So over on Quora someone posed the question "what are the most interesting tech startups in Atlanta?" I responded with a top 20. It's a bit of a personal list. I figure that we can have a more interesting discussion here as opposed to there. So here's my list with a short blurb on each.
BLiNQ Media
Founder Dave Williams and three simple rules. No drama. No bullshit. Don't fuck up.
BrightWhistle
Successful entrepreneur and former VC Greg Foster tackling the lead gen space.
Clearleap
Most of the N2 team working on the future of TV with wins at all the major MSOs.
ClipZone
Successful mobile entrepreneurs attacking the intersection of deals and location based services.
Cloud Sherpas
Revenue traction in a big big space.
CRESecure
Unique hosted PCI solution.
Endgame Systems
A big hunk of the ISS tech team tackling an important and interesting problem.
MailChimp
Adding 4,000 new paying customer a month at a min of $15 each. Every WC VC wants a piece. The monkeys continue to focus on the bananas.
RentWiki
CEO Jamie Gallo has domain expertise and is building a solid business.
PlacePunch
The latest Shotput Ventures play creating a cross LBS check in loyalty application with early customer traction.
PlayOn
A media spin out of Turner focused on high school sports.
Preparis
Armistead Whitney is working deals to position the company for growth.
Regator
How can you not like the scrappy team Regator? They have a real business model in all that curated media. And they brought us Mashlanta.
ScoutMob
Dave and Michael have the WC feel going, good customer traction, and an interesting spin on social commerce.
Solidfire
Dave Wright is back in the saddle after a nice JungleDisk win.
SoloHealth
Ciba spinout is executing a smart funding strategy and creating a big retail presence.
Twitpay
Startup Weekend company with backing from Ashish Bahl.
Vertical Acuity
The big idea is to move content to people. Perhaps part of the answer for old media.
Vitrue
Founder Reggie Bradford has brought on board a number of the MindSpring team to scale this social media play.
Wavee
This young team from Emory may have cracked the code to efficient hyper-growth in the world of entertainment shopping.
In hindsight I would have put Cardlytics on the list. And had to chop off more than a few worthy companies to get to twenty.
Who did I miss? What are the most interesting tech startups in Atlanta?
Disclaimer: I know the founders of all of these companies. I work with a number of them on a regular basis. I participated in the initial formation of Twitpay.