startup

Nov 20, 2017

NC State Startup Tethis Among APLU Top 22 Startups of 2017

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of American Universities (AAU) hosted the inaugural University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase on Capitol Hill tonight, spotlighting 22 startup…

Nov 15, 2017

NC State Startup Locus Biosciences Lands $19M in Funding for Gene Editing Technology

Locus Biosciences, born with the help of two loans from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, has raised $19 million in Series A funding from major investors. The round was led…

Sep 7, 2017

NC State Receives Funding from NSF for I-Corps Site

NC State has received a $500,000 award from the National Science Foundation to advance the commercialization of research discoveries. This five-year award will be used by the Office of Technology…

Jul 21, 2017

Startup Statera Environmental is Commercializing Passive Sampling Technology to Enhance the Risk Analysis Process

Dr. Damian Shea and his team at North Carolina State University have developed a new passive sampling technology that provides more accurate estimates of chronic exposure to hundreds of bioavailable chemicals…

Jul 17, 2017

Startup Locus Biosciences Secures $5m Convertible Note for CRISPR-Cas3 Antimicrobials

Research Triangle Park-based Locus Biosciences has secured a $5 million convertible note. Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Limited led the financing round, which also included the N.C. Biotechnology Center. One…

Jun 21, 2017

NC State Startup 410 Medical Receives Funding From Newly Formed Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA)

Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA), a newly formed investment alliance among angel networks at North Carolina State University, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC Central…

Mar 1, 2017

NC State Breaking Down Barriers to Business Innovation

 Launching and running a startup company requires expertise in a dizzying range of areas: marketing, business law, accounting, computer networking, human resources, operations and sales, to name a few. No…

Oct 16, 2015

New NC State Tech Startup Offers Locals the Opportunity to Offer Genuine Experiences to Tourists

A team of faculty researchers from NCSU’s Social Science and Computer Science programs have teamed up to create a web marketplace for anyone seeking a genuine experience with locals who…

Sep 23, 2014

WebAssign Named Fast50 Company

Triangle Business Journal on Tuesday unveiled its 2014 Fast 50 Awards list of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in the Triangle. The Fast 50 winners were selected and ranked based…

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…