This Founder Is Turning NIL Guesswork Into Data-Driven Deals – Hypepotamus
In 2021, Kobi Wu was one of countless parents of student-athletes watching from the sidelines as her son tried to navigate the…
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M&A NEWS: Document Crunch, an Atlanta Construction AI Startup, Acquired by Public Tech Company Trimble – Hypepotamus
A growth stage, construction-focused AI company in Atlanta has been acquired by the public-based company Trimble. Document Crunch (previous Hypepotamus…
Georgia Tech, Emory and State-Wide Partners Fund Atlanta HealthTech Startup Through Investment Syndicate – Hypepotamus
A new investor syndicate, which brings together two of Atlanta’s prominent research institutions, is investing in more local healthcare entrepreneurs.…
Stop Guessing: This Atlanta Startup Wants to Make Your Sports Bets Smarter – Hypepotamus
Todd Rogers wasn’t a sports bettor before co-founding a AI-driven sports prediction startup. But he saw an opportunity in evolving…and…
Still Building: Patientory CEO Chrissa McFarlane on a Decade of Healthtech Innovation – Hypepotamus
Only one in three of all businesses survive a decade. For tech startups, those odds drop to just one in ten that make…
London’s Ekko Opens Atlanta HQ to Help Banks Turn Doing Good Into a Revenue Line – Hypepotamus
Swipe your card. Help the planet. That is the premise behind Ekko, a London-based fintech that just announced it is opening…
Catalyst by Wellstar Launches 2nd Atlanta-Based Startup, This Time Targeting the $39B Healthcare Compliance Burden – Hypepotamus
$39 billion a year. That’s how much healthcare systems spend on compliance alone. But the reality is that healthcare compliance is…
Atlanta FinTech Blended App Ends Co-Parenting “He Said/She Said” Disputes by Automating Child Expense Splits – Hypepotamus
As Atlanta native Arnab Khan navigated his own divorce, he learned quickly that “the world wasn’t built for single parenting.” That…
Fast, Affordable, On-Demand Therapy: This Emory-Launched Startup Is Taking on the Student Mental Health Crisis – Hypepotamus
Amari Morton faced an impossible decision during his time as a student at Emory University. Pay for his therapy sessions or…
1248 Angels Wants to Expand Early-Stage Angel Access…With Education, Deal Flow, and Diverse Cap Tables – Hypepotamus
Angels are often a lifeline for fledgling startups looking to get their first investors on their cap table. But for De’Havia…
Birmingham Startup Homepoint Looks To Bring Real Estate Into the Digital & AI Age – Hypepotamus
Today, you can trade stocks with a tap and sell cars online in an afternoon. Yet residential real estate is still…
This Chattanooga Startup Wants To Help Homeowners Avoid Pesky HOA Fines – Hypepotamus
Rhett Morgan bought his first home three years ago. And almost immediately, he started running into conflict with his HOA…
While AI Threatens Tech Jobs, This Birmingham Startup Is Using It to Create High-Paying Blue-Collar Careers – Hypepotamus
Daniel Walsh isn’t worried about AI taking jobs. Quite the opposite, actually. Walsh is CEO of Birmingham, Alabama-based VeroSkills, an AI-native staffing…
The Southeast’s Next Big SportsTech Play: Wunderfan Turns Fan Energy into Real Rewards – Hypepotamus
* this story has been updated with more context on Wunderfan’s work with JLAB Birmingham Bowl Fall is primetime…
After the Funding Round: Tampa EdTech Raises Series B, Starts Next Chapter With New CEO – Hypepotamus
For most of his twenties, Samyr Qureshi (featured photo above) built up the venture-backed EdTech startup Knack in Florida, building up…
New Accelerator Backs Local Fintech Startups & “Hidden Gems” with $100K – Hypepotamus
Atlanta is known for creating fintech success stories. Now, there’s a new accelerator in town to find more local “hidden…
Atlanta’s Brightlane Labs Launches As Venture Studio To Build & Scale FinTech Startups – Hypepotamus
Atlanta is home to a new venture studio. Brightlane Labs, just launched by veterans of the local technology and enterprise…
Fueled By FinTechs, DeepTechs, and HealthTechs, The City of Wilmington, North Carolina’s Startup Scene Is On The Map – Hypepotamus
Post COVID, one of Hypepotamus’ most-read stories took readers inside a small startup community on the beaches of North Carolina.…