Category: Austin
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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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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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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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Duke Energy Surges Renewable Energy Portfolio, NFTs Make Their Way to LSU’s Football Team + DIG SOUTH Tech Summit Speaker Taking Over TikTok
CHECKING IN WITH STANFIELD GRAY 10 YEARS AFTER THE LAUNCH OFDIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT Expose Yourself! Yes, this was the cheeky battle cry of DIG SOUTH Tech Summit #1 more than a decade ago. It was also a cri de coeur for the South’s startup ecosystems from Atlanta to Austin, Charlotte to Charleston, DC, Raleigh-Durham, Miami and all…
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Vayner NFT President Avery Akkenini Headlines Dig South Tech Summit, Greencom Making Easier Ways to Save the Planet + UAB Breaks Ground on Game-Changing New Genomics Building
VAYNER NFT PRESIDENT AVERY AKKENINI HEADLINES DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT Anyone who attended DIG SOUTH Tech Summit #3 and/or #4 undoubtably remembers the inimitable dynamo Gary Vaynerchuk. Well the DIG Team is fired up to continue to build on the relationship with Vayner Media. Get ready for Vayner NFT President Avery Akkenini, who will keynote…
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Run-DMC, Charlotte Flair, 6am City Reaches 1 Million Subscribers, ATL’s Go Beyond Holds Key to Building Better Workforce + Stanfield Checks in from SXSW
CHECKING IN FROM AUSTIN AT SXSW 2022 DIG SOUTH founder Stanfield Gray is checking in from Austin, TX during SXSW, getting the latest and greatest, swimming in the massive hype around Web3, metaverse, crypto, NFTs and other emerging tech, creativity and cultural trends. Highlights so far include getting the scoop on Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark…
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EVP & CMO of Citrix Keynotes Summit, Southeastern Finalists Of Biotech Pitch Announced, ATL Startup Closer to Supersonic Speed + Tim Minahan EVP & CMO of Citrix
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: TIM MINAHAN EVP BUSINESS STRATEGY & CMO CITRIX Huzzah! Another global leader is coming to DIG SOUTH Tech Summit. Tim Minahan is executive vice president, business strategy and chief marketing officer at Citrix, where he has a proactive role in helping to drive focused strategic initiatives and the company’s overall business strategy. In addition,…
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NOLA-Based WRSTBND Talks Innovation Inside the Festival Scene, Terradepth Hires New COO + DIG NATION Member Jim Roberts Featured on WRALTechWire
NEW ORLEANS-BASED WRSTBND TALKS INNOVATION INSIDE THE FESTIVAL SCENE NEW ORLEANS – EventTech was a natural fit for Conway Solomon. As a tech enthusiast, he started working at his brother’s New Orleans-based event production company back in high school and the space immediately pulled him in. As interest grew in their event management platform, the team decided…
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Freeform 3D Printing Startup Partners with NASA, Icon Tech Plans to Print 100-Home Community + 6AM City Rounds Up the 7 Best Fall Festivals in Lowcountry
Freeform 3D Printing Startup Partners with NASA CHATTANOOGA – Space Printing. Branch Technology is building for the moon. Alongside material scientists at Stanford University and global architecture firm Fosters + Partners (designers of Apple’s Cupertino HQ), Branch Technology is working with NASA on what it would take to design 3D printed structures on the moon. Branch Technology’s…
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DIG SOUTH Tech Summit’s 10-Year Anniversary, Call for Startups Open, Free Badge with Membership + Pantheon Named a Major Player in IDC’s Latest Market Report
DIG SOUTH Tech Summit Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary! Holy startup, Batman, it’s been a full decade of DIG SOUTH. Fire up the founder’s signal – we’re going big, Big, BIG … And we need to see YOU there next May 11-13! DIG SOUTH is proud to announce a partnership with College of Charleston to host our 10th-annual DIG SOUTH Tech Summit in TD Arena (the…
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Vantaca bringing 100+ jobs to Wilmington, 20 women-led startups join Atlanta Techstars Pre-accelerator, SXSW Pitch Apps Open
Vantaca Bringing 100+ Jobs Paying $80k to Wilmington RALEIGH – Fast Growing Tech Hub. Software firm Vantaca is bringing more than 100 new jobs paying $80,000 to Wilmington and will receive some $1.7 million in state and local tax incentives under an agreement with the State of North Carolina. New jobs include programmers, technicians and…
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Vertical Roots Featured on START UP, Wilmington Ranked in Top Emerging Ecosystems, Pantheon Hosts WebOps.21 Tomorrow!
START UP TV Features Charleston’s Vertical Roots Founders CHARLESTON – Revolutionizing Hydroponic Farming. START UP, a TV series airing on PBS and hosted by Gary Bredow, will feature companies from Charleston, Savannah and Wilmington throughout the current season. Episode 1, Season 9 will tell the story of two high school friends, Andrew Hare and Matt Daniels, who had a…
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Palmetto Launches ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’, Google’s Black Founders Fund Selects 5 Startups, Blackbaud’s Mike Gianoni Answers “Five for the Tribe”
Palmetto Launches New ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ Program CHARLESTON – Clean energy. Palmetto, a rapidly growing platform technology company accelerating the national adoption of clean energy, today – in conjunction with the start of Climate Week – is announcing its new ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ program focused on providing underserved communities with access to solar energy systems. Palmetto…
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Intuit to Buy Mailchimp, Startup Creating Water from Air Moves to Tampa, Abby Leibowitz Appears on SOUTH POD
Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion. ATLANTA – Bringing platforms together. Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax and QuickBooks, will acquire Mailchimp, a company best known as a provider of email marketing services, the companies announced on Monday. The cash-and-stock deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals, will value Mailchimp at about $12 billion. The deal…
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UPS to Buy Delivery Platform Roadie, Drones Come to Georgia, DIG SOUTH CEO/Founder to Appear on Game Changer Chat
UPS to Buy Delivery Platform Roadie ATLANTA – Same-day delivery. United Parcel Service Inc. is getting into same-day delivery with a deal to buy Roadie Inc., a platform that uses gig workers to deliver items from retailers and other shippers quickly. Roadie founder Marc Gorlin sat down for a fireside chat at DIG SOUTH Tech Summit 2019, sharing…
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TABConf is Back, Austin Startup Printing Homes, Catch Talent Launches Tampa Market
Bitcoin Developer Community to Convene for TABCONF ATLANTA – TABConf is back! The conference kicks off November 4-6. Created in 2018, The Atlanta Bitcoin Conference (TABConf) was formed to help educate communities about decentralized and blockchain technologies. The grassroots event focuses on quality content, provides education, builds community, and challenges attendees to learn new things. The…
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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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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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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…
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Shyft Shifts Into New Gear, Cisco Acquires Sedona Systems, Boomtown Accelerators Hiring in ATL
Shyft Auto Gains Traction Shyft Auto founders (and recent Wild Pitch Wednesday guests) say they didn’t have a pandemic in mind when they originally developed a tech platform to help car dealerships go “contactless.” Then COVID-19 hit, just as they were launching, and it became even more relevant. “When repair shops closed their waiting areas,…
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Cleaning Robot Captures Hearts, Safer Reusables from QUVI, ROK Tech Wins Gold, Raleigh’s AURA AI Tech Lands $50M Contract
Tampa Startup With High-Tech Cleaning Robots Is Getting National Attention Christine Gallo has spent the last 18 months pivoting from simply trying to save lives to now trying to protect businesses. “Before it was pandemonium, and now it’s strategic,” said Gallo, owner and founder of IP Program Infection Prevention. “We were trying to save lives…
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Alto Changes Crypto, Element 451 invests $3M into Student Enrollment, Greenville Tech Company Visited by President Biden
TECH IN THE SOUTH NASHVILLE – Crypto new ways. When Alto closed its $2.8 million seed round in early 2019, the team was on a mission to make alternative investment opportunities accessible to more people. Now, the Nashville-based team raised a $17 million Series A funding round this week, led by Menlo Park-based Unusual Ventures. Read more. RALEIGH…
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Chief Outsiders on SOUTH POD Next Week, Spiffy Announces Seven New Locations
PAUL SPARROW OF CHIEF OUTSIDERS ON SOUTH POD NEXT WEEK Learn New Growth Tools from CMO Paul Sparrow Thursday, March 25 at 8 PM ETDIG SOUTH Facebook Page 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…
