Cooper Metts

Cary’s Cosmic Eats Developing Food Supply That’s Out Of This World

June 11, 2024 Cooper Metts

Sheetal Shah and Angel Turner met at agtech networking events in the Triangle. In 2020, they took a road trip to Washington, D.C., which turned them from colleagues to award-winning […]

OsRostrum Gives Dairy Farmers A Hand With Their Cows’ Hooves

June 6, 2024 Cooper Metts

An alum of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and NC State is developing an iPhone-based app that uses 3D scanning, computer vision, and machine learning to help […]

Raleigh’s Epic Hire Humanizes Job Hunt For College Students And Grads

May 9, 2024 Cooper Metts

As universities in the Triangle are finishing up or approaching graduation ceremonies, their graduating students are applying or have already applied to (collectively) thousands of jobs, most of which they’ll […]

Cookie Looking To Crumble The Competition Among Youth Sports Apps

May 2, 2024 Cooper Metts

Trey Hicks and Will Newman bonded over their love for sports and became close friends growing up in the same neighborhood in High Point, N.C. Sports continue to connect the […]

Phaxtec Taking Big Swing By Making Biodegradable Plastic Substitute

April 25, 2024 Cooper Metts

From drinking beer alone, people on average consume 10 microplastic particles a week, according to a World Wildlife Fund and University of Newcastle study. The study further shows that the […]

Ex-Corning Team With Decades Of Experiences Launch AI/ML Startup

April 23, 2024 Cooper Metts

Bruce Lee’s quote, “Be formless, shapeless, like water,” inspired Robert Fu two years ago when naming his startup. ZW LLC—Fu’s B2B SaaS startup based in Chapel Hill—stands for “zen water,” […]

Reffo Will Connect Hungry Diners To Restaurants That Are Ready For Them

April 16, 2024 Cooper Metts

Inspired by their love for food, a Raleigh couple noticed that single people go to one centralized place—a dating app—to look for matches while hungry people search a myriad of […]

Kahana Helps Digital Creators Monetize Content, Avoid Digital Piracy

April 9, 2024 Cooper Metts

Jonathan Gans and Adam Kershner met as freshman-year roommates at Duke, where Gans said they became best friends. Although they majored in biomedical engineering, their shared passion for content creation […]

Now In Raleigh, Gemini Sports Analytics Uses Data To Help Teams Win

April 2, 2024 Cooper Metts

A newish-to-Raleigh tech startup that could help your favorite professional or collegiate team win more games just secured $3.25M in its most recent investment round. Gemini Sports Analytics is a […]

Durham-based Sizeo Helps Retailers Right-Size Their Inventory—Literally

March 26, 2024 Cooper Metts

Gray King said that after graduating from Boston College’s MBA program back in 2008, “I did everything I could not to go back into retail.” Yet, he’s spent all of […]