Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

To help aspiring innovators remove some of the barriers to retail entrepreneurship, the da Vinci Center for Innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is launching “Shift Retail Lab.” Described as…

Collab Capital, an Atlanta early stage investment firm, has raised its first fund for start-ups led by Black founders. Launched 18 months ago, the firm announced that it has raised…

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA Another cohort is wrapping up its fellowship with “Innovation Crossroads.” The program, run through Oak Ridge National Laboratory, hosted a graduation…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA “Make yourself a hard target and protect yourself,” Paul Sponcia said near the end of a Friday morning workshop titled “Why Cybersecurity Should…

If you are into spirits and we’re not talking the yelling kind, there’s a new fund to help you get started, and it’s based in Tennessee. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey,…

Electro-Active Technologies Inc., a participant in the just graduated Cohort 3 of the “Innovation Crossroads” program, was spotlighted in the latest issue of Waste360, a publication that has focused on…

Here’s a late notice about a virtual event that might be of interest. The Kauffman Foundation’s “Social Innovation Summit” begins at 11 a.m. EDT tomorrow. Over a three-day period, the…

Want to buy insurance based on the miles you drive? There’s a new Atlanta-based start-up that has raised a $10.3 million seed round and established a partnership with Ford Motor…