With summer in full swing, these are the big tech headlines from this week that you need to know from across the Southeast region:
Friday “Fund” Day News
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Atlanta-based Sema4.ai, an AI platform that empowers organizations to build, deploy, and manage agents designed to transform knowledge work, raised a $25 million Series A, according to Axios.
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Orlando-based Zero Networks, the cybersecurity company reclaiming microsegmentation to finally deliver on its promise, announced it raised $55 million in Series C funding.
- Martin Ventures, LRVHealth, and Texas Health Resources joined a $6.7 million seed round for ArcheHealth, a Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthTech software startup.
- Capwave AI, a Charlotte-based fundraising co-pilot, has joined Primordial Ventures, a firm focused on North Carolina startups.
Acquisition News
- Atlanta-based Goodie Nation, a nonprofit that empowers underestimated innovators, announced the acquisition of The A Pledge, an organization dedicated to increasing equity in marketing and advertising by supporting the growth and sustainability of Black-owned agencies. The move signals a strategic expansion of Goodie Nation’s innovation platform to include not just tech, but creative problem-solving and agency development.
In Other News
- Ryan Rutledge has stepped into the role of Executive Director of North Carolina’s Joules Accelerator. Rutledge previously served as VP of Strategy and Innovation for the Charlotte-based CleanTech accelerator program.
- The husband-and-wife co-founders behind Atlanta-based EnviroSpark Aaron and Stephanie Luque announced they were stepping down from their roles in the company. More details can be found on their LinkedIn post.
- The City of Raleigh, North Carolina is launching iAccess and its online survey tool, a first-of-its-kind program to improve on-street parking accessibility in the downtown area. iAccess was founded in Atlanta. More about the work here.
- Westside Atlanta-based nonprofit City of Refuge announced that it is offering a new cybersecurity course through its Tech Transformation Academy (T2 Academy) program, which provides fully-funded scholarships to individuals seeking to break into the tech industry. Applications can be found here.