March 2019 – GrepBeat

Veteran Capital Teams With Google for Startups To Place Vets in Tech

March 28, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Durham-based Veteran Capital has announced its partnership with Google for Startups and will be a part of its 12-month pilot program. The partnership will allow Veteran Capital over the next […]

Proposa Helps Clients Pop The Big Question: Will You Accept This Deal?

March 28, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Proposa is helping clients ditch traditional PDF proposals and Powerpoints in exchange for engaging and aesthetically pleasing proposals with some serious self-awareness. Using Proposa’s SaaS platform, clients can track what […]

Optimal Solar Headed To Hollywood For Backstage Capital Accelerator

March 26, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Durham-based Optimal Solar starts a three-month journey today as one of six members of Backstage Capital’s accelerator in Los Angeles. The solar energy company is developing the energy efficient VIA […]

Squeedeal’s Sweepstakes With A Purpose Help Local Non-Profits

March 26, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

When he founded the sweepstakes company Squeedeal, CEO and Founder Dolev Zaharony didn’t completely understand what he was getting into. But what he did know is that he wanted to […]

Don’t Have A Lawyer? Courtroom5 Will Help You Win On Your Own

March 21, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Almost 20 million people represent themselves annually in court. In fact, in 86 percent of the civil cases involving low-income Americans, those litigants received inadequate or no legal help. With […]

Meet… Clayton Gladieux, PawBoost’s Co-Founder

March 21, 2019 Tricia Lucas

Clayton Gladieux has always been an animal lover but never dreamed he could help so many animals and be a successful entrepreneur at the same time. But that is exactly […]

The Download: Bill Spruill, Co-Founder and CEO, Global Data Consortium

March 19, 2019 Brooks Malone

William “Bill” Spruill is co-founder and CEO of Raleigh’s Global Data Consortium (GDC). The Global Data Consortium enables cross-border digital transactions by providing instant identity verification of individuals and businesses […]

Windlift Uses Airborne Wind Energy To Lower Costs And Increase Efficiency

March 19, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Raleigh-based Windlift isn’t your traditional wind energy company. Instead of selling customary wind turbines, Windlift thinks outside of the box by producing airborne wind energy power through the use of […]

Cofounders’ $31M Fund II Better Enables Them To Double-Down On Bets

March 19, 2019 Pete McEntegart

The Triangle tech ecosystem may not be strutting around quite as confidently these days after the still-too-fresh double sting of both Apple and Amazon turning up their noses at the […]

Phyta Is Using Seaweed As A Tool For Environmental Remediation

March 14, 2019 Jasmin Herrera

When Eliza Harrison attended a conference in San Rafael, California, in 2015, she heard the words that would soon change her life. She attended the Bioneers Conference, a conference aimed […]