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CRE Venture Capital Targets Africa From Downtown Durham (And Elsewhere)

May 2, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Pule Taukobong spends most of his time traveling globally, from Africa to Asia with the occasional stop in the United States. When Taukobong is in the U.S., he’s based in […]

Triangle-based Sani Makes Indian Clothing With Western Spin

April 30, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Sisters Nikita (Niki) and Ritika Shamdasani had been shopping for an Indian wedding two years ago when they realized that it was extremely difficult to find something to wear that […]

The Download: Sharat Nagaraj, President and CEO, celito.net

April 30, 2019 Brooks Malone

Sharat Nagaraj is President and CEO of celito.net. Sharat launched celito in 1999 with a passion for providing “desktop to the internet” solutions for business. The company creates technology solutions […]

The Startup Factory May Be Gone, But Its Impact Continues

April 25, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Almost three years after the Durham-based accelerator The Startup Factory shut down, at least half of the 35 companies it invested $6.64 million in are still operating. Based on a […]

Freshspire Creates New Connections Between Local Farmers And Food Buyers

April 25, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Here’s a sobering fact: Over 40 percent of food is ending up in landfills. Shraddha Rathod, the Co-Founder and CEO of Freshspire, wants to do something about that. Before graduating […]

Provident 1898 Co-working Builds On History Of Black Wall Street (PHOTOS)

April 23, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Slideshow: In a region dominated by long-established co-working spaces such as Durham’s American Underground and HQ Raleigh and now the appearance of local offshoots of global giants like WeWork, newcomer […]

Chapel Hill Startup Gets A Charge From Controlling Electricity More Efficiently

April 18, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

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 […]

Meet… Megan Sumrell, Co-Founder And COO Of myBeeHyve

April 18, 2019 Tricia Lucas

Meet Megan Sumrell, Co-Founder and COO of myBeeHyve, a software startup delivering an innovative sales enablement cloud-based SaaS solution that helps solopreneurs and network marketers manage contacts, connect with prospects, […]

RSSBus Connect Is Changing Interfaces And Companies’ Expectations

April 16, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

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 […]

The Download: Alden Parsons, MD, President and Co-Founder, BeeWell

April 16, 2019 Brooks Malone

Dr. Alden Parsons is a top thoracic surgeon who cares deeply for her patients. Throughout her career, she has worked hard to prepare patients physically and emotionally for their surgery, […]