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GrepBeat’s 2026 Startups to Watch: Meet This Year’s Honorees

September 28, 2026 David Schwartz

Below is a description of the event and relevant recognitions.Click here to jump to the 2026 honorees.Click here to jump to photos from the event. On Thursday night, GrepBeat hosted […]

Monday Mix: Ocean Innovation Conference, NC Climate Week Summit, and More!

September 28, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of September 28th! We firstly want to start off by thanking everyone who showed up for our Startups to Watch event […]

Friday Fix: Our 2026 Startups to Watch, Front Porch Venture’s Survey, and More!

September 25, 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, […]

Raleigh’s MicroBioCol Is Making AI More Auditable—and More Eco-Conscious

September 24, 2026 Michael Melton

Raleigh founder Patrick Steele is building MicroBioCol around a problem he has encountered firsthand as a scientist in the biotech industry: Artificial intelligence can make work faster, but strict controls […]

Chapel Hill’s Monthly Provides SMBs With Data-Based CFO Services

September 24, 2026 Temiloluwa Alagbe

Before graduating with a Masters of Science in Analytics from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2024, Sergio (Checo) Sepulveda worked for four years as a PLUC strategy consultant for Fortune […]

Front Porch Venture Partners Releases First-Ever “Southeast Startup Founder Pulse Survey”

September 22, 2026 David Schwartz

On Tuesday, Durham VC firm Front Porch Venture Partners released its first-ever Southeast Startup Founder Pulse Survey. The project was designed as a “first-of-its-kind, founder-side companion” to the firm’s existing […]

Triad Area’s CashMap is Empowering Local Finance

September 21, 2026 Ha Lien Gaskin

CashMap Founder and CEO Richard Moore wants to make financial decisions easy, fun and localized through the CashMap app, an all-in-one resource for financial literacy and empowerment in the North […]

Monday Mix: Startups to Watch, FFVC’s Propeller Demo Day, Tech Leaders Forum, and More!

September 21, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of September 21st! This week we are hosting our Startups to Watch event, and we hope to see all of your […]

Friday Fix: Our BUZZ IN Recap, 24HRPR, Botsi, and PulseKonnect

September 18, 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, […]

Raleigh-Based PulseKonnect Streamlines Home Healthcare Agency Operations

September 17, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

Before founding his fourth startup, Raleigh-based Obi Akpuda was introduced to the specialized home healthcare industry by his parents, who are both operators of their own agency. Using his self-taught […]