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Triangle

Student Entrepreneurs Gather At RTP For GrepBeat’s Inaugural “College Night”

September 10, 2025 David Schwartz
On Tuesday night, with support from NC IDEA Engage, the GrepBeat team had the privilege of hosting students interested in entrepreneurship for our inaugural “College Night.” The event took place […]
Elsewhere

ConvergeSouth 2025 Showcases Southeast Startups In Winston-Salem

September 8, 2025 David Schwartz
Last week, startups from around North Carolina and much of the Southeast more broadly descended on Winston-Salem for the 10th iteration of the ConvergeSouth conference (powered by Flywheel). Teams from […]
Triangle

Bionic Health Acquired By Thrive: Robbie Allen On The Merger And What’s Next

September 4, 2025 David Schwartz
This week we learned that Durham-based Bionic Health, which provides AI-driven preventive care plans, has been acquired by Thrive. Bionic Health (which GrepBeat first wrote about in 2023) was co-founded […]
Triangle

FCAT Fellowship’s 2025 Cohort Holds Demo Day At Durham’s Motorco

August 21, 2025 David Schwartz
Just over eight months after its inaugural cohort wrapped up with a Demo Day at the Carolina Theater, the FCAT Fellowship was back in action on Wednesday to celebrate its […]
Triangle

Andrews Launch Accelerator’s 2025 Cohort Plays To A Packed House

August 20, 2025 David Schwartz
Seven early-stage startups comprising the latest cohort of the Andrews Launch Accelerator (ALA) wrapped up a 12-week summer program by pitching to the Triangle’s entrepreneurial community on Tuesday night. The […]
Triangle

Triangle Startup Advances STEM Education With Books And Robotics

August 14, 2025 David Schwartz
Rich Gilliam grew up in Philadelphia, in what he described as the inner city. When he later embarked on a career in STEM—two years as a scientist and eight as […]
Triangle

BrightView Technologies CEO Jennifer Aspell Talks Ospreys, Pickleball, and a $7M Series B

August 12, 2025 David Schwartz
GrepBeat last wrote about BrightView Technologies in the summer of 2022. BrightView Technologies is a Durham-based startup originally founded in 2002 and acquired in 2010, when CEO Jennifer Aspell came […]
Book Club

Book Club Review: “Disrupted” by Dan Lyons

August 8, 2025 David Schwartz
On Friday (August 8th), the GrepBeat Book Club reunited for a seventh meeting after a brief summer break. Following last meet-up’s dive into pseudo-apocalyptic tech fiction (“The Future” by Naomi […]
Triangle

Adam Schultz of Durham-Based Mindr on Team Equity, Finding Funding, and Stand-Up Comedy

July 22, 2025 David Schwartz
GrepBeat last wrote about Mindr in the fall of 2023. Mindr is a Durham-based startup co-founded by Adam Schultz (CEO) and Inna Marquart that provides digital solutions to help users […]
Triangle

CED’s Ninth GRO Incubator Cohort Wraps With Demo Day

June 27, 2025 David Schwartz
Another cohort of North Carolina startups have wrapped up their participation in the GRO Incubator, run by the Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED). The program culminated as always in a […]

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