Maija Liisa Ehlinger

4 days ago | hypepotamus.com | Maija Liisa Ehlinger

Priyanka Kumari and Pandian Rajaram have been meaning to get back to Silicon Valley for the last sevens month to gather the furniture they put in storage just before flying to Huntsville, Alabama to join the three-month long HudsonAlpha AgTech Accelerator program that started last October. But Kumari and Rajaram’s schedules have been so packed with investor and customer meetings in Alabama that they simply haven’t had time to fly back and get the rest of their personal items.

4 days ago | hypepotamus.com | Maija Liisa Ehlinger

Social media platforms just aren’t built for the well-being of its users, says Atlanta entrepreneur Cindy Abel. That is particularly true for teenage girls, for whom such platforms create a “cycle of comparison, perfectionism, and curated content that chips away at self-worth,” Abel told Hypepotamus. “Many tell us they feel worse after using these apps than before,” she added. Creating a better, more constructive place for online social connections is near to Abel’s heart.

1 week ago | hypepotamus.com | Maija Liisa Ehlinger

Two veterans of Atlanta’s fintech (financial technology) startup scene are joining TTV Capital, one of the city’s longest-running venture capital firms. Lynne Laube, co-founder and former CEO of Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX), and Rachel Hamilton, former CMO of Greenlight, are joining the fintech-focused firm as venture partners. Cardlytics, which went public under Laube’s leadership in 2018, is known for its transformation of the banking rewards and loyalty program space.

2 weeks ago | hypepotamus.com | Maija Liisa Ehlinger

Want to get inside the mind of an investor? The inaugural Southeast VC Pulse Survey, conducted by North Carolina-based Front Porch Venture Partners, can get you pretty close. The survey, conducted over the course of April 2025, gathered detailed thoughts and information from General Partners and Principals at venture capital firms based in the Southeast region of the United States.

2 weeks ago | hypepotamus.com | Maija Liisa Ehlinger

After working at tech and investment giants like Google, Uber, and Goldman Sachs, Silicon Valley operator and early-stage investor Nancy Torres is joining Atlanta’s Open Opportunity Fund as its senior vice president. Open Opportunity Fund is one of the more recent capital providers to come onto the Atlanta scene. Back in late 2023, global investment giant Softbank sold its Open Opportunity Fund to Atlanta entrepreneur-turned-investor Paul Judge and New York-based Marcelo Claure.