Category: Venture Capital
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DIG NATION Fall Confab, Wild Pitch Wed with PureSkill.gg, Dragon Army Invades South Pod, Tech in the South News, Gotcha Ride to the Polls?
EXCLUSIVE DIG NATION MEMBER EVENT! DIG NATION FALL CONFABOCTOBER 28, 4 PMFeaturing SocialFlow CEO Jim AndersonREGISTER NOW Social Media, Politics, and the Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly More than half of adults in the U.S. receive news from social media, and that means that social networks play an outsized role in politics. By…
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Next Level E-com with Lucas DiPietrantonio, PureSkill.gg on Wild Pitch + How Sensors Allow Our Feet To Stay Connected
Up Your E-Com Game with Lucas DiPietrantonio on DIG Café – 11AM Today! The Future of E-commerce: Branding and Beyond Featuring Lucas DiPietrantonio, CEO and Co-Founder, Darkroom Tune in on Zoom at 11AM today – Register Now! Future of E-commerce: Branding and BeyondSince COVID-19, consumer buying patterns have shifted, and e-commerce has been trending in a positive direction. These…
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Tampa Wanderseat Readies for Takeoff, Rose Levy on South Pod + Virtual Reality … skates?!
WALKING INTO THE FUTURE Virtual reality is slowly getting better, but there are all kinds of improvements that could make it feel more lifelike. More detailed graphics and higher screen resolution can make the visual aspect (which is, of course, most important) more captivating, and haptic gloves or full haptic suits can lend a sense…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday Features Shandoka Electric Motorcycles, Rose Levy on South Pod, 3D Printing in Space
PAVING THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION Join us this week on Wild Pitch Wednesday as we hear from the South’s premier electric motorcycle startup. Wednesday, October 7Time: 11:00–11:30am ETRegister Now ABOUT SHANDOKA: We are builders and riders, dedicated to offering electric motorcycles for every rider in the new mobility paradigm, fluctuating at the…
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Shandoka Electric Motorcycles Rides into Wild Pitch Wednesday, Black Founders Fund, Mental Wellness on South Pod, Charleston is #1
Join us next week on Wild Pitch Wednesday as we hear from the South’s premier electric motorcycle startup. Date: Wednesday, October 7Time: 11:00–11:30am ET Register Now ABOUT SHANDOKA:We are builders and riders, dedicated to offering electric motorcycles for every rider in the new mobility paradigm, fluctuating at the speed of imagination, becoming virtually transparent to…
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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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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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Free Webinar: Unlock Your Media Site’s Potential, Shandoka Electric Motorcycles Rides into Wild Pitch Wednesday + The Holographic Future is Here!
FREE WEBINAR THURSDAY AT 1PM Unlock Your Website’s Potential: Keep Readers Engaged through Digital Transformation Join us this 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…
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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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SWIPEBY on Wild Pitch Wednesday, Red Ventures Ups the Ante, Wistia on SOUTH POD
THIS WEEK!WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY | SEPT. 23, 11:00-11:30AMFEATURING SWIPEBYRegister Here Join us this week on Zoom for Wild Pitch Wednesday: The South’s Live Virtual Pitch Show. ABOUT SWIPEBYSWIPEBY is a turnkey curbside pickup platform for restaurants and merchants, providing a complete operations infrastructure, from consumer mobile apps (marketplace style), to geo-fenced arrival notifications, to web…
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Elevator Pitches Now LIVE for Innov865 Week’s 2020 Startup Day Pitch Competition
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Elevator pitches are online for each competitor in this year’s Innov865 Alliance Startup Day contest. Each short video gives a glimpse of the technology and innovation currently developing in Knoxville’s robust startup scene. The minute-long proposals are compiled here by media sponsor WATE. Pitches range from technology for fighting climate change to…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday, Atlanta’s Snowflake Crushes IPO, Theorem on SOUTH POD, + a luxury Amazon experience
WILD PITCH WEDNESDAY | SEPT. 23, 11:00-11:30 AMFEATURING SWIPEBYRegister Here Join us next week on Zoom for Wild Pitch Wednesday: The South’s Live Virtual Pitch Show. SWIPEBY is a turnkey curbside pickup platform for restaurants and merchants, providing a complete operations infrastructure, from consumer mobile apps (marketplace style), to geo-fenced arrival notifications, to web ordering.…
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Learn to be Your Own Publicist on DIG CAFÉ, Data Driven with Interloop on SOUTH POD + Resident Artist WANTED in Charlotte
FALL SEASON OF DIG CAFÉ KICKS OFF NEXT WEDNESDAY – ON ZOOM!SPECIAL GUEST | PR PRO ANNIE PACE SCRANTONWED, SEPT 16, 11:00-11:30 amRegister Here What’s BYOP? 5 Steps to Being Your Brand’s Own Publicist Whether your startup has been around for six months, a year, even five years, there’s one thing that every entrepreneur will…
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Game of Thrones Actress Turns to Tech, MIME Disrupts Music Biz + Atlanta United’s Catie Griggs Sets Goals + Wild Pitch Wednesday with GoBeep
Molekule has added celebrity funds to its long line of investors. Maisie Williams, an actor most known for her role on the HBO hit series “Game of Thrones,” has invested an undisclosed amount into Molekule. After the Emmy-award winning show came to an end in May 2019, Williams turned her attention to the startup world.…
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Level Up and Emerge on SOUTH POD with Call Experts and Theorem, Cloosiv and Odeko Merge! + tech news across the South
This week on SOUTH POD we’re taking it back to our deep dive at the Virtual Summit with Call Experts CEO Abby Leibowitz and Theorem VP Jonathan Williams – both DIG NATION members! Titled, “You Are the Keynote: How to Level Up & Optimize as You Emerge,” the session made our members and attendees the…
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ATTN Startups: Ready to Grow and Scale? + Center for Creative Economy, Change Enthusiast Cassandra Worthy on SOUTH POD
The Center for Creative Economy in Winston-Salem, NC has selected 10 entrepreneurs to participate in the organization’s fifth creative accelerator. Velocity is an intensive high impact program that helps creative startups discover their target customers, develop business models, and develop a go-to-market strategy. Top startups in this 9-week program will split a pool of $50,000…
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The Center for Creative Economy Announces 10 Finalists for the Velocity Creative Accelerator
The Center for Creative Economy has selected 10 creative entrepreneurs to participate in the organization’s fifth creative accelerator. Velocity is an intensive high impact program that helps creative entrepreneurs discover their target customers, develop business models, and develop a go-to-market strategy. Top startups in this 9-week program will split a pool of $50,000 in seed-stage…
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Startup Atlanta Releases the 2020 Guide to the Ecosystem
ATLANTA, GA – August 19th, 2020 – Startup Atlanta, a community non-profit focused on connecting, curating and promoting the region’s startup ecosystem, today announced the digital release of the fourth edition of the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem Guide. Presented in partnership with Invest Atlanta, the city’s official economic development authority, the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem Guide serves as a vital resource for…
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Competitors for Innov865 Week’s 2020 Startup Day Pitch Competition Announced – Six Knoxville Startups Vie for $10,000
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Some of the pitches shooting for $10,000 at Innov865’s Startup Day this year include predictive software for heart attacks, an untraceable password generator and glowing human cells to deliver medicine, among other ideas. Those are among six rising stars from Knoxville’s startup scene that the Innov865 Alliance chose for its 2020 Startup…
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Startup Atlanta Bolsters Executive Board with Five New Members
Startup Atlanta Bolsters Executive Board with Five New Members Board Additions Include Leaders from Across Atlanta’s Startup Ecosystem ATLANTA, GA – August 11th, 2020 – Startup Atlanta, a community non-profit organization focused on connecting, curating and promoting the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem, has announced the addition of five new executive board members. Joining the board of…
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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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Liger Partners on SOUTH POD, Register for DIG CAFÉ launch, BetterCloud Raises $75M, MemberHub
Hey, DIG NATION, The day has almost arrived. Bring a cup of your favorite morning brew and head on over to the DIG CAFÉ this Thursday at 11AM. Ease drop with intention as Jon Yarian and I meet with Thomas Rubenak, Senior Principal at Accenture Ventures, and JD Weinstein of Oracle for Startups to discuss Navigating the VC…
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Oracle for Startups on SOUTH POD, Get Spiffy Gets Creative + We’re back with Wild Pitch Wednesday at 11am featuring Ryan Heafy of 6AM City
Hey, DIG NATION, We’re back with Wild Pitch Wednesday TOMORROW at 11am featuring Ryan Heafy of 6AM City. 6AM is an audience development company in the local media space. As Ryan likes to say, “While our competitors are focused on becoming modern media (content) companies, 6AM is building a disruptive local publishing technology platform; curating,…
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5 Ways Startups Can Make it Through Periods of Uncertainty
By: Nik Adhia, Senior Director Global Operations, Oracle for Startups Founders and employees alike have been on edge given uncertain economic conditions, so let’s just get right into a few ways startups can think about running leaner. Distinguish between needs and “nice-to-haves”At times of challenge, it is important to examine activities and decide which are…
