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The Download: Will McGuire, Founder & CEO, Incolo

October 24, 2024 Brooks Malone
Will McGuire is the Founder and CEO of Incolo, whose founder community has raised $13M-plus of capital with over 55% coming via investment crowdfunding. Incolo is on a mission to […]
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The Download: Dave Neal, Venture Partner, Duke Capital Partners

August 15, 2024 Brooks Malone
Dave Neal has been a Venture Partner with Duke Capital Partners (DCP) since 2018. He is also a Co-Founder of Belhaven Biopharma. He has been a CEO, CFO, and General […]
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The Download: Chris Stoecker, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank

April 23, 2024 Brooks Malone
Chris Stoecker is a managing director with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In his current role, he focuses on relationship management with early- and growth-stage companies throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, […]
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The Download: Alexandra Jones, Co-Founder, Navi

January 16, 2024 Brooks Malone
Alexandra Jones (“Alex”) is a three-time founder. Alex co-founded BitWall, one of the first venture-backed Bitcoin startups, where she led design and was a front-end developer. After growing the company […]
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The Download: Kurt Heusner, General Manager And SVP, ShareFile

October 17, 2023 Brooks Malone
Kurt Heusner is General Manager and Senior Vice President of ShareFile, where he is responsible for the entirety of the independently operating business unit. Previously, he served as Senior Vice […]
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The Download: Justin Wright-Eakes, Managing Partner, Oval Park Capital

September 19, 2023 Brooks Malone
Justin Wright-Eakes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Raleigh-based Oval Park Capital, where he oversees all investment-related activities including deal sourcing, screening, structuring, negotiation, execution, portfolio company support, and […]
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The Download: Jack Thompson, Head of U.S. Financial Services, SAS

August 22, 2023 Brooks Malone
Jack Thompson is the Head of U.S. Financial Services at Cary-based SAS and leads the charge in delivering cutting-edge analytics and artificial intelligence solutions to clients in banking, insurance, and […]
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The Download: Amy Bastian, Senior Director, NC IDEA

July 11, 2023 Brooks Malone
Amy Bastian serves as Senior Director at NC IDEA, where her primary responsibilities are managing the NC IDEA SEED  and NC IDEA MICRO grant programs. Prior to NC IDEA, Amy […]
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The Download: Alex Lassiter, Founder & CEO, GreenPlaces

June 13, 2023 Brooks Malone
Alex Lassiter is the Founder and CEO of Raleigh-based GreenPlaces, a platform to make achieving sustainability easy for all businesses. Prior to GreenPlaces, Alex co-founded Gather, an enterprise software startup […]
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The Download: Jeff Welch, Director of New Ventures, Duke OTC

May 30, 2023 Brooks Malone
Jeff Welch joined the Duke Office for Translation and Commercialization (“OTC”)   as Director of New Ventures in early 2021 after five years as Bioventus’ executive responsible for all corporate development […]

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