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[ July 21, 2026 ] Charlotte’s Amissa is “Bridging the Menopause Care Gap” Charlotte
[ July 20, 2026 ] LiLa Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary at Zinchouse Triangle
[ July 20, 2026 ] Monday Mix: NC IDEA Grant Info Sessions, DEEEEEP DIVE, GRO12 Application Deadline, and More! Monday Mix
[ July 17, 2026 ] Launch Chapel Hill Showcases Inaugural International Accelerator Cohort Triangle
[ July 17, 2026 ] Friday Fix: The Download with Chris Halligan, Extellis, Trybl, and More! Friday Fix

LiLa Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary at Zinchouse

July 20, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Last Thursday, LiLa (that’s Ladies Investing / Local Angels) celebrated its two-year “LiLaversary” at Zinchouse Winery & Brewery in Durham. Since its founding in 2024, this group has worked to […]

Launch Chapel Hill Showcases Inaugural International Accelerator Cohort

July 17, 2026 David Schwartz

This summer, Launch Chapel Hill—a startup support and innovation hub—successfully executed its first-ever international accelerator program. For just over two weeks spanning late June through the middle of July, the […]

Duke and UNC Graduates’ Trybl Aims to Engineer ‘Social Automation’

July 16, 2026 Ella Moore

Recent Duke University graduate Hakeem Shitta-Bey believes that generating new and beneficial connections comes with too great an energy cost for college students. He specifically describes “coffee chatting”—a way for […]

Extellis’ Out-Of-This-World Satellite Imaging, Backed by $7M+ in Funding

July 15, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

The future of satellite images from space may just be determined by a startup grown right in the heart of Durham—seemingly the first of its kind. The startup began as […]

Triangle’s Looks AI Brings Trust and Commissions to Online Shoppers

July 8, 2026 Temiloluwa Alagbe

Jessica Couch always had a vision for transforming the fashion industry in the digital age. As an experienced marketing and innovation strategy consultant and founder of Luxor and Finch, the […]

NC State Brothers to Serve Restaurant Industry with AI-Voice Native Tech

July 1, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

Inspired by the industry they grew up around, two brothers from Oak Ridge, North Carolina are centering their Raleigh-grown startup on automated technologies designed to improve restaurant operations. The first […]

SPRTN Technologies Designs Waterproof, AI-Infused Earbuds for Athletes

June 30, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Raleigh startup SPRTN Technologies revolves around an emerging athletic earbud line called SPRTN Swims. Equal parts sophisticated hardware and AI coach, the flagship product is a tool for performance tracking […]

CED’s Eleventh GRO Incubator Cohort Wraps With Demo Day

June 29, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Another cohort of North Carolina startups has completed CED’s GRO Incubator. The program wrapped up last Thursday with its signature Demo Day, where participating founders delivered pitches to investors, mentors, […]

SenterME’s Pivot From Wellness to Healthcare Workforce Intelligence

June 24, 2026 David Schwartz

When GrepBeat originally wrote about SenterME in the summer of 2024, it was described as “an emotional wellness resource dedicated to women professionals.” In the time since, the Triangle startup […]

“Sensible” Chapel Hill Startup Streamlines Menstrual Health Tracking

June 22, 2026 Ha Lien Gaskin

When Nandini Kanthi first got her period, she thought that maybe she was dying. Culturally, menstruating wasn’t something that was discussed freely – leaving Kanthi confused and unprepared for an […]