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Sep 18, 2014

Eight NC State startup companies chosen to participate in the 2014 CED TechVenture Conference

Eight of the 82 companies chosen to participate in the 2014 CED TechVenture Conference are NC State startups. As a major driver of the Research Triangle Regions innovation and entrepreneurship…

Aug 20, 2014

Aseptia Selected as 15th Fastest Growing Company for 2014 Inc. 500 List

A Wilmington and a Raleigh company cracked the top 15 fastest-growing companies in America in the 2014 Inc. 500 list. Go Energies, based in Wilmington, ranked as the 10th fastest-growing…

Jul 15, 2014

Agile Sciences lands $1.5M NIH grant for cystic fribosis therapy

Raleigh biotechnology company Agile Sciences has landed a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to help develop its cystic fibrosis therapy derived from sea sponges. Agile was spun out of North…

Jun 22, 2014

An NC State Startup Company is Commercializing a Natural Enzyme That Helps Farmers Feed The World

At this writing, the world population counter on the website of BioResource International (BRI) reads 7,109,797,785 (but only for half a second). To feed a projected world population of 9.1 billion by…

Dec 15, 2013

AUTM recognizes WebAssign as Pioneer in Online Instructional Tools

Years ago, university math and science students often saw their homework fall into a predictably sluggish pattern. With hundreds of students in a single class, professors could take more than…

Sep 1, 2013

NC State Startup Novocor Raises Nearly $1M in Series A Round

Novocor Medical Systems has entered into definitive agreements that will provide the company $961,000 in financing that the company will use to support development of its therapeutic hypothermia device. Novocor…

Feb 13, 2013

NC State and Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Team Up to Help Raleigh Startup Tethis Close Series A Venture Round

For Immediate Release Raleigh, NC – An NC State startup company commercializing technology that removes salt and other materials from water created as a by-product of industrial processes – useful…