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(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