Author: DIG SOUTH Editors
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Birmingham Selected as Host City for AI Bootcamp, No Code Startup Raises $33 Million, Austin Startup Connects Construction and Technology
Birmingham Chosen as Host City for AI Bootcamp The Mark Cuban Foundation has selected Birmingham, AL as the host city for their Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp Program. The program is for underserved students in grades 9-12. Students will learn from volunteer instructors knowledgeable in data science and are capable to help students understand material normally taught at…
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Roadie Ranks No. 203 on 2021 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Delivery-industry disruptor achieves three-year revenue growth of 2,157% Roadie, the nation’s first “on the way” crowdsourced delivery platform, was today revealed as No. 203 in the annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Companies in the 2021 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2017 to…
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Weddings, Babies and Other Celebrations Are New Source of Nonprofit Donations Thanks to Generous Partnership With MyRegistry.com
Generous Online Tool and MyRegistry Platform Join to Meet Customers’ Desire to Be “Conscious Consumers” The next time you buy a gift for a wedding or a baby shower you’ll also have an opportunity to help make the world a better place. Thanks to a new partnership between Generous, creator of online fundraising tools that…
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New Raleigh Startup Padeo Cuts Website Load Times Using Predictive Model
Businesses in the U.S. lose millions of dollars each year from having a slow website. For a company like Amazon, that can mean a loss of up to $1.6 billion per year. Padeo, a new startup out of the Triangle, has announced that they’re offering a new way to decrease website load times in a…
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GoodSeeker’s Top Values-Driven Employers of Greater Washington Area Announced
Introducing GoodSeeker’s Top 20 Values-Driven Large and Midsize Employers of the Greater Washington Area. GoodSeeker reviews over a 1000+ companies to find top employers committed to values and employee success. GoodSeeker announces its Top 20 Values-Driven Employers of Greater Washington Area. The recruitment content platform evaluated more than 1,000 employers headquartered in and around the…
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HiveTracks Get Pollinated with New Funding, Florida Southern eSports, Call for Startups
HiveTracks Get Pollinated with New Funding An emerging startup focused on improving health outcomes for honeybees, HiveTracks, has raised nearly $170,000 in 2021 thus far and plans to raise more ahead of a key product launch slotted for June. Founder James Wilkes is using computing to drive positive outcomes for honeybees and all the stakeholders…
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Call Experts Announces a Strategic Partnership with ADP Marketplace
Charleston, SC – Call Experts has entered into a strategic partnership with ADP Marketplace. The collaboration originated from a need to add automated attendance management via phone lines to ADP’s existing services. The partnership will help both parties offer seamless connectivity between Call Expert’s Attendance Bridge and ADP payroll systems. With close to four decades…
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Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program Now Recruiting for the July 2021 Cohort
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 startups with the potential to impact the Ecosystem of Good®. Participants receive curated access to…
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Tough Love for the Entrepreneurs Can Hack the Complacent Startup Ecosystem
The startup ecosystem is a living and growing organism that most cities are trying to add to their modern economic development strategy for job creation. The startup ecosystem is typically a very positive kumbaya environment. There are lots of smiles around town while people with rose colored glasses are selling more commercial and residential real…
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Driving Growth with CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG Café, Pendo is Hiring, Member Roundup Data Protocol Hiring
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 expert Paul Sparrow shares a simple methodology for determining the economic health and trajectory of…
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CMO & Growth Expert Paul Sparrow on DIG Café, Shyft into Wild Pitch Wednesday, Terminus Sets the Pace, The Coasts Join Forces
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, and business growth expert Paul Sparrow shares a simple methodology for determining the economic health…
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Shyft into Wild Pitch March 17, Emotive Makes Money moved, SOUTH POD tonight with Iron Bridge Capital
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 contactless solutions to their customers, while increasing retention, revenue, and satisfaction scores. The Shyft Auto…
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Charleston Tech Center on SOUTH POD, $45M ProcessMaker Raise, Measuring the Unmeasurable, Who Loves Your Brand?
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 SOUTH POD. Designed as a home for tech-centric companies, CTC will serve as a centerpiece…
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Greater Nashville Tech Council’s Second Virtual Job Fair Helps to Boost Local Tech Employment
The Greater Nashville Tech Council (NTC) hosted a live Virtual Tech Job Fair on January 28th, drawing 288 participants from across Nashville and Middle Tennessee. With almost 250 open positions to pursue, job seekers submitted a total of 572 resumes and had 378 on-the-spot interviews during the day-long event. Participating employers included AWS, CereCore, ClarisHealth,…
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VentureSouth Invests over $9 Million in 26 Southeastern-Based Companies in 2020
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 the funding went to support existing VentureSouth portfolio companies as they navigated substantial threats to…
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Atlanta Tech Company Launches Online Platform for Traffic Court Adjudication and Payments
ATLANTA, Feb. 3, 2021 – Judicial Innovations, a technology company based in Atlanta, announced today the launch of its new Online Traffic Resolution platform. The platform allows courts to deliver fast, COVID-safe justice for drivers charged with a traffic violation. Defendants can contest and pay their traffic tickets online without having to enter a courtroom, making…
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Local Tech Jobs On the Rise as Nashville Tech Council Hosts Another Virtual Career Fair
The Greater Nashville Tech Council (NTC) is hosting a live Virtual Tech Job Fair on January 28th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Employers are invited to participate for a fee, and anyone currently seeking a job in the tech industry can register at no cost. Participating employers include AWS, CereCore, ClarisHealth, Diverse Computing, Dollar…
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Register for the 2020 Greater Nashville IT Summit
The Greater Nashville Technology Council has announced that registration is open for the 2020 Greater Nashville IT Summit, which will take place virtually on November 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The IT Summit is a one-day conference that provides high-quality, forward-looking content to IT practitioners at all levels, as well as opportunities for…
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A Sportstech Event Unlike Any You’ve Seen Before
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 accelerator programs in Raleigh and Wilson, NC. This November, RIoT turns the 2020 virtual event…
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Elevator Pitches Now LIVE for Innov865 Week’s 2020 Startup Day Pitch Competition
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 compiled here by media sponsor WATE. Pitches range from technology for fighting climate change to…
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The Man Who Made the Carolina Reaper on Pushing an Industry Forward
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 growing peppers at his house in South Carolina. By the 90s, his 800+ plants covered…
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ROK Technologies is the First Esri Silver Partner Awarded ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty
Esri awarded ROK Technologies, the premier global provider of GIS Managed Cloud Services, with their latest designation, the ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty. This designation is exclusively reserved for those who have expertise in deploying and managing ArcGIS in cloud environments; providing services for deployments, system architecture design, managed cloud services, and the implementation of integrated…
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Southern Coastal Cities Need to Attract More Resources For Entrepreneurs and Tech Talent Will Follow
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 to the city. Is $2,000 going to attract the kind of talent that good tech…
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Venture Asheville Raises $25,000 to Launch 5 Startups with Asheville Impact Micro Grant Fund
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 Impact Micro Grant will help launch five new startups by seeding each of them with…