Category: DIG NATION Member Posts
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DIG SOUTH in July, The Q, Case Status Raises $1.5M, Pendo, Bakkt, CloudOne, Favor
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 funds will be used to support the company’s continued rapid growth, including the addition of…
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Call Experts, CommAlert, and Punchcard Systems Announce “Covid Continuity,” a Partnership Committed to Providing Resources in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Charleston, SC – Call Experts, CommAlert, and Punchcard Systems announced a partnership among contact center leaders across the US and Canada to quickly make critical services and tools available to businesses of all sizes in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. With close to four decades of experience supporting business operations during disasters and routine…
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DIG SOUTH Rescheduled, Overhaul Hauls in $17.5M, RTP’s Get Spiffy, Raleigh’s Corevisit, Charleston’s Deal Alliance, ATL’s Endeavor
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 capital infusion to expand its markets and products, according to the announcement. Overhaul plans to…
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DIG SOUTH Rescheduled for July 22-24 Due to COVID-19
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 Charleston Gaillard Center. The DIG Team is closely monitoring COVID-19 updates and following the current…
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NVL’s axialHealthcare, ATX’s Acadeum, CHS’s Benefitfocus, ATL’s Package Solutions, Venture Atlanta on South Pod
????NASHVILLE – Recovery ecosystem. axialHealthcare, a Nashville-based healthcare optimization company dedicated to navigating substance abuse issues for patients and healthcare providers, has announced the closing of a $15 million Series C equity financing round. The company will use the funding to jumpstart its expansion into the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery spaces. Learn more.…
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Blinktbi of Charleston Pinpoints Concussions, Tampa’s Molekule, ATL’s BoxLock, Blueprint Title in NSV, Austin’s Eventus Systems, Venture Atlanta on South Pod
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 programs to help them diagnose concussions, a condition that has been hard to measure in…
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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
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 in those days, obsessive drinkers often fell into one of two camps: BeerAdvocate users and RateBeer…
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ToucanAI Raises Capital, Launches on Shopify Platform, CLT’s Source Technologies, Austin’s Verify, COAST of Tampa Bay, Great Dwellings of DC
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 funds to support its growth on the Shopify App store, an online selling platform that enable…
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Austin’s Digital Turbine Acquires Mobile Posse for $66M, Terminus (ATL), CompostNow (RAL), Enveil (DC), Durham’s Aerie, Fattmerchant on South Pod
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 believe that Mobile Posse’s content discovery platform and Digital Turbine’s distribution and relationships combine to…
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Palmetto Clean Pulls in New Financing, AppHarvest of Kentucky, Durham’s Restor3D, ATL’s ARPR, RTP’s TransEnterix, plus Fattmerchant on South Pod
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 year, it attracted new capital, completed a nationwide expansion of its business and grew its…
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Wild Pitch Deadline Feb 21, Charlotte-based Hylaine Sets Up Shop in Raleigh, Exponential AI (ATL), Carbon Relay (DC), Carolinas Fintech Ventures (CLT), Pattern Bioscience (ATX), Mr. B on South Pod
Another startup wants to call the Oak City home. Hylaine, a technology consulting firm headquartered in Charlotte, announced the opening of its new office in Raleigh. By the end of 2020, it said it expects the Raleigh office to have 15 to 20 employees. “Our motto at Hylaine is ‘solving technology, together.’ So we’re trying…
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DIG NATION | New Member Spotlight: FK Funderburke, VP, Theorem
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 phase of a project to achieve the best results and deliver Full Stack Innovation™. Meet the…
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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
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 phase of a project to achieve the best results and deliver Full Stack Innovation™. Meet the…
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Policygenius Raises $100M to Ramp up Durham, Nola’s Advano, Lienwavers.io from NSV, Peerit of Tampa Bay and ATL’s WeWork Labs
“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 new jobs with an average starting salary of $72,000 — it’s been desperate to get…
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Scribble Toolkit for Innovation, K4Connect (RAL), Solomon + Google for Startups (ATL), Blueprint (NSV), Locale (ATX) + Brian Gillespie on South Pod
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 is limited. RSVP to the location near you. COLUMBIA: February 4, 5:30pm-7:30pm @ SOCO BullstreetGREENVILLE: February…
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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
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 them powers, make them feel like they’re anyone and can do anything. It’s really creating…
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Comcast NBCU Launches Atlanta-Based SportsTech Accelerator, FlashParking, WhyHotel, Florida Funders, SouthPod featuring Comcast VP Horwitz
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 – NBC Sports, Sky Sports and Golf Channel, as well as NASCAR and a pair…
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Raleigh-based MobileSmith Lands App Partnership with AT&T + AvidXchange (CLT), Sense Photonics (DUR), TOTO/GR PRO (ATL), Blackbaud (CHS)
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 Solutions. MobileSmith (OTCBB: MOST) says its apps are designed to help better prepare patients for…
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Levelset Lands $30M, Arjun Devarajan on SOUTH POD + Tech Jobs (ATL), Sense Photonics (Durham), Shipwell (ATX), Arcadia (DC)
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 round of funding led by Horizons Ventures. S3 Ventures, Altos Ventures, Operating Venture Capital, as…
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Tech in the South: PlayOn! Sports (ATL) Raises $25M + Ecobot (ASV), Clutch (DUR), Givful (NSV), REIN (Chapel Hill)
???? ATLANTA – Student athletes. PlayOn! Sports, an Atlanta-based company that streams live and on-demand high school sporting events across the U.S., has announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by venture investment firm BIP Capital, with participation from Jeff Vinik, Teall Capital, and Crossover. The company plans to use the capital…
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Terminus Acquires Sigstr, Civic Dinners on South Pod + Tribecan (Wilmington), Cloud Guru (ATX), Record Job (CLT), Octerra (NVL), Microsoft (Morrisville)
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 complete account intelligence (based on intent, engagement, and relationship data) available. The acquisition connects two…
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Call for Startups to Join DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch Open + Pensa (Austin), Motivo (ATL), Allstacks (RAL), CloudFactory (DUR)
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 top-shelf investors, 2200+ attendees and get deals done. Selected teams will receive 2 all-access badges (plus…
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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)
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 of South Pod and enjoy tasty bites and adult beverages. This is just one of the…
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Tech in the South: Gotcha (CHS) Acquired by OjO (CA) + Champ Bailey, Spreedly (Durham), Givful (Nashville), Popmenu (ATL), BrewBike (Austin)
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. Gotcha CEO Sean Flood said the fact that OjO is publicly traded appealed to him.…