Category: Press Release
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Hey, Alexa: Will Amazon’s New HQ2 Roost in the South?
Nine southern metros sailed through the first round of Amazon’s selection process in a highly public and fiercely competitive bid for their second headquarters. Dubbed “HQ2”, the move by Amazon will bring enormous changes to the winning metro, with an estimated 50,000 highly paid technology and executive jobs, $5 billion in local investment and momentous…
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Meet the 12 Cybersecurity Startups Selected to Pitch at Atlanta Cyber Week
Atlanta will play home to hundreds of global cybersecurity innovators in early October. Atlanta Cyber Week, a public-private collaboration led by law firm Baker Donelson and the Metro Atlanta Chamber, will take place October 2 – 6, in an effort to showcase the region’s burgeoning cybersecurity ecosystem. Twelve companies, in particular, will have a chance…
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From Tech to Food & Bev, These Are the Newest Startups Accelerating in Charleston
The Harbor Accelerator Program is fostering the newest scalable startups in Charleston, South Carolina this fall. Now in its third year, the 14-week accelerator connects Southeastern startups to mentorship, weekly classes, free co-working space, investor introductions and pitch opportunities. Three notable past participants who each won DIG SOUTH’s Wild Pitch competition include female-founded IoT startup Dynepic, Scholarship System,…
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Why Charleston-Based Accountfully is Cashing in on Nashville
Charleston-based Accountfully is putting on their cowboy boots and heading to Music City! The fully outsourced accounting firm will open a new office at Industrious’ Nashville–Gulch space this October to accommodate the rapid growth they’ve experienced since launching in Charleston five years ago. It’s a move that makes sense considering their target market: small business…
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K4Connect Teams Up With Garmin to Revolutionize Senior Living Community Wellness
According to a recent report from AARP, “Building a Better Tracker: Older Consumers Weigh In on Activity and Sleep Monitoring Devices,” older adults are highly interested in using technology to help them track and improve their own health. In fact, over 75 percent of participants in the study reported activity and sleep trackers to be…
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New Restaurant App Launches in Charleston During DIG SOUTH
CurEat – the innovative new restaurant app designed to help residents and travelers discover a great place to dine and drink – became available in the iTunes App Store January 2017. CurEat provides trustworthy, curated lists of award-winning, independent and time-honored restaurants in over 60 cities across the United States, and empowers users to create and…
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DIG SOUTH Unveils 2017 Speaker Lineup, Featuring 155 Top Executives, Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists
Fifth annual conference to include C-Suite presenters from Vox Media, Jet.com, Casper, DraftKings, Rubicon Global, Blackbaud, BoomTown, MakerBot and more Charleston, SC – March 20, 2017 – DIG SOUTH Innovation Conference (DIG ICON), the Southeast’s premier event for digital innovators, today announced its 2017 speaker lineup featuring 155 leading executives and entrepreneurs including Jet.com President Liza…
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DIG the Innovators: March 14, 2017
DIG the Innovators is a bi-weekly brief on the latest and greatest from leading brands and fiercely ambitious entrepreneurs across the South. These are the people and companies who make our #SucceedInTheSouth motto ring true. Casper brings rest to the weary at SXSW DIG ICON presenting company Casper has been snoozing in Austin since last…
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DIG the Innovators: February 28, 2017
DIG the Innovators is a bi-weekly brief on the latest and greatest from leading brands and fiercely ambitious entrepreneurs across the South. These are the people and companies who make our #SucceedInTheSouth motto ring true. Accelerator Opportunities Abound The BridgeCommunity, an Atlanta-based startup commercialization program founded by Coca-Cola, has officially opened applications for its second…
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DIG the Innovators: February 14, 2017
DIG the Innovators is a bi-weekly brief on the latest and greatest from leading brands and fiercely ambitious entrepreneurs across the South. These are the people and companies who make our #SucceedInTheSouth motto ring true. Southern cities getting their daily dose of Fiber Google Fiber, that is. The super-fast Internet recently debuted a swanky new…
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SalesLoft Raises $15 Million Series B From Primarily Atlanta Investors
In a town that sees no shortage of B2B software successes, SalesLoft has shown a particularly impressive determination to rise to the top. Yesterday, the sales development platform announced a Series B funding round of $15 million led by Atlanta SaaS legend David Cummings, with contributions by former funders Tom Noonan and Emergence Capital. The…
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DIG the Innovators: January 31
Welcome to our first roundup of the DIG the Innovators series — a bi-weekly brief on the latest and greatest from leading brands and fiercely ambitious entrepreneurs across the South. These are the people and companies who make our #SucceedInTheSouth motto ring true. Let’s jump right in: Atlanta scores big Turns out, the Falcons aren’t…
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These Southern companies are making Election Day an unofficial holiday
Hundreds of tech companies are turning Election Day into an unofficial holiday so employees have time to get to the polls. And while a big number of the organizations that we’ve seen are New York or California-based (including major brands like Spotify, Thrillist, and Evernote), many Southern CEOs are actively encouraging their workforce to…
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10 Southern Innovation Stories You May Have Missed This Summer
Maybe you’ve been on a mission to make headlines of your own and haven’t had the time (or energy) to check Twitter for summer’s newsworthy happenings. Or maybe you’ve been off the grid fishing, swimming, or sipping margaritas since May. Whatever your reason, we know it can be hard to keep up with who’s who…
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Tech Sector Leaders Say They Want More Startups to Launch, Scale and Exit
After emigrating from India, Paul Singh became a bricklayer in Ashburn, Va., a formerly small town of 8,000 people outside of Washington, D.C. The town’s inexpensive, available land attracted the founders of AOL to build their company there in the ’90s. Within a year, the company attracted 6,000 tech employees and built huge offices. The…
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Scholarship System and Good Done Great Win DIG SOUTH Pitch Competitions
To kick off DIG SOUTH’s venture and demo day, there were several pitch competitions designed to bring attention to budding startups throughout the Southern states. Between Cohort 5 and Wild Pitch, Scholarship Systems and Good Done Great took home their respective wins. During Wild Pitch, Good Done Great was chosen by a panel of three…
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DIG SOUTH Conference Opens 4th Year in Charleston with Record Attendance
Charleston’s biggest technology conference got underway Tuesday, and companies of all stripes took the opportunity to make their pitch. As Dig South opened its fourth year, the event included pitch competitions that ranged from College of Charleston students with early-stage ideas and Lowcountry startups from the Harbor Entrepreneur Center to better-established tech companies from around…
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Get to Know Stanfield Gray
Stanfield Gray founded DIG SOUTH, an annual conference showcasing the technology and entrepreneurship sector in the Southeast, four years ago. This year’s three-day event starts Tuesday at the Gaillard Center in downtown Charleston. Previsouly, Gray was music editor at Charleston Magazine and was once employed by the College of Charleston, where he worked in media…
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4 NC Startup Stories from 2015 that You’ll Definitely See More of This Year
For many in the startup world, the beginning of a New Year often feels frenetic, slightly chaotic, and sometimes downright crazy. We’re all catching up on end-of-year projects, planning for the months ahead, getting adjusted to new routines, and drinking more coffee than we care to admit. But occasionally, there are moments of stillness hidden…
