Startups Archives

Startup: Oscar Mike Mobile Appraisal aims to modernize real estate appraisal

A new mobile app from Oscar Mike Mobile Appraisal wants to make real estate appraisals easier, cheaper and less biased.

Start up: XL-Ant Life seeks to spread positivity and happiness

Using the ant as inspiration, Connor Fata chose to name his business XL-Ant Life as a play on "excellent life."

Greenville’s LyonJay launches new joint venture, Gaskin Banks

Gaskin Banks, a new joint venture of Greenville-based LyonJay, will offer build-for-rent companies the expertise they need to bring projects to life, LyonJay founders said.

Greenville’s Paige McPheely may have created the perfect executive assistant

Base is a new executive assistant software platform that consolidates the duties of a professional assistant into one place.

ScopeStack streamlines IT job proposal process

With roughly $50,000 in personal financing and an idea to solve a technical problem, two Greenville men launched ScopeStack, a company that in three years has grown from one user to nearly 1,000.

Tired of losing your garden to neighborhood critters? An Upstate woman invented a solution

The BunnyBuddy officially launched on March 1 after Susan Buser opted to delay its release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greenville-based 6AM City expanding to Louisville, Kansas City

Louisville and Kansas City will join the 6AM City's nine current markets and more than 425,000 subscribers.

Backyard Cinemas brings theater experience home in time for summer

Backyard Cinemas is a new Upstate rental company which allows movie lovers to watch movies on theater-sized screens in the comfort of their own backyards. The company was founded in…

Greer mom of three launches bra company that empowers women

“My shirts, my dresses, it didn’t feel like me in my clothes because I couldn’t fill them out like I used to,” Erin Mehagan said.

The success story of 6AM City serves as a model for entrepreneurial growth in the Upstate

Both Heafy and Johnston attribute their success to the local ecosystem and are aiming to spur more investment in local entrepreneurs