Suzanne Blake

Five Startups Pitch Their Businesses at the Andrews Launch Accelerator Demo Day

August 31, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Five early-stage ventures had the chance to pitch their startups to the broader Triangle entrepreneurial community Tuesday evening during the Andrews Launch Accelerator Demo Day at Raleigh Founded’s Warehouse location. […]

UNC’s Director Diversity Initiative Looks To Boost Women, Minorities On Boards

August 30, 2022 Suzanne Blake

There’s a troubling elephant in the room. Which room specifically? The boardroom. Among North American companies, only 27 percent of board seats were occupied by women in 2022. And that […]

Kramden Institute Battling Digital Divide One Refurbished Computer At A Time

August 30, 2022 Suzanne Blake

The Kramden Institute is not the organization it once was. In fact, it’s better. What began as a father-son project in Durham by Mark and Ned Dibner to refurbish and […]

Backed By $700K Grant, NCCU’s Beefed-Up CEED Program Spurs Entrepreneurship

August 25, 2022 Suzanne Blake

As back-to-school season commences, Durham’s North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has a mission to provide even more students with the education, training and support to become entrepreneurs who can foster […]

Shop Local: Raleigh’s Constellation Digital Partners Acquires Durham-Based WalletFi

August 24, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Raleigh-headquartered banking solution startup Constellation Digital Partners purchased Durham-based fintech startup WalletFi, the two companies announced yesterday. The intra-Triangle acquisition brings WalletFi’s subscription management platform and transactional analytics into Constellation’s […]

RTP-Based Zaloni’s Data Platform Acquired By Charlotte-HQ’d Truist

August 23, 2022 Suzanne Blake

As part of a broader data-management strategy, Truist will acquire a proprietary data platform and a number of key employees of the RTP-headquartered startup Zaloni, the companies announced on Monday. […]

TruStacks Spinout Is Cornerstone’s Solution To Simplify Software Delivery

August 23, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Wake Forest-based TruStacks has a bold goal: solve problems with software delivery within the next five years. But it’s one that co-founders Gary Shaffer and Jared Patrick, who spun out […]

Mother-Daughter Duo Launch Hibiscus Beverage Line With Egyptian Flavor

August 18, 2022 Suzanne Blake

A mother-daughter duo have turned their personal love of hibiscus into a successful beverage line. Growing up, Gina El Kattan, a current Duke MBA student, and her mother Amal Soliman […]

Duke Senior And His Two Brothers Getting “Real” About Sports Viewing Experience

August 18, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Three brothers teamed up to create a platform they believe will transform the community experience of live sports viewing as we know it. It was in February of 2020 that […]

Town of Cary Makes Like A Startup In RIoT’s Accelerator Program

August 16, 2022 Suzanne Blake

The Town of Cary made history this summer for entering the RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) not as an early-stage company looking to grow, but instead as a town looking to […]