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Dec 30, 2021

Durham medtech startup 410 Medical raises more than $3M from 25 investors

410 Medical, the Durham-based startup that recently launched sales of its “blood and infuser” technology, is getting an influx of cash from investors.

Dec 8, 2021

NCSU’s entrepreneurship programs top list as best in southeast, No. 15 nationally

NC State continues to earn national recognition as one of the nation’s best undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.

Oct 28, 2021

Durham-based biospatial Helps Make Sure No Emergency Goes To Waste

Led by CEO Jon Woodworth, biospatial applies the cutting-edge machine learning and AI technology developed by its executive team of data analytics vets to its unique collection of aggregated EMS data for use cases ranging from Covid-19 contact tracing to early bio-terrorism threat detection.

Oct 26, 2021

Announcing Our $22 Million Series B Funding Round

Big announcements make for invigorating days at the Spiffy office, and today is no exception. We are thrilled to announce that we have closed our $22 million Series B funding round!

Oct 25, 2021

A Head Start: Poole Entrepreneurship Alum Shares Impact of the Program in the Real World

EmployUs, an employee referral software program started by O’Donnell along with co-founders Jeff Stocks (Poole College of Management ‘82) and Matt Cotter (NC State College of Engineering ‘13), was recently acquired by Chicago-based Hireology.

Oct 5, 2021

Raleigh location-data firm Reveal Mobile makes first acquisition, lands Lyft as customer

Reveal Mobile, a Raleigh-based startup that analyzes mobile-location data, said Tuesday it has bought Mira Analytics, a fellow location-data company based out of New York City and Durham.

Sep 23, 2021

Raleigh’s EDJX is bringing edge computing to the battlefields

EDJX is bringing edge computing to the battlefields. The Raleigh-based edge computing startup will partner with Cubic Corporation to launch what the company called the “the world’s first Internet of Military Things Edge Platform.”

Sep 22, 2021

Artificial intelligence startup in Raleigh has the smarts to be a billion dollar company

Three years after ex-Epic Games CEO Michael Capps first launched Diveplane, a company aimed at “keeping the humanity” in artificial intelligence (AI), it’s notched a series of big wins.

Sep 15, 2021

Spiffy Acquires Pit Crew, Expands into Top Tennessee Markets and New Services

With the acquisition of Pit Crew, Spiffy enters three new markets in Tennessee and continues investment in expanding nationwide service offerings.

Sep 14, 2021

Inno 5 under 25: NC State grad reimagines uses for surplus clothing

At age 23, Emily Neville has unprecedented connections with leading companies like Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Red Bull, Peter Millar and dozens of universities — and the list is growing.