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Tech Square Ventures Adds Vasant Kamath as General Partner
03.01.2021
ATLANTA, March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech Square Ventures today announced the addition of Vasant Kamath as a General Partner. A seasoned technology investor, Kamath brings over 15 years of experience investing in companies that have had more than $4 billion in announced exits. Kamath joins the Atlanta-based firm as it launches Tech Square Venture Fund II, focused on making early-stage investments in enterprise and marketplace technology startups.
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Vasant Kamath Joins Tech Square Ventures as Firm Grows
03.01.2021
As Tech Square Ventures launches its Fund II, the firm has tapped Vasant Kamath as a General Partner to help scale and grow its early-stage portfolio. A Georgia native and seasoned tech investor, Kamath most recently served as Director at Primus Capital and as Director of Corporate Development at Cox Enterprises. In his over 15- year career, he has invested in companies that have totaled more than $4 billion in announced exits.
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With Atlanta rising as a new hub for tech, early stage firm Tech Square Ventures gets a new partner
02.25.2021
Atlanta is coming up in the tech world with several newly minted billion-dollar businesses hailing from the ATL and the city’s local venture capital community is taking notice. Earlier stage firms like Tech Square Ventures are staffing up and adding new partners. The firm’s latest hire is Vasant Kamath, a general partner who joins the firm from Primus Capital.
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Melissa Pegus Brings Her Global Perspective to Tech Square Ventures
02.01.2021
Atlanta’s tech scene has attracted top talent from across the world in the last few years. One of the most recent transplants is Melissa Pegus, the new Senior Associate at Tech Square Ventures.
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Seattle startup Yesler raises $3.3M for its B2B lumber and building materials marketplace
01.18.2021
Matt Meyers can build anything he wants, thanks to his decades in the lumber and building materials space. Instead of building with wood, however, he is choosing to build software. His company Yesler, a B2B marketplace for lumber and building materials, today raised $3.3 million led by Tech Square Ventures with participation from PSL Ventures, SeaChange Fund, and Ascend.vc.
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Atlanta based Speedscale now has $2.2 million more to grow its API test automation business
10.20.2020
It only took a few weeks after its Y Combinator demo day debut for the Atlanta-based API test automation company Speedscale to raise its first $2.2 million. Founded by longtime developers and Georgia Institute of Technology alumni Ken Ahrens, Matthew LeRay and Nate Lee, the trio had known each other for roughly 20 years before making the jump to working together.
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Tech Square Ventures Founder Blake Patton Shares Details of Firm’s New $75 Million Fund
07.08.2020
Blake Patton has seen the rise of Atlanta’s tech ecosystem like few others. As managing partner and founder of Tech Square Ventures, which through two separate funds has already invested in 51 startups such as Cypress.io, Pointivo and Goodr, Patton has led the strategic early-stage venture fund to be one of the most active in the state of Georgia and the wider Southeastern U.S.
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Tech Square Ventures raises $25 million for second investment fund
07.03.2020
Tech Square Ventures recently closed the first phase of its second fund, raising $26million. The early-stage venture capital firm plans to raise a total of $75 million. Investorsfor the fund include Georgia-Pacific, Invest Georgia, and Cox Enterprises.
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On-Demand Warehouse Startup STORD Acquires Cove Logistics As Supply Chains Bounce Back From Pandemic Disruption
06.12.2020
As large swaths of the country began shutting down in mid-March, 23-year-old Sean Henry was finalizing his company’s first acquisition. Atlanta-based Stord, a cloud-based warehousing platform, had spent months finalizing plans to buy transportation provider Cove Logistics to build out its freight capabilities.
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Invest Atlanta Livestream: How to Lead A Company Through Uncertain Times
05.13.2020
After months of the Covid-19 crisis, it has become clear that in-person interaction between members of the startup community — entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem supports — is missed deeply by all. Read more about the conversation between Managing Partner Blake Patton and Tech Square Ventures CFO Joelle Fox, hosted by Invest Atlanta, on the topic of “Leading In A Time of Uncertainty.”
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Future of Supply Chain Podcast: Paul Noble of Verusen and Aaron Meredith of Georgia-Pacific
05.06.2020
On this episode, we host Paul Noble, Co-founder and CEO of Verusen, and Aaron Meredith, Director of Manufacturing Innovation at Georgia Pacific. The discussion covers the importance of experimentation, change management, and startup/corporate engagement.
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Q&A With OTHRSource CEO Mark Feinberg On Helping Emerging Food And Beverage Brands Battle COVID-19
04.26.2020
Mark Feinberg has become all too familiar with the struggles of running a small consumer business since he started working for Georgia-based high Road Craft Ice Cream as an executive a few years ago. He later launched OTHRSource in 2017, a retail merchandising and in-store support app.
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Serena Williams Joins Forces With The Mom Project To Help Mothers Access Better Career Opportunities
02.17.2020
At a point where her tennis career seems closer to its ultimate culmination, decorated champion and the long-time face of American tennis, Serena Williams continues to expand her portfolio of off-the-court initiatives that she is throwing her support behind. Last week Williams announced that she is becoming a strategic adviser for Chicago-based startup, The Mom Project.
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Troy startup inks deal with Delta to bring bacteria-fighting lights to planes
01.24.2020
Vital Vio — the Troy-based company that designs lights meant to continuously kill bacteria — is working with Delta Air Lines Inc. to bring its antimicrobial LED lights to airplanes. Colleen Costello, CEO and founder of the company, said Vital Vio's lighting technology is operating on its first aircraft.
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Genea Acquires Cloud-Based Physical Access Control Company, Sequr
01.08.2020
Genea today announced it has acquired cloud-based physical access control company, Sequr, Inc., further expanding its portfolio of commercial real estate technology solutions. "Sequr is an ideal fit for us," said Michael Wong, CEO of Genea.
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Thompson Reuters taps Verady for cryptocurrency tool
12.20.2019
Thomson Reuters has integrated a new cryptocurrency tax tool, dubbed ‘Virtual Currency Organizer,’ into its tax reporting system GoSystem Tax RS. To achieve that, the information vendor has collaborated with Verady, a startup that focuses on cryptocurrency accounting and auditing.
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The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses
12.11.2019
A giant 3D printer is currently squeezing out new homes in rural Mexico. Each one takes 24 hours and lets local families upgrade from a shack to a two-bedroom house. Could this be part of the global housing solution?
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Opinion: In Atlanta, ‘Collision’ Can Be Good Business
11.19.2019
When you look at Atlanta's innovation ecosystem, you begin to see overlapping needs and opportunities for collective problem solving.
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Pryon Makes CNBC list of the world’s 100 most promising startups to watch in 2019
11.12.2019
CNBC's 2019 Upstart 100 list showcases young start-ups that are building and scaling businesses addressing the rapidly changing technological era we live in. Pryon appears on the 2019 list.
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A 3D Print-Out You Could Call Home
11.08.2019
Using concrete and giant printers, home building may one day be much faster and cheaper.
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AI Recruiting Platform Engage Talent Acquired by Global Workforce Management Provider
10.31.2019
Charleston-based AI recruiting startup ENGAGE Talent has been acquired by global workforce management company Workforce Logiq for an undisclosed amount. The startup team will remain in South Carolina and join the company.
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Rachel Carpenter, CEO of Intrinio, Makes Forbes 2020 30 Under 30 Finance
10.10.2019
The Forbes 30 Under 30 list showcases 600 revolutionaries in 20 industries changing the course and the face of business and society.
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From the Shadows of the Fortune 500, Atlanta Emerges As A Tech Hub
10.02.2019
Atlanta is quietly building up a startup environment that local industry players hope will one day rival those of other metro areas when it comes to funding (and exits).
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Resilia’s Sevetri Wilson On Inc’s 100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses
09.16.2019
The entrepreneurs on Inc.'s second annual Female Founders 100 list have transformed every major industry in America. Meet the boundless dreamers making the biggest difference in 2019.
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Cypress.io Is Named One of 20 Rising Stars as Part of Forbes’ Cloud 100 List
09.12.2019
Cypress.io is named one of the 20 Rising Stars as part of the Forbes 2019 Cloud 100 list, published in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
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Chattanooga’s FreightWaves grows reach with acquisition of global shipping publication
07.03.2019
FreightWaves has bought American Shipper, a longtime publication focusing on global shipping as the Chattanooga company continues to extend its reach.
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Cypress.io raises $9M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners
06.20.2019
Cypress.io, an Atlanta-based startup that offers automated testing for applications in web browsers, completed a $9 million Series A round led by previous investor Bessemer Venture Partners.
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Pryon raises $20 million to automate enterprise workloads with AI
06.11.2019
Pryon, a provider of AI-powered tools targeting enterprise, has raised a $20 million Series A in partnership with Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, with participation from Breyer Capital, Digital Alpha Advisors, and Engage.
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Atlanta Marketing Automation Startup Salesfusion Acquired
05.17.2019
California-based SugarCRM acquires Salesfusion, a marketing automation solution based in Atlanta, to expand its customer experience offerings. Source: Atlanta Marketing Automation Startup Salesfusion Acquired – Hypepotamus
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SugarCRM moves into marketing automation with Salesfusion acquisition
05.16.2019
SugarCRM acquired Atlanta-based Salesfusion to help build out the marketing automation side of its business. CEO Craig Charlton says he recognized that marketing automation was an area of the platform that badly needed enhancing.
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Fast Radius CEO Lou Rassey named to Crain’s Chicago Tech 50
05.10.2019
Crain’s annual list brings you the headliners, behind-the-scenes heroes, new faces and emerging stars of Chicago tech you need to know now.
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The Engage Venture Platform: Tracking Success Two Years, Four Cohorts, And A Few Stealth Launches In
04.16.2019
A mid-fund update on Atlanta’s Engage, a corporate-backed venture fund and innovation platform.
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