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How did Atlanta become a top breeding ground for billion-dollar startups in the Southeast? Over the past five years, the Southeastern region, led by Atlanta, has gone from being “one of the best kept secrets” in tech, to a vibrant ecosystem teeming with a herd of the billion dollar tech businesses that are referred to in the investment world as “unicorns” (thanks to their supposed rarity). In those five years venture capital investments surged to $2.1 billion in the region, with $1 billion invested in the last year alone, according to Lisa Calhoun, a partner with the Atlanta based inv...

Tech Square Ventures Adds Vasant Kamath as General Partner News provided by Share this article Share this article 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. With more than $90 million unde...

Egyptian Electric Cooperative awards 10 Touchstone Energy Classroom Grants Ten local classrooms will now be enhanced with an extra $500 thanks to grants from Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association (EECA). (Source: EECA) By Jessica Ladd | December 15, 2020 at 3:32 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 3:32 PM JACKSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Ten local classrooms will now be enhanced with an extra $500 thanks to grants from Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association (EECA). For many years, EECA has offered the Touchstone Energy Classroom Empowerment Grants to schools within its service territo...