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Turning Competition into Collaboration
It’s February 1992. Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill are playing what feels like a never-ending game packed with suspense and agony. There’s almost no time left on the clock, and the score is neck and neck.…
Camras Vision Continues History of Success of SEBIO Early Stage Competition Winners
amras Vision, a North-Carolina base company developing a novel ocular implant to address refractory glaucoma, is the latest example of fundraising success among winners of Southeast BIO’s Early Stage Competition- now in its 20th year. The…
Raleigh entrepreneur takes on a new challenge — an on-demand car-wash service
RALEIGH Scot Wingo has launched four businesses, sold two, brought one to public offering and is now working on his fourth, Get Spiffy, an on-demand car-washing service. Wingo, who lives in Raleigh, talks about the…
Sepsis: First Response
Sepsis: First Response Sepsis: First Response is an educational video and training module that provides Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel with the tools to rapidly identify and begin treating sepsis cases in the field, as well…
Tethis Inc. Names Robin Weitkamp Chief Executive Officer
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Tethis Inc., a leading biomaterials company, today announced it has appointed longtime chemicals and materials executive Robin Weitkamp as Chief Executive Officer. Weitkamp will be based in the Raleigh, North Carolina area. Weitkamp joins Tethis…
‘Explorer’ Wingo Talks Challenges, Choices in Growing Spiffy with $9M in New Funding
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Just as explorers once raced to find cities of gold, entrepreneurs like Scot Wingo are battling each other to win the race to market dominance for on-demand vehicle maintenance. “One of the…
Spiffy Secures $9m Funding Led by Bull City Venture Partners
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Get Spiffy, Inc. (Spiffy), an on-demand car care, technology, and services company, today announced the closing of a $9m fund raise led by Bull City Venture Partners. The new capital…
Alumni Investors Boost Wolfpack Businesses
Alumni Investors Boost Wolfpack Businesses June 27, 2018 | Elizabeth Beal A growing number of students come to NC State looking to start their own businesses, and for good reason. Here, they have access to a breadth…
Reveal Mobile Names New Executives
RALEIGH – Reveal Mobile, a mobile marketing company, has named two new executives. John Haws is replacing Jared Dean as chief technology officer and Jason Crocker has been named vice president of engineering. Dean, a former…