NC State entrepreneurship

Apr 17, 2025

SonoVascular wins Angel Capital Association 2025 Luis Villalobos Award

SonoVascular, Inc., a clinical stage medical device company focused on bringing to market its SonoThrombectomy™ System, a safer and more effective treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE), was awarded the Angel Capital Association's 2025 Luis Villalobos Award in the Life Science category at the Summit of Angel Investing conference in Denver, CO.

Apr 17, 2025

WIN Portfolio Company SonoVascular Wins ACA’s 2025 Luis Villalobos Award

The Angel Capital Association (ACA), the world’s largest professional development organization for angel investors, representing over 15K angel investors, 250 angel groups, and +30K entrepreneurial companies, awarded SonoVascular, a Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) portfolio company, the 2025 Luis Villalobos Award in the Life Sciences category.

Mar 27, 2025

VQ Biomedical raises $5M for a new treatment for lung injuries

Full Article by Zachery Eanes for Axios Raleigh - VQ Biomedical, a startup born at Duke University, has secured $5 million in funding to advance a device it says will treat severe lung injuries in a less invasive way.

Mar 27, 2025

WIN and Harbright Raise $770K for VQ Biomedical

The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) and Harbright Ventures have announced a $770K investment in VQ Biomedical, a medical technology company developing an innovative oxygenation catheter for treating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). WIN and Harbright account for nearly 50% of VQ’s $1.65M investment round.

Jan 7, 2025

WIN Applauds biospatial’s Acquisition by ImageTrend

The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) is excited to share that biospatial, a Durham, NC-headquartered WIN portfolio company specializing in healthcare data analytics, has been acquired by ImageTrend, which provides software solutions and research for Emergency Medical Services (EMS), fire departments, hospitals, and other healthcare-related organizations.

Nov 25, 2024

WIN and Harbright Invest Over $500K in Lumata to Save Eyesight

The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) and Harbright Ventures are thrilled to announce an additional investment in Lumata Health, Inc. (Lumata), bringing their total investment to over half a million dollars. Lumata operates an ophthalmology care management platform dedicated to preventing blindness and supporting patients with chronic eye conditions.

Nov 5, 2024

NC State investment arm looks to grow platform, fund more startups

The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) and Harbright Ventures are excited to announce a follow-on investment of over $1.75M in SonoVascular, a medical technology company that has developed SonoThrombectomy™, a novel, pharmaco-mechanical, ultrasound-facilitated, and thrombolytic-enhanced thrombectomy system for venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Oct 29, 2024

WIN and Harbright Raise Over $1.75M for SonoVascular

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.