Category: Press Release
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Enabling the Spirit of Invention in Times of Crisis: RIoT Launches MISSION-R
Hidden within every crisis are a myriad of opportunities – opportunities to choose giving over self-serving, compassion over fear, to utilize our talents and skills in unique and practical ways. Crises create opportunities to solve acute problems and explore new business ideas and technologies that can accomplish all of the above. Those who chase opportunity…
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Call Experts, CommAlert, and Punchcard Systems Announce “Covid Continuity,” a Partnership Committed to Providing Resources in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Charleston, SC – Call Experts, CommAlert, and Punchcard Systems announced a partnership among contact center leaders across the US and Canada to quickly make critical services and tools available to businesses of all sizes in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. With close to four decades of experience supporting business operations during disasters and routine…
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Mailprotector Raises $5 million in Series A Funding from Ballast Point Ventures
Mailprotector, a Greenville, SC-based cybersecurity company, raised $5 million in growth equity funding from Ballast Point Ventures. The channel-centric company will use that capital to accelerate product development, grow sales and marketing efforts, and expand services to its strong and growing network of Managed Service Providers (MSPs). As part of the expansion, the company plans…
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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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OjO Electric Announces Acquisition of Charleston-Based E-Mobility Company, Gotcha
Oxnard, California and Vancouver, British Columbia – November 19, 2019 – OjO Electric Corp. (the “Company” or “OjO”) (TSXV: OJO; OTC: AZNVF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) with Gotcha Mobility, LLC (“Gotcha”) pursuant to which OjO will acquire 100% of the equity of Gotcha (the “Acquisition”) in a transformational combination…
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Tech in the South: Gotcha (CHS) Acquired by OjO (CA) + Champ Bailey, Spreedly (Durham), Givful (Nashville), Popmenu (ATL), BrewBike (Austin)
Charleston firm Gotcha, who has staked its ground on partnering with colleges and cities to rent electric bikes and scooters, says it is being acquired by Oxnard, Calif.-based ride-sharing company OjO Electric in a deal valued at $12 million, including stock. Gotcha CEO Sean Flood said the fact that OjO is publicly traded appealed to him.…
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Tech in the South: Wilmington Unicorn nCino Goes Big in Japan + Tesla (ATL), PetScreening (CLT), Zello (Austin), Celero (Nashville)
nCino is going big in Japan, taking its cloud computing-based financial system into new territory by forming a subsidiary with Tokyo-based Japan Cloud. The deal to begin operations in Japan is the latest in a series of growth announcements from nCino, which closed on $80 million in new investment capital earlier this month and is…
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Tech in the South: RigUp, Papa, WeWork, Cadre
???? AUSTIN – Exponential growth. RigUp, which has quietly built one of the fastest-growing and best-funded startups in Austin, announced a $300 million funding round — a move that puts the company in a relatively exclusive club of tech unicorns that are valued at over a billion dollars. While RigUp is largely known for success in the oil…
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Tech in the South: Teamworks, SparkCognition, Resy, Embold Health, Eleanor’s Place
DURHAM, NC – Teamworks, which develops software for athletic institutions, is partnering with an Birmingham-based firm to deliver more software as a service (Saas) solutions to athletes around the world. The Durham-based startup announced that it is investing in INFLCR, a software platform for sports teams to store, track and deliver photo and video content to…
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Tech in the South: Diligent Robotics, Confirmation.com, TopCourt, Natalist, SaaSOptics
AUSTIN – Robotics innovation. For two-plus years, Diligent Robotics co-founders Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu have been developing, testing and iterating on what may look like a simple idea — bringing robotic assistants to hospitals to help nurses with routine chores. Now, the Austin startup is ready to commercially launch its robot, named Moxi, starting with…
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New Partnership Unites SC Businesses with Exceptional Needs Students Through State Tax Credit Programs
Exceptional SC and the South Carolina Research Authority announced Wednesday the formation of Exceptional Connections – a business-education partnership that unites South Carolina’s business community with more than 3,000 exceptional needs scholarship students and schools across the state. At a formal announcement at the SC Governor’s mansion, Gov. Henry McMaster said of the partnership, “The…
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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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From the Ivory Tower to a Scrappy Startup: Natalist Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Liz Kane on Bringing a New Fertility Brand to Market
Q: Tell us a bit about Natalist. A: Natalist is a woman-founded startup seeking to change the path to parenthood. We make products and resources inspired by beauty and backed by science. Our flagship product is the Get Pregnant Bundle, which contains everything you need to start trying to conceive: prenatal vitamins, ovulation tests, pregnancy…
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When Two Worlds Collide: A CEOs View from Inside the Acquisition
DIG SOUTH caught up this week with Joe Floyd, CEO and founder of InsureSign, hot on the heels of the company’s acquisition by Formstack (a past DIG SOUTH Tech Summit sponsor and speaker). Floyd launched the super-simple, e-signature solution in 2012 after working for nearly 20 years in the insurance industry. Today, InsureSign is trusted…
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Happy World UFO Day: Live Long & Prosper
Happy World UFO Day, DIG Nation, The truth is out there, or so agents Scully and Mulder of The X-Files led us to believe. But maybe the truth is that the idea of UFOs traveling from distant universes to Earth is more important to the evolution of technology than absolute proof they exist? At DIG…
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Six finalists to compete for $10,000 at Startup Day 2018, Traction Award nominees announced
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Innov865 Alliance has selected six East Tennessee startups as pitch competition finalists and three Traction Award nominees for Startup Day 2018. The winners of the pitch competition and Traction Award will be announced on Sept. 25 during the signature event of Innov865 Week, an annual celebration of Knoxville’s thriving entrepreneurial community…
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Meet the Marvelous Misty Lister: ETC South Experience Director
Due to the fantastic growth of DIG SOUTH Tech Conference last April, the October 25 launch of our new fall confab – DIG on the 1/2 Shell – and the addition of ETC South, we decided it was high time to up the ante on your complete DIG SOUTH experience. Enter: the marvelous Misty Lister. As our newest DIG Team member, Misty will…
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Atlatl Releases bCommerce™: The Power of Visual Configuration on Your Website
Atlatl Software, which offers the QuoteBooks Cloud, CPQ and Visual CPQ products geared towards the unique manufacturer and distributor relationship, announces a new product offering: bCommerce™ Visual Configurator. Building on the success of their manufacturing-specific Visual CPQ platform, bCommerce™ gives users access to Atlatl’s 3D Visual Configurator from their web browser. “The dramatic change in…
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SE Healthcare Creates New Software Platform to Enhance Reimbursement for Healthcare Providers
CHARLESTON, SC, June 4, 2018 – SE Healthcare is excited to announce the official rollout of the Reimbursement Effectiveness Platform, the newest component of the company’s Physician Empowerment Suite, created for 26 individual specialties. SE is a healthcare technology company offering solutions to healthcare organizations through data analytics tools designed to improve safety, quality, reputation, risk…
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Call for Startups Announced by DIG SOUTH Tech Conference
Early- to Growth-Stage Companies Invited to Present to the South’s Top Investors April 27 at Charleston Gaillard Center DIG SOUTH Tech Conference has announced its call for startups to join DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch 2018, sponsored by SCRA, on Friday, April 27 at the Charleston Gaillard Center. Held on the third day of the DIG…
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Queen City Fintech Welcomes Spring Accelerator Cohort
Charlotte, NC – Of nearly 150 applications from 18 countries and 20 states, only ten fintech companies were selected for the Queen City Fintech Spring 2018 Cohort. The twelve-week accelerator program begins work with Class 8 on March 26th and concludes with the Fintech Generations Conference on June 13th. Fintech Generations Presented By Oracle, the premier fintech event in…
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Health IT in the Deep South Represents at #HIMSS18
It’s tradeshow season, which means every sector of technology produces its own acronym-laden superbowl that tens of thousands of vendors, integrators and buyers flock to. For consumer electronics, it’s CES. For cybersecurity, it’s RSA. And for health IT, it’s this week’s HIMSS. Unlike other tech sectors, the Southeastern United States arguably has the strongest presence…
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Ceterus Enhances SaaS Accounting Solution with Forecasting Functionality to Help Franchise Business Owners Project Revenue
Ceterus, a done-for-you accounting and benchmarked reporting solution for small businesses, announces the availability of a new forecasting feature that allows franchise business owners to project cash inflows, outflows and balances into the future. Ceterus added the forecasting functionality to assist small business owners, who need to plan ahead but often have trouble projecting cash flow.…
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K4Connect Introduces Next Generation Content Creation, Management and Publishing Solution for Senior Living
K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company creating solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced the availability of its groundbreaking Content Management Module (CMM), an optional add-on to its flagship connected-life solution, K4Community – built specifically for senior living community residents, staff and operators. The K4Community CMM content creation, management…
