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Earlier this week, we co-published this year’s 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 with our friends at Embarc Collective! This free, open-source database tracks active VC firms across the Southeast, connecting founders with potential sources of capital. Key highlights from 386 active firms: • Sustained growth: 38% surge in new firms in the region since 2021 • Tech Migration Boost: Established firms like Edison Partners and Company Ventures expanding to the Southeast. • Startup Flywheel in Motion: Major exits driving reinvestment. Examples include Mandiant (part of Google Cloud)'s acquisition leading to a new cyber-security VC firm, and Red Hat alumni co-founding unicorn Pendo.io. Huge thanks to Allie Felix and Cynthia Tang at Embarc Collective, and members of our #BuildInSE team including Evan Prislovsky, Ryan Pellegrino, Monique Villa Capra, Topher Price, Chris D. Redd, and Colleen Flynn. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/e5PvVn8Z

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Florida-based health tech startup Apaly has successfully raised $2.4 million in a Seed funding round to enhance its groundbreaking digital contracting platform for the healthcare sector. Led by 412 Venture Fund LP, with contributions from the Florida Community Health Network, First Mile Ventures, and Ikigai Growth Partners, this investment will support Apaly's expansion, including hiring additional sales staff and further developing its platform capabilities. Founded in 2018 by Jerry Beinhauer MD, Apaly addresses critical inefficiencies in healthcare contracting by enabling self-funded employers and providers to streamline contract negotiation and management online. This reduces administrative burdens and expedites service delivery, which is crucial in a sector where timing and efficiency are paramount. The digital health contracting market is witnessing significant transformation, driven by the need for more agile and transparent processes. Traditional methods often involve cumbersome paperwork and slow response times, leading to delays and increased costs. Apaly’s platform leverages smart contract automation and electronic claim submissions to mitigate these issues, facilitating quicker adjustments to healthcare needs and improving overall system responsiveness. As the industry moves towards more integrated and user-friendly technologies, Apaly’s innovative approach is well-positioned to lead this shift, providing essential tools that enhance interactions between healthcare providers and employers. #HealthTech #SeedFunding #DigitalHealth #InvestmentNews #HealthcareInnovation #SmartContracts https://lnkd.in/ewz6uVxk

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👋DC Startup & Tech Week (Formerly DC Startup Week)'s VC Math Workshop was such a 🔥hit🔥, Virginia Venture Partners and VIPC | Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation decided to do it again! But this time, it's virtual, so I expect to see EVEN MORE folks. Don't miss out on VC Math 2.0 this Friday, November 1st, at 9am with Jennifer O'Daniel, Steve Ryan, CFA, and yours truly 😊. Once again, we'll be talking about a lot: - founder dilution - how to set up a friends and family round - why VCs invest - how VCs set valuation - what is an industry multiple - why market size & opportunity matters Be sure to register here: https://lnkd.in/eVE9cykk and I'll see you there! 🫡 #virginiainvests #entrepreneurs #startups #VC #founders

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#fundingalert 💼Company: Auxa Health 💰Funding: $5.2Million ⚡Round: Seed 👥Investors: Zeal Capital Partners, K50 Ventures, Laconia, and Chaac Ventures, AlleyCorp. Auxa Health is a social care orchestration-focused healthcare technology company with venture capital backing. The services, technology, and tools provided by Auxa proactively determine which benefits are best for each client and handle the enrolling process. The firm plans to enlarge the staff, broaden benefit coverage, and advance technological development with the money. Auxa Health is a benefit navigation co-pilot that is led by Dr. Jeffrey De Flavio, Samantha Adelberg, and Monica Chopra. Monica Chopra, Samantha Adelberg Read more - https://lnkd.in/g2vi3iVd To share your startup story write us on - [email protected] #AuxaHealth #healthcare #technology #development #funding #fundingnews #news #startuprise

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Summary: New York-based startup GovWell is helping local governments streamline and automate tasks, such as building permits and code inspections, through its workflow system. It has raised $4.5 million in funding and aims to become the go-to provider for smaller and medium-sized government agencies. Key takeaways: Founders Troy LeCaire and Ben Cohen were inspired to create GovWell after seeing the stark difference in technology between Cohen's experience working at Uber and faxing building permits for his contractor father. The company's platform allows for customization without the need for expensive bespoke software, making it accessible for smaller government agencies. Despite competition in the government software market, LeCaire sees the potential for growth due to the massive scale of government expenditures and the importance of efficient and effective government services. Counter arguments: Some may argue that the government sector is not a lucrative market for software companies due to strict regulations and lower budgets compared to private companies. The competition in the government software market may pose a challenge for GovWell to become the top provider, as there are established players such as OpenGov with significant funding and acquisition by Cox Enterprises. #venturecapital #fundraising #startups

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Hospitals are facing a moment of transformation. While many innovations aim to move care beyond the hospital, these facilities remain central to the healthcare system—and a $2.5 trillion market. The challenge? Balancing growth and profitability, especially for smaller systems under pressure. At @BedfordBridge, we’re digging into how technology can drive meaningful change in hospital operations and care delivery. There’s no shortage of work to be done, but the opportunities are clear.

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Great time on the Embracing Erosion podcast w/Devon O'Rourke! We talked about: 🚀 How to scale a company from concept to 9-figure exit 🔄 How to break away from the traditional consulting model and apply product approaches ⏩ Why it’s important to iterate quickly and often with messaging 💸📈What signals are important to pay attention to when investing in startups and much more!

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Introducing the NC ChatGPT Style ChatBot for the North Carolina Entrepreneurial Ecosystem! Whether you have used ChatGPT or not, here is your chance to experiment with an Artificial Intelligence that has been trained on the North Carolina Entpreneurial Ecosystem Content. "Cardy" as we call it has been trained on content derived from the 1,200 North Carolina Entrepreneurial Ecosystem sites that comprise the current NCEEM.org ecosystem platform. You can ask it any question. The Bot is found at the lower right when you visit NCEEM.org and looks like the image at top right.

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Another HUGE opportunity to meet a new set of #investors https://lnkd.in/esJYQW4J I hope you are reading Hypepotamus to find what is happening in the South's innovation ecosystem

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Check out this week's venture capital investment summary ($185.2 million raised across 10 featured companies) spanning early & growth-stage US based Environmental Technology & Enterprise Software startups! 🚀 Every Monday, the team here at Bearhug Recruiting aggregates, researches, and publishes a recap of the prior week's fundraising activity within the early and growth-stage Environmental Technology & Enterprise Software startup ecosystem. 🎯 This research not only allows us to keep our finger on the pulse of the type of startups we serve, but also benefits others who, like us, enjoy analyzing the latest trends that signal investor confidence AND startup growth within what we believe are the most exciting and impactful market segments. 🌎 We also hope the people and companies we feature enjoy both a virtual fist bump from the team at Bearhug, plus benefit from some additional free market exposure to amplify their mission. Click the link below to get caught up, and make sure you reach out to any that are interesting/relevant that you might be able to help! ❤️ 💥 Link: https://lnkd.in/eAYaGdCY 👈 #LuxWall #ThirdWave #Matter #Bitfrost #CREWCarbon #Avina #Latii #Andium #SpotAI #Decart #BearhugRecruiting #EnvironmentalTechnology #Sustainability #ClimateTech #CleanTech #DeepTech #FrontierTech #IndustrialAutomation #EnergyTech #ArtificialIntelligence #EnterpriseSoftware #StartupFunding #Startup #Entrepreneur #Entrepreneurship #Startups #Funding #StartupNews #VentureCapital #Technology

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🚀 Calling all adopters of #proptech and #construction tech: real estate developers, builders, and owner-operators, and more! 🌟 Big News! I’m thrilled to announce our partnership with Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, to accelerate cleantech adoption. This is a first-of-its-kind initiative bringing public and private industry together to drive the digitization and decarbonization of the built environment with a focus on the adoption of startup technologies by end customers. I couldn’t be more excited to collaborate closely with IN² and NREL’s incredible teams to build the industry’s first Adoption Playbook, and the impact this program will have to catalyze more sustainable innovation implementation to our built world. Led by Program Manager Sarah Derdowski, NREL's team is backed by world-class research and a history of running successful incubators. 💡 If you're a forward-thinking organization that is seeking to innovate your real estate footprint, apply today. Adopters can receive up to $250,000 in grant funding to pilot cutting-edge technologies, while startups have the chance to scale and engage with major corporations. This groundbreaking program offers incredible opportunities for both adopters and startups to drive sustainability and innovation—and we're kicking it off this month! 🌍 With our team at Overlay Build, we will design the curriculum in partnership with IN² for corporate adopters through their Adoption Playbook. The playbook will prioritize pain points, identify innovation areas, and form peer groups for implementation strategies. Overlay will also develop due diligence criteria, help to determine the top startups for potential pilots, and form internal innovation working committees that will drive change. Additionally, Overlay will build a change management strategy to ensure practical evaluation and implementation of pilot projects, helping companies with significant real estate ownership reduce construction inefficiencies, costs, and carbon footprints. 🔍This initiative addresses the "missing middle" in technology adoption of built environment solutions—let's bridge that gap together. For more information or to discuss how you can get involved, feel free to reach out to me directly. 👉 Join us in shaping the future of the built environment! Adopters, apply here today: https://lnkd.in/eCRHCXfm #Sustainability #Cleantech #Innovation #BuiltEnvironment #IN2 #OverlayCapital #DigitalTransformation #Decarbonization #ESG #NetZero

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I recently had the pleasure of speaking with and learning from several software execs from our portfolio companies and industry experts during Thoma Bravo's AI Summit in Miami. It was great to share our insights into trends and practices we see in our portfolio and how we manage opportunities and risks. At TB, we have a long history of guiding enterprise software companies through digital transformation, and we’re already navigating the transition driven by generative AI. Our focus is on managing this new innovation by absorbing the technology to bring meaningful benefits to our portfolio companies and indirectly to their customers. And it’s evolving fast! We see our portfolio companies today using gen AI in generally three ways: first, to create new products and provide customers with incremental use cases. Second, to defend against cyber attacks that have become much more sophisticated by bad actors. And third, as an enabler of talent to make business operations run more efficient and productive. In our view, AI presents a significant growth opportunity, but we also believe that to really maximize that potential, companies should carefully evaluate the risks and be thoughtful about governance, trust, security and data privacy. AI is poised to accelerate innovation and it’s hard to predict the full, transformative potential of AI, but we are confident that some of the advantages of incumbent knowledge and data will be key to unlocking its value.

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In real estate there is a focus on not just building but on “placemaking” – creating a community where people are excited to live, work and play. It is great to see technology and innovation having a positive impact and unlocking community value at an accelerated rate. Camber Creek portfolio company Bilt Rewards, with their recent Walgreens partnership, provides an excellent example of how technology can help build stronger and healthier communities. CEO Ankur Jain: "Our mission has always been to add value to our members' daily lives within their local communities. By partnering with Walgreens and introducing automatic FSA and HSA savings, we're not just expanding our rewards program – we're simplifying healthcare expenses for millions of Americans. This is a significant step in our journey to become the nation's leading loyalty program for your home and neighborhood." https://lnkd.in/eFz6EgnF

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Excellent 45 second explanation of why organizations with the best intelligence, in today's Global Competition environment - win.

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Hey Startups 🎇 your community is just as important as your product. Come get to know other leaders, investors, and change-makers at the Mid-Atlantic Capital Conference this October 29th & 30th. Get your tickets before it's sold out. #PhillyStartup #PhillyTech #PhillyHealthcare

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🚀 Check out this week's venture capital investment summary (18 featured companies!) spanning early & growth-stage US based Environmental Technology & Enterprise Software startups! 🎯 Every Monday, the team here at Bearhug Recruiting aggregates, researches, and publishes a recap of the prior week's fundraising activity within the early and growth-stage Environmental Technology & Enterprise Software startup ecosystem. 🌎 This research not only allows us to keep our finger on the pulse of the type of startups we serve, but also benefits others who, like us, enjoy analyzing the latest trends that signal investor confidence AND startup growth within what we believe are the most exciting and impactful market segments. ❤️ We also hope the people and companies we feature enjoy both a virtual fist bump from the team at Bearhug, plus benefit from some additional free market exposure to amplify their mission. Click the link below to get caught up, and make sure you reach out to any that are interesting/relevant that you might be able to help! 💥 Link: https://lnkd.in/exaY5AXD 👈 #Viaduct #Anterior #Jump #ShipAngel #FirmPilot #OnStation #Whoosh #Aidentified #CanarySpeech #ElectronX #CargoSense #SwiftSolar #LearnToWin #AepnusTechnology #GPTZero #FUZE #UngridBattery #Findigs #BearhugRecruiting #EnvironmentalTechnology #Sustainability #ClimateTech #CleanTech #DeepTech #FrontierTech #IndustrialAutomation #EnergyTech #ArtificialIntelligence #EnterpriseSoftware #StartupFunding #Startup #Entrepreneur #Entrepreneurship #Startups #Funding #StartupNews #VentureCapital #Technology

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I draw consistent pride and awe from working with my J2 Ventures partner and personal friend Christine Keung , who brings a critical perspective to the #nationalsecurity space and makes our whole team better. The work here with the Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP is just the beginning of what I’m excited to share that she is bringing to our investment ecosystem and if you have not met her yet, of which few seem to fall into this category- you should. #dualuse #technologyinvesting https://lnkd.in/gFFfGkHH

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