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Durham’s AxNano Lands Investment From CA-Based Leonid Capital Partners

February 3, 2026 David Schwartz
On Monday, Huntington Beach-based private investment firm Leonid Capital Partners announced that it had made an investment in Durham-based tech startup AxNano. Founded in 2011 and run since 2021 by […]
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Windlift’s Rob Creighton On Tethered Drones, Electronic Warfare, Kiteboarding, and Government Funding

January 28, 2026 David Schwartz
GrepBeat last wrote about Windlift back in 2019 and followed up with a 2024 video interview. Windlift is a Durham-based startup designing tethered drones that serve as elevated platforms for […]
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Durham’s “Founder Readiness Institute” Innovates Through People Analytics

January 27, 2026 Michael Melton
After years working across environmental think tanks, impact investing, and private markets, Logan Yonavjak kept coming to the same realization: Promising companies or company branches weren’t failing because of weak […]
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Bull City Venture Partners’ Jason Caplain Talks Expanded Team & New Office

January 21, 2026 David Schwartz
Bull City Venture Partners announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its team and moving into a new office location. The team expansion consists of two new members—Carly Connell and […]
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JupiterOne Founder’s Ariso Provides AI Assistant and Coach for Employees

January 20, 2026 Taylor Motley
After founding and leading unicorn cybersecurity startup JupiterOne, Erkang Zheng recognized that the organizational challenges that executives face in daily company life all boil down to people-related challenges. Zheng wanted […]
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How Chapel Hill’s Complete Breakfast Drives e-Commerce Growth

January 13, 2026 Michael Melton
 In 2018, Andy Ives and Cayley Pater launched Made Trade, an online marketplace for sustainable goods. Ives was an advertising specialist, while Pater had spent her career in both market […]
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Scale Social’s Runbin Dong on Engagement-Driven Marketing, Crossing $1M ARR, and Hikes Without Headphones

January 8, 2026 David Schwartz
GrepBeat last wrote about Scale Social in late summer of 2024. Scale Social is a Triangle-based startup helping businesses turn authentic customer engagement into marketing material. For this piece, we […]
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Durham’s Majentics Guides Businesses Through An AI-Powered Internet

December 17, 2025 Michael Melton
Durham-based startup Majentics is building tools for an internet increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Its platform helps businesses transition from traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to AI Engine Optimization (AEO), […]
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2025 NC TECH Awards Finalists and Winners Celebrated in Raleigh

December 10, 2025 David Schwartz
NC TECH held its annual awards gala on Tuesday night, effectively capping off a fall packed with ecosystem events. Despite a last-minute change in venue due to a (thankfully non-lethal) […]
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Durham’s Opine Secures $5M Seed Round Led By S3 Ventures

December 9, 2025 David Schwartz
On Tuesday morning, Durham-based Opine announced that it has secured a $5M seed round led by S3 Ventures out of Austin, Texas. As stated in the startup’s release, the raise […]

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