🔵 Tuxedo park's $18M "english manor"

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TiE Atlanta's February Meeting: Capital Raising for Scaling Startups
Wednesday, February 11, 6:00 PM | Atlanta
Atlanta's most connected investor group tackles the capital climate. If you're scaling past Series A, this is where term sheets get discussed over bourbon. Read more here.

Atlanta Business After Business
Wednesday, February 18, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Hard Rock Cafe, Atlanta
Chamber-curated business exchange for entrepreneurs navigating Atlanta's oversaturated market. Where regional access meets local hustle. Read more here.

Startup Student Connection at Atlanta Tech Village
Wednesday, February 26, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Buckhead
Startups hunting talent meet students hunting careers. Georgia Tech kids looking for internships, founders looking for free labor (kidding—mostly). Network smart. Read more here.​

Growth: Atlanta startup Pull Logic just closed an oversubscribed $3.3M seed round led by Bay Area's New Build Venture Capital. The round included Foster Ventures, local heavy Silicon Road Ventures, YANMAR VENTURES, DNX Ventures, and IDEA.

Backstory: Co-founder and CEO Taresh Grover built Pull Logic out of Georgia Tech research with Professor Benoit Montreuil. The team now includes CTO Rahul Chahar and COO Karl Swensen, all supply chain veterans who saw manufacturers and retailers hemorrhaging revenue through lost sales and bloated inventory.

Problem solved: When tariffs disrupted supply chains, costs spiked and lead times cratered. Pull Logic's AI platform tells companies exactly where stockouts will happen, where inventory is stuck doing nothing, and how to rebalance intelligently. "It made the need for adaptive planning more urgent," Grover told Hypepotamus.

Numbers: 20 full-time employees today. Grover expects 30 by year-end as they add product dev, customer success, and go-to-market firepower. Clients include large retailers with "a lot of working capital tied up in inventory but still struggling with availability."

Read more here.

Nationally acclaimed chef Demetrius Brown behind Bread & Butterfly (named one of America's Best Restaurants 2024 by The New York Times) is opening Heritage this spring at 63 Georgia Avenue in Summerhill.

What it is: Heritage started as a pop-up supper club in 2021, winning Atlanta Magazine's "Best Food Pop-Up" with multi-course tasting menus celebrating Caribbean, African, and Southern flavors. Now it's going permanent.

The menu: Brown's Trinidadian roots meet Southern upbringing. Expect dishes like chicken yak, braised oxtail, and cassava cake. Seasonal tasting menus plus an à la carte lounge menu for accessibility.

The vibe: Dimly lit corridors, hidden entryway, two-tiered open kitchen. Every detail built for storytelling. Brown's great-grandmother's recipes meet global Black culinary lineage.

Read more here.​

If you’re searching for a job right now (or just want to see all the salary bumps available in the city right now) start with our Job Board: jobs.atlgrind.com.

AI/ML Engineer at Greenlight Financial Technology ($122K - $180K). Remote-friendly Atlanta role. Build AI for the fintech company helping 6M+ families teach kids about money. Equity + 401(k) match. Read more here.

Senior Account Executive at Intuit Mailchimp. Atlanta-based SaaS sales. Mailchimp's still printing money—join the team closing mid-market deals. Competitive comp + Intuit benefits. Read more here.

Associate, Investment Team at BIP Ventures (Venture Capital). Atlanta hybrid role. Early-stage growth equity investments. Get paid to source deals and sit in pitch meetings. Read more here.

Director, Digital Performance Marketing at Greenlight ($150K - $205K). Remote-friendly Atlanta. Own digital acquisition for a fintech unicorn. Paid parental leave + health benefits. Read more here.

Staff Product Security Engineer at Greenlight Financial Technology ($165K - $200K). Remote-friendly Atlanta. Secure a platform handling millions in family finances. Fintech security experience preferred. Read more here.

CGI Snaps Up Stratfield Consulting, Doubling Down on Atlanta Tech Talent

The deal: Global IT giant CGI (NYSE: GIB) just acquired Stratfield Consulting, an Atlanta-based management and tech consulting firm founded in 2012. Deal closed February 2026.

The math: Stratfield brings nearly 200 consultants to CGI, pushing CGI's Atlanta headcount to nearly 600 consultants. The firm specializes in digital engineering, product development, tech strategy, and change management for retail and financial services clients nationwide.

Why Atlanta: "Atlanta is a key market for CGI, with a strong and growing local presence," said Vijay Srinivasan, President of U.S. Commercial and State Government operations. Translation: Atlanta's tech talent is cheaper than SF, better than most Tier 2 cities, and the airport makes national clients easy.

What clients get: Stratfield's local, relationship-driven teams now backed by CGI's global scale, delivery models, and industry muscle. "We can deliver even greater value, locally and wherever our clients need us most," said Stratfield CEO Butch Benford.

Financial terms: Undisclosed.

Read more here.

Listed for $18,000,000. 6 beds, 11 baths, 24,800 sqft.

Palm Beach vibes: Separate pool house with boutique hotel energy, infinity pool, and a massive entertainment pavilion. Terrace level features a bar that rivals private clubs and a disco ball to prove it.

Listed by Ben Hirsh, Hirsh Real Estate.

Read more here.

Kaizen Analytix (Atlanta IT firm) acquires Nihon Technology (Indian consultancy with Japan ops), deepening access to Tokyo and Osaka markets. Kaizen CEO Krishna Arangode is a Georgia Tech alum. Deal strengthens AI, data analytics, and SAP integration for manufacturers. Read more here.

Atlanta opens Business Readiness Loan Fund ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup. Invest Atlanta launches pilot to help small businesses upgrade inventory, marketing, and customer experience for global events. $125M economic impact since 2024. Read more here.

Chops Lobster Bar (iconic Atlanta steakhouse) signs lease at Centennial Yards downtown. Fine dining finally comes to the multi-billion-dollar downtown transformation. CIM Group and Centennial Yards Company strike the deal. Read more here.

Coca-Cola discontinues Minute Maid frozen canned juices after 80 years. End of an era. Your childhood orange juice concentrate is officially dead. Read more here.

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Andrew