Category: News
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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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Spark Cleantech Accelerator Selects First Cohort of Companies
KNOXVILLE, TN – The Spark Cleantech Accelerator (Spark CTA), a strategic initiative within the Spark Innovation Center at the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Park at Cherokee Farm, has selected the first six companies to participate in its inaugural program this summer. The accelerator, directed by John Bruck, Director of the Spark Innovation Center, and…
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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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NASA Releases Ground Breaking Images, Holiday Waitlist for Smartphones, Unicorn Eclipses Funding Target
DIG SOUTH STORY OF THE DAY MARYLAND — NASA’s James Webb Telescope Captures Groundbreaking Images of Distant Galaxies The universe’s splendor and breadth are on display like never before, thanks to a new batch of images that NASA released from the James Webb Space Telescope on Tuesday. The images from the new telescope are “really…
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Infinitum Electric Raises $80M, VentureSouth Appoints New Director, Atlanta Entrepreneur’s 2nd Music Startup Acquired + Louisiana Bill Puts Forward Study On Crypto Campaign Donations
ATLANTA ENTREPRENEUR’S 2ND STARTUP UPBEAT MUSIC APP ACQUIRED ATLANTA —Atlanta entrepreneur Seth Radman has hit another high note in the MusicTech space. A little over two years after his startup Crescendo was acquired by Ultimate Guitar, one of his latest ventures, Upbeat Music App, has also been acquired. Upbeat was officially acquired by Colorado-based MakeMusic, one…
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Walmart May Soon be Sending a Drone to Your House, Locus Biosciences Gains $35m In Funding, New Leaps in Hydrogen Fuel Tech + Atlanta Braves Embrace a Web3 Wonderland in the Metaverse
LOCUS BIOSCIENCES GAINS $35M IN FUNDING RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK —Gene editing startup Locus Biosciences is another step closer to actualizing its biotherapeutics against bacterial diseases after landing $35 million in additional capital. The Morrisville startup said the funds included Series B equity financing and a conversion of an earlier convertible note. Notable investors included Artis Ventures,…
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Indian Nation Setting Up Special Economic Zone For Crypto, $5.6b Investment For Electric Vehicles In Georgia, Logix Raises $100M + Blockchain On Native Land
$5.6B INVESTMENT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN GEORGIA SAVANNAH —Georgia will be home to Hyundai’s first dedicated EV plant and battery manufacturing facility in the United States, the company announced Friday. Hyundai is investing almost $5.5 billion into the EV plant in Bryan County, Georgia, creating 8,100 new jobs. The plant expects to reach a capacity of…
