contracts from two Department of Defense agencies totaling $2.1…
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Cisco to Add 700 Jobs in Midtown’s Tech Square ATLANTA – Growth in Talent and Collaboration. Global technology firm Cisco Systems Inc. is planning a 700-job expansion in Atlanta, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. The Fortune 100 company will open a talent and collaboration center…
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Vantaca Bringing 100+ Jobs Paying $80k to Wilmington RALEIGH – Fast Growing Tech Hub. Software firm Vantaca is bringing more than 100 new jobs paying $80,000 to Wilmington and will receive some $1.7 million in state and local tax incentives…
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Gordan Jones, co-founder and CEO of Validide, takes on DIG SOUTH’S “5 for the Tribe,” dishing on his career, what he offers the DIG NATION community, and much more. Describe your company and describe your clients/customers. What does “a day…
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EdTech Startup UpGrad Chose Midtown for it’s U.S. Expansion ATLANTA – India-based education technology startup UpGrad is looking to build on the legacy of Mailchimp and other successful Midtown startups with its new Ponce City Market office.The startup is investing much of…
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National PBS Show Featuring Local Startups Airs Tuesday WILMINGTON – Startups Take Live TV. Local and national TV audiences will get to learn about Wilmington startups and entrepreneurs starting Tuesday through the airing of the first episode of START UP. The first…
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START UP TV Features Charleston’s Vertical Roots Founders CHARLESTON – Revolutionizing Hydroponic Farming. START UP, a TV series airing on PBS and hosted by Gary Bredow, will feature companies from Charleston, Savannah and Wilmington throughout the current season. Episode 1, Season 9 will…
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Palmetto Launches New ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ Program CHARLESTON – Clean energy. Palmetto, a rapidly growing platform technology company accelerating the national adoption of clean energy, today – in conjunction with the start of Climate Week – is announcing its new ‘Get Solar,…
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Mike Gianoni, CEO of Charleston, SC-based Blackbaud, is this week’s guest executive for DIG SOUTH’s “Five for the Tribe.” Gianoni dug into questions about his career, his take on tech companies doing business in the South, and much more. Describe…
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Nashville Startup is Bringing Sports Betting to the Online Age NASHVILLE – Digitizing casinos. Sports betting is currently only legal in 18 states and DC, with a handful of states actively debating the adoption of new legislation to allow for it….
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Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion. ATLANTA – Bringing platforms together. Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax and QuickBooks, will acquire Mailchimp, a company best known as a provider of email marketing services, the companies announced on Monday. The cash-and-stock deal,…
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UPS to Buy Delivery Platform Roadie ATLANTA – Same-day delivery. United Parcel Service Inc. is getting into same-day delivery with a deal to buy Roadie Inc., a platform that uses gig workers to deliver items from retailers and other shippers quickly. Roadie founder…
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Atlanta Tech Village startup NewCrew Modernizes Construction Recruitment ATLANTA – Modernizing construction. To find construction jobs, many workers just look for cranes in the sky, NewCrew founder Kaitlin Lutz said. Then, they walk up to the job site and hope the…
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Bitcoin Developer Community to Convene for TABCONF ATLANTA – TABConf is back! The conference kicks off November 4-6. Created in 2018, The Atlanta Bitcoin Conference (TABConf) was formed to help educate communities about decentralized and blockchain technologies. The grassroots event focuses…
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Birmingham Chosen as Host City for AI Bootcamp The Mark Cuban Foundation has selected Birmingham, AL as the host city for their Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp Program. The program is for underserved students in grades 9-12. Students will learn from volunteer…
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Who’s revved up and ready to pitch in person?! The DIG SOUTH Tech SummitCall for Startups is now open. Apply here or refer your favorite startups to join our Wild Pitch event on July 30 in Charleston at the beautiful Sottile Theatre at College…
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Businesses in the U.S. lose millions of dollars each year from having a slow website. For a company like Amazon, that can mean a loss of up to $1.6 billion per year. Padeo, a new startup out of the Triangle,…
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Describe your company and tell us a little about your clients/customers. What does “a day in the life” look like? Doxy.me’s mission is to provide telemedicine capabilities to all, so the company has been set up to create and distribute…
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HiveTracks Get Pollinated with New Funding An emerging startup focused on improving health outcomes for honeybees, HiveTracks, has raised nearly $170,000 in 2021 thus far and plans to raise more ahead of a key product launch slotted for June. Founder…
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Charleston, SC – Call Experts has entered into a strategic partnership with ADP Marketplace. The collaboration originated from a need to add automated attendance management via phone lines to ADP’s existing services. The partnership will help both parties offer seamless…
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Benefitfocus Appoints Matthew Levin CEO Charleston-based Benefitfocus, an industry-leading benefits technology platform that simplifies benefits administration for employers, health plans, and brokers, announced that Matthew Levin has been appointed president and chief executive officer and to the Benefitfocus board of…
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Shyft Auto Gains Traction Shyft Auto founders (and recent Wild Pitch Wednesday guests) say they didn’t have a pandemic in mind when they originally developed a tech platform to help car dealerships go “contactless.” Then COVID-19 hit, just as they…
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6AM City, the fastest growing newsletter-first local media company is on pace to more than double the size of the business in 2021. This July, Louisville, KY (LOUtoday) and Kansas City, MO (KCtoday) will join 6AM’s nine existing markets and…
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Tampa Startup With High-Tech Cleaning Robots Is Getting National Attention Christine Gallo has spent the last 18 months pivoting from simply trying to save lives to now trying to protect businesses. “Before it was pandemonium, and now it’s strategic,” said…
Continue readingTOM BRADY TOP OF HIS CLASS Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady is using his tech touch to help students stay connected. Brady, alongside Madonna and U2 manager Guy Oseary and Salesforce Ventures, has participated in a $12.2 million funding…
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TECH IN THE SOUTH NASHVILLE – Crypto new ways. When Alto closed its $2.8 million seed round in early 2019, the team was on a mission to make alternative investment opportunities accessible to more people. Now, the Nashville-based team raised a $17…
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Need some support? Blackbaud has launched its Social Good Startup Program to help lift early-stage startups. Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program is a unique year-long accelerator designed to support early-stage startups with the potential to impact the Ecosystem of Good®….
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Flying Cars, the Future for SC Startups and Elon Musk: Q & A with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn DIG SOUTH recently caught up with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn to get his take on the tech world and bring us up-to-speed on…
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DIG SOUTH recently caught up with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn to get his take on the tech world and bring us up-to-speed on the current state of SCRA (South Carolina Research Authority). SCRA was founded in 1983 with the mission…
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YOUR SUMMER DESTINATION – DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT! It’s alive! It’s alive! DIG SOUTH Tech Summit is coming July 28-30 in-person and streaming. Mark your calendars…seriously…right now. Very few in-person tech conferences will happen this year and you do not want…
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SAVE-THE-DATE IN-PERSON + STREAMINGJULY 28-30, 2021 – CHARLESTON DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMITROARS BACK! JOIN DIG NATION – INCLUDES FREE BADGE – ONLY 250 LEFT! Artificial Intelligence startup Pryon, led by veteran tech entrepreneur Igor Jablokov, is gaining more traction. It’s a…
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Without a Product For Sale, Nuclein Raises $14M Austin startup Nuclein might become known as the company that made an at-home Covid-19 test that’s so easy you just spit in a can, press a button and wait about an hour for results. But this isn’t…
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BoomTown Acquires Brokermint to Help Leverage Closings Real estate sales and marketing company BoomTown has acquired a company that automates back-office management and transactions, the company said in a news release. BrokerMint is the third acquisition for the company since…
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DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch 2019 Runner Up 6AM City AnnouncesLaunch of RICtoday 6AM City, the runner up in DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch 2019, has announced it is doubling the size of the business in 2021 and continuing its expansion with the launch of RICtoday (Richmond,…
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Former DIG SOUTH Tech Summit Featured Company GoPuff Raises $1.2B; Valuation of $8.9B Delivery startup goPuff announced Tuesday that it raised $1.2 billion in funding at a valuation of $8.9 billion. That’s $5 billion more than its previous valuation in…
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TECH IN THE SOUTH BIRMINGHAM – Women in the workforce. Delphine Carter saw the need to connect companies with diverse, non-traditional talent and help women jump back into their careers. What was born was Boulo Solutions, a career and staffing platform…
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PAUL SPARROW OF CHIEF OUTSIDERS ON SOUTH POD NEXT WEEK Learn New Growth Tools from CMO Paul Sparrow Thursday, March 25 at 8 PM ETDIG SOUTH Facebook Page Check Your Engine Oil Before Driving: Capitalizing on the Unique Economic State of…
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WILD PITCH WEDNESDAYFEATURING: SHYFT AUTO Wed, March 17, 11amREGISTER NOW Shyft Auto helps reduce chaos at automotive repair shops while giving consumers an Amazon-like experience for service. Shyft’s technology helps repair shops offer contactless solutions to their customers, while increasing…
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WILD PITCH WEDNESDAYFEATURING: SHYFT AUTO Wed, March 17, 11amREGISTER NOW Shyft Auto helps reduce chaos at automotive repair shops while giving consumers an Amazon-like experience for service. Shyft’s technology helps repair shops offer contactless solutions to their customers, while increasing…
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Learn New Growth Tools from CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG CAFÉ March 10 at 11 AM ETREGISTER NOW Check Your Engine Oil Before Driving: Capitalizing on the Unique Economic State of Your Business Chief Marketing Officer, speaker, and business growth expert Paul…
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Learn New Growth Tools from CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG CAFÉ Wednesday, March 10 at 11 AM ET REGISTER NOW Check Your Engine Oil Before Driving: Capitalizing on the Unique Economic State of Your Business Chief Marketing Officer, speaker, and business growth…
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Learn New Growth Tools from DIG NATION Member & CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG CAFÉ Wednesday, March 10 at 11 AM ETREGISTER NOW Check Your Engine Oil Before Driving: Capitalizing on the Unique Economic State of Your Business Chief Marketing Officer, speaker,…
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WILD PITCH Wednesday with Shyft Auto Featuring Marcus AmanWednesday, March 17 @ 11 AM ETREGISTER NOW About ShyftShyft Auto helps reduce chaos at automotive repair shops while giving consumers an amazon-like experience for service. Shyft’s technology helps repair shops offer…
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SOUTH POD with John Hand & Martin Willoughby Debuts Thursday Featuring DIG NATION members Iron Bridge CapitalThursday, February 25 @ 8 PM ET Tune in this Thursday as we feature Iron Bridge Capital, the developers of Charleston Tech Center on…
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SOUTH POD RETURNS WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF CHARLESTON TECH CENTER Featuring: John Hand & Martin Willoughby Featuring DIG NATION members Iron Bridge CapitalThursday, February 25 @ 8 PM EST Tune in next week as we feature Iron Bridge Capital, the…
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BatteryXchange Electrifies Wild Pitch Wednesday Tomorrow Plug in to Watch Entrepreneur Desmond Wiggan Pitch on ZoomFebruary 17 – 11:00 AM EST Register Now About BatteryXchangeBatteryXchange(“BXE”) is an ecosystem of smart kiosks that seeks to increase connectivity between people, businesses, and communities. BXE uses…
Continue readingBatteryXchange to Electrify Wild Pitch Wednesday Zoom in to Watch Desmond Wiggan Pitch on February 17 – 11:00 AM EST Register Now About BatteryXchangeBatteryXchange(“BXE”) is an ecosystem of smart kiosks that seeks to increase connectivity between people, businesses, and communities. BXE…
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Despite the myriad challenges brought on by a global pandemic, VentureSouth is proud to announce another strong year of investment activity for 2020, with a total of $9.2 million invested in 26 early stage companies in the Southeast. Over 60% of…
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DIG CAFE RETURNS WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF CHARLESTON TECH CENTER Featuring DIG NATION members John Hand & Martin Willoughby of Iron Bridge CapitalWednesday, February 10 – 11:00 AM ESTREGISTER NOW Get ready for Iron Bridge Capital, the developers of Charleston Tech…
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DIG CAFE with John Hand & Martin Willoughby Featuring DIG NATION members Iron Bridge CapitalWednesday, February 10 – 11:00 AM ESTREGISTER at DIGSOUTH.COM Next week we are featuring Iron Bridge Capital, the developers of Charleston Tech Center. Designed to be home to a…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday Kicks off for our 2021 season! Featuring Nerve.fmWednesday, February 3 – 11:00 AM ESTSponsored by Oracle for StartupsREGISTER NOW Wild Pitch Wednesday is back and we are kicking off this season with the Co-Founders of Nerve.fm, a music…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday Returns with New Music Streaming Service Nerve.fm Featuring Nerve.fmWednesday, February 3 – 11:00 AM ESTSponsored by Oracle for StartupsREGISTER NOW Wild Pitch Wednesday is back and we are kicking off this season with the Co-Founders of Nerve.fm,…
Continue readingSouth Pod Returns With Amazon’s Brice Brewer Hey, DIG NATION! Join us this Thursday, Jan. 28 at 8pm on the DIG SOUTH Facebook page as we resume SOUTH POD featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer. Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one…
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South Pod Returns with Amazon Tech Leader Mark your calendars for next Thursday, Jan. 28 at 8PM on the DIG SOUTH Facebook page as we resume SOUTH POD featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer. Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one of…
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Women Owned Cleantech A women-led cleantech startup is getting ready to pilot its “game-changing” water purification technology after landing $700,000 in funding. NALA Systems, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, says it has developed new reverse-osmosis membranes that could cut the…
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VentureSouth Portfolio Company Proterra To Go Public VentureSouth is pleased to announce that its portfolio company Proterra, a leading commercial electric vehicle technology company with manufacturing operations in South Carolina, will become publicly listed through a merger with special purpose…
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DIG Café Resumes Tomorrow, Jan. 13 at 11am Featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one of the company’s Directors within Worldwide Operations Technology. An experienced leader with more than 20 years of proven success leading engineering, technology…
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Get ready DIG NATION. Mark your calendars for next Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 11AM as we resume with the first DIG Café of the season featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer. Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as a one of the company’s Directors…
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ORACLE FOR STARTUPS OFFERS MEMBER CLOUD DEAL, MENTORING & MORE Join DIG NATION partner Oracle for Startups with promo code “DIG2021” to unlock up to $5,000 in additional free cloud credits and a 70% discount for 2 years, plus expert mentorship, migration…
Continue readingDURHAM’S SPOONFLOWER BLOOMS TO TRIPLE-DIGIT GROWTH DURING COVID Back in March, Spoonflower, an on-demand, digital printing company, reported 30% year-over-year growth in the first quarter. By most standards, it was poised for a “nice” year going forward, says its CEO Michael…
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Partnership for Inclusive Innovation Announces First $250,000 Grant for Pilot Program The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, with the support of Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, has announced its first funded pilot program, theClubhou.se: Mesh Network. This organization aims to empower entrepreneurs and…
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NEW Receives Ecosystem Grant To Start Entrepreneurship Program Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington has won a grant from NC IDEA to support a new program for local startups and entrepreneurs. NC IDEA announced the 17 organizations in the state chosen…
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MetArena, the newly rebranded esports startup, is co-hosting the first ever esports summit with a focus on historically Black colleges and universities. The St. Petersburg-based startup has teamed up with Johnson C. Smith University to bring the first ever esports…
Continue readingHey Startups, Need to Decode Legal Topics? Decoding Legal Topics for Startups at Series A and Beyondwith Oracle for Startups and Lowenstein Sandler LLPDecember 15 at 2 PM ESTREGISTER HERE Copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Dealing with legal questions for your startup?…
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APPLY NOW TO PITCH AT VENTURE CONNECT IN NC’s RTP Venture Connect Online is a digital experience that is designed to maximize the visibility of startups and help them build relationships with people (investors, peers, customers, and/or partners) who can…
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BLACKBAUD SOCIAL GOOD STARTUP PROGRAM SUPPORTS EMERGING COMPANIES TO DRIVE INNOVATION Blackbaud, the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good (and a DIG SOUTH partner), is accepting applications for the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program, a unique, yearlong endeavor designed…
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As a way to help brick and mortar businesses survive the pressures from COVID, Regulr is offering early access sign up to DIG NATION members until the end of the year for our new customer experience platform. Delivering exceptional customer…
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IT’S TIME TO GIVE BACK! WHEREVER YOU ARE TODAY This Thanksgiving might feel or look a little different for you this year, but the DIG team has researched some ways we can all celebrate the spirit of the holiday. Whether…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday on Zoom – TODAY! Featuring QuatroMoneyWednesday, November, 1811:00 AM ESTREGISTER Unless you’re a soon-to-be freshman or parent of one, most people don’t spend every day thinking about college finance, but QuatroMoney does. Quatromoney is built to help students…
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How to Pay for College on Wild Pitch Wild Pitch Wednesday on Zoom: Featuring QuatroMoneyWednesday, November, 1811:00 AM ESTREGISTER Unless you’re a soon-to-be freshman or parent of one, most people don’t spend every day thinking about college finance, but QuatroMoney…
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College Finance Planning on Wild Pitch Featuring QuatroMoneyWednesday, November, 1811:00 AM EST | ZoomREGISTER Unless you’re a soon-to-be freshman or parent of one, most people don’t spend every day thinking about college finance, but QuatroMoney does. Quatromoney is built to…
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WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY ON ZOOMFeaturing QuatroMoneyWednesday, November, 1111:00 AM EST REGISTER NOW Unless you’re a soon-to-be freshman or parent of one, most people don’t spend every day thinking about college finance, but QuatroMoney does. Quatromoney is built to help students…
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Social Media, Politics, and the Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly In case you missed it, the fabulous first DIG NATION Fall Confab last Wednesday featured SocialFlow CEO Jim Anderson. Jim dug into some most peculiar data nuggets and dished a…
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Who missed it? In case you were unable to attend the fabulous first DIG NATION Fall Confab last Wednesday featuring SocialFlow CEO Jim Anderson, here’s a rewind … TUNE IN ON FACEBOOK LIVENOVEMBER 02, 8 PM EDTWatch Here Monday Social Media, Politics, and the…
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RIoT is a U.S. organization that helps entrepreneurial ecosystems flourish by coaching local businesses, startups and governments to embrace the modern data economy. RIoT hosts tech events around the US that provide hands-on learning and networking opportunities and runs startup…
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DIG NATION Fall Confab Next WeekOCTOBER 28, 4 PMFeaturing SocialFlow CEO Jim Anderson Social Media, Politics, and the Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly More than half of adults in the U.S. receive news from social media, and that…
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EXCLUSIVE DIG NATION MEMBER EVENT! DIG NATION FALL CONFABOCTOBER 28, 4 PMFeaturing SocialFlow CEO Jim AndersonREGISTER NOW Social Media, Politics, and the Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly More than half of adults in the U.S. receive news from…
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RANKING UP WITH PURESKILL.GG ON WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY Featuring Bill Freeman, PhD, Co-Founder and CSO, PureSkill.ggWednesday, October 21, 11:00-11:30am Register Now About PureSkill.ggPureSkill.gg is an automated, AI-powered video game coach. It analyzes your gameplay and tells you what you’re doing wrong…
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Up Your E-Com Game with Lucas DiPietrantonio on DIG Café – 11AM Today! The Future of E-commerce: Branding and Beyond Featuring Lucas DiPietrantonio, CEO and Co-Founder, Darkroom Tune in on Zoom at 11AM today – Register Now! Future of E-commerce: Branding and BeyondSince COVID-19,…
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WALKING INTO THE FUTURE Virtual reality is slowly getting better, but there are all kinds of improvements that could make it feel more lifelike. More detailed graphics and higher screen resolution can make the visual aspect (which is, of course,…
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PAVING THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION Join us this week on Wild Pitch Wednesday as we hear from the South’s premier electric motorcycle startup. Wednesday, October 7Time: 11:00–11:30am ETRegister Now ABOUT SHANDOKA: We are builders and riders, dedicated…
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Join us next week on Wild Pitch Wednesday as we hear from the South’s premier electric motorcycle startup. Date: Wednesday, October 7Time: 11:00–11:30am ET Register Now ABOUT SHANDOKA:We are builders and riders, dedicated to offering electric motorcycles for every rider…
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Gotcha Mobility, LLC (“Gotcha”), a subsidiary of Last Mile Holdings Ltd. (“MILE”) (TSXV: MILE; OTC: AZNVF), announced today the launch of its all-new fleet of e-bikes. The newly redesigned bikes use proprietary elements to offer a more comfortable ride, smoother electric motor…
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FREE WEBINAR THURSDAY AT 1PM Unlock Your Website’s Potential: Keep Readers Engaged through Digital Transformation Join us this week as DIG SOUTH Founder Stanfield Gray moderates Unlock Your Media Website’s Potential: Keep Readers Engaged through Digital Transformation, a webinar that will…
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Free Webinar: Unlock Your Site’s Potential Join us next week as DIG SOUTH Founder Stanfield Gray moderates Unlock Your Media Website’s Potential: Keep Readers Engaged through Digital Transformation, a webinar that will teach you how to build followers who keep coming…
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THIS WEEK!WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY | SEPT. 23, 11:00-11:30AMFEATURING SWIPEBYRegister Here Join us this week on Zoom for Wild Pitch Wednesday: The South’s Live Virtual Pitch Show. ABOUT SWIPEBYSWIPEBY is a turnkey curbside pickup platform for restaurants and merchants, providing a…
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Elevator pitches are online for each competitor in this year’s Innov865 Alliance Startup Day contest. Each short video gives a glimpse of the technology and innovation currently developing in Knoxville’s robust startup scene. The minute-long proposals are…
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WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY | SEPT. 23, 11:00-11:30 AMFEATURING SWIPEBYRegister Here Join us next week on Zoom for Wild Pitch Wednesday: The South’s Live Virtual Pitch Show. SWIPEBY is a turnkey curbside pickup platform for restaurants and merchants, providing a complete…
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Zoom Interview: Flegal & Romeo Thought and ActionRecorded August 26, 2020 A Conversation on Wellness with Mary Jo Romeo, Executive Coach MJR Coaching and Consulting Thank you all for joining us for this edition of Thought and Action. We’re very…
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FALL SEASON OF DIG CAFÉ KICKS OFF WEDNESDAY – ON ZOOM!SPECIAL GUEST | PR PRO ANNIE PACE SCRANTONWED, SEPT 16, 11:00-11:30 amRegister Here What’s BYOP? 5 Steps to Being Your Brand’s Own Publicist Whether your startup has been around for…
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FALL SEASON OF DIG CAFÉ KICKS OFF NEXT WEDNESDAY – ON ZOOM!SPECIAL GUEST | PR PRO ANNIE PACE SCRANTONWED, SEPT 16, 11:00-11:30 amRegister Here What’s BYOP? 5 Steps to Being Your Brand’s Own Publicist Whether your startup has been around…
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🏇🏼Louisville, KY. – Jody Demling, SportsLine’s resident horse racing guru, has nailed nine Derby-Oaks doubles at Churchill Downs in the last 11 years. Now, Demling has analyzed the entire 2020 Kentucky Derby lineup and released where he believes every horse will finish….
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Molekule has added celebrity funds to its long line of investors. Maisie Williams, an actor most known for her role on the HBO hit series “Game of Thrones,” has invested an undisclosed amount into Molekule. After the Emmy-award winning show…
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This week on SOUTH POD we’re taking it back to our deep dive at the Virtual Summit with Call Experts CEO Abby Leibowitz and Theorem VP Jonathan Williams – both DIG NATION members! Titled, “You Are the Keynote: How to…
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The Center for Creative Economy in Winston-Salem, NC has selected 10 entrepreneurs to participate in the organization’s fifth creative accelerator. Velocity is an intensive high impact program that helps creative startups discover their target customers, develop business models, and develop…
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The Center for Creative Economy has selected 10 creative entrepreneurs to participate in the organization’s fifth creative accelerator. Velocity is an intensive high impact program that helps creative entrepreneurs discover their target customers, develop business models, and develop a go-to-market…
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ATLANTA, GA – August 19th, 2020 – Startup Atlanta, a community non-profit focused on connecting, curating and promoting the region’s startup ecosystem, today announced the digital release of the fourth edition of the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem Guide. Presented in partnership with Invest Atlanta,…
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Some of the pitches shooting for $10,000 at Innov865’s Startup Day this year include predictive software for heart attacks, an untraceable password generator and glowing human cells to deliver medicine, among other ideas. Those are among six…
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Did you miss us?! SOUTH POD is back and we couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the start off this season than with Cassandra Worthy’s fireside chat from the 2020 DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit: Using Change as a Catalyst for…
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A “chile head” in the truest sense of the word, Ed Currie – the man behind the Carolina Reaper, the world’s hottest pepper – knows hot enough is never hot enough. His journey began in the 80s when he started…
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Did you catch our deep dive at the Virtual Summit with Call Experts CEO Abby Leibowitz and Theorem VP Jonathan Williams – both DIG NATION members? Titled, “You Are the Keynote: How to Level Up & Optimize as You Emerge,” the session made our members…
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At last month’s DIG SOUTH Virtual Summit, Catie Griggs, VP of Operations at Atlanta United, delivered an incredible behind the scenes look into the creation of one of the most renowned sports teams in the South – and the nation. DIG NATION…
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Hey, DIG NATION, Suit up, cyber space travelers, DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit is ready for launch! Get ready for 50+ top-shelf speakers, dazzling exhibitors, startups, investors more. View the agenda here.5 CHIEF WAYS TO NETWORK AT THE SUMMIT!Already registered? Here’s how to…
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DIG SOUTH VIRTUAL TECH SUMMIT SPEAKER PREVIEW BlockSpaces Makes Changes to Support Growth While many businesses are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, blockchain technology development studio BlockSpaces is moving forward with a new operating model, a new management team and…
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One of the Charleston region’s biggest technology employers and a frequent sponsor of DIG SOUTH Tech Summit is set to take ownership of a sizable commercial real estate deal. Blackbaud Inc. disclosed to shareholders that it signed a binding agreement…
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Mesur.io‘s Earthstream Platform provides growers and enterprises with real-time environmental analytics. Combining hyper local data streams from the soil, the sky and the seasons, the Earthstream Platform predicts pest and disease emergence patterns, plant nutrition needs, and more. that provides solutions…
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Friends in the southern entrepreneur ecosystem and economic development got into a discussion on a Spring pandemic day about a recent headline where a coastal city in the South was offering $2,000 to incentivize people with tech talent to move…
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Hey, DIG NATION, Wild Pitch Wednesday is back tomorrow with ServeHub, the Learning Management Platform teams use to stay on track with on-boarding, training and continuous development. Tune in as CEO & Co-founder Brandon Hall pitches to our panel of…
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Hey, DIG NATION, The day has almost arrived. Bring a cup of your favorite morning brew and head on over to the DIG CAFÉ this Thursday at 11AM. Ease drop with intention as Jon Yarian and I meet with Thomas Rubenak, Senior…
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Hey, DIG NATION, We’re back with Wild Pitch Wednesday TOMORROW at 11am featuring Ryan Heafy of 6AM City. 6AM is an audience development company in the local media space. As Ryan likes to say, “While our competitors are focused on…
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Venture Asheville, the entrepreneurship initiative of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County and Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, announced that $25,000 has been raised in support of the Asheville Impact Micro Grant. Now in its second year, the Asheville…
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Hey, DIG NATION, We’re back with Wild Pitch Wednesday next week at 11am featuring Ryan Heafy of 6AM City. 6AM is an audience development company in the local media space. As Ryan likes to say, “While our competitors are focused…
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By: Nik Adhia, Senior Director Global Operations, Oracle for Startups Founders and employees alike have been on edge given uncertain economic conditions, so let’s just get right into a few ways startups can think about running leaner. Distinguish between needs…
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Hey, DIG NATION, Who says we can’t still gather and shoot the proverbial breeze? Get ready for DIG CAFÉ: Coffee Talk with Executives, Entrepreneurs & Experts. It’s new, fresh brewed, and casual just like your favorite neighborhood coffee shop. The…
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Notes from the Gar-office Neuroplasticity: The brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response…
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In this moment an explosion of creativity is happening all around us. Call it nature’s pressure test. And it’s baked into the DNA of disruption, the source-code of evolution. What are you working on … a revolutionary, more sustainable fuel?…
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NOTES FROM THE GAROFFICE Ready for the rebound? Good. Then buckle up. This week we’re sharing more joyful news – Next Glass is more than half full as the Wilmington, NC-based company raised an undisclosed round from Providence Strategic Growth. We…
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Garage … Office … Garoffice. There. I’ve coined it and that’s where I’m writing to you from, DIG NATION. So our world is upside down and we need to consider every angle on every possible solution to stop this descent into…
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In a special mini-series from “Of Note”, appropriately dubbed “The Power of Vulnerability,” season one innovators are asked how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their personal, professional, and business lives. Listeners will learn how these South Carolina leaders are staying…
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ROK Technologies, the premier global provider of GIS Managed Cloud Services, announced their Emergency Cloud Relief Solution to help GIS organizations thrown into crisis mode in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With this solution, organizations can quickly launch applications…
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A 20-person digital manufacturing company has overhauled its business model to become one of the largest producers of reusable face shields in the U.S. ZVerse is currently producing about 100,000 shields per day. ZVerse Founder and CEO John Carrington projects the…
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Healthcare practitioners are being encouraged, if they can, not to stay under the same roof as their families. Family medicine physician Eric Berryman is working shifts in Ocala emergency rooms and commuting back to the bay area. Two years ago,…
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Author: JD Weinstein, Oracle for Startups – North America What do Airbnb, Uber, Slack, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Square, and Venmo have in common? These highly successful technology startups were all founded during the Great Recession in 2008-2010. Entrepreneurs and small businesses…
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Blackbaud Announces New Measures to Support Customers and Global Community in Response to Pandemic DIG SOUTH Tech Summit sponsor Blackbaud is seeing the needs and impact of COVID-19 manifest in many ways for its customers depending on the organization type….
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To state the obvious, the world is much more complicated than it was a month ago. Austin-based emergency communications startup AlertMedia sees itself as a critical component to helping businesses keep their employees safe and informed. The company announced it has…
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OurStreets, a D.C.-born app that crowdsources road safety and micromobility complaints, has launched a new feature aimed at curbing grocery store panic shopping amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. OurStreets lets users report which grocery and convenience stores are stocked with…
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RioT Announces MISSION-R: RIoT’s Moonshot Goal Response to COVID-19 Raleigh, NC-based non-profit accelerator, lab and startup ecosystem supporter RIoT is launching MISSION-R on April 2 at 1pm EST via webinar. RIoT will host experts in the medtech and economic development space to share…
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New Atlanta-Based VC Fund Overline Announces Closing $17.5M of $25M Fund, Wants To Propel Startups To Success With coronavirus news currently roiling financial markets, some might guess that recently launched venture capital funds would hold off on whatever they were planning…
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Calendly to Offer Free Zoom and GoToMeeting Integrations Through June to Help Remote Workers As the tech community continues to reel from the effects of social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic, Atlanta-based meeting scheduling software company Calendly will offer…
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Birmingham-based LegalTech Startup Case Status Lands Second Round from BIP Capital Case Status, a client relationship management and marketing platform for law firms, announced it has received Series Seed II investment funding of $1.5 million from venture investment firm BIP Capital. The…
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Overhaul Group Inc. nabbed a $17.5 million funding round led by New Jersey-based investment firm Edison Partners, the cargo-shipping software company announced. Existing investor Abbey International Finance Group in Dublin, Ireland, also participated. Broadly, the company plans to use the…
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Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 and recommendations by public health officials to increase social distancing now and in the immediate future, DIG SOUTH Tech Media is rescheduling DIG SOUTH Tech Summit for this summer, July 22-24, at the…
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A startup that grew out of research at the Medical University of South Carolina and The Citadel has hit the market and closed on a new round of funding. Blinktbi Inc.’s technology is now being sold to schools and athletic…
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Despite its explosion in popularity, craft beer is still a relatively small and tight-knit community. A generation ago when the number of breweries was a fraction of what it is today, the community was even smaller and more tight-knit. But even…
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Atlanta-based Toucan AI – started by North Carolina natives and Duke grads Arjun Devarajan and Vishnu Menon – has raised an undisclosed sum from MTT Ventures, Silicon Road, Seraph Group and a syndicate of angel investors. Toucan AI said it will use the…
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Austin-based mobile apps and ads platform company Digital Turbine announced it has scooped up mobile ad platform Mobile Posse for near $66 million. “The strategic rationale for the acquisition is very strong,” Mobile Posse CEO Jon Jackson said in a statement. “We…
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One of Charleston’s most mature startup companies closed another round of funding in early 2020 and marked its 10-year anniversary. Palmetto Clean Technology Inc. is one of the biggest tenants at the upper peninsula’s Pacific Box & Crate development. Last…
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From whiteboarding new concepts to long-term support, Theorem works with startups and large multi-national enterprises to develop new applications, software, services and platforms. Visit theorem.com to catch a glimpse into how they build, including their processes, team capabilities and what they do in each…
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