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Mentions on GrepBeat |
 | (Newsletter) Ecosystem Summit recap and $1.3M for Scale Social Posted Thursday |
 | (Story) NC IDEA Ecosystem Summit Celebrates 20 Years Of “This Thing Of Ours” Posted Thursday |
 | (Newsletter) NC IDEA Ecosystem Summit & SEED winners Posted Tuesday |
 | (Story) Chapel Hill’s RO-bot is Changing the Game for Automotive Technicians Posted Tuesday |
 | (Story) Raleigh’s Asobo Uses AI to Personalize Learning Modules For K-12 Students Posted Monday |
 | (Story) Monday Mix: NC IDEA Summit, Recipe For the Raise, and Venture135 Posted Monday |
 | (Newsletter) A $40M Series A and GrepBeat’s Rising Stars Posted November 11, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) NC TECH winners & a new Kevel partnership Posted November 6, 2025 |
 | (Story) Raleigh-Based DocuLingo Uses AI to Simplify Documents in the Sports Industry Posted November 6, 2025 |
 | (Story) Atlantic Fish Co.’s Doug Grant on Sustainable Seafood, the Best Food at RDU, and Closing a $1.2M Seed Round Posted November 4, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) NC IDEA announces $50K SEED grant finalists Posted October 28, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) 16 Startups receive NC IDEA MICRO grants Posted October 23, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) Bootstrapping Bronto book release & SEED semi-finalists Posted September 23, 2025 |
 | (Story) GrepBeat’s 2025 Startups To Watch: Meet This Year’s Honorees Posted September 19, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) Tonight we unveil our 2025 Startups to Watch Posted September 18, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) Big GrepBeat news & 12 NC startups to Venture Atlanta Posted September 11, 2025 |
 | (Story) Student Entrepreneurs Gather At RTP For GrepBeat’s Inaugural “College Night” Posted September 10, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) ConvergeSouth preview and Kevel’s latest partnership Posted September 2, 2025 |
 | (Story) Monday Mix: NCIDEA Grants, 1 Millions Cups, and an AI Masterclass Posted August 25, 2025 |
 | (Newsletter) Apiture acquired and ALA & FCAT do Demo Days Posted August 21, 2025 |