Round-Table Talk with BIP Capital: Looking Back at 2020, Ahead to 2021

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Venture Capital

Welcome to our third annual round table, in which members of our BIP Capital team come together each December to discuss the year—and what a year 2020 has been. While the pandemic has had a profound impact on humanity as well as the economy, it has...
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TechCrunch Reports: Kobiton Raises $14M, Acquires Competitor Mobile Labs

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

TechCrunch recently covered the fundraising news on Kobiton, a BIP Capital portfolio company, noting: Atlanta-based Kobiton, a mobile testing platform that allows developers and QA teams to test their apps on real devices, both on their own desks...
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Paul Iaffaldano Op-Ed: Venture Atlanta’s Growing Diversity and Resilience Shine Through

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Venture Capital

Today Paul Iaffaldano shared in a new guest blog post how VA Live Online reflected the strength of our region’s venture ecosystem through both entrepreneurs and investors, even in the midst of our current pandemic: This year’s Venture At...
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Vibenomics Closes $6.5M in Funding to Fuel the Launch of Additional National Networks

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

The BIP Capital portfolio company Vibenomics, a location-based Audio Out-of-Home™ (AOOH) advertising and experience company, recently announced $6.5 million in Series A2 funding to support the launch of additional national networks in convenie...
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Mark Flickinger Joins “Office Hours” Podcast to Discuss the Rise of Southeast Startups

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Venture Capital

BIP Capital’s COO Mark Flickinger recently joined host David Meltzer on the daily talk show “Office Hours” to discuss the rise of startups in the Southeast and advice for entrepreneurs in a challenging economy. Tune in here for Mark’s advi...
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New BIP Capital Study: Is All Investment Capital the Same Shade of Green?

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Investing Strategies, Venture Capital

In a new study released today, BIP Capital challenges the misperception that taking on Out-of-State capital drives more attractive valuations and better business outcomes for founders. The study, titled “Is all Investment Capital the Same Shade of...
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BIP Capital Digital Ticketing Portfolio Co. GoFan Promotes B.J. Pilling to CEO

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies

BIP Capital portfolio company GoFan, the leading digital ticketing solution for high school events, has announced that B.J. Pilling has been appointed as its new CEO. With the company for more than five years, Pilling most recently served as GoFan’...
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BIP Capital Leaders Share 3 Key Components in a Return-to-Office Plan:

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Venture Capital

Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of uncertainty in terms of how and when organizations will return to “business as usual.” While some offices in the United States continue to remain closed, others have begun to cautiously reopen as states and munic...
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Five BIP Capital Portfolio Companies Make 2020 Inc. 5000

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies

We’re excited to announce that five BIP Capital portfolio companies have ranked in this year’s Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. These companies include AchieveIt, DemandJump, LeaseQuery, Tricentis, and Tropical Sm...
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Conducting Business In a Critical Time: Q&A (Part 3 of 3)

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

This is the final installment in our Q&A discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and how companies are moving forward. Participating in the conversation are members of the BIP Capital executive team and leaders from a number of our...
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Conducting Business In a Critical Time: Q&A (Part 2 of 3)

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

This post is a continuation of a Q&A discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and the ways in which companies have responded with resiliency and adaptability. Participating in the conversation are members of the BIP Capital executiv...
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Conducting Business In a Critical Time: Q&A (Part 1 of 3)

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

We recently brought the team at BIP Capital together virtually with leaders from a number of our portfolio companies to share their perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, including ways that companies have practiced resiliency and...
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Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Mark Buffington on COVID-19, Return-to-Office & Advice for Startups

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Venture Buff, Venture Capital

In a recent interview with Atlanta Business Radio, BIP Capital’s co-founder and CEO Mark Buffington shared his insights on the economic impact of COVID-19, creating a return-to-office plan and his advice for startups during this time. Tune into...
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NFHS Network’s “High School Support Program” Aims to Help High School Athletics Deal with Impact of COVID-19

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

This week, the NFHS Network announced its High School Support Program,  created to help high schools offset lost revenue from sports and other events due to coronavirus. The NFHS Network is operated by BIP Capital portfolio company PlayOn! Sports an...
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Mark Buffington Shares Healthcare Industry Insights in Health IT Outcomes

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Venture Buff

In a new Health IT Outcomes piece entitled “Collaboration, Coordination, And Data Can Solve Many Healthcare Challenges”, BIP Capital CEO shared the following insights for the healthcare industry: There is one thing about American healthcare on...
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New Advertising Tech Portfolio Company Vibenomics Raises $6M Series A Funding

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

This week our newest portfolio company, Vibenomics announced their Series A funding of $6 million to accelerate their growth in the Audio Out-of-Home™ Advertising market, providing a fresh way to reach shoppers at the point of making purchase...
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BIP Capital Expands Leadership Team: Promotes Dan Drechsel, Austin Poole and Swin Moore

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Venture Capital

Today we’re proud to share the expansion of our leadership team, helping to set the course for our continued growth with the promotion of Dan Drechsel to general partner, Austin Poole to senior VP and the addition of Swin Moore as senior VP. - ...
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New Portfolio Company Case Status Raises $1.5 Million in Series Seed II Investment Round, Led by BIP Capital

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Case Status, a client relationship management and marketing platform for law firms, announced today that it has received Series Seed II investment funding of $1.5 million, led by our firm. The funds will be used to support the company's continued ra...
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Round-Table Talk with BIP Capital: Looking Back at 2019, Ahead to 2020

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Investing Strategies, Venture Capital

For the second year, members of our BIP Capital team came together in December to discuss the year’s biggest technology and business trends, as well as what opportunities and barriers may lie ahead in 2020. The discussion also included leaders from...
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Portfolio Company OncoLens Raises $2.5 Million in Pre-Series A Funding, Led by BIP Capital

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

OncoLens, a pioneer in tumor board and cancer treatment planning software solutions, announced it has raised a Pre-Series A funding of $2.5 million led by our firm. Other investors in the round include Atlanta Technology Angels, and the Robbins Fund....
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Portfolio Company PlayOn! Sports Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding, Led by BIP Capital

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Funding will drive further acceleration of company's automated sports event production Today our portfolio company PlayOn! Sports (PlayOn) announced that it has raised Series B funding of $25 million led by BIP Capital. New investors in the fu...
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BIP Capital Successfully Closes Venture Fund IV with $101 Million

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Venture Capital

Today we announced the successful close of BIP Capital Venture Fund IV, surpassing our target of $100 million. Venture Fund IV will focus on Series A and Series B investments for market-disrupting B2B SaaS and tech-enabled services companies focu...
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Paul Iaffaldano Shares Tech-Driven Marketing Trends in MarTechAdvisor

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Venture Capital

In a recently published article entitled “Tech-Driven Marketing: Four Capabilities Marketers Need Today”, Paul Iaffaldano, BIP Capital’s chief investment officer, shared his perspective on the core areas where marketers should focus: There...
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BIP Capital Portfolio Company Names Jeff Cravens as CEO

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Today Huddle Tickets, the leader in high school event ticketing and a BIP Capital portfolio company, announced the appointment of Jeff Cravens as the company’s CEO. Cravens brings significant leadership to Huddle, with a background that includes le...
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New Portfolio Company Nview Health Raises $4.65 Million in Seed Funding from BIP Capital

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Today our newest healthcare technology portfolio company, Nview Health, announced that it raised seed funding in the amount of $4.65 million from BIP Capital. Nview Health delivers online behavioral health solutions that help healthcare professionals...
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New Portfolio Company Kobiton Raises $5 Million Series A Led by BIP Capital

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Today our newest portfolio company Kobiton announced that it has raised $5.2 million in new capital to continue growing its mobile app experience business. The round was led by BIP Capital, with our SVP Dan Drechsel joining the company’s Board of D...
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The United States of Venture Capital: For 4th Time, BIP Capital Named The Most Active VC in Georgia

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Venture Capital

We’re honored at BIP Capital to once again be named the most active venture capital investor in Georgia for the fourth consecutive time, as assessed by CB Insights: “Using CB Insights data, we analyzed the most active venture capital firm...
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DemandJump, Newest Martech Company in BIP Capital Portfolio, Raises $5.5M Series A2 Funding

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Today DemandJump, whose platform is empowering marketers to make better decisions, announced today that it has raised Series A2 funding of $5.5 million led by BIP Capital. The A2 round extends the total amount raised to date to over $14 million. D...
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BIP Capital Leads $7M Series A Funding for ConnexPay

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Today our portfolio company ConnexPay, a payment provider changing the way travel intermediaries do business, announced that it has raised a Series A funding round of $7 million led by BIP Capital. ConnexPay works by seamlessly matching payments f...
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BIP Capital Portfolio Company Cypress.io Closes $9.3M Series A Funding

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

Today we’re honored to announce that our portfolio company – the automated software testing startup Cypress.io – has closed a $9.3 million Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. We’re excited to follow on in this series wi...
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Healthcare VC Sarath Degala Shares Commentary on Chronic Care Management in MGMA

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Uncategorized

In June, Sarath Degala, our healthcare focused lead at BIP Capital published a new article for the members of MGMA: The Medical Group Management Association on how medical practices could leverage new solutions for their patients’ chronic care mana...
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New Portfolio Company ChartSpan Raises $15 Million Series A Round Led by BIP Capital

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital

We’re pleased to announce that our newest portfolio company ChartSpan, the largest healthcare managed service provider for chronic care management programs in the U.S., has raised a Series A funding round of $15 million led by BIP Capital. The comp...
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Today’s Healthcare Innovations, Invested Capital Will Drive 5 Key Trends in 2020

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Investing Strategies, Venture Capital

In May, BIP Capital’s Sarath Degala, a healthcare focused VC, shared his perspective on how “Today’s Healthcare Innovations, Invested Capital Will Drive 5 Key Trends in 2020” in Healthcare Innovation Magazine: In the changing healthcare la...
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Portfolio Company UserIQ Names Tyler Winkler as CEO

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies

Today we announce that industry veteran Tyler Winkler has been appointed as CEO of our portfolio company, UserIQ, by its board of directors.  Winkler was formerly the VP of Global Sales & Marketing at SecureWorks, where he played a key role in t...
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Podcast Interview: Mark Flickinger Discusses How BIP Capital Team Determined Four Mega Trends in New Report

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Investing Strategies, Venture Capital

In our inaugural BIP Capital 2019 Outlook report, we attempted to answer the question “where should we invest today in order to be part of tomorrow’s successful innovation?” Our experts analyzed data from over 50 VC firms, reviewing the past...
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ThingTech Names Andy Davies President & Chief Operating Officer to Accelerate Growth

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies

In late March, ThingTech announced that Andy Davies has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer, following the completion of ThingTech's $4 Million Series A Round, which was led by BIP Capital. ThingTech provides a Platform-as-a-S...
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BIP Capital & ATA Lead $1.35M Seed Round for New Healthcare Portfolio Company OncoLens

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies

Today we welcome OncoLens, a technology company serving cancer care programs, to our portfolio of #healthcare companies. BIP Capital and Atlanta Technology Angels (ATA) led the company’s $1.35 million seed round, which will be deployed to strategic...
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BIP Capital Portfolio Company VoApps Names John Fasano as CEO

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies

BIP Capital Portfolio Company VoApps Names John Fasano as CEO  Today our portfolio company VoApps, a technology company that provides innovative voicemail solutions to help businesses reach mobile contacts with consideration and compliance, a...
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BIP Capital’s Mark Flickinger Shares Talent Advice on Entrepreneurial Podcast

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Venture Capital

In a recent podcast episode entitled “Leading Your Company to a Ten-Year Unicorn Journey”, our COO Mark Flickinger was interviewed by Tayo Rockson, host of the entrepreneur podcast, As Told By Nomads. As Rockson highlights in the interview, Fl...
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New Portfolio Company Pointivo Raises Series A Funding of $7 Million Led by BIP Capital

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Portfolio Companies

We’re honored to announce the newest addition to our portfolio, Pointivo, a software company that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to provide automated analytics for drone and manned aerial platforms. Pointivo announced today that i...
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BIP Capital Named Georgia’s Most Active VC For The Third Time

Stephanie Valenti —
Posted in Announcements, Venture Capital

We’re honored to be named by CB Insights as Georgia’s most active VC for the third time in a row.  We are dedicated to growing the vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Southeast and are excited to see others comment on just how much innovati...
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