Monday Mix
Monday Mix: NEW’s Investor BUZZ IN with our GrepBeat Happy Hour, and Much More!
Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of September 7th! This is a big week for us at Team GrepBeat as we head to the coast for a […]
Year: 2026
Friday Fix
Friday Fix: ConvergeSouth, Fizz Studio, a QuantumBloom Catch-Up, and More!
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, […]
Triangle
QuantumBloom Co-Founders on Proving STEM Retention Infrastructure, Expanding Reach, TopGolf and Thrifting Dates, and 4:45am Workouts
GrepBeat last wrote about QuantumBloom in May of 2024, when it was still known as Launched2Lead. QuantumBloom is an Apex-based startup providing evidence-driven, employer-supported STEM talent retention and readiness infrastructure. For this […]
Wilmington
Ask A Shop Owner Helps SMB Owners Answer Hard Questions With Relevant Expertise
Originally from Akron, Ohio, Ron Nussbaum left the Marines in 2010 and spent the next thirteen years working in residential construction. Along the way, he moved to Emerald Isle and […]
Triangle
Chapel Hill’s Fizz Studio Makes Data Visualization Accessible to the Blind
Doug Schepers has spent much of his career making the web better for people who experience it differently. As a longtime staff member at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), […]
Elsewhere
Startups From the Southeast (and Beyond) Converge in Winston-Salem
Last Thursday and Friday, startups from North Carolina, the broader Southeast, and even elsewhere (we even spoke to some Canadian founders) gathered at Winston-Salem’s Biotech Place for the 10th iteration […]
Monday Mix
Monday Mix: LiLa, Strength in Numbers, Test Flight Pitch Practice, and Much More!
Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of August 31st! This week has everything from pitch practices in the RTP and important deadlines at UNCW, so be sure […]
Friday Fix
Friday Fix: Koolbridge Energy, Path Intelligence, The Download, and More!
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, […]
The Download
The Download: Erkang Zheng, Founder and CEO, Ariso
Erkang Zheng is the Founder and CEO of Ariso, where he is building AI to help individuals and organizations unlock their full potential through personalized insights and collaboration. A repeat founder, he […]
Charlotte
Charlotte Student’s Readalot.ai Generates Stories to Enhance Reading Lessons
Sofia Norenko, is the CEO of Readalot.ai, a Charlotte startup revolving around a platform that creates customizable stories for kids aged 3-12. The surprise? She isn’t all that much older […]