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AI dating, opiAID on a roll, spectacular new DIG HQ at the Harbor Entrepreneur Center^Featured

May 25, 2023

Hey, Dig Nation – Good stuff in the works! Following an excellent Dig South Tech Summit that dove deep into ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and all things AI (how about that AI-generated gallery sponsored by Elevation and The Office People?), big plans are on…

by Stanfield Gray

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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^Featured

March 24, 2023

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….

by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Wilmington

Pickleball craze expands to Crush Yard, airless balls in the NBA?, Hire Logic Raises $6M^Featured

February 27, 2023

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…

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Dig South Tech Summit Announces Call for Startups to Join Wild Pitch on April 27 – Apply Before January 31!^Featured

January 16, 2023

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…

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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^Featured

December 16, 2022

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…

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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^Featured

November 15, 2022

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…

by Stanfield Gray

Blockchain, Charleston, Charlotte, Columbia, Wilmington

GrowCo launches accelerator, Benefitfocus acquired, Telios wins blockchain grant, Southeastern hydrogen consortium launched^Featured

November 8, 2022

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…

by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Blockchain, Business Growth, Charleston, Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh - Durham, Spartanburg, St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, Wilmington

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^Featured

October 6, 2022

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…

by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh - Durham, Tampa Bay, Wilmington

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^Featured

September 28, 2022

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…

by Stanfield Gray

Atlanta, Houston, Knoxville, Wilmington

Atlanta’s Press Sports tackles NIL with new app, Innov865 Announces Startup Day teams, Chief Outsiders Excels^Featured

September 22, 2022

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…

by Stanfield Gray

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