Category: Nashville
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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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Disruptor Studio Coming to DIG Summit, Vodium Makes Zoom More Effective, Epic Tests 3D Scanning App for Smartphones + Badges moving fast, grab yours for the Summit today
DISRUPTOR STUDIO HOST MODERATES DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT FIRESIDE CHATS NEXT MONTH Get ready to dig deeper on emerging tech and entrepreneurship with Alex Gonzalez as he interviews Atlanta Hawks CMO Melissa Proctor and Jay Bailey, President and CEO of the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, at DIG SOUTH Tech Summit on May 12 and…
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Wilmington’s Vantaca Raises $5M, Extended Reality Stages Add to Georgia’s Production Infrastructure + Duncan Byers Featured on SOUTH POD
WILMINGTON’S VANTACA RAISES $5M WILMINGTON – Vantaca, a Wilmington-based provider of software for association management companies, disclosed it has raised $5 million in equity in an SEC filing. The filing notes that the funding period is indefinite, though it also indicated it does not anticipate the filing period to last longer than one year. So…
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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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Brothers Create RootNote, A SAAS Platform Helping Creators & Musicians, Charlotte Fintech Startup Quartix Secures $20M in funding + CCED’s Steve Dyke is Recognized in 50 Most Influential
BROTHERS CREATE ROOTNOTE, A SAAS PLATFORM HELPING CREATORS & MUSICIANS NASHVILLE – Between platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, and Patreon, creatives have a lot of ways to get their content out online. That creates a lot of data to sort through. Nashville-based brothers Jason and Jeremy Burchard wanted to help artists, content creators, and musicians better organize…
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Charlotte Startup Ekos Raises a Glass with $21 Million Series B Round, Techstars Relocating to Birmingham & Secures Deal with Alabama Power + Final Days to Apply for Wild Pitch
CHARLOTTE STARTUP EKOS RAISES A GLASS WITH $21 MILLION SERIES B ROUND CHARLOTTE –Crafty Software Solutions. The Ekos team has transformed drastically since the Charlotte-based, beverage industry-focused SaaS startup raised a $8 million Series A round in 2019 from Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley Partners. The team grew from 30 employees to 80 with significant growth on the product…
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Opportunities for Innovation Within Georgia’s AgTech Scene, 2022 Annual Outlook for Tech Conference + Pantheon Webinar TODAY at 1PM EST
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION WITHIN GEORGIA’S AGTECH SCENE ATLANTA – Agriculture is Georgia’s oldest and largest industry, but it might not be the industry where “innovation” is top of mind. A growing number of entrepreneurs across the state and the Southeast region are working to change that narrative — and funding is starting to follow. Global VC…
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GeneCapture Secures Government Contracts and Private Funding, Fleurix Returns to Charlotte After COVID-19 Hiatus + Abby Leibowitz Featured on SOUTH POD
GeneCapture Secures Government Contracts and Private Funding HUNTSVILLE, AL – Government Genealogy. GeneCapture is looking to make headway after receiving two investments from private and government sources. In August, the company won contracts from two Department of Defense agencies totaling $2.1 million to prepare its portable rapid pathogen detection technology for independent and in-field testing. This…
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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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National PBS Show Featuring Local Startups Airs Tuesday, HR Startup Raises $15M Seed for Intelligent Interviewing Platform + Dolby Vision gaming launches first on Xbox Series X and S
National PBS Show Featuring Local Startups Airs Tuesday WILMINGTON – Startups Take Live TV. Local and national TV audiences will get to learn about Wilmington startups and entrepreneurs starting Tuesday through the airing of the first episode of START UP. The first episode will air on PBS (WUNC-DT4) at 4:30 p.m., as well as on World Channel.…
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Nashville Startup Combines Sports Betting and Tech, NC State Identifies Neutron Beam, Abby Leibowitz Appears on SOUTH POD Today!
Nashville Startup is Bringing Sports Betting to the Online Age NASHVILLE – Digitizing casinos. Sports betting is currently only legal in 18 states and DC, with a handful of states actively debating the adoption of new legislation to allow for it. Tennessee legalized sports betting in 2019, which Daniel Kustelski, CEO of Chaulkine said has helped…
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Call for Startups Open, Emmy Award-Nominated Television Docuseries START UP Returns for Its Ninth Season
Who’s revved up and ready to pitch in person?! The DIG SOUTH Tech SummitCall for Startups is now open. Apply here or refer your favorite startups to join our Wild Pitch event on July 30 in Charleston at the beautiful Sottile Theatre at College of Charleston. Connect with investors, hire top talent and get deals done. Selected teams will also…
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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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Apply To the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program, SCRA CEO Bob Quinn envisions SC Tech Economy, Other Pandemic Pivots
Need some support? 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 Blackbaud resources, marketing opportunities, and nondilutive grant funding. The social…
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SCRA CEO Bob Quinn talks SC startups, Itential Lands $20M, Find out more about your customers at the next SCRA Webinar
Flying Cars, the Future for SC Startups and Elon Musk: Q & A with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn DIG SOUTH recently caught up with SCRA CEO Bob Quinn to get his take on the tech world and bring us up-to-speed on the current state of SCRA (South Carolina Research Authority). SCRA was founded in 1983 with…
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Nuclein Raises $14 M, DIG NATION member Roundup
Without a Product For Sale, Nuclein Raises $14M Austin startup Nuclein might become known as the company that made an at-home Covid-19 test that’s so easy you just spit in a can, press a button and wait about an hour for results. But this isn’t the story of a startup built out of the current pandemic. Nuclein was founded back…
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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…
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Charleston Tech Center on SOUTH POD, Atlanta Braves Connect with HBCUs
SOUTH POD RETURNS WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF CHARLESTON TECH CENTER Featuring: John Hand & Martin Willoughby Featuring DIG NATION members Iron Bridge CapitalThursday, February 25 @ 8 PM EST Tune in next week as we feature Iron Bridge Capital, the developers of Charleston Tech Center on SOUTH POD. Designed as a home for tech-centric companies,…
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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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Charles Barkley Invests in Raleigh, Register Now for Charleston Tech Center on DIG CAFÉ, Celebrate Black History Month with AR
DIG CAFE RETURNS WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF CHARLESTON TECH CENTER Featuring DIG NATION members John Hand & Martin Willoughby of Iron Bridge CapitalWednesday, February 10 – 11:00 AM ESTREGISTER NOW Get ready for Iron Bridge Capital, the developers of Charleston Tech Center. Designed to be home to a full house of tech-centric companies, CTC will serve as…
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SCRA Contributes $1B! to SC, Amazon Gives the Scoop on Hiring on SOUTH POD, Google for Startups Expands Nationwide, and What’s the Deal with GameStop?
South Pod Returns With Amazon’s Brice Brewer Hey, DIG NATION! Join us this Thursday, Jan. 28 at 8pm on the DIG SOUTH Facebook page as we resume SOUTH POD featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer. Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one of the company’s Directors within Worldwide Operations Technology. An experienced leader with more than 20…
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SOUTH POD Returns with Amazon, Vivo Connects Seniors, Gates Foundation Invests in RTP’s AgBiome
South Pod Returns with Amazon Tech Leader Mark your calendars for next Thursday, Jan. 28 at 8PM on the DIG SOUTH Facebook page as we resume SOUTH POD featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer. Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one of the company’s Directors within Worldwide Operations Technology. An experienced leader with more than 20 years…
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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 Amazon Nashville on DIG CAFÉ, Austin Mints a Unicorn, Using AI for ROI
DIG Café Resumes Tomorrow, Jan. 13 at 11am Featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one of the company’s Directors within Worldwide Operations Technology. An experienced leader with more than 20 years of proven success leading engineering, technology and big data initiatives, Brewer counts an additional 7 years in the healthcare industry. ON…