Author: Capers Mitchell
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Shyft Shifts Into New Gear, Cisco Acquires Sedona Systems, Boomtown Accelerators Hiring in ATL
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 were launching, and it became even more relevant. “When repair shops closed their waiting areas,…
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6AM CITY: The Fastest Growing Newsletter-First Local Media Company In The United States To Double In Size
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 over 425,000 subscribers. As society begins to return to a new post-COVID normal, cities across…
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Pryon Cracks Top 100 ‘Most Promising’ AI Startups List, Member Roundup
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 member of private equity and venture capital firm CB Insights’ AI 100, a ranking of…
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DIG SOUTH Featured company GoPuff Raises 1.2 B, Paul Sparrow on SOUTH POD Tonight
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 October 2020. GoPuff VP of Strategy and Chief of Staff Dan Folkman kicked off DIG…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday with Shyft Auto, Raleigh Founded Announces UNC Scale School
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 retention, revenue, and satisfaction scores. The Shyft Auto team was a recipient of the NC…
