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Atlanta’s Aptos Buys Iceland-based Retail Software Firm

Atlanta-based retail technology provider Aptos has acquired Icelandic software firm LS Retail for an undisclosed sum.  LS Retail develops software for retail, hospitality, food service and other sectors, offering inventory planning, point of sale and enterprise resource planning in on solution. Based in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik, the company’s software is installed through channel partners […]

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With $100M Raise, Atlanta’s Newest Unicorn Eyes International Expansion 

SalesLoft may be born and bred in Atlanta, but the nine-year-old sales engagement software provider that just became the city’s newest unicorn is looking beyond U.S. borders to bolster its already impressive growth.  SalesLoft announced Thursday it had raised a $100 million Series E round led by Owl Rock Capital, bringing its total private funding […]

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Northern Irish Tech Firm to Employ 137 at Buckhead Office

A software and digital technology from the United Kingdom is to invest $1.2 million at a new Fulton County office employing 137 people.  Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Kainos builds customized digital services for public, corporate and health care clients, with a particular focus on enterprise resource planning systems.   The office will be located at […]

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Ireland-based Sysnet Grows Via Atlanta Acquisition

Sysnet Global Solutions, an Ireland-based managed services provider helping fintech clients outsource and ensure cybersecurity compliance, is expanding its reach throughout the U.S. with an Atlanta acquisition.  The Dublin-based company made a splash in Atlanta in 2017 when it committed to hiring 500 people at a new headquarters and services center in Brookhaven.  Now, the […]

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French Unicorn Mirakl’s Recipe for Transatlantic Startup Success

Leave it to a French company to use a culinary allegory to offer a business lesson. Perhaps playing to the perceived stereotypes harbored by his audience, Mirakl co-founder and U.S. CEO Adrien Nussenbaum shared his recipe for transatlantic startup success during the 11th annual France-Atlanta series held virtually this year by the Consulate General of […]

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Mexico Team Fuels Atlanta Software Firm’s Rapid Growth 

The key to success is all in the name for NearShore Technology. The metro Atlanta-based software firm was just named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for the third straight year, with a 92 percent growth rate since 2018.    Its secret? A large team that is overwhelmingly based outside the U.S. […]

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Sinch Continues Acquisition Spree with India Deal 

Sweden-based Sinch AB, which provides companies with cloud communications for engaging consumers on their mobile devices, has targeted India for the latest deal in an acquisition spree totaling $445 million so far this year.   Based in Stockholm, Sinch is a publicly traded company with a U.S. headquarters in Atlanta that houses more than 60 employees, including […]

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OneTrust Rides Global Privacy Rules to Top of Inc. 5000 List 

The statistic is so large it’s almost hard to fathom: Atlanta-based OneTrust has posted a mind-boggling 48,337 percent growth rate in the last three years, putting it at the top of the Inc. 5000 list of fast-growing companies in the United States.  But the privacy software provider’s uncanny timing and growth has a lot to […]

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South African Software Firm Picks Battery Area for North American Office

A South African sales software firm will hire 30 at a new North American headquarters near Truist Park in Cobb County.   Skynamo will set up its U.S. and Canada office within the growing tech node centered at the Battery Atlanta, the mixed-use development around the Atlanta Braves baseball stadium.   Skynamo’s software digitizes and simplifies processes for […]

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British Ambassador Sees Common Goals in Biden’s Plans to Reconnect with the World

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