Startups

Chapel Hill-based SAM Controllers is revolutionizing the way electricity is monitored and maintained through its software-defined electricity technology that leverages task-oriented optimal computing to be more efficient at controlling and measuring electricity in real time. […]

RSSBus Connect, a spin-off company of CData Software, was born in 2006 and has continued to grow rapidly over the years—including nearly 80% last year alone. “The last year or two there has been considerable […]

Do you like your liquor aged but don’t have forever to wait—especially because you’re the one trying to make and sell it for a profit? Then Raleigh-based Next Century Spirits has your answer. The startup […]

Dr. Sandra K. Johnson isn’t your typical entrepreneur. She didn’t realize she wanted to be her own boss until the end of her 26-year career at IBM, where she rose to the ranks as Chief […]

As an increasing amount of large corporations move in to coworking spaces in cities across the country, some remote workers are looking for a freelancer-only space where they can thrive. To address the pain of […]

Have you ever wondered how women-friendly your prospective employer is? What about how the job you’re currently at stacks up to others on that score? Durham’s InHerSight is designed specifically to answer those questions. InHerSight […]

Although he faced plenty of challenges during his 21 years in the military, when Chris Donohoe, the CEO of Raleigh’s EX-IQ, left the Army and went back to school for his master’s degree, he found […]

Proposa is helping clients ditch traditional PDF proposals and Powerpoints in exchange for engaging and aesthetically pleasing proposals with some serious self-awareness. Using Proposa’s SaaS platform, clients can track what their customers look at and […]

Durham-based Optimal Solar starts a three-month journey today as one of six members of Backstage Capital’s accelerator in Los Angeles. The solar energy company is developing the energy efficient VIA solar module, invented by Founder […]

When he founded the sweepstakes company Squeedeal, CEO and Founder Dolev Zaharony didn’t completely understand what he was getting into. But what he did know is that he wanted to support people. “I like to […]