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Plantd’s Nathan Silvernail On The Tech & Strategy Behind Carbon-Negative Building Materials

March 3, 2026 David Schwartz
When GrepBeat first covered Plantd in the fall of 2021, the startup was in the prototyping phase, developing hemp-based building materials at a Durham lab and eyeing a 2023 launch. […]
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Winston-Salem’s STEMZ Builds Tech-Enabled Flower Markets

January 6, 2026 Michael Melton
In 2018, having spent her career in floral design, Amy Dunlap was ready for a change. She began considering a move into flower farming but quickly realized there was no […]
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Asheville’s Shuttlebee Boosts School Transport With Tech and Insurance

December 4, 2025 Temiloluwa Alagbe
Kristina Fahl spent the first portion of her career working in direct response marketing and insurance. She ultimately rose to the position of Vice President for Bank of America in […]
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Horse Care: Raeford Startup Helps Owners Manage And Care For Horses

December 1, 2025 Taylor Motley
Searching across the country for health care providers for one of her beloved horses, Lacey Gotshall realized that her struggle to find trusted care professionals was something many equestrians experience. […]
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Southern Pines-Based Clara Copilot Brings Clarity To Intelligence Operations

September 22, 2025 Taylor Motley
During her time as a special operations civil affairs team commander for the U.S. Army, Alex Moffitt was thrown into a high-stakes situation navigating the Army’s role amid the Somali-Kenyan […]
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ConvergeSouth 2025 Showcases Southeast Startups In Winston-Salem

September 8, 2025 David Schwartz
Last week, startups from around North Carolina and much of the Southeast more broadly descended on Winston-Salem for the 10th iteration of the ConvergeSouth conference (powered by Flywheel). Teams from […]
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Wake Forest Startup Is Creating AI Avatars For The Future

July 24, 2025 Michael Melton
Jason Clark, founder of Wake Forest-based Craine Technology Labs, envisions a future of agentic AI systems that are more human—one specifically in which AI systems take the form of avatars. […]
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Asheville-Based Agenda Keeper Organizes Meeting Agendas

June 24, 2025 Taylor Motley
Since 2023, Shane Parreco has run Aktiga, a software development firm he founded to help clients create everything from web applications to virtual reality experiences. While helping clients build custom […]
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Asheville’s Arclet Provides Easy-to-Use Health Communications Tools

May 29, 2025 Taylor Motley
Having spent her entire career in health communications, Adrienne Ammerman recognized the growing problems in the field over the past few years, from the field not keeping up with new […]
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Winston-Salem’s Troodie: A Social Commerce Platform For Dining Out

May 15, 2025 David Schwartz
When Taylor Davis was in business school in Ithaca, New York during the pandemic, she spent a chunk of her free time watching Food Network shows and scrolling through restaurants […]

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