Author: Stanfield Gray
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RSVP Today for the Launch of the new Dig South HQ + Harbor Entrepreneur Center on Aug 2!
Hey, Dig Nation – Who knew there were 17 gorgeous hidden acres in the heart of Mount Pleasant awaiting thousands of entrepreneurial collisions? Apparently the Harbor Entrepreneur Center, that’s who. And Dig South is teaming up with HEC for its first Dig Nation member event of the fall to cut the ribbon and announce our…
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Austin’s Strangeworks raises $24M, Raleigh’s First Citizens bids to buy SVB, Columbia’s Cirba invests $300M in battery tech, Don’t sleep on Dr. Melissa Milanak at Dig South
Hey, Dig Nation – Groggy from watching the Zags take down UCLA in a nail-biter? Or, have an eye twitch from trying to track Kansas State’s mighty point guard Markquis Nowell buzzing about the court at warp speed. March madness, indeed. Speaking of optimizing sleep, please allow me to introduce another terrific Dig South Tech Summit keynoter – Dr.…
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Pickleball craze expands to Crush Yard, airless balls in the NBA?, Hire Logic Raises $6M
Hey, Dig Nation … Today, I’m thinking about BioTech and my teenage daughter, Stella, doing her very best in partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to help cure blood cancer. More specifically, Stella has volunteered to lead a team during the 2023 Student Visionaries of the Year campaign for LLS, rallying a group of great…
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Dig South Tech Summit Announces Call for Startups to Join Wild Pitch on April 27 – Apply Before January 31!
The South’s best early- to growth-stage companies invited to apply to present to top VCs and other investors on April 27, 2023 at TD Arena at College of Charleston Are you a startup founder or executive currently raising funds? Apply today for Wild Pitch. DIG SOUTH has announced its call for startups to join Wild…
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Tesla Co-Founder’s Redwoods Invests $3.5B in SC, Apps Open for CED Venture Connect & Kinetic, Venture Asheville Winners, Shandoka Wins Charlotte Award
CHARLESTON METRO, SC – Nevada-based Redwood Materials plans to invest $3.5 billion in its Berkeley County plant, bringing approximately 1,500 jobs to the area. This marks the largest economic development announcement in the history of South Carolina and will have a significant positive return on investment for the Charleston region. The privately-owned company led by…
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Apply to pitch at Dig South Tech Summit, Call Experts wins award, EV myths debunked, Myrtle Beach’s Permits wins $50k prize
APPLY TO PITCH AT DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT A great startup pitch is the story of a product or service that promises to solve a problem, improve the world, and save or make us more money. And the ultimate purpose of most pitches is to convince someone to invest in the business to help it…
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GrowCo launches accelerator, Benefitfocus acquired, Telios wins blockchain grant, Southeastern hydrogen consortium launched
Charleston, SC – Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), a leading health, wealth and investment company, and Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), an industry-leading cloud-based benefits administration technology company that serves employers, health plans and brokers, today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Voya to acquire Benefitfocus. Under the terms of the…
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Triangle Tweener Fund announces 16 investments, digital asset data center opens in Spartanburg, startups provide hurricane relief, wave of venture + entrepreneur events across the southeast
Story of the Day Research Triangle Park, NC – Triangle Tweener Fund announces 16 Q3 investments representing over $700,000 invested in the quarter. “Our strategy of building an index of Triangle-based early startups is working very effectively and by this time next year we should cover over half the Triangle Tweeners,” said Scot Wingo, Tweener Fund General…
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Tampa Doctor Launches Intellidoc AI SaaS Platform, Venture Atlanta Announces Startups, R!oT Hosts 8th Demo Night, Falkor Technologies Opens in Columbia, Venture 135 Accepting Applications
ATLANTA – Dr. Jacqueline Darna, a physician and a consumer product company founder, is ready to take on RetailTech and HealthTech. She’s doing this with Tampa-based Intellidoc, a SaaS AI platform making it easier to purchase over-the-counter (OTC) solutions suggested during telemedicine visits. Darna says it is all about “getting the wellness products to patients faster and…
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Atlanta’s Press Sports tackles NIL with new app, Innov865 Announces Startup Day teams, Chief Outsiders Excels
STORY OF THE DAY: ATLANTA’S PRESS SPORTS ATLANTA – Two things in college athletics have dramatically changed the landscape: first, the advent of NIL (name, image, and likeness) agreements that allow athletes to capitalize and monetize their abilities while still at an amateur status; second, a change in the NCAA transfer rule, meaning athletes have…
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NEXT Announces Venture Summit Finalists, Google Invests $1.2M in Black-led Startups, “Energizing Tennessee” Podcast Launches
NEXT VENTURE SUMMIT ANNOUNCES FINALISTS GREENVILLE, SC – NEXT announced the 10 finalists who will pitch on stage to some of the country’s top investors at the NEXT Venture Summit on Sept. 22. The startups were selected from a group of 30 semi-finalists who presented at a special pre-screening event last week at Fluor Field. The 10…
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ATL’s Motivo raises $14M, Raleigh’s RioT Accelerator taking applications, Margik lands funding to hunt unicorns
RALEIGH, NC – Startup Pitch News From Raleigh’s R!oT. Last week in Virginia, R!oT hosted a pitch night to showcase startups out of their first Stafford, VA-based loT accelerator program. Stafford Economic Development Authority awarded $5000 to five startup pitchers (ICYMI, check out the cohort here). The judges selected Christine Kennefick, founder of Latticet, as the night’s big winner. Latticet is…
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Tasmanian tiger back from extinction, Fervo Energy raises $138M, Unicorn Hunters, Happy Ring lands $60M, NFL to NFT, Swipe right on your next founder
DIG THIS VIDEO What is the metaverse – or is it “a metaverse”? Find out from this expert panel of technologists, animators, game developers and experts at the vanguard of the potential of the metaverse and what it could mean for your business. “It is an immersive experience, an augmented reality, a singular experience, a…
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Shipt Acquired by Target, Naborforce closes $9M, Decarbonizing with Carbon Limit, Closinglock raises $4M, Lagoons in Columbia, $100M for Atom Power
BIRMINGHAM – This high school dropout sold Shipt to Target for $550M – his next startup could be worth double. As the way Americans live and work has changed, Landing offers its members (who pay $199 a year) fast access to move-in-ready apartments with the flexibility to rent for as little as one month. Cheaper than…
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Greenville’s Blockchain-based Bandwagon, Avadain of Memphis Crowdfunds $1.37M, Nice Commerce Growth in CHS, St. Pete’s Protoco Tackles Procurement
DIG THIS VIDEO Thomas Ma is an old friend of DIG SOUTH Tech Summit who first took the stage in 2018, a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient and YPO member. His company Sapphire Studios is on a major roll as one of the premier TikTok marketing creative agencies. Sapphire has worked with over 150 brands…
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Axios sells to Cox for $525M, ATL’s ImIn receives $1M, CHS’s Ingevity invests $60M in EVs, sustainable packager Greifs invests $13M in GVL
DIG THIS VIDEO Sponsored by South Carolina Department of Commerce and captured at DIG SOUTH Tech Summit last May, this free-wheeling discussion DIGS into which modality will change the most – car, motorcycle, plane or ship – over the coming decade and what it will mean for how we travel, work, play and transport goods.…
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PunchListUSA Secures $39M, Airbnb for Boats Sails Off With $38M, From Space to the Mariana Trench, FinTop Capital Raises Beyond $200M Target
DIG THIS VIDEO Captured at DIG SOUTH Tech Summit last May, check out this video to explore the concept of digital asset exploitation as a multi-dimensional immersive experience within the experience of gaming and what that will mean for the user. Kristina touches on the legal side of digital assets and Daniel tackles them from…
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Mushroom Leather New Cowhide, Huntress Acquires Curricula for $22M, Hydroponic Proprietary Technology, FlexGen Raises $100M
DIG THIS VIDEO “We have all of the ingredients, but it’s not cake. If you want cake you have to find the recipe, and you have to do the work to turn those ingredients into cake.“ – Jay Bailey, CEO & President, Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Make cake with us in this inspiring…
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Miami’s Halborn Raises $90M, Mattel Brings NFT’s to Kids, TechStars Atlanta Announces Cohort, Nashville’s TechnologyAdvice Brings 350 Jobs
DIG THIS VIDEO DIG SOUTH STORY OF THE DAY NASHVILLE — B2B Tech Marketing Firm To Create 350 Jobs. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and TechnologyAdvice, LLC officials announced today the company will invest $2.7 million to expand its headquarters and other back-office functions in Nashville. TechnologyAdvice,…
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3D ORGAN PRINTING STARTUP IN NC RAISES $15M, ATLANTA EDTECH TEAM TACKLES TEACHER BURNOUT + eMYRge HAPPY HOUR FEB 17, 5-7PM
ATLANTA EDTECH TEAM TACKLES TEACHER BURNOUT ATLANTA – Since then the teacher shortage has reached epidemic proportions itself. A recent survey suggests half of all teachers are thinking about quitting, and many of those were considering leaving the profession altogether. “This crisis is not going away and is going to get worse,” TARA founder Ian Cohen said,…
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DIG SOUTH Tech Summit Announces Call for Startups
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 11-13, 2022 at the College of Charleston TD Arena. Wild Pitch is the perfect opportunity…
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Call for Startups Open, Emmy Award-Nominated Television Docuseries START UP Returns for Its Ninth Season
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 of Charleston. Connect with investors, hire top talent and get deals done. Selected teams will also…
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DIG the Q&A: Featuring Doxy.me Founder & DIG NATION Member Brandon Welch
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 easy-to-use telemedicine software for everyone. Our customers are healthcare providers. We do not provide healthcare…
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Benefitfocus Appoints New CEO, Karen Houghton Steps Away From Atlanta Tech Village, Lithium Extraction Tech Mines $20M for EnergyX
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 directors, effective May 10, 2021. Benefitfocus is a longtime supporter of DIG SOUTH. “On behalf…
