Rebecca Ayers

Raleigh-based Adosia Provides IoT ‘Legos’ For Building On Blockchain

May 7, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Raleigh-based Adosia allows you to create your own Wifi-control system in minutes, which helps individuals and businesses alike easily create and remotely monitor their systems without having to learn how […]

Triangle-based Sani Makes Indian Clothing With Western Spin

April 30, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Sisters Nikita (Niki) and Ritika Shamdasani had been shopping for an Indian wedding two years ago when they realized that it was extremely difficult to find something to wear that […]

Chapel Hill Startup Gets A Charge From Controlling Electricity More Efficiently

April 18, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Chapel Hill-based SAM Controllers is revolutionizing the way electricity is monitored and maintained through its software-defined electricity technology that leverages task-oriented optimal computing to be more efficient at controlling and […]

Next Century Spirits Gets The Liquor To Your Glass Quicker

April 11, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Do you like your liquor aged but don’t have forever to wait—especially because you’re the one trying to make and sell it for a profit? Then Raleigh-based Next Century Spirits […]

Johnson’s Latest First: Running A Fintech Startup With An Eye Toward Africa

April 9, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Dr. Sandra K. Johnson isn’t your typical entrepreneur. She didn’t realize she wanted to be her own boss until the end of her 26-year career at IBM, where she rose […]

Veteran Capital Teams With Google for Startups To Place Vets in Tech

March 28, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Durham-based Veteran Capital has announced its partnership with Google for Startups and will be a part of its 12-month pilot program. The partnership will allow Veteran Capital over the next […]

Windlift Uses Airborne Wind Energy To Lower Costs And Increase Efficiency

March 19, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Raleigh-based Windlift isn’t your traditional wind energy company. Instead of selling customary wind turbines, Windlift thinks outside of the box by producing airborne wind energy power through the use of […]

Muster RDU Event Highlights Military Veteran Entrepreneurs

March 12, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Now going on its third year, the annual Muster Across America Tour put on by Bunker Labs will make its way to the Triangle to bring some 300 military veteran […]

Bowman’s Sift Media Showing Third Time Can Be The Charm—Again

March 7, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Durham-based Sift Media, an ad-tech marketing startup, is on a mission to collect data on every smartphone user in the world—and it probably has a profile on you. Sift, founded […]

CED Tech Conference Returns From Hurricane Hiatus

February 21, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Now going on its 35th year, the CED Tech Conference will host entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders from North Carolina and beyond next Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 25-26, at the […]