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Insights and Photos From the Inaugural Raleigh-Durham Climate Week

November 9, 2026 David Schwartz

This recap is a product of GrepBeat’s team-wide coverage, contributions from Katy Breitenbach, Cesar Romero, Katelyn Crespo, and Hail Zulueta; additional assists from the Carolina Climate team with some photos […]

Monday Mix: NC IDEA’s Ecosystem Summit, CED’s GRO12 Demo Day, and Much More!

November 9, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of November 9th! We at Team GrepBeat loved seeing all of your faces at Raleigh-Durham Climate Week. If you missed us, […]

Bad Pitches II: RDCW Crowd Hears The Best Worst Pitches To Save The Environment

November 6, 2026 David Schwartz

Raleigh-Durham Startup Week added a bundle of new events this past spring, and one that largely stole the show (as GrepBeat wrote at the time) was the Bad Pitch Competition. […]

Friday Fix: Raleigh-Durham Climate Week, Futureproof, Predicate AI, and FitVil

November 5, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the Friday Fix, […]

Meet The Six Startups From RDCW’s Climate Tech Showcase & Social

November 5, 2026 David Schwartz

On Wednesday evening, the inaugural Raleigh-Durham Climate Week’s designated “Founder Skills” day wrapped up with a social showcase at Raleigh Founded. While the event served in part as a networking […]

Raleigh Entrepreneur Supports Startups’ Early Financial Journeys with Futureproof

November 4, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

After scaling six startups, four of which had exits, and spending years mentoring early-stage founders, veteran Raleigh entrepreneur Oz Merchant is not even close to being done building solutions. Merchant’s […]

Predicate AI is Building an Intelligence Layer for the Future of Healthcare

November 3, 2026 Michael Melton

Wilmington startup Predicate is developing technology that could change how doctors identify life-threatening medical conditions before symptoms become severe. The startup’s initial product, OpenDx, combines voice data with traditional vital […]

A New Chapter for FitVil: How Brandon Lewis is Revamping the Fitness Platform

November 2, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Brandon Lewis, who took majority ownership of FitVil in November 2025, is relaunching the platform after layering personal training, venue bookings and telemedicine onto its long-standing community fitness foundation Brandon […]

Monday Mix: Raleigh-Durham Climate Week, RDSCo.’s Built Here, and More!

November 2, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of November 2nd! This week Team GrepBeat is covering Raleigh-Durham Climate Week, and we hope to see you at one of […]

Friday Fix: What’s Good Catch-Up, Kevel’s Big Raise, Climate Week, and More!

October 30, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the Friday Fix, […]