With its second cohort this year, Comcast NBCUniversal’s The Farm startup accelerator program is taking its commitment to founder diversity to a cross-border level. Among the 10 companies set to pitch Friday, Nov. 9, at “Demo Day,” 18 percent of founders are female, and 77 percent are minorities. And beyond that, a few have international roots — Read more
Four French Startups to Arrive Oct. 15 for Entrepreneurial Exchange, Just in Time for France-Atlanta
Four French companies will arrive from Toulouse next week as part of an exchange of startups that also saw four local companies visit the Atlanta sister city during the first week of October. The Atlanta International Startup Exchange’s final eight winners were announced Sept. 28 by the office of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Each was set Read more
Atlanta to Host Israeli Medical Device Accelerator
The Atlanta-based Global Center for Medical Innovation announced Wednesday that it will launch an accelerator to bring innovative Israeli medical-device companies to market in the U.S. The GCMI will partner with Haifa, Israel’s Rambam Health Care Campus to identify companies with promising technologies and whisk them to Atlanta for six months to a year, guiding Read more
Foreign Presence Grows as Southern Automotive Conference Makes Georgia Debut
Georgia’s argument as a hub for foreign automotive investment is getting a big boost this week as the South’s biggest industry conference makes its debut in Atlanta. This year’s Southern Automotive Conference gets under way Wednesday at the Cobb Galleria and lasts through Friday, when Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will address some of the expected 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
Lab1886, Daimler’s ‘Innovation Machine’ in Atlanta, Runs on Global Tech Exchanges
A new innovation hub opened by German automotive giant Daimler in Atlanta has already begun to foster cross-border exchanges of technology talent. Launched July 16 with fanfare and attendance by both Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the auto maker fulfilled a promise made when its best-known brand, Mercedes-Benz, opened its Read more
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
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