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Cleaning Robot Captures Hearts, Safer Reusables from QUVI, ROK Tech Wins Gold, Raleigh's AURA AI Tech Lands $50M Contract

Tampa Startup With High-Tech Cleaning Robots Is Getting National Attention Christine Gallo has spent the last 18 months pivoting...

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South, Venture Capital

Alto Changes Crypto, Element 451 invests $3M into Student Enrollment, Greenville Tech Company Visited by President Biden

TECH IN THE SOUTH NASHVILLE – Crypto new ways. When Alto closed its $2.8 million seed round in early 2019, the...

Atlanta, Birmingham, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, The South, Venture Capital

Apply To the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program, SCRA CEO Bob Quinn envisions SC Tech Economy, Other Pandemic Pivots

Need some support? Blackbaud has launched its Social Good Startup Program to help lift early-stage startups. Blackbaud’s Social Good...

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Louisville, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

SCRA CEO Bob Quinn talks SC startups, Itential Lands $20M, Find out more about your customers at the next SCRA Webinar

Flying Cars, the Future for SC Startups and Elon Musk: Q & A with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn DIG SOUTH...

Charleston, Columbia, DIG NATION Member Posts, News, The South

Flying Cars, the Future of 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...

Austin, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Cleaning Robot Captures Hearts, Safer Reusables from QUVI, ROK Tech Wins Gold, Raleigh's AURA AI Tech Lands $50M Contract

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South, Venture Capital

Alto Changes Crypto, Element 451 invests $3M into Student Enrollment, Greenville Tech Company Visited by President Biden

Atlanta, Birmingham, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, The South, Venture Capital

Apply To the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program, SCRA CEO Bob Quinn envisions SC Tech Economy, Other Pandemic Pivots

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Louisville, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

SCRA CEO Bob Quinn talks SC startups, Itential Lands $20M, Find out more about your customers at the next SCRA Webinar

Charleston, Columbia, DIG NATION Member Posts, News, The South

Flying Cars, the Future of SC Startups and Elon Musk: Q&A with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn

Austin, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Cleaning Robot Captures Hearts, Safer Reusables from QUVI, ROK Tech Wins Gold, Raleigh’s AURA AI Tech Lands $50M Contract^Featured

May 5, 2021

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…

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by Stanfield Gray

News, Raleigh - Durham, The South

Tom Brady’s Tech Touch (yes, that Tom Brady) + NC Angels Up for a Vote^Featured

May 3, 2021

TOM 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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South, Venture Capital

Alto Changes Crypto, Element 451 invests $3M into Student Enrollment, Greenville Tech Company Visited by President Biden^Featured

April 28, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Birmingham, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, The South, Venture Capital

Apply To the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program, SCRA CEO Bob Quinn envisions SC Tech Economy, Other Pandemic Pivots^Featured

April 23, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Louisville, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

SCRA CEO Bob Quinn talks SC startups, Itential Lands $20M, Find out more about your customers at the next SCRA Webinar^Featured

April 21, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Charleston, Columbia, DIG NATION Member Posts, News, The South

Flying Cars, the Future of SC Startups and Elon Musk: Q&A with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn^Featured

April 21, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Louisville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Wilmington

Gang-Run Craft Brewery in Wilmington Gets Molson Coors Investment, DIG SOUTH Tech Summit in Charleston, eBlu Kentucky Startup Raises $11.4M^Featured

April 15, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Pryon Cracks Top 100 ‘Most Promising’ AI Startups List, Member Roundup^Featured

April 14, 2021

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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by Capers Mitchell

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Nuclein Raises $14 M, DIG NATION member Roundup^Featured

April 7, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Birmingham, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Culture, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

BoomTown Acquires Brokermint, Special Offer from Serenity^Featured

April 1, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

6AM City Launches RICtoday, Quantgene and CureMatch Join Forces, Special Offer from Serenity^Featured

March 30, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

DIG SOUTH Featured company GoPuff Raises 1.2 B, Paul Sparrow on SOUTH POD Tonight^Featured

March 25, 2021

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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by Capers Mitchell

Atlanta, Birmingham, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Raleigh Gets Smart, Chief Outsiders on SOUTH POD, DIG NATION Welcomes New Members Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein + Quantgene^Featured

March 23, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, South Pod, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Chief Outsiders on SOUTH POD Next Week, Spiffy Announces Seven New Locations^Featured

March 18, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Culture, Emerging Tech, News, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Wild Pitch Wednesday with Shyft Auto, Raleigh Founded Announces UNC Scale School^Featured

March 16, 2021

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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by Capers Mitchell

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, Emerging Tech, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Lenovo CEO Calls “new IT” the Key to Company Evolution, Wild Pitch Wednesday with Shyft Auto^Featured

March 12, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Asheville, Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Wild Pitch Wednesday with Paul Sparrow of Chief Outsiders^Featured

March 9, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, Emerging Tech, Raleigh - Durham, The South, Venture Capital, Wilmington

Driving Growth with CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG Café, Pendo is Hiring, Member Roundup Data Protocol Hiring^Featured

March 5, 2021

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

CMO & Growth Expert Paul Sparrow on DIG Café, Shyft into Wild Pitch Wednesday, Terminus Sets the Pace, The Coasts Join Forces^Featured

March 2, 2021

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, South Pod, Startups, Venture Capital

Shyft into Wild Pitch March 17, Emotive Makes Money moved, SOUTH POD tonight with Iron Bridge Capital^Featured

February 25, 2021

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Raleigh - Durham

Charleston Tech Center on SOUTH POD, $45M ProcessMaker Raise, Measuring the Unmeasurable, Who Loves Your Brand?^Featured

February 24, 2021

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Charleston Tech Center on SOUTH POD, Atlanta Braves Connect with HBCUs^Featured

February 19, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Tomorrow! BatteryXchange Electrifies On Wild Pitch Wednesday, Gamestop Shockwaves in the South^Featured

February 16, 2021

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…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Michael Jordan Tops the Investor Charts, BatteryXchange Gets Electric On Wild Pitch Wednesday, Lenovo Hits the Speedway^Featured

February 11, 2021

BatteryXchange 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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Chattanooga, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Fayetteville, Greenville, Knoxville, News, Press Release, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital, Winston-Salem

VentureSouth Invests over $9 Million in 26 Southeastern-Based Companies in 2020^Featured

February 10, 2021

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Charles Barkley Invests in Raleigh, Register Now for Charleston Tech Center on DIG CAFÉ, Celebrate Black History Month with AR^Featured

February 9, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Releases, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

DIG CAFE features Charleston Tech Center Developers, SCRA Announces Investment in GoBeep, DIG NATION Membership Round Up^Featured

February 3, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

WILD PITCH Tomorrow with Nerve.fm, NASA Grant for Drone Delivery + Bringing New Life to Laundromats with 2ULaundry^Featured

February 2, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

WILD PITCH is BACK with Nerve.fm, Amazon Gives the Scoop on Hiring on SOUTH POD, Whose Funding is On Fire?^Featured

February 1, 2021

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,…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Culture, Dallas, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

SCRA Contributes $1B! to SC, Amazon Gives the Scoop on Hiring on SOUTH POD, Google for Startups Expands Nationwide, and What’s the Deal with GameStop?^Featured

January 26, 2021

South 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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

SOUTH POD Returns with Amazon, Vivo Connects Seniors, Gates Foundation Invests in RTP’s AgBiome^Featured

January 22, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Miami, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Venture Capital

Women-led Cleantech Powering Our Water, Bumble Goes Public, SOUTH POD Rewind with Social Flow^Featured

January 20, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Charleston, Fayetteville, Greenville, News, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, Venture Capital

Proterra Going Public, Roadie helps Roadies, Liger Partners Recognized Nationally^Featured

January 15, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South

Register for Amazon Nashville on DIG CAFÉ, Austin Mints a Unicorn, Using AI for ROI^Featured

January 12, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, St. Petersburg, The South

DIG CAFÉ is Back with Amazon Nashville, Atlanta Breeds a Unicorn, Decoding Legal Topics with Oracle for Startups^Featured

January 8, 2021

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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by Stanfield Gray

Austin, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greensboro, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Peloton Makes an NC Acquisition, NCCHR Launches a Virtual Museum, FinTech Generations Set for June^Featured

January 5, 2021

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…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Durham’s Spoonflower Blooms, Zoom & Google Meet Eliminate Time Restraints, IBM Acquisition, Venture Summit Connect West Discount + Fintech Generations^Featured

December 30, 2020

DURHAM’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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, The South

NFL HOFer Champ Bailey Creates Smart Masks, Partnership for Inclusive Innovation Announces $250k Grant, Venture Summit Virtual Connect West Discount^Featured

December 17, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Birmingham, Business Growth, Chattanooga, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Release, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital, Wilmington

Turn Your Back on Revenue? – on SOUTH POD, Big Tech Hiring + NCIDEA fuels North Carolina^Featured

December 15, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Charleston, Raleigh - Durham, St. Petersburg

HBCU Esports Tournament for a Good Cause, OfferUp Breeds Unicorns on SOUTH POD, Active Capital Raises $25M^Featured

December 10, 2020

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…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Charleston, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

Decode Legal Topics with Oracle for Startups, A New Way to Create Music for Your Wishlist + OfferUp Breeds Unicorns on SOUTH POD^Featured

December 8, 2020

Hey 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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Richmond, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

Apply to Pitch at Venture Connect, 2021 Social Media Predictions w/Q3 on SOUTH POD + DIG Member News^Featured

December 3, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greensboro, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Apply Now to Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program, Nano Space Tech, Social Predictions for 2021 from Q3 on SOUTH POD^Featured

December 2, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Press Release, Press Releases, Richmond, Startups, The South

Regulr Offering Exclusive Early-Access Signup to DIG NATION Member Businesses^Featured

December 1, 2020

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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by DIG Nation

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Resources, Startups, The South

How does Darth Vader Like His Turkey? Here’s How to Give Back + Scaling Social Impact^Featured

November 24, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Release, Raleigh - Durham, Resources, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

Wild Pitch Wednesday TODAY, Real Time Animation in Fortnite & Warburg Pincus on SOUTH POD^Featured

November 18, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Birmingham, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham

New DIG NATION Member Amazon is Hiring, QuatroMoney on Wild Pitch, Making Tech Accessible with Fledging & Warburg Pincus on SOUTH POD^Featured

November 16, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

New Member Amazon is Hiring, QuatroMoney on Wild Pitch, Gamers Get Plugged In with Shotcall & Oracle for Startups on SOUTH POD^Featured

November 12, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

QuatroMoney on Wild Pitch Next Week, Startups Feed Voters & FloWater on SOUTH POD^Featured

November 5, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

Social Media, Politics, and the Election on SOUTH POD + Keeping the Friday Night LightsOn & FloWater^Featured

November 3, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Augusta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Greenville, Nashville, News, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Greater Nashville IT Summit, Fall Confab Rewind, General Chase on South Pod, KnowBe4 Expands to Middle East, VentureSouth Makes the Top 10^Featured

October 30, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

RIOT Demo Night

Business Growth, Emerging Tech, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

A Sportstech Event Unlike Any You’ve Seen Before^Featured

October 27, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Orlando, Raleigh - Durham, The South

DIG NATION Fall Confab Jim Anderson – Register Now, A New Way To Fundraise, Dragon Army Invades South Pod Tonight^Featured

October 22, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

DIG NATION Fall Confab, Wild Pitch Wed with PureSkill.gg, Dragon Army Invades South Pod, Tech in the South News, Gotcha Ride to the Polls?^Featured

October 20, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Miami, New Orleans, News, The South, Wilmington

PureSkill.gg on Wild Pitch, SaaS (Sustainability as a Service), Keep Customers Coming Back w/ LiveRamp on SOUTH POD + DIG NATION Confab^Featured

October 16, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Memphis, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Next Level E-com with Lucas DiPietrantonio, PureSkill.gg on Wild Pitch + How Sensors Allow Our Feet To Stay Connected^Featured

October 13, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Tampa Wanderseat Readies for Takeoff, Rose Levy on South Pod + Virtual Reality … skates?!^Featured

October 8, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greensboro, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

Wild Pitch Wednesday Features Shandoka Electric Motorcycles, Rose Levy on South Pod, 3D Printing in Space^Featured

October 6, 2020

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. We are builders and riders, dedicated to offering electric motorcycles for every rider in…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

Shandoka Electric Motorcycles Rides into Wild Pitch Wednesday, Black Founders Fund, Mental Wellness on South Pod, Charleston is #1^Featured

October 1, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, Emerging Tech, Press Release, Press Releases, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Gotcha Mobility Rolls Out Fleet of All-New E-Bikes^Featured

October 1, 2020

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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by DIG Nation

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Miami, New Orleans, News, Resources, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Free Webinar: Unlock Your Media Site’s Potential, Shandoka Electric Motorcycles Rides into Wild Pitch Wednesday + The Holographic Future is Here!^Featured

September 29, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Release, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital, Wilmington

Webinar: Unlock Your Media Site’s Potential, Wistia on SOUTH POD + opiAID Lands Big Grant to Fight Substance Abuse^Featured

September 24, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

SWIPEBY on Wild Pitch Wednesday, Red Ventures Ups the Ante, Wistia on SOUTH POD^Featured

September 21, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Knoxville, News, Press Release, Press Releases, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Elevator Pitches Now LIVE for Innov865 Week’s 2020 Startup Day Pitch Competition^Featured

September 21, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Wild Pitch Wednesday, Atlanta’s Snowflake Crushes IPO, Theorem on SOUTH POD, + a luxury Amazon experience^Featured

September 17, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Press Releases

Thought & Action – Mental Wellness in the Workplace with Mary Jo Romeo^Featured

September 17, 2020

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by Erik Flegal

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South

Learn to be Your Own Publicist on DIG CAFÉ, Theorem on SOUTH POD + a first for the Atlanta Film Festival^Featured

September 14, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Learn to be Your Own Publicist on DIG CAFÉ, Data Driven with Interloop on SOUTH POD + Resident Artist WANTED in Charlotte^Featured

September 10, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, Louisville, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South

Kentucky Derby: Authentic Predictions From A Horse Racing Expert + Atlanta United’s Catie Griggs Sets Goals + Wild Pitch Wednesday with GoBeep^Featured

September 3, 2020

🏇🏼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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Memphis, News, Press Release, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, Tampa Bay, The South, Venture Capital

Game of Thrones Actress Turns to Tech, MIME Disrupts Music Biz + Atlanta United’s Catie Griggs Sets Goals + Wild Pitch Wednesday with GoBeep^Featured

August 31, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Houston, News, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

Level Up and Emerge on SOUTH POD with Call Experts and Theorem, Cloosiv and Odeko Merge! + tech news across the South^Featured

August 28, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Knoxville, News, Press Release, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital, Winston-Salem

ATTN Startups: Ready to Grow and Scale? + Center for Creative Economy, Change Enthusiast Cassandra Worthy on SOUTH POD^Featured

August 20, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Culture, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Release, Press Releases, Startups, The South, Venture Capital, Winston-Salem

The Center for Creative Economy Announces 10 Finalists for the Velocity Creative Accelerator^Featured

August 20, 2020

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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by DIG Nation

Atlanta, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Releases, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Startup Atlanta Releases the 2020 Guide to the Ecosystem^Featured

August 20, 2020

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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by DIG Nation

Business Growth, Emerging Tech, Knoxville, Press Releases, Startups, Venture Capital

Competitors for Innov865 Week’s 2020 Startup Day Pitch Competition Announced – Six Knoxville Startups Vie for $10,000^Featured

August 19, 2020

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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by DIG Nation

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South

Change Agent Cassandra Worthy on SOUTH POD, Learn a New Language Through Music + Catch Talent Lands on the Inc 5000 List^Featured

August 18, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Columbia, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, News, Press Releases, Startups

The Man Who Made the Carolina Reaper on Pushing an Industry Forward^Featured

August 14, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Columbia, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South

Level Up & Optimize with Abby Leibowitz and Jonathan Williams^Featured

August 14, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

How Atlanta United’s Catie Griggs Creates a Culture of Innovation^Featured

August 12, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, News, The South

DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit Launches – Today!^Featured

July 22, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

DIG SOUTH Virtual Summit Speaker Tease, BlockSpaces Makes Changes to Support Growth, Canva Comes to Austin + Member News^Featured

June 25, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Startups, The South, Venture Capital, Wilmington

Blackbaud Inks Deal to Buy its HQ, Advancing Diversity with Funding, Tech in the South + Member News^Featured

June 23, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

WPW Features CEO Tom Rump of Mesur.io, a Startup “Giving the Earth a Voice,” Cultivating Diversity in Austin, Spiffy Gets Creative in RTP^Featured

June 15, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, The South, Wilmington

Southern Coastal Cities Need to Attract More Resources For Entrepreneurs and Tech Talent Will Follow^Featured

June 15, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Tampa Bay, The South

Wild Pitch Wednesday Tomorrow at 11am, Autonomous Scooters Rolled in, Regulr on SOUTH POD, MemberHub^Featured

June 1, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Asheville, Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Liger Partners on SOUTH POD, Register for DIG CAFÉ launch, BetterCloud Raises $75M, MemberHub^Featured

May 27, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Asheville, Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, New Orleans, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Oracle for Startups on SOUTH POD, Get Spiffy Gets Creative + We’re back with Wild Pitch Wednesday at 11am featuring Ryan Heafy of 6AM City^Featured

May 18, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Asheville, Business Growth, Emerging Tech, Press Releases, The South

Venture Asheville Raises $25,000 to Launch 5 Startups with Asheville Impact Micro Grant Fund^Featured

May 18, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, Nashville, Newport News, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

6AM City on Wild Pitch Wednesday, Strategic Sales Software, “The Biebs” & IP & Patent Attorney Duncan Byers on South Pod^Featured

May 14, 2020

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 Stanfield Gray

DIG NATION Member Posts, Startups, Venture Capital

5 Ways Startups Can Make it Through Periods of Uncertainty^Featured

May 14, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South

Telemedicine Thrives, Launch of DIG CAFÉ, Austin’s Swivel, Q.ai, Raleigh’s Red Hat, DC’s BurnAlong + “The Biebs” & IP & Patent Attorney Duncan Byers on South Pod^Featured

May 12, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Asheville, Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South

GoTab’s Mobile Restaurant Transactions, Uber in ATX, Windlift in Morrisville, PRA Health Sciences in RAL, SingleOps in ATL + Jon Jones on SOUTH POD^Featured

May 5, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, The South

Venture Carolina Lunch & Learn, Castellucci, Reveal Mobile, VUGO, AvidXchange, $8000 in Free Marketing Credits + Home Lending Pal on Wild Pitch Wednesday^Featured

May 1, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Columbia, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Press Releases, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Venture Capital, Wilmington

Investors Pour Money Into Next Glass, K4Connect, SC Dept of Unemployment Chat Bot, BestFit, CureMint, + Interloop on Wild Pitch Wednesday!^Featured

April 27, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Columbia, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Raleigh - Durham, Richmond, Tampa Bay, The South

Ready for the Rebound: Read About Blockchain and Immunization Passports, Climate Service, Cloosiv, Aledade, GuestBox and Interloop on Wild Pitch!^Featured

April 23, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Business Growth, DIG NATION Member Posts, News, Press Releases, The South

Of Note Releases Podcast Mini-Series: “Power of Vulnerability”^Featured

April 20, 2020

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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by Tia Nelson

Charleston, News, Press Releases

ROK Technologies Announces COVID-19 Emergency Cloud Relief to Enable Remote GIS Workforces^Featured

April 20, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Business Growth, Emerging Tech, Press Release

ZVerse Plans to Produce 20 Million Face Shields^Featured

April 20, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Fayetteville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Tampa Bay, The South

Regulr Guests on Wild Pitch Wed, Airstream Startup Pivots to First Responders, Atlatl, LocatorX, Powerhome, AcreTrader, Oracle Webinar^Featured

April 16, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

DIG NATION Member Posts, News, Venture Capital

What You Should Know Before Pitching VCs in Virtual Times^Featured

April 16, 2020

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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by DIG SOUTH Editors

Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Resources, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Wild Pitch Wed, Blackbaud Announces COVID Support, Groups360 in NSV, Airbrake in ATX, Teamworks in DRH, EternaTear in RAL^Featured

April 13, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, The South

AlertMedia Raises $15M, NextPlay in Durham, CallRail in ATL, Bandwidth in Raleigh, TrueBridge in Chapel Hill + Stage 2 Capital on SOUTH POD^Featured

April 8, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, The South

OurStreets Crowdsources Supplies, WeWork, Liger, Pendo, BioMedomis, Stage2Capital on SOUTH POD, King + Columbus Crisis Webinar^Featured

April 6, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Brevard, Business Growth, Chapel Hill, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South

RioT Announces MISSION-R, LaunchTN in NASH, Plant Health Care in RAL, CData Software in Chapel Hill, Earth Renewable Technology in Brevard^Featured

April 1, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South, Winston-Salem

Overline Announces $17.5M, Aperiomics, Neighbor, Validic, TeleHealth, & Theorem on SOUTH POD^Featured

March 25, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups

Everlywell’s Race to Launch Covid-19 Test, Calendly Offers Free Zoom and GoToMeeting, SkillPop, Vertical IQ, Gopher Go, & Crowdsourcing DIG NATION^Featured

March 23, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South

DIG SOUTH in July, The Q, Case Status Raises $1.5M, Pendo, Bakkt, CloudOne, Favor^Featured

March 19, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Raleigh - Durham, The South

DIG SOUTH Rescheduled, Overhaul Hauls in $17.5M, RTP’s Get Spiffy, Raleigh’s Corevisit, Charleston’s Deal Alliance, ATL’s Endeavor^Featured

March 16, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

DIG NATION Member Posts, News

DIG SOUTH Rescheduled for July 22-24 Due to COVID-19^Featured

March 6, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Nashville, South Pod, Startups, Tampa Bay, Venture Capital

Blinktbi of Charleston Pinpoints Concussions, Tampa’s Molekule, ATL’s BoxLock, Blueprint Title in NSV, Austin’s Eventus Systems, Venture Atlanta on South Pod^Featured

March 2, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital, Wilmington

BeerAdvocate Purchased by Untappd, ATL’s Create-X, Visualize Health in NSV, Durham’s Sift Media, Self Financial of Austin, and Theorem on South Pod^Featured

February 27, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay

ToucanAI Raises Capital, Launches on Shopify Platform, CLT’s Source Technologies, Austin’s Verify, COAST of Tampa Bay, Great Dwellings of DC^Featured

February 24, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South, Venture Capital

Austin’s Digital Turbine Acquires Mobile Posse for $66M, Terminus (ATL), CompostNow (RAL), Enveil (DC), Durham’s Aerie, Fattmerchant on South Pod^Featured

February 19, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, Morehead, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Palmetto Clean Pulls in New Financing, AppHarvest of Kentucky, Durham’s Restor3D, ATL’s ARPR, RTP’s TransEnterix, plus Fattmerchant on South Pod^Featured

February 17, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Houston, News, Summit Speaker, The South

DIG NATION | New Member Spotlight: FK Funderburke, VP, Theorem^Featured

February 11, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Houston, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Summit Speaker, The South

DIG NATION Member Theorem Q&A, ATL’s The Beans, Venture X in Raleigh, NSV’s Capital Confirmations, Austin’s Upland Software + new South Pod^Featured

February 11, 2020

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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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Nashville, New Orleans, News, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay

Policygenius Raises $100M to Ramp up Durham, Nola’s Advano, Lienwavers.io from NSV, Peerit of Tampa Bay and ATL’s WeWork Labs^Featured

February 3, 2020

“Join Durham’s fastest growing startup,” reads the billboard along 15-501 in big, bold red font. Ever since Policygenius, an insuretech startup based out of New York, announced plans late last year to expand into the Bull City – ultimately bringing 370…

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by Stanfield Gray

Startup Atlanta Celebrates Winners at Annual Startup Awards^Featured

January 30, 2020

Startup Atlanta, the premier advocate for Atlanta’s vibrant startup ecosystem, recognized the city’s most successful startup entrepreneurs and leaders Thursday night at its third annual Atlanta Startup Awards. The event took place on the historic campus of Clark Atlanta University…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Columbia, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod

Scribble Toolkit for Innovation, K4Connect (RAL), Solomon + Google for Startups (ATL), Blueprint (NSV), Locale (ATX) + Brian Gillespie on South Pod^Featured

January 29, 2020

The S.C. Department of Commerce invites you to Toolkit Talk, a three-day series of events celebrating innovative leaders as featured on Scribble, South Carolina’s content toolkit for the pursuit of innovation. The events are free to the public, but space…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Press Release, Raleigh - Durham, Startups, Wilmington

Atlanta’s Fanaticus XR Uses VR and Projection Mapping, Vapor IO in ATX, Sysdig in RAL, Shawn Jenkins in Charleston, CloudWyze in Wilmington, Gillespie on South Pod^Featured

January 27, 2020

Atlanta-based VR company Fanaticus XR is built upon fandom, not just technology. Fanaticus XR’s first experience is the Flying Broom VR Simulator, which co-founder Ernesto Escobar says can transport users “anywhere” at a high degree of immersion. “You can give…

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by Stanfield Gray

Asheville, Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, News, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Comcast NBCU Launches Atlanta-Based SportsTech Accelerator, FlashParking, WhyHotel, Florida Funders, SouthPod featuring Comcast VP Horwitz^Featured

January 20, 2020

Comcast NBCU announced the launch of SportsTech, a three-month global accelerator for multi-stage sports technology startups that will be based in Atlanta. The accelerator features what Comcast NBCU calls an “unprecedented partnership” between three of the broadcast giant’s sports brands…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, The South

Raleigh-based MobileSmith Lands App Partnership with AT&T + AvidXchange (CLT), Sense Photonics (DUR), TOTO/GR PRO (ATL), Blackbaud (CHS)^Featured

January 13, 2020

MobileSmith, a developer of apps aiming to improve healthcare, is getting a chance to grow nationally through a partnership with AT&T. The companies announced they would include MobileSmith’s health platform known as Peri as part of AT&T’s Edge-to-Edge Digital Hospital…

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by Stanfield Gray

Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, News, Press Releases, Resources, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

S.C. Department of Commerce Office of Innovation to Launch Scribble Event Series^Featured

January 8, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Office of Innovation announced the launch of the Toolkit Talk series celebrating innovators across S.C. The interactive three-day series, which is part of the Scribble online resource, provides opportunities for idea…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Culture, DC, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, Startups, The South, Venture Capital

Levelset Lands $30M, Arjun Devarajan on SOUTH POD + Tech Jobs (ATL), Sense Photonics (Durham), Shipwell (ATX), Arcadia (DC)^Featured

January 6, 2020

New Orleans Startup Levelset Lands $30M Series C Funding Round to Jumpstart Growth Levelset, a New Orleans-based SaaS platform that helps relieve cash flow issues for contractors by getting them paid more quickly, has announced a $30 million Series C…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charlotte, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, The South

Terminus Acquires Sigstr, Civic Dinners on South Pod + Tribecan (Wilmington), Cloud Guru (ATX), Record Job (CLT), Octerra (NVL), Microsoft (Morrisville)^Featured

December 19, 2019

Account-based marketing platform Terminus has acquired Sigstr, the email signature marketing platform that turns the billions of 1:1 employee emails sent every year into powerful brand engagements. The addition of Sigstr creates an end-to-end account-centric marketing platform with the most…

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by Stanfield Gray

News, South Pod

Tech in the South: ATL’s Alex Gonzalez on South Pod + PrecisionHawk (RAL-DUR) + Good Growth (CHS), Passport (CLT), XSOLIS (NSV), Popspots (Austin)^Featured

December 12, 2019

PrecisionHawk, a Raleigh Trianlge-based drone technology company, has raised a $32 million investment from venture investors including Millennium Technology Value Partners, Third Point Ventures, Eastward Capital Partners, and others. The round brings PrecisionHawk’s financing so far to more than $100…

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Business Growth, Charleston, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod, The South

Call for Startups to Join DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch Open + Pensa (Austin), Motivo (ATL), Allstacks (RAL), CloudFactory (DUR)^Featured

December 4, 2019

Hitting the fundraising trail in 2020? Your best opportunity may be at the South’s Capitol of Capital on April 24. The call for startups to join Wild Pitch at DIG SOUTH Tech Summit in Charleston is now open! Connect with more than 200…

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by Stanfield Gray

Asheville, Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Greenville, Nashville, News, Raleigh - Durham, South Pod

Tech in the South: Meetup w/ Former Head of Uber Biz Dev, Nashville Startup Predicts Personalities + Climate Service (AVL), CloudFactory (Durham), Popmenu (ATL), Base (GVL)^Featured

December 2, 2019

Jonathan DiOrio is a big deal. And we’re hosting him this Thursday at Blue Ion in Charleston. It’s our last DIG NATION Executive Member event of 2019 – you should be there too. Learn to scale a company like mad, join a live taping…

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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Emerging Tech, News, Press Release, The South

Tech in the South: Gotcha (CHS) Acquired by OjO (CA) + Champ Bailey, Spreedly (Durham), Givful (Nashville), Popmenu (ATL), BrewBike (Austin)^Featured

November 25, 2019

Charleston firm Gotcha, who has staked its ground on partnering with colleges and cities to rent electric bikes and scooters, says it is being acquired by Oxnard, Calif.-based ride-sharing company OjO Electric in a deal valued at $12 million, including stock….

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by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Business Growth, Charleston, Culture, DIG NATION Member Posts, Digital Marketing, Emerging Tech, Memphis, News, Raleigh - Durham, The South

Tech in the South: eSports Giant Epic Games (Durham) Acquires Quixel to Increase 3D Realism + Benefitfocus (CHS), Spiffy (RAL-DUR), Transitiv (ATL), DEVCON (Memphis)^Featured

November 14, 2019

North Carolina-based eSports behemoth Epic Games, best known for its wildly popular game Fortnite as well as the global game development platform Unreal Engine, has announced its acquisition of the Swedish startup Quixel. The move is designed to improve the three-dimensional photorealism of…

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by Stanfield Gray

Business Growth, DC, News, Press Releases

Accelerate R2 Network Challenge^Featured

October 31, 2019

(WASHINGTON, DC) Three U.S. Department of Commerce agencies have launched a first-of-its-kind interagency challenge focused on accelerating innovations for disaster response and resilience technology. The Economic Development Administration (EDA), in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the First Responder Network…

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by Stanfield Gray

Charleston, Press Releases

Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program Now Recruiting for the July 2021 Cohort

April 26, 2021

Does your startup need some support? Do you want to make a bigger difference? 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…

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