Funding
New Chapel Hill-based VC Focuses On Investing In Female Founders
Only 2% of venture capital funding went to companies led only by women in 2021, with just 16% of funding headed to hybrid leadership teams (teams that have at least […]
Articles by Suzannah Claire Perry
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With UNC Ties, Shipal Brings Affordable International Shipping To Latin America
Unless you’ve spent the few three years living under a rock you’ve probably received a speedily delivered package from Amazon, USPS, UPS or another package shipping provider. What many don’t […]
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Man’s Best Friends Have New Ally In Serial Entrepreneur’s Latest Startup
One in four dogs will develop cancer over the course of their lifetime, with half of dogs over the age of 10 falling victim to the disease. But empowered by […]
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Splendo Health Brings Equitable Access To Cardiorespiratory Function Assessments
Splendo Health, a Durham-based offshoot of Netherlands-HQ’d Splendo, is making waves in cardiorespiratory technology with high-tech sensors and an innovative mobile app. U.S. CEO Eric Sanchez and Chief Scientific Officer […]
The Friday Nooner
Friday Nooner: “GrepBeat Wonderland” World Premiere, Plus House Of Blueberry
If you missed today’s Friday Nooner, you also missed the live world premiere of the already classic holiday song “Walking in a GrepBeat Wonderland”—but don’t worry, you can watch below. […]
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Durham-based Committees’ Digital Platform Organizes The Thesis Process
Whether you’re a PhD candidate, a masters student or a professor, it’s likely that you’ve been on one side or the other of a logistically challenging thesis-writing process. UNC-Charlotte Doctor […]
The Friday Nooner
The Friday Nooner: NC IDEA’s Amy Bastian Plants SEEDs For Triangle Startups
This week’s Friday Nooner, a Jackie-less GrepBeat team reflected on last night’s Joe-less GrepBeat Happy Hour in Raleigh (don’t worry—both Joe and Jackie have excellent excuses). If you missed Pete’s […]
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Durham Startup BotBuilt Using Robotic Arms To Attack Housing Crisis
With an estimated 600,000 Americans experiencing homelessness in 2021, the effects of the affordable housing crisis is clear: America has a housing shortage, and the marginalized and poor are bearing […]
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SEED Winner Phase Dock Enables Tinkering That Inspires STEM Learning
When Chris Lehenbauer saw his friend’s messy workbench holding a delicate, sprawling electronic ecosystem based on a Raspberry Pi computer base back in 2016, the engineer was hit with a […]
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Hillsborough’s Quadridox Is Looking At X-ray Technology In A Whole New Light
Led by medical physicist Joel Greenberg, Hillsborough-based Quadridox is taking X-ray technology a step forward by putting a novel kind of X-ray projection—called X-ray-diffraction—into applications that can range from airport […]