Qoins, an Atlanta startup that helps people pay off their debts with change, raised $1.5 million in its first institutional investment round to expand its platform and double its staff – read the full story here.
Atlanta Business Journal’s AtlantaInno features short columns on startup founders in Atlanta’s tech ecosystem. Umama Kibria (B.B.A.’14) is the founder and CEO of SweatPack, a fitness web app that allows people to sign up for sports leagues and fitness classes with a group of friends or strangers.
COVID-19 is what helped blossom our idea. My co-founder and I have been in the recycling space for some time and realized that since everyone at home due to the virus, one thing would remain constant — waste. After researching, we found that people were actually generating even more waste due to being home! Read the full story.
