Category: Wilmington
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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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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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Summit Keynotes, F3TCH Wins Capital Connects Pitch, SkyNano Selected as Top 60 Finalist in Milestone Awards + DIG SOUTH on SC Public Radio Monday
DIG DIG SOUTH ON SC PUBLIC RADIO MONDAY, APRIL 25Tune in to your local South Carolina Public Radio on Monday, April 25 at 7:52 am when the South Carolina Business Review will feature the upcoming DIG SOUTH Tech Summit, May 11-13. The coverage was made possible by our friend and SC Business Review regular John…
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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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Hawks CMO at DIG SOUTH, Apply to RIoT Accelerator Program, Kanarys, Inc. Teams Up with HubSpot to Fuel Diversity + Melissa Proctor, EVP & CMO of Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHTMELISSA MCGHIE PROCTOR, EVP & CMOATLANTA HAWKS & STATE FARM ARENA Curious about how an NBA team markets itself in the age of players as social media influencers and amid the global emergence of NFTs? Find out at DIG SOUTH Tech Summit, May 11-13, as Melissa McGhie Proctor, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing…
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F3TCH Sets Up Shop at N.C. Beach to Help Hotels Connect with Mobile-First Guests, Tampa Chosen to Test Boat-Plane + DIG NATION Welcomes Newest Members!
F3TCH SETS UP SHOP AT NC BEACH TO HELP HOTELS CONNECT WITH MOBILE-FIRST GUESTS WILMINGTON – Jose Quiros didn’t know exactly what to expect when he packed up his life and started heading from Colorado Springs to Wilmington, North Carolina. Quiros built his career in the hotel space, particularly building out guest room technology experiences. He…
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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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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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Gang-Run Craft Brewery in Wilmington Gets Molson Coors Investment, DIG SOUTH Tech Summit in Charleston, eBlu Kentucky Startup Raises $11.4M
YOUR SUMMER DESTINATION – DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMIT! It’s alive! It’s alive! DIG SOUTH Tech Summit is coming July 28-30 in-person and streaming. Mark your calendars…seriously…right now. Very few in-person tech conferences will happen this year and you do not want to miss the best one in the South – in Charleston! Join us to refresh your…
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Driving Growth with CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG Café, Pendo is Hiring, Member Roundup Data Protocol Hiring
Learn New Growth Tools from CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG CAFÉ Wednesday, March 10 at 11 AM ET REGISTER NOW 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 methodology for determining the economic health and trajectory of…
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Turn Your Back on Revenue? – on SOUTH POD, Big Tech Hiring + NCIDEA fuels North Carolina
NEW Receives Ecosystem Grant To Start Entrepreneurship Program Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington has won a grant from NC IDEA to support a new program for local startups and entrepreneurs. NC IDEA announced the 17 organizations in the state chosen from 65 applicants that are recipients of the NC IDEA ECOSYSTEM grant. “There hasn’t been…
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PureSkill.gg on Wild Pitch, SaaS (Sustainability as a Service), Keep Customers Coming Back w/ LiveRamp on SOUTH POD + DIG NATION Confab
RANKING UP WITH PURESKILL.GG ON WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY Featuring Bill Freeman, PhD, Co-Founder and CSO, PureSkill.ggWednesday, October 21, 11:00-11:30am Register Now About PureSkill.ggPureSkill.gg is an automated, AI-powered video game coach. It analyzes your gameplay and tells you what you’re doing wrong and how to fix it. This month, they launched in “early access” and their users…
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Webinar: Unlock Your Media Site’s Potential, Wistia on SOUTH POD + opiAID Lands Big Grant to Fight Substance Abuse
Free Webinar: Unlock Your Site’s Potential Join us next week as DIG SOUTH Founder Stanfield Gray moderates Unlock Your Media Website’s Potential: Keep Readers Engaged through Digital Transformation, a webinar that will teach you how to build followers who keep coming back and stay engaged! Date: Thursday October 1Time: 1:00–2:00pm ET PANELISTS Julia Sachs, Grit Daily…
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Blackbaud Inks Deal to Buy its HQ, Advancing Diversity with Funding, Tech in the South + Member News
One of the Charleston region’s biggest technology employers and a frequent sponsor of DIG SOUTH Tech Summit is set to take ownership of a sizable commercial real estate deal. Blackbaud Inc. disclosed to shareholders that it signed a binding agreement this week to buy the corporate headquarters it moved into about two years ago from…
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Southern Coastal Cities Need to Attract More Resources For Entrepreneurs and Tech Talent Will Follow
Friends in the southern entrepreneur ecosystem and economic development got into a discussion on a Spring pandemic day about a recent headline where a coastal city in the South was offering $2,000 to incentivize people with tech talent to move to the city. Is $2,000 going to attract the kind of talent that good tech…
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Investors Pour Money Into Next Glass, K4Connect, SC Dept of Unemployment Chat Bot, BestFit, CureMint, + Interloop on Wild Pitch Wednesday!
NOTES FROM THE GAROFFICE Ready for the rebound? Good. Then buckle up. This week we’re sharing more joyful news – Next Glass is more than half full as the Wilmington, NC-based company raised an undisclosed round from Providence Strategic Growth. We also have stories about K4Connect, an AI-powered bot you can chat up at the SC…
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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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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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Tech in the South: nCino, Cox Cleantech, Cloosiv, Threatcare
???? WILMINGTON – Regulatory compliance. nCino’s meteoric rise continues with the cloud banking software startup raising a whooping $80 million in equity, according to an SEC filing. Led by James (Chip) Mahan III, the CEO of Live Oak Bancshares Inc., his team set out to start nCino to develop a secure cloud-based solution that would enable banks to increase…
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Is Your Company Evolving Its Digital Business Model Or Headed For Extinction?
One thing that’s clear in today’s marketplace: Consumers want fast, user-friendly, convenient and customized service–and if your company isn’t offering it, they’ll go somewhere else to find it, fast. According to IDG’s 2018 State of Digital Business Transformation, 89 percent of organizations plan to adopt a digital-first business strategy to enhance customer experience and drive revenue, but…
