Looking for a French Connection? Apply for the Atlanta Startup Exchange

Four young companies from both Atlanta and Toulouse, France, this fall will take part in an annual exchange program promising broad international exposure. As the Atlanta International Startup Exchange returns for its third year, it’s once again focusing solely on Toulouse, a sister city of Atlanta since 1974 and the founding partner as the program Read more

Two Israeli Startups Among Techstars Atlanta’s Third Annual Class

Two Israeli companies are among the 10 new startups chosen for the third annual Techstars Atlanta class in 2018. The local branch of international accelerator program has graduated 20 companies over two years since it was inaugurated in 2016, with firms hailing from Latvia, Nigeria, Canada and Israel, where leaders of the program have recruited Read more

Israeli Innovation: Earning High Returns for a Higher Purpose

If “Start-Up Nation” declared to the world how Israel became an innovation powerhouse, another book published in March gets at the question of why. In “Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israel Ingenuity Is Repairing the World”, financial technology entrepreneur, foreign affairs commentator and author Avi Jorisch examines the spiritual mindset that has spurred world-changing Israeli technologies. He Read more

Atlanta’s QASymphony Bought by Austrian Firm

QASymphony, a fast-growing Atlanta tech company that helps enterprises more quickly test and develop software, has been purchased by a firm with headquarters in Austria. Tricentis has a dual base in Vienna and Mountain View, Calif., as well as 15 global offices mostly in Europe and Asia. Its global reach seems to have dovetailed well with QASymphony’s vision, Read more

Georgia and Israel to Foster Joint Research With $2 Million in Grants

Georgia on Thursday signed an agreement with the government of Israel that will result in $2 million in grants for joint research and development projects between firms in the state and the so-called “Startup Nation.” Atlanta-based Southern Co., the Southeast-wide power utility, has supplied $1 million toward the initiative, with the Israel Innovation Authority, the government agency formerly called the Read more

Robinson College’s June Blockchain Boot Camp to Demystify Disruption

Editor’s note: The below is a sponsored post written by the staff of the Robinson College of Business. At CoinDesk’s Consensus 2018, FedEx CEO Fred Smith essentially said companies that don’t embrace blockchain technology face extinction. How can businesses catch up with trends that have disrupted countless sectors at a lightning pace? The Robinson College Read more

Atlanta Enjoys Perfect Storm for British Tech Investment

For the last two years, a perfect storm has been brewing across the Atlantic, whipping up ideal conditions for new British technology investment in Atlanta. Just as the Georgia capital got serious about promoting its payments prowess in London, the world’s financial center, the United Kingdom as a whole decided (narrowly) that its future looked brighter outside Read more

FinTech South Set to Showcase Firms From Four Key Countries

FinTech South, a financial technology conference aiming to showcase the region’s heft in a fast-growing sector, is set to welcome the world next week in Atlanta. At least part of it, anyway. The international companies attending and exhibiting at the conference are concentrated in four countries with longstanding tech ties to Atlanta: Canada, Ireland, Israel Read more

The Future Factory Is Coming: Should You Fear or Embrace It?

While terms like artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things and 3D printing mean different things for different people, they incite similar fears, that ushering in profound shifts in the way work gets done — especially on the factory floor — will inevitably lead to more displacement of more human workers. The reality of Read more

UserIQ Buys Indian Startup to Improve Mobile Offering

UserIQ, an Atlanta-based company that helps software firms guide customers through the use of their products, has acquired an Indian startup. The company’s purchase of Bangalore-based Appunfold will improve its “customer onboarding” campaigns by providing better analytics and improving the user experience across multiple devices. “Our goal at UserIQ is to guide users to success Read more

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