Memphis Startup Blog written by Gwin Scott

Hatching Success

April 2, 2009

The Commercial Appeal here in Memphis just completed a compelling article on EmergeMemphis and the value of incubators. Profiled were 2 of our companies, RemitDATA and Gaskill Strategies, as well as some interesting stats. Remit has just recently graduated and has been in a hyper growth mode, after securing 5 million in venture funding from noro-moseley in atlanta and ssm partners in memphis. Bently Goodwin has been at the helm since inception and has done a masterful job of managing growth and incrementally building revenues to @ 6-8 million dollars. You will be hearing more from this company, esp as they continue to build further momentum. Check out the article which further validates why it is important for startups to launch in this sort of environment : Comm App

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