When Lynne Henkiel kept hearing the same question over and over, she decided it might be more of an opportunity than a distraction. The director of innovation ecosystems at Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute is an expert on how communities and universities collaborate build an environment supportive of entrepreneurial growth. She has studied the phenomenon Read more
Trevor Williams
Annual India Summit to Focus on IoT, Robotics, Smart Cities
While the annual U.S.-India Business Summit has become a fixture in Atlanta‘s global business landscape, its organizers have no desire to see it go stale in its eighth year. That’s why this year, while continuing to focus on cutting-edge technology sectors, the summit has added an element designed to formalize its approach to the networking Read more
Small Companies Receive Bulk of Georgia’s Export Assistance
The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s efforts on export assistance this year focused on smaller companies and were widely dispersed throughout the state, according to a report outlining the Trade Division’s achievements during the fiscal year that ended June 30. Nearly 1,400 companies in 130 of Georgia’s 159 counties received customized help, which ranges from market research to Read more
Invest Atlanta Is Deepening Innovation Ties With These Two Latin American Countries
Invest Atlanta is seeing growing momentum for its strategy to deepen the city’s innovation ties with Latin America, particularly with two key countries in the region. The economic development organization led an exploratory mission to Chile and Colombia last fall to better understand the best ways to link Atlanta’s growing tech scene with their emerging Read more
Portuguese-born Fraud Protection Company to Double Local Headcount to 60
Fraud protection company Feedzai, which was founded in Portugal and set up an office in Atlanta in 2016, is set to double its headcount locally to 60 by early next year. Feedzai offers machine learning capabilities that help financial institutions and payment platforms detect and prevent fraud. It prides itself on providing an open platform Read more
Chinese Development Zone Urges Atlanta Firms to Go West
A special zone designated by the Chinese government to grow the city of Chongqing is encouraging Atlanta companies look west to the country’s populous inland regions. Top representatives from the city’s Liangjiang New Area, a zone carved out to encourage westward modernization and development, visited Atlanta Thursday to pitch the locality to investors and exporters. Liangjiang (“two Read more
Georgia Nets $1.9B in Foreign Investment in Fiscal Year 2018
A record-breaking year for investment in Georgia included $1.9 billion spent on 89 foreign-owned projects. Gov. Nathan Deal announced the numbers as part of a broader release revealing that the state’s Global Commerce division (which handles more than cross-border business) had netted $5.56 billion in new investments, with pledges to create 27,373 jobs. That’s built Read more
Japanese Manufacturer Doubling Down on Macon
Nichiha USA is doubling down on Macon. Eleven years after putting a $100 million plant in the Middle Georgia city, the Japanese building materials company is expanding to the tune of $120 million, a project that will create 74 new jobs. Nichiha, which makes fiber cement siding, has used Georgia as its U.S. base for Read more
Credit Card Declined: U.K.’s PPRO Just Got $50M to Help Payment Processors Reach the Rest of the E-Commerce World
British payments platform PPRO Group has just received a major boost in its efforts to help larger companies in Atlanta engage with emerging e-commerce markets around the world. PPRO on July 16 announced that it had raised $50 million in a new investment round led by online payments giant PayPal, with the goal of bringing its “alternative payments” solutions Read more
With NRA Flap Over, Gov. Deal Exempts Airlines from Jet Fuel Tax
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has suspended collection of the state’s sales tax on jet fuel, welcome news for airlines especially in the wake of a political firestorm the issue ignited earlier this year. Mr. Deal had sought to roll back the tax as part of a broader bill in March, but that effort was quashed Read more
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