January 2026 – Page 2

JupiterOne Founder’s Ariso Provides AI Assistant and Coach for Employees

January 20, 2026 Taylor Motley

After founding and leading unicorn cybersecurity startup JupiterOne, Erkang Zheng recognized that the organizational challenges that executives face in daily company life all boil down to people-related challenges. Zheng wanted […]

Monday Mix: One Million Cups x2, LiLa, and NC IDEA Grant Info Sessions

January 19, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Start your week off right by tuning into your curated Monday Mix: a look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and the North Carolina tech communities. This show is a part […]

Friday Fix: The Side Quest’s First Episode, The Download, and Complete Breakfast

January 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 […]

The Side Quest: Claw Machines and Business Beginnings with Chris Geiss of Seguno

January 15, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome to the first ever episode of GrepBeat’s “The Side Quest!” Our brand new series hosted by the GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and Sonali Sanjay of Primordial Ventures. This show […]

The Download: Travis May, Chief Executive Officer, Shaper Capital

January 14, 2026 Brooks Malone

Travis May is the CEO of Shaper Capital, a company that partners with exceptional founders to create businesses that solve data fragmentation challenges across industries. Travis has a proven track record as […]

In The Soup: All About Accelerators

January 14, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! This week, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Haley Huie of NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic, Steve Klein of Vistaly, and Cameron Long of Virnika. […]

How Chapel Hill’s Complete Breakfast Drives e-Commerce Growth

January 13, 2026 Michael Melton

In 2018, Andy Ives and Cayley Pater launched Made Trade, an online marketplace for sustainable goods. Ives was an advertising specialist, while Pater had spent her career in both market […]

Monday Mix: NC IDEA Grant Info Sessions, a Venture Strategy Panel, GRO Deadline, and More!

January 12, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Start your week off right by tuning into your curated Monday Mix: a look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and the North Carolina tech communities. This show is a part […]

Friday Fix: A Scale Social Catch-Up, STEMZ, and In The Soup’s Winter Season

January 9, 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 […]

Scale Social’s Runbin Dong on Engagement-Driven Marketing, Crossing $1M ARR, and Hikes Without Headphones

January 8, 2026 David Schwartz

GrepBeat last wrote about Scale Social in late summer of 2024. Scale Social is a Triangle-based startup helping businesses turn authentic customer engagement into marketing material. For this piece, we […]