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Atlas Digital Group, cable and fiber digital commerce experts and developers of the CORE digital commerce platform, have secured $3M in seed funding, according to Atlas CEO Mark Mihalevich. Cultivation Capital led the investment round and was joined by several current and former industry leaders, including Jerry Kent (via his investment and management firm, Cequel III), Tom McMillin, Gregg Graff, and Vexus Fiber…

Toronto-based startup Notch has secured $12.5 million CAD ($10 million USD) in funding, as the startup looks to expand its recently revamped restaurant supply chain offering to new markets. The round, which Notch is calling its Series A-2, was a convertible note led by Accomplice and BDC Capital, with participation from MATH Venture Partners, Golden Ventures, The Yield Lab, Garage Capital and Plexo Capital…

The St. Louis Arch Angels have surpassed $100 million in total investment provided to companies, a major milestone for the startup investment group. As of the end of 2020, the Arch Angels have invested $101 million in 111 startups, according to its newly released annual report…

They have hyperspectral imaging capabilities and plan to provide daily, high resolution, science-quality land surface temperature and vegetation health indices to help address global climate-related challenges like food security and wildfire risk. When you consider daily land surface temperature enables early detection of diseases or crop water stress in plants, you can see that monitoring use of the world’s scarce water resources for irrigation more efficiently provides value. Hydrosat’s unique imager design enables all of this to be done at a significantly lower cost than traditional systems…

The company announced it has more than doubled its customer base in the last 12 months, including expanding across multiple types and sizes of universities, colleges, community colleges, and historically black colleges and universities, such as Howard University, a client of the startup. The company’s flagship advanced student engagement CRM product uses artificial intelligence to deliver communications to potential students along the application process…

NEXT VENTURE PITCH is a conference hosted by NEXT, an economic development and entrepreneurial support organization located in Greenville, SC. To learn more, visit www.nextsc.org…

Textel, a rapidly growing texting platform designed specifically for contact centers, announced a new integration with Five9, a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center. This is Textel’s latest integration with a contact center as a service (CCaaS) solution and allows more businesses to incorporate texting into their customer experience…

St. Louis agtech firm Benson Hill said Monday it has hired an executive to lead its newly formed business segment focused on developing and commercializing ingredients for the plant-based foods market. Benson Hill has tapped Bruce Bennett as president of its “ingredients” business unit. In the newly created role, Bennett will manage the business line’s global operations and lead its strategy for the ingredient portfolio…

Ethix360, founded 2017 by J Rollins and Bob Latchford, closed a $3 million Series A funding round in March. The startup has raised about $4.9 million to-date, including a $1 million round in 2020. Ethix360 provides comprehensive solutions to employee ethics communication, case management, compliance training and policy management…