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About Kaitlyn Dang
Kaitlyn is the lead reporter and multimedia producer covering tech startups and entrepreneurs. Before starting at GrepBeat, she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Media & Journalism in May 2023, and has written for The Daily Tar Heel. In her spare time, she likes seeing live music and reviewing movies.
Triangle

Raleigh-Based Champly Delivering Better Sales Experience For Sellers and Buyers

January 23, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Led by experienced B2B sales professionals, Raleigh-based Champly works to create simple and streamlined digital sales rooms (DSRs) that will aggregate every part of a sales cycle into easy-to-use minisites.  […]
Triangle

How A Durham Teacher Is Using Tech To Bring Control Back To Educators’ Hands

January 18, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
When Claire Benton first started teaching in 2013, she thought she could go about the school day without a cohesive lesson plan. After realizing the amount of work that’s required […]
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In The Soup: Investors Discuss Their Red Flags, Green Lights

January 17, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
On this week’s episode of In The Soup, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby are stepping away from the world of entrepreneurs to step into the world of […]
Triangle

Durham-Based Elroi Works To Put Data Privacy Back Into Consumer’s Hands

January 16, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Led by experts in privacy law and technology security, Durham-based Elroi works to protect data privacy for consumers, while helping businesses comply with data-privacy regulations—and generate more revenue. The privacy […]
Triangle

World’s First Wearable Breathalyzer From Raleigh-Based GreySun Technologies

January 11, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Drinking has arguably become a ritual that many students partake in as an integral part of their college experience. According to the Alcohol Rehab Guide, roughly 80% of college students […]
Triangle

Launch Chapel Hill ‘Launching’ New Events, Announcements For New Year

January 9, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
As we enter into another new year, Launch Chapel Hill is launching its own new exciting announcements and events.  Launch is arguably best known for its award-winning startup accelerator, which, […]
Triangle

Durham-based NeedsList Acquired By Armillaria In ‘Tech For Good’ Space

January 8, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Durham-based NeedsList has been making waves since its founding in 2016 by Natasha Freidus and Amanda Levison. What once started as a B2C “registry for humanitarian aid” for Syrian refugees […]
Triangle

Raleigh-Based SkoolKast Helps Underfunded School Sports Cash In

January 4, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been notoriously underfunded compared to their predominantly white institutional (PWI) counterparts for decades. According to an analysis from the U.S. Department of Education […]
Triangle

Two College Students’ Startup Strives To Make Greek Life Events Safer

January 2, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
When Steve Draughn first joined his fraternity, he instantly began to realize a lot of problems with how the organization ran their events.  For most fraternity events, wristbands are a […]
Triangle

Nimble Energy Helps Today’s Building Managers Save On Energy Costs

December 19, 2023 Kaitlyn Dang
With over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, Jeff Soplop is taking what he’s learned to form his first startup that will address a prominent issue he’s seen […]

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