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Kevel’s $52M Raise: Doubling Down On “Transparent AI” And Building Globally From Durham

October 27, 2026 David Schwartz

Last week, Kevel, a Durham-based retail media infrastructure company, announced a $52M Series D raise. Per the initial release, this pushes the company’s total funding north of $100M. The round […]

Megan Rowe Tells Us “What’s Good” With AI-Powered Event Discovery, “Doing It Scared” As A Founder, And Her Belgian Malinois

October 26, 2026 David Schwartz

GrepBeat last wrote about What’s Good (then as “Check What’s Good”) in October of 2024. At that time, it was a newly launched event discovery platform designed to pool information […]

Monday Mix: Founder Horror Stories, Idea to Action, Wilmington Investor Roadshow, and Much More!

October 26, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of October 26th! For this spooky week the ecosystem is celebrating with everything from founder horror stories to AI and building […]

Friday Fix: Curated Clinical, Kevel’s $52M Raise, Launch KPMG’s Cohort 4, and More!

October 23, 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, […]

Cary’s Pellucid Aims to Create “New Category of Tech” For Procurement

October 23, 2026 Kathryn DeHart

Founded by Nick Miller earlier this year, Pellucid Network is an enterprise procurement platform designed to simplify the software marketplace. Miller said he wants to build a sustainable company in […]

Launch Powered by KPMG Accelerator Holds Demo Day For 4th Cohort

October 21, 2026 David Schwartz

Jump to the startups Jump to photos from the event (courtesy of Launch/KPMG) Tuesday night marked the culmination and celebration of another cohort in the Launch Powered by KPMG accelerator […]

Curated Clinical Uses AI To Bring Community Voices Into Clinical Trials

October 19, 2026 Ella Moore

With a trackable engagement platform, Curated Clinical CEO Allison Mathews believes the brainstorming process for community-based health intervention solutions can become much more efficient and effective. Mathews, a former adjunct […]

Monday Mix: A Startup House Block Party, AI Horror Stories, Cary’s Walking Masterminds, and More!

October 19, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of October 19th! This week we have a Saturday block party in Charlotte, and are gearing up for the Halloween season […]

Friday Fix: ExpertTheory, Phaseshift, ShotSpin AI, and “Backrooms” Inspired Floor 404

October 16, 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, […]

Return Game: Exited Founder Is Back To Level Up Your Tennis With ShotSpin AI

October 15, 2026 David Schwartz

Anil Chawla has done the whole founder journey in the Triangle before. Many readers will remember him as the Founder and CEO of Durham’s ArchiveSocial, a social media archiving platform […]