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Augusta Startup Ecosystem (view source)
Revision as of 15:48, 27 September 2017
, 15:48, 27 September 2017ââVC Data
Excel File with data filtered by Tay is '''Relevant VC Data'''
Augusta, Georgia: 7 Results- *NRF Distributors Inc, Keymarket Partners, Lexicor Medical Technology Inc, Keymarket III, Solo Cup Operating Corp, Joseph Kirschner Company Inc, and Sagamore Hill Broadcasting LLC. Only Sagamore Hill Broadcasting has received funding in the last 20 years, all the rest were earlier. '''Conclusion: Augusta's VC scene is not good at all. If only one company has been VC backed in the last 20 years, this is worrisome'''**Sagamore Hill Broadcasting owns and operates television-broadcasting stations in the Great Lakes and Southern US. It is a joint venture of the investment firm Duff Ackerman & Goodrich of San Francisco, California and former Benedek Broadcasting and Spartan Communications executive Louis Wall (who is also CEO of the group).*None are in the categories listed below
Atlanta, Georgia: ~550 results-
*200 of these are in the last decade; Atlanta is clearly attracting VC funding. How can we expand that success to Augusta?
*Of those in the last decade, small proportion could be cybersecurity-related:
**3 Internet Security and Transaction Services
**10 Security/Firewalls/Encryption software
**None of the other categories listed below
Charleston, South Carolina- ~30 results- *In general, these investments are far more recent than those in Augusta, with half of these results taking place within the last decade.*Only one Security/Firewalls/Encryption- PhishLabs*None of the other categories listed below
Relevant industries (at the indsubgroup level) for cyber security might be:
