May 2026 – Page 3

In The Soup: What Fundraising Can do to Your Cap Table

May 12, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Tuesday! Today, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Anna Tharrington of Hutchison Law and Nathan Snell of Intuit Mailchimp (formerly Raleon before acquisition). They’re chatting about a topic […]

Searching For An Executive Director

May 11, 2026 Joe Colopy

Last year, GrepBeat became a nonprofit, and last month, we launched our Giving Programs. Now, we’re ready to add the third leg of our proverbial nonprofit spinout stool: hiring an […]

Monday Mix: TechFest NC, AI Innovation Symposium, and UNCW’s Innovate & Elevate

May 11, 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 […]

Chapel Hill’s Swik AI: An Intelligence Layer For Small Business Loan Underwriting

May 8, 2026 Michael Melton

Yogi Nishanth spent much of his career in financial services, working for banks such as JP Morgan, Chase, and Capital One. In the back of his mind, he always wanted […]

Friday Fix: Beakpoint, Challenging Forces, Swik AI, and More!

May 8, 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, […]

Greensboro’s Challenging Forces Looks to Bring Ecosystems Into The Office

May 7, 2026 Ella Moore

Greensboro’s David Phillips founded Challenging Forces in a bid to create an entirely new kind of infrastructure: a real, functional plant-filled ecosystem that not only fits well in office buildings, […]

The Side Quest: Eric Boduch of 24 and Up

May 7, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to GrepBeat’s “The Side Quest!” Our series is hosted by the GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and Sonali Sanjay of Primordial Ventures. This show chats all things NC Tech, and each week features a […]

Winston-Salem’s Beakpoint Shines A Light On Cloud Spending Efficiency

May 5, 2026 Temiloluwa Alagbe

When Ron Nelson started his own consulting practice in 2023, he did so with 20 years of experience in the startup world under his belt. He had most notably worked […]

In The Soup: Getting Plugged in With a New Ecosystem

May 5, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Tuesday! Today, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Juan Garzón of Innovate Charlotte and Chip Kennedy of CivicReach. They are chatting about the ways they plugged into their […]

Monday Mix: Grep-a-Palooza Pitch Deadline, Knox Street May Sessions, and More!

May 4, 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 […]