Friday “Fund” Day: Startup News from January 13-17, 2025
Welcome back to the first Friday “Fund” Day of 2025, your weekly digest of the latest developments in the Southeast startup ecosystem. This week’s edition covers funding announcements, significant hires, and headlines from the week of January 13-17, 2025.
Funding News
- SoloPulse, an Atlanta-based deep tech startup with roots at Georgia Tech, secured a $7.7 million seed funding round from investors across the United States.
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KB Partners led a $2.25 million seed funding round for NIL FanBox, a collegiate sports memorabilia subscription platform based in Atlanta.
Founded in 2021, NIL FanBox partners with university athletic departments to offer fans annual boxes of autographed collectibles from both current athletes and past stars including the likes of Vince Young, Tyler Hansbrough, Antawn Jamison and Braxton Miller, among others.
- Habits, a fintech startup, received a $1.1 million oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Atlanta Ventures. The company aims to connect young professionals with financial advisors.
Big Hiring News
- Soundstripe, a Nashville-based music technology startup, announced that Atlanta entrepreneur and tech executive Jeff Perkins has been appointed as the company’s CEO. More details are available on Hypepotamus.
- Nickelytics, an AdTech startup based in Tampa specializing in out-of-home advertising, has appointed a new CEO. Read more about the new West Coast-based CEO in a recent Hypepotamus article.
- Burunda Prince has been named the new Director of the PNC Southeastern Regional Center for Entrepreneurship at Clark Atlanta University. Find the full announcement here.
- ObjectiveHealth, a Nashville-based integrated research and technology platform, has appointed Steve Clemons as CEO. Clemons, a veteran clinical research executive, previously led Rymedi.
Other Significant Stories
- Livin (formerly Cookonnect) has rebranded and refocused as a “lifestyle brand” with a mission to help busy people manage their time effectively. CEO Erica Tuggle shared insights with Hypepotamus.
- The Atlanta’s AgeTech community is expanding with the launch of Petunia, a platform designed to ease the process of finding memory care and elderly care facilities. Learn more about the platform here.
- Embarc Collective and Bank of America have partnered to expand technical programming and support local technical meetup groups in Tampa Bay. Evan Erickson, Director of Partnerships and Events at Embarc Collective, stated that the goal is, “to strengthen the support for Tampa Bay’s tech talent by providing more tools and connections to accelerate their growth.” More information about the partnership here.
- Food and agriculture giant Cargill opened its tech hub in Midtown’s Tech Square, with plans to employ 400 people. (More details in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
- Birmingham, Alabama-based ProxsysRx announced its “strategic combination” with Maxor, a pharmacy care company based in Texas. Read the press release for further details
- Leavitt Equity Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity fund, partnered with Pediatrics Plus in Arkansas. Atlanta-based Fulcrum Equity Partners and Western Governors University also joined the investment group. Read more about the partnership in the press release.
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