Atlanta Ventures Newsletter

April has been filled with some serious highlights. We’ve seen Calendly Founder, Tope Awotona, being featured on the cover of Forbes magazine, and studio company Zeto announced a successful raise. We’ve also seen other portfolio companies, like Voxie and Infinite Giving, being noticed around Georgia. On top of these highlights, we had an awesome podcast guest, released informative blogs, and put on an event with two great founders. Check out the full highlights below!
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Our Events Were Exciting 👫
#PastEvents #UpcomingEvents

On Wednesday, April 13th, we hosted an Atlanta Startup Convos Meetup. We had two awesome founders who highlighted their companies and walked us through their products.

• Hajj Womack, Co-Founder and CEO of Innovative School Tools
• Philip Lakin, Co-Founder and CEO of Switchboard

The speakers gave great insight on their markets and growth plans. Check out the recap HERE!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Atlanta Healthcare Entrepreneur Meetup: Wed, May 11 • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
• Atlanta Startup Convos Meetup: June 8th, Save the Date

• 10x Better Solution
• Should I Raise Money With Market Uncertainty?
• Your Productivity Starter Pack
• Tightening Sockets

“The key is to keep iterating, keep improving, keep working through ideas. All the work is necessary, but some little changes are more valuable than others.” 

-David Cummings

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Our Podcast Is Popping 🎧
#TheAtlantaStory

In Episode 4 of Season 3 of The Atlanta Story podcast, Jon Birdsong sat down with Greg Bluestein, AJC’s premiere political reporter and newly minted author of Flipped. Greg spent the first part of his career at the Associated Press before transitioning to the AJC. Greg and his colleagues cover the daily political pulse of Georgia through The Jolt with more detailed coverage on his twice a week podcast: Politically Georgia. On today’s episode, Greg shares his insights on the 2020 election, how and why Georgia is transitioning blue, stories from his new book and much more.
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Our Companies Are Climbing 💯
#News

• Calendly’s Founder and CEO, Tope Awotona, was featured on Forbes magazine April/May 2022 issue. Check out his incredible story.
• Infinite Giving was crowned as the 2022 Atlanta Inno Madness winner.
• Voxie was listed on TAG’s list of the Top 40 Innovative Technology Companies in Georgia. 
• Zeto announced a successful $600,000 raise.