Suzanne Blake

Wingo’s Triangle Tweener Fund Unveils Its First Four Startup Investments

January 26, 2022 Suzanne Blake

The Triangle Tweener Fund, which stemmed from Spiffy CEO Scot Wingo’s Triangle Tweener List, announced its first investments yesterday in four Triangle startups: Vertroos Health (Cary), MemberHub (Raleigh), Bristles (Durham) […]

The Convoy Launches B2B Marketplace For SMBs After Successful $1M Fundraise

January 26, 2022 Suzanne Blake

After completing a $1 million raise late last year, The Convoy has launched its B2B “Savings Marketplace,” which aims to help small businesses save on everyday expenses, the company announced […]

Truentity Secures $1M In Pre-Seed Funding To Prevent Medication Errors

January 20, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Truentity Health raised $1M in pre-seed funding, the cloud-based health platform announced today. Raleigh-based Truentity will use this money to hire additional clinical and product team members and bring on […]

“The Adams” Secure $2 Million In Seed Funding For Durham’s Wrangle

January 19, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Durham-based workplace automation startup Wrangle has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by San Francisco-based Bloomberg Beta and Eniac Ventures (NYC/SF) and included participation from Liquid […]

Spiffy Expands To Five New Cities and Crosses Its Millionth Service

January 19, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Spiffy gained ground in its ongoing national expansion by opening four new franchise locations in Albany, N.Y.; Indianapolis; Oklahoma City; and Wilmington, N.C., the company announced today. In total, the […]

Flow Phantom Encourages Online Shoppers To Keep Filling That Cart

January 18, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Flow Phantom Founder Andrew Bass is proof that you don’t need to have a degree in software development to become a technical founder of a startup. Bass was a double […]

Friday Nooner: What’s Next For Triangle Tech In 2022? And Why Is Joe So Cold?

January 14, 2022 Suzanne Blake

In this week’s episode of The Friday Nooner, Brooks Malone of The Download series (who is also a partner at Hughes Pittman & Gupton) came on as a guest co-host. […]

Raleigh-based Cycle Labs Lands $2.5M Investment From Jurassic Capital

January 13, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Raleigh-based enterprise automation startup Cycle Labs announced today a $2.5 million investment from Durham’s Jurassic Capital. This comes days after Jurassic said it finalized its inaugural fund with investor commitments […]

Jurassic Capital Closes Inaugural Fund With Commitments Of $20+ Million

January 10, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Durham-based Jurassic Capital has closed its inaugural fund—Jurassic Capital Growth Fund I—with over $20 million in investor commitments, the group announced today. The closing comes after two years of working […]

LiRA Hopes To Give Patients Their Voices Back With Lip-Reading Platform

May 13, 2021 Suzanne Blake

Survivors of head and neck cancer are more likely to commit suicide than any other group of cancer survivors besides pancreatic. LiRA CEO Andrew Prince has become well acquainted with […]