Category: Press Releases
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Tough Love for the Entrepreneurs Can Hack the Complacent Startup Ecosystem
The startup ecosystem is a living and growing organism that most cities are trying to add to their modern economic development strategy for job creation. The startup ecosystem is typically a very positive kumbaya environment. There are lots of smiles around town while people with rose colored glasses are selling more commercial and residential real…
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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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VentureSouth Invests over $9 Million in 26 Southeastern-Based Companies in 2020
Despite the myriad challenges brought on by a global pandemic, VentureSouth is proud to announce another strong year of investment activity for 2020, with a total of $9.2 million invested in 26 early stage companies in the Southeast. Over 60% of the funding went to support existing VentureSouth portfolio companies as they navigated substantial threats to…
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Atlanta Tech Company Launches Online Platform for Traffic Court Adjudication and Payments
ATLANTA, Feb. 3, 2021 – Judicial Innovations, a technology company based in Atlanta, announced today the launch of its new Online Traffic Resolution platform. The platform allows courts to deliver fast, COVID-safe justice for drivers charged with a traffic violation. Defendants can contest and pay their traffic tickets online without having to enter a courtroom, making…
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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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DIG CAFE features Charleston Tech Center Developers, SCRA Announces Investment in GoBeep, DIG NATION Membership Round Up
DIG CAFE with John Hand & Martin Willoughby Featuring DIG NATION members Iron Bridge CapitalWednesday, February 10 – 11:00 AM ESTREGISTER at DIGSOUTH.COM Next week we are featuring 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 a centerpiece of Charleston’s burgeoning tech…
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WILD PITCH Tomorrow with Nerve.fm, NASA Grant for Drone Delivery + Bringing New Life to Laundromats with 2ULaundry
Wild Pitch Wednesday Kicks off for our 2021 season! Featuring Nerve.fmWednesday, February 3 – 11:00 AM ESTSponsored by Oracle for StartupsREGISTER NOW Wild Pitch Wednesday is back and we are kicking off this season with the Co-Founders of Nerve.fm, a music streaming service promising to pay artists what they deserve. Join us for this exciting live…
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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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Proterra Going Public, Roadie helps Roadies, Liger Partners Recognized Nationally
VentureSouth Portfolio Company Proterra To Go Public VentureSouth is pleased to announce that its portfolio company Proterra, a leading commercial electric vehicle technology company with manufacturing operations in South Carolina, will become publicly listed through a merger with special purpose acquisition company ArcLight Clean Transition Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTC). VentureSouth first invested in Proterra in 2011…
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RIoT Starts 2021 Off With Competitive Edge
RIoT is excited to provide a venue for experts to deeply engage on the intersection of 5G and Edge Computing. Competitive Edge: How Edge Computing Takes Business to the Next Level explores industry innovations that are unlocked by these new technologies. Speakers lay the groundwork for understanding this slice of the technological and business landscape.…
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Roadie helping Roadies: Crowdsourced delivery platform teams up with Crew Nation to help live music crews
This January, Roadie will donate $1 for every Large, X-Large or Huge Gig to Crew Nation, the global relief fund for live music crews ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 8, 2021 – Roadie wants to help live music crews impacted by the pandemic this January. The Atlanta-based crowdsourced delivery platform will make a $1 donation to Crew Nation…
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Regulr Offering Exclusive Early-Access Signup to DIG NATION Member Businesses
As a way to help brick and mortar businesses survive the pressures from COVID, Regulr is offering early access sign up to DIG NATION members until the end of the year for our new customer experience platform. Delivering exceptional customer experiences is a competitive requirement in today’s networked world. Regulr is a technology platform that…
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QuatroMoney on Wild Pitch Next Week, Startups Feed Voters & FloWater on SOUTH POD
WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY ON ZOOMFeaturing QuatroMoneyWednesday, November, 1111:00 AM EST REGISTER NOW Unless you’re a soon-to-be freshman or parent of one, most people don’t spend every day thinking about college finance, but QuatroMoney does. Quatromoney is built to help students and families get college cost transparency and calculate the best financing options based on their…
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FinTech Startup Reimagines Retail Experience with In-Store, Contactless Self Checkout From Anywhere
Charlotte, NC (September 2020) As retailers wonder how to address in-store safety and encourage consumers to get back into the store for holiday shopping, XcooBee (www.XcooBee.com), a payments and privacy solutions Fintech startup, launches a new, innovative system that includes components of digital payments and digital commerce translated for the in-store retail experience. The system…
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490 BioTech wins Innov865 Alliance’s Startup Day; Dr. Peter Tsai is Recognized for Global Pandemic Support
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The startup 490 BioTech, which developed bioluminescent human cells to show changes in cellular health, won the Innov865 Judges’ Choice Award at Startup Day 2020 with a pitch that explained how its technology can improve development of pharmaceuticals. “Healthy happy cells are bright, sick cells go dim, and dead cells go dark,”…
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VentureSouth Recognized as a Top 10 Angel Group in North America
VentureSouth is proud to announce that it has been recognized as one of the top 10 angel investment groups in North America for the 3rd time. The ranking comes from the Angel Capital Association, which released its 2020 Angel Funders Report this week. VentureSouth was recognized in the study as a top 10 angel group…
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Greater Nashville IT Summit, Fall Confab Rewind, General Chase on South Pod, KnowBe4 Expands to Middle East, VentureSouth Makes the Top 10
Who missed it? In case you were unable to attend the fabulous first DIG NATION Fall Confab last Wednesday featuring SocialFlow CEO Jim Anderson, here’s a rewind … TUNE IN ON FACEBOOK LIVENOVEMBER 02, 8 PM EDTWatch Here Monday Social Media, Politics, and the Election: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyFeaturing SocialFlow CEO Jim Anderson More than half of…
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Register for the 2020 Greater Nashville IT Summit
The Greater Nashville Technology Council has announced that registration is open for the 2020 Greater Nashville IT Summit, which will take place virtually on November 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The IT Summit is a one-day conference that provides high-quality, forward-looking content to IT practitioners at all levels, as well as opportunities for…
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A Sportstech Event Unlike Any You’ve Seen Before
RIoT is a U.S. organization that helps entrepreneurial ecosystems flourish by coaching local businesses, startups and governments to embrace the modern data economy. RIoT hosts tech events around the US that provide hands-on learning and networking opportunities and runs startup accelerator programs in Raleigh and Wilson, NC. This November, RIoT turns the 2020 virtual event…
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A Decade of Connecting Business and Community – The Largest Networking Event in Mount Pleasant Will Be Virtual Over Ten Days!
A Decade of Connecting Business and Community The largest networking event in Mount Pleasant, SC — driven by Crews Subaru of Charleston — will be a ten day virtual experience, in cooperation with the Town of Mount Pleasant! Your Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce (MPCC) is always ahead of the curve. And We Mean Business!…
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Gotcha Mobility Rolls Out Fleet of All-New E-Bikes
Gotcha Mobility, LLC (“Gotcha”), a subsidiary of Last Mile Holdings Ltd. (“MILE”) (TSXV: MILE; OTC: AZNVF), announced today the launch of its all-new fleet of e-bikes. The newly redesigned bikes use proprietary elements to offer a more comfortable ride, smoother electric motor and longer battery life. The improved electric pedal-assist bike has an updated frame for a…
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7 Steps to Leverage Your Local Ecosystem for Growth
7 Steps to Leverage Your Local Ecosystem for Growth Kenneth Burke Text Request and I love playing the long game—the infinite game, as Simon Sinek might call it. We put systems and processes in place to help us innovate and grow sustainably over time, regardless of short term rewards or what our competition is doing.…
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Ready to Discover the Next Big Thing in Creative Entrepreneurship
10 finalists of the Velocity Creative Accelerator will be presenting their innovative businesses during this year’s virtual Demo Day on Thursday, October 1. This is the fifth creative accelerator hosted by the Center for Creative Economy (CCE) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The 10 creative companies have been participating in a 9-week intensive education and mentoring…
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Schedule for Innov865 Week 2020 Includes Talks with Randy Boyd, Webinars, Other Events
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Innov865 Week begins Monday, September 28 with a Facebook Live talk from Randy Boyd, President of the University of Tennessee, and culminates in the Friday award ceremony featuring a fireside chat with the inaugural winner of the Innov865 Impact Award, presented by Verizon. The Innov865 Impact Award recognizes an inventor who has…
