We’ve entered the last quarter of the year and the hot Atlanta sun is coming to an end! This October, we hosted our sixth Atlanta Startup Convos of 2021 with three fantastic founders.
Every 6-8 weeks, Atlanta Ventures hosts an Atlanta Startup Convos Meetup. Three early stage startups shared their 7 minute story of how they started, how they are monetizing, and how they are scaling.
We kicked off the morning with virtual Breakout Room networking sessions. The question to get everything going was “Do you have a favorite Halloween costume?”
This month’s presenter lineup was stellar: Alex de Aranzeta, Founder and CEO of Laurl; Graham Gintz, Co-Founder of Knightley; Emily Traxler, CEO of Bank Shot.
Laurl
Laurl is an employee-centered SaaS for issue and resolution management. HR administrative work is time consuming and burdensome, with no way to track outcomes or view successes. Laurl provides a dashboard where users can track, manage, and resolve issues in one place while keeping stakeholders in the loop. Laurl is production ready with their first 10 companies onboard.
“Resolving people issues is incredibly manual and there isn’t a process.”— Alex de Aranzeta, Founder and CEO of Laurl
Knightley
Knightley’s goal is to help Founders and CEOs become more efficient and accomplish their growth goals. The platform connects investors looking to invest with companies seeking capital — operating like a Google Drive, allowing customers to compile all their necessary documents in one spot with granular sharing controls.
“The data room process was just too archaic.”— Graham Gintz, Co-Founder of Knightley
Bank Shot
Bank Shot is an app that allows you to safely and securely send earnest money using your mobile phone. Bank Shot solves the hassle of real estate agents on strict deadlines having to collect earnest checks, and the growing issue of fraud. With a patented encrypted portal, users can conveniently deposit checks on time to the correct party — modernizing the paper check.
“The founders created Bank Shot out of need for themselves, and they quickly realized that other businesses also needed this solution.”— Emily Traxler, CEO of Bank Shot
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