Triangle Tweener List

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List Criteria

Triangle Tweeners have the following criteria:

They must be headquartered in the Triangle.

They need to be a technology company: software, hardware, tech-enabled services, digitally native brands, e-commerce, etc.

Have a minimum of $1,000,000/yr ($80k/m) in sales OR 10 people. Or as we say in startup-land, $1m ARR or $80k MRR.

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2025 Triangle Tweener List

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Provides secure internet components that enable secure, encrypted data transfer

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3C Institute

3C Institute is a social impact company that uses technology to improve children's social-emotional health. Founded by CEO Melissa DeRosier, 3C Institute has developed a number of innovative programs, including Hall of Heroes, SHAPE, and Unstuck. These programs are helping children develop the skills they need to succeed in school and in life.

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Aampe

Aampe’s agentic infrastructure enables product and marketing teams to build strong customer relationships by delivering continuously personalized experiences.

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Able Device

SIM technology for IoT and mobile applications

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Acre

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Second-time entrepreneurs are the most interesting to watch. Mike Schneider and team started First in 2015 and quickly hit the Tweener List. In 2019 they were acquired by RE/MAX. Mike is back and here's the pitch. There are some interesting trends in the real-estate world at the intersection of PropTech and FinTech. For example, fractional ownership is opening up as is institutional ownership (e.g. PE/institutional firms buying up and leasing houses). Acre is at the intersection of these trends. What if you wanted to share your mortgage/home with an institution? That's where Acre comes in. They match you with a financial partner to buy the house, both amplifying your buying power and getting you better economics than a traditional mortgage.

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Adwerx

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A local/vertical ad:tech (advertising technology) company that in early 2015 spun out of ReverbNation. In 2022 the company had a bit of reboot when long-time CEO Jed Carlson, left due to health reasons, and a new CEO, Michael Collins was brought in to take Adwerx to the next level.

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Agerpoint

Creates 3D models that are integrated with satellite data to look at agricultural ground truth

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AgEye Technologies

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As we explore new ways to grow food more cheaply (and someday on Mars of course), indoor growing is increasingly important. AgEye has developed an indoor growth platform. What's that you ask? Well several parts - first is hardware including set of IoT (Internet of Things) sensors that monitors things like soil moisture plus cameras. The second part is software that used advanced ML (Machine Learning). Together they help the indoor farmer optimize their crop.

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Agilix Health

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Agilix Health is a digital nutrition management and counseling service that's driven by real-time data and personalized, dietitian-led support. It's the perfect solution for patients who want to improve their health through diet and nutrition, but don't have the time or resources to do it on their own.

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AIO

AIO is a fintech that gathers, collects and analyzes for the purpose of underwriting loans

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Alcove

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When you go to college and want a roommate, there are tons of mechanisms to do that. Then you get a job in another city where you know nobody, what can you do? Enter Alcove -Alcove is a two-sided marketplace. On one side you have renters looking for great rooms. On the other side, you have people that have extra rooms either in their house or in an apartment they are renting and they want to rent out that extra room. Alcove was founded to solve this problem. Another PropTech co in the Triangle!

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Allbridge

Have you ever stayed in a hotel and wondered how they have Satellite TV in every room? The answer is Allbridge. They make (sell and install) the technology that pulls the signal down and then pipes it into every room in a hotel, office park, apartment building, dorm, etc. Based in Raleigh, Allbridge has quietly and without funding created a very big recurring revenue business. In 2019, Bulk TV merged with DCI and EthoStream to form the new company Allbridge.

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AllStacks

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Today's engineering teams use a complex set of tools to hit peak performance. The challenge for a manager and other leaders in the business is that they lose visibility into what's going on with various projects because all of the data is spread around. AllStacks pulls in all of your engineering data into one place and then analyzes the data to detect and avoid any problems.

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Alo Enterprise Systems

Alo is a platform for physicians and practice owners that has a unitified data model and analytics to improve operations and patient outcomes

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Altis Biosystems

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Modern medical science is learning that the human gut plays a very large role in our overall health. Altis Biosystems provides a platform for drug makers to simulate their pre-trial drugs and how it interacts with the human gut.

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Anewgo

Anewgo provides software that allows home builders to promote and market their new homes to potential buyers

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aPersona

aPersona provides application security by making it easy to implement multi-factor authenticiation

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Aphora Health

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Aphora Health is a healthcare services and software company that offers a solution to high-cost specialty and traditional pharmaceuticals, transparency, and access to a cost management software (SaaS) platform.

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Appraisal Nation

If you have ever bought a house, you had to have an appraisal done. AppraisalNation is both a marketplace of appraisers nationwide and the software platform they use to create and deliver the appraisals.

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April Health

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We are a fully-integrated, turnkey behavioral health solution that partners with primary care providers to improve patient outcomes, reduce provider burden, and generate new revenue streams for your practice. Through a combination of human led support and 24/7 access to our AI digital therapeutic, our care leads to best in class patient engagement and outcomes.

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Aqueti

Aqueti has invented a 100 megapixel resolution camera called Mantis with a very wide range of view. This type of technology has tons of use cases and Aqueti has started in the security space. For example, you could have one camera in a stadium that could see everything in half the stadium at very high resolution. This would replace a system of tens or hundreds of cameras.

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Ardent

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The programmable intelligence platform.

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ArenaCX

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If you recall Bandwidth developed a consumer wireless solution called Republic Wireless. Inside of their to provide top-notch customer service at the best prices possible, they developed some amazing customer service marketplace and management technology. It was so popular other wireless carriers and other industries wanted to use it, so they spun it out as ArenaCX.

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Aries

Chris Evans put the serial in serial entrepreneur. He started with one of the first email systems called DaVinci. Then he followed up with an online ad startup called Accipiter. Then he pivoted from software to material science and started Tethis/New Century Spirits. Never one to take a break, he's back with another startup. This one is in the PPE space. Chris has taken a space-age fabric out of NCSU that has filtration attributes as good or better than N95, but is much more breathable. The result is the Workweek mask by Aries. At the time of this writing, the Aries mask has become my go-to mask. As a glasses wearer, I haven't found a mask that is nearly as comfortable that doesn't fog up my glasses.

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Arpio

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Arpio is the third company to spin out from Bandwidth (Republic, ArenaCX are the other 2). While at Bandwidth, Doug built some DevOps infrastructure to help with AWS disaster recovery and Arpio is a spin out of that idea. If you are building a company on AWS, there are different zones and being 'multi-zone' is expensive. If your AWS zone goes down, it can be very hard to recover. Arpio provides a cost-effective way to add disaster recovery to your AWS infrastructure and increase your up-time.

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Asimetrix

Provides animal farmers with the ability to measure their productivity using IoT and data analytics

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Atlas

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Atlas gives you the power to own monetization internally. We’re the only platform that fuses product analytics with billing data for a full, real-time view of your revenue potential. Forget juggling multiple vendors or blowing half a million on a big consultancy. With Atlas, you roll out modern revenue models, track performance instantly, and stop letting pricing & packaging be an afterthought—turn it into your strongest growth engine.

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Atmos

Building a home is complicated. There are a bazillion decisions, budgeting and tracking is rudimentary, etc. Atmos is revolutionizing the homebuilding experience by giving the home owner a set of design tools that allow you to design your home, find a lot and then get matched (via a marketplace) with a builder. They are currently building only in the Triangle area. Note they are headquartered in SFO and the Triangle, and Nick is a NCSU grad, so we're laying 50.001% ownership to this one ;-)

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AURA Technologies

Aura develops a wide range of solutions using modern AI and quantum technologies

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Axil Health

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Axil Health distinguishes itself in the healthcare industry not only through its comprehensive range of clinical services but also through its strategic emphasis on technology and a unique approach to care delivery by placing actual pharmacists inside clinics or health systems. This integrated model ensures that patients receive the highest level of care, combining innovative technology solutions with personalized, expert care coordination.

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BallotReady

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BallotReady aggregates election data from across the us and provides it via a friendly web interface and APIs

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Bee Downtown

Bees, the producers of yummy honey, but also the chief pollinators of the insect-world, are dying off at an alarming pace from something called Colony Collapse Disorder. NCSU student and 4th-generation beekeeper, Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, came up with a great idea. What if you could get corporations and their employees that care about the plight of the humble bumble bee to get involved? Bee Downtown was born! Corporations can sign up for a variety of different hive options and Bee Downtown, installs them, takes care of them, does tours and educational sessions and finally delivers the honey to the company. Everyone wins, and bees get a fighting chance at survival.

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Belongly

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Belongly is a professional community for mental health providers that was founded by Dr. Doug Kaufman. It's a great place to connect with other providers, share resources, and grow your business. If you're a mental health provider, I highly recommend checking it out.

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Betr Health

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Betr Health seeks to solve chronic disease through nutrition science and gut health

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Bionic Health

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Live your best life longer. Get personalized preventative medicine delivered by doctors using the latest in modern, longevity medicine.

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BioSkryb Genomics

Bioskryb Genomics is a revolution in resolution, full genome and transcriptome data from a single cell.

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Bloom AI

Every business is swimming in data. Dashboards, metrics, analytics, it's all over the place. Bloom has built a 'data delivery platform' to make it easy to aggregate all of your data, display it and provide actionable insights.

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BlueArrow Telematics

Blue Arrow provides a variety of solutions for modern fleets that help them monitor and optimize their fleet operations

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Blueco

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Coworking meets warehouses - that's it.

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BlueRecruit

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BlueRecruit is a job search platform for people in the trades. Founded by Rich Camacho, BlueRecruit helps workers find jobs in the trades by matching them with employers who are looking for their skills. BlueRecruit is the perfect solution for workers who are looking for a better job, and employers who are looking for the best talent.

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BotBuilt

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BotBuilt is a construction technology company that uses robots to build houses. Specifically the panels used by large home builders. Founded by Brent Wadas, BotBuilt's mission is to revolutionize the construction industry by making it more efficient, safe, and sustainable. BotBuilt's robots can build a house in a fraction of the time it takes traditional construction methods, and they do it with less waste and fewer injuries."

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BrightView Technologies

The Triangle has an unusually large group of smart people in optics, cameras and items like that. Last year we introduced you to Aqueti and this year we have BrightView Technologies. BrightView's technology can be used for lighting and displays, but what got them on my radar (har har) is their 3D sensing technologies that are used with LiDAR for autonomous vehicles. This company last raised capital in 08/09, but seems to have seen a new resurgence because of the excitement around AV/LiDAR.

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Callback Technologies

Callback provides a suite of products that solve companies remote file/computer access and sync issues

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Cameyo

Today's big companies have a huge challenge - they have all these legacy apps like mainframes and custom windows apps, but the knowledge worker wants to work remote from home or on the road. Maybe they have a Mac or a tablet or need to access something from their phone. There are solutions like Citrix for this, but Citrix is first generation legacy app sharing. Cameyo offers a more scalable, secure and affordable alternative.

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CandleScience

CandleScience is a Durham e-commerce company that helps candle-making enthusiasts find the supplies they need and enjoy the experience of making something with their own hands. It was founded in 2004.

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Careyaya

CareYaya is a marketplace for people that need short-term care with short-term care providers (typically medical students)

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Carpe Lotion

Let's face it, as humans we sweat. In fact the startup-world is full of crazy levels of stress so if you are reading this, unfortunately I think we're part of a group of people that sweats more than average. Antiperspirant technology has focused entirely on the underarms. Until Carpe! Carpe is building a total body sweat management system targeting areas such as sweaty hands and feet. Carpe is selling direct to consumers through Amazon and their products are frequently in the top 10 against national brands.

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CData Software

SaaS software is great, but we end up with little pockets of data all over the place. Then you may have legacy data in an old-school relational database like Oracle or Progress. How are you going to stitch all this together? Enter CData. CData has a 'zero code or codeless' (this is a big buzzword these days) Data Virtualization solution that connects to over 100 different data sources so you can access all of your data regardless of legacy or modern platform.

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Cell Microsystems

Cell Microsystems develops innovative tools that allow researchers to image, sort, and isolate single cells and colonies for use in the fields of CRISPR gene editing, cancer research, stem cell biology, immunology and neurobiology.

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CenterEdge

Software for managing adventur eparks including visitor tickets sales, staff management and more

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Certificial

Certificial is a digital insurance verification platform that uses real-time data to ensure businesses have continuous, compliant insurance coverage. Founded by Peter Teresi, Certificial's mission is to transform the insurance verification process by making it more efficient, accurate, and secure. Certificial's platform is used by businesses of all sizes across the country.

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ChekHub

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I have a confession to make. I love checklists. One of my favorite books is the Checklist manifesto. ChekHub is near and dear to my heart because it is software that allows you to share checklists with coworkers and break down complex tasks into, well checklists. There's a bunch of other great productivity features, but they had me at checklists!

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Cirrus Insight

Salesforce is the defacto CRM, Cirrus connects Salesforce to your inbox

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Clear Cloud One

We help our customers in three ways: We provide software tools, professional services and customized advice that makes our customers‚Äô businesses, and careers, successful.

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Client Savvy

Client Savvy helps professional services companies create and implement data-driven client experience and employee experience programs. We provide unconventional wisdom to drive revenue, referrals, and repeat business. Our proprietary Client Feedback Tool enables clients to share how a firm is performing relative to expectations on the most relevant dimensions. and likelihood to recommend.

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Clinetic

Clinetic takes clinical data from EHR systems, curates the data and provides the tools needed for researchers to leverage that data. Previously the data was from claims data which isn't as detailed, current or extensive as EHR system data.

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CloudFactory

There are people all over the planet interested in doing tasks for companies on a part-time, as-needed basis. Amazon created a system - Mechanical Turk - to automate this. But it leaves a lot to be desired and is very specific to Amazon's needs. Enter CloudFactory, which moved its headquarters from Nepal to Durham in 2014. CloudFactory has created some custom workflows for text-to-digital, audio-to-digital and CRM cleanup. This gives companies a turnkey way to solve these types of problems without building their own solutions. A cool thing is its social mission - it contracts with thousands of underemployed cloudworkers in cities in Africa.

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CloudFuze

We're all fans of cloud-based software or SaaS. But what happens is you are chugging along and look up and suddenly your company has 20 different cloud vendors and your data is spread across gdrive, onedrive, box, dropbox and a bazillion other places. CloudFuze gives you the ability to move between clouds seamlessly. If you're saying to yourself, wow, this is a great idea - I thought so too, I think we're going to see some great things out of CloudFuze!

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CommerceCX

Recommended by Bain Consulting Group and recognized by Gartner, CommerceCX (CCX) is a boutique consulting and software company specializing in remediating improperly implemented platform solutions in Configure Price Quote (CPQ), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) marketplaces. Under the auspices of digital transformation enablement, our core value-added expertise is identifying functional gaps and the ability to fix CPQ/CLM/CRM platforms rapidly.

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Commio

TelecomTech has always been big in the Triangle (anyone remember Nortel?) and Commio (previously thinQ) is pioneering the next generation. Today, you can pull down your VOIP from the cloud and thinQ has a platform that lets you put your calls out to RFP so you can lower your prices. The team here spun out of Bandwidth.com which should come as no surprise to you and bodes well for their future. Tweener grads tend to create more tweener grads!

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CompostNow

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Do you want to be Earth-friendly but don't have room or time to compost? CompostNow to the rescue! You simply place your compostable waste into a bin provided by CompostNow and they pick it up on a regular schedule and take it to their mega compost facility. They also bring the fertile composted soil back to you immediately so you don't have to wait for Mother Nature to take her time.

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Constellation Digital Partners

One of the hottest areas of startups is called FinTech (Financial Technology) and Constellation is square in the middle of that huge trend. One of the biggest consumers of FinTech software are banks and credit unions. Constellation has created what I think of as a meta-platform. Banks adopt their platform and then other innovators (mostly startups I'm guessing) can deploy new solutions quickly. Think of it as a FinTech app store for credit unions and banks to be able to adopt new software quickly.

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Cool Life Fintech

Cool Life Fintech CRM & VDR is a powerful, all-in-one platform designed to streamline workflows, secure data, and drive efficiency for M&A professionals, business brokers, financial firms, and enterprises managing complex transactions.

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Corevist

Sam Bayer was at HAHT from 1997 to 2000 in the early days of e-commerce. He then worked at SciQuest and MarketAcuity. In 2008, he launched Corevist (aka b2b2dot0) in Raleigh. Corevist helps SAP users connect their back-office ERP to more modern e-commerce platforms. In 2022, the company moved Andy Martin to the CEO role.

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Coworks

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Coworking space is the new way to rent space. It offers both flexibility and affordability, so it's no wonder companies from startups to Fortune 500 love it. If you're WeWork, you can afford to build your own software to manage your coworking space and community, but what if you're not? That's where Raleigh-based Coworks come in. NCSU grad, DeShawn Brown founded Coworks and incubated the idea at Techstars ATL in 2019 and is back in the Triangle scaling it up.

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CozyRoc

Our world is overflowing with data - to get that data into a datawarehouse you need ETL, COZYROC provides a variety of ETL solutions.

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CureMint

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As dentists/dental organizations scale up, they need a centralized supplies procurement platform to control and analyze costs. That's where Durham-based CureMint comes in. Their software gives the staff at dental offices a simple to use, intuitive shopping experience. At the same time, the administrators can measure and manage spend like a much larger company.

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Cycle Labs

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QA and Testing is hard to do and requires a lot of investment. Frequently it's skipped or people do double-duty. Cycle Labs provides test automation solutions that will automatically test your apps before they deploy so you avoid evil 'escaped bugs' that cause bad customer experiences.

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Cymantix

Cymantix is a search and information retrieval company that connects the dots between unstructured data, collapsing the time and resources required to collect, process, and analyze data, leaving more time to think and act quickly.

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Dairy Records Management Systems

Let's say you have a dairy farm with 100 cows. DRMS provides a suite of offerings that manage your entire operation from cow location to milk production to the key 'keep or beef' decision (gulp).

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DataClarity

We are swimming in data. In fact, you are reading data right now. Data, data, data! DataClarity provides a Analytics and Data Science Platform. The DataClarity solution seems to appeal to a wide variety of industries and 'plays well' with the Cognos/IBM data warehouse systems.

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Dataedo

Data is key to a modern org, but we have so much data in so many places how do you build a single source of truth? Dataedo has a solution!

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DaVinci Solutions

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DaVinci Lock is a cutting-edge company revolutionizing the self-storage industry with innovative, automated access solutions. By providing secure, cloud-based access control, DaVinci Lock simplifies operations, reduces costs, and enhances security for property owners and managers. Learn more at davincisolutions.com today!

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DeltaGen AI

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DeltaGen redefines win-loss analysis—without the pricey consultant overhead. We gather real-time buyer feedback from every deal using the latest AI, delivering deeper insights faster—before your data goes stale. Refine strategy, boost close rates, and keep winning.

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Demographics Pro

Any marketer will tell you that one of the most important things they think about is demographics for whatever it is they are marketing. When you think demographics (demos as we say in the biz), you think about someone at P+G spending 300k for all this fancy data. That's the 1985 way of thinking - enter Demographics Pro. Demographics Pro provides APIs that allow you to query.

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Dendi Software

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Let's say you operate a clinical lab, you need a Laboratory Information System (LIS) to manage everything. It's 2022 so you'd want a modern platform that's cloud based, integrates with everything and enables your lab to be super nimble in today's ever changing world. Boom, Dendi to the rescue! Dendi is a bootstrapped Triangle Tweener that quietly built a great product using the best capital possible - customer capital - congrats Jihoon!

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Dental HQ

The Triangle has a ton of DentistTech Tweeners all of the sudden. Dental HQ is Dental membership plan platform. A trend in dentistry is to offer patients a membership plan to augment/replace dental insurance. A local dentist (Dr. Brett Wells) started this and realized there was an opportunity to build software and BOOM Dental HQ was born.

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Device Magic

Many industries (energy, logistics, manufacturing, construction) have steep regulatory requirements. DeviceMagic provides a platform for managing all the requirements, reporting and ensures compliance.

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Dropsource

This Raleigh startup provides a drag-and-drop interface for creating native mobile apps for both iOS and Android. The founder dropped out of Syracuse University in 2013 and moved to the Triangle in 2014 to grow the company. With a November 2015 funding round, it rebranded from Queue Software to Dropsource.

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EarthOptics

EarthOptics‚ We are building the Soil Cloud. EarthOptics is an AgTech company that uses proprietary sensor technology to precisely measure the health and structure of your soil. All that data is uploaded up into SoilCloud. The SoilCloud has tons of applications, one of the more interesting ones is they can measure the carbon footprint of an acre of land, which ties into the growing number of GreenTech companies in the Triangle.

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easyfxtrading

We provide innovative trading solutions to help traders execute faster, more efficient trades. Our technology leverages advanced algorithms and risk management to optimize performance. Trading involves risk & past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

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eBoxchain

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eBoxchain is your trusted delivery partner, dedicated to offering flexible and cost-effective logistics solutions tailored for pharmacies. Our Full Service (FS), Admin Service (AS), and Software-as-a-service (SS) models are designed to streamline pharmacy operations. Our fully compliant services ensure secure and timely deliveries, backed by real-time tracking and proof of delivery through our proprietary HIPAA-audited software. Choose eBoxchain to enhance service quality and expand your reach, all while freeing your staff to focus on patient care without the logistical burdens.

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Element451

Let's say you run admissions at a higher education institution. You have 400 openings and 4,000-10,000 applications are flying at you every year. How do you manage this process? Enter element451. Element451 provides a SaaS admissions CRM system for a data-driven higher-ed admissions process. Who visited, who has accepted, who called you a million times and stopped by your house -keep all that data in one place and get better at the admissions process.

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Enmass Energy

Enmass is building supply chain software to manage and measure a sustainable fuel procurement process. Including scheduling, delivery details, CRM and payments. I'm not sure what all that means, but we'll count it as GreenTech.

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Entrinsik

This 33-year-old Raleigh software firm sells business intelligence software to 1,500 companies and organizations in higher education, insurance, manufacturing, nonprofits, healthcare and more. It was founded by CEO Doug Leupen.

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Epic Hire, Inc.

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Epic Hire is an app that lets recent college grads present a more complete picture for recruiters than a resume. Think instagram meets recruiting.

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Epifany

Customer satisfaction is the new marketing - happy customers spread your word more effectively than any ad. EpifanyCX is a suite of products that allow you to measure clients customer satisfaction.

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Epividian, Inc.

Epividian is an independent research organization that provides healthcare analytics to clinics, hospitals and practices nationwide.

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Equity Shift

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Cofounded by Will Duckett and Tom Gordon, Equity Shift is a FinTech helping companies digitally automate their corporate activities. Equity Shift is a new Triangle startup that has planted a flag in this exciting space by combining critical software functions.

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eTailInsights

When Darren Pierce was at Bronto, he realized that cold calling online retailers was a tough business. He left and founded eTailInsights to solve this problem. The 2011-founded Cary company gathers a large database of online retailers and their contacts to help vendors get their products in front of the right audience.

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Eton Solutions

There are wealthy families across the world that are taking control of their finances and setting up family offices. A local family office developed software for managing all of their assets and investments and decided to license it. Eton Solutions was born!

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Exhale

Services going digital is one of my favorite themes. Exhale provides a 'whole house' service supported by technology that allows you to completely outsource all the annoying aspects of home ownership

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Fathom Science

Fathom Science is a system that fills gaps in existing datasets, forecasts future situations, and provides exact information for efficiency.

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Feelgoodz

On a trip, the founders discovered amazing flip-flops created from 100% natural rubber. They realized that US consumers would love sustainable, socially conscious products that also were better than traditional offerings. Feelgoodz was born and has expanded not only from their small office on Glenwood but also to other categories plus their e-commerce game is quite strong.

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Field2Base

If you have people in the field (maintenance, etc.) they need to be able to capture information and send it back to HQ. Field2Base has solutions for that.

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Firm360

Firm360 is an all-in-one accounting practice management software that helps small to mid-size firms streamline their operations and improve efficiency. Founded by Brandon Gray, Firm360's mission is to help firms save time and money so they can focus on what they do best: providing quality service to their clients.

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Flan

Flan is a decentralized freelance platform for Web3 designers that uses blockchain technology to make it easier for designers to find work and get paid. Founded by Ghassan Murad, Flan's mission is to create a more equitable and transparent freelance market. Flan's platform provides a secure and efficient way for designers to find work, get paid, and build their reputation.

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Flexgen

Another GreenTech, Flexgen designs and integrates energy storage solutions (batteries) and creates the software platform to manage them. This is another one that blew up quickly that we're excited to have discovered. I don't have a contact at the company with the amount they have raised they could be a graduate at this point, but their headcount on LI is still 200 which makes it hard to tell.

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Flytes

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Flytes is transforming airport dining at Raleigh-Durham International Airport with 13 national and local brands crafted in a single scratch kitchen. Our innovative ghost kitchen model ensures fresh, diverse meals with quick, seamless digital ordering. Backed by strategic partnerships and FAA ACDBE compliance, Flytes is poised for rapid expansion, offering unmatched quality and convenience to travelers. Flytes offers a simplified and efficient dining experience at airports through our scalable and cost-effective model. We leverage underutilized airport kitchen spaces, we significantly reduce the capital investment typically required to establish a dining presence in airports, ensuring a swift path to profitability.

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Freedom

The average person in the US looks at their phone 74 times a day. Now you want to look at your phone don't you? Ok, go ahead, I'll wait... Welcome back. Ok that feeling you just felt? It's no secret that smartphones and apps have been purposely designed to be addictive. They give you a little shot of dopamine and boom you are hooked. Enter

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Galaxy Diagnostics

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Fleas and ticks spread tons of diseases in pets and now humans. Galaxy Diagnostics has developed diagnostics to detect these diseases earlier than previous methods.

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Galvix

File accurate sales tax returns without spending hours every month. Try Galvix, the expert-assisted sales tax filing software for lean finance teams. Tighten filing compliance and stay audit-ready at all times.

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Get Spiffy

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An on-demand mobile app that allows you to schedule an at-work and at-home car wash or other preventative maintenance within minutes, founded in 2014. All communication and payment is handled through the app making this the most convenient way for you to keep your car Spiffy. The company is based in Durham.

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Givebacks

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Givebacks is the all-in-one solution to effectively and efficiently reach and engage supporters and raise funds for schools and nonprofit organizations. We support over 14,000 local nonprofits and 40 state PTAs, reaching US schools and engaging over 5MM parents.

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Global Value Commerce

Ed Byman was a pro golfer on the PGA tour and in 2001 realized there was an opportunity to sell golf equipment online. He's built GVC into a global golf company carefully tucked away here in Raleigh. Full disclosure - this is a ChannelAdvisor customer.

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Gradient Health

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There's an explosion of AI solutions in HealthTech, Gradient provides a complete dataset of medical images ready for feeding into modern LLMs.

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Greenlight Health Data Solutions

Greenlight gives patients the ability to aggregate and get access to their electronic health records that are spread across a variety of sources. This technology was incubated at Medfusion that was started and sold twice (I like this model too) by local tech startup and soccer entrepreneur Steve Malik.

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GreenPlaces

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One of our most awesome 'move back to Triangle during Covid' folks is Alex Lassiter. Alex is a UNC grad who moved to ATL, co-founded Gather (software for restaurants), sold that for 9 figs and then moved back to the Triangle. The urban legend is that over dinner, Alex and Jess Lipson (see Levitate) were having dinner and dreamed up the idea for Green Places. I got an early pitch and because we had this challenge at Spiffy gave it two thumbs up.

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Groupups

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Yasin was a NYC to RDU COVID transplant and I had the pleasure to be one of the first folks to meet him when they moved. Some entrepreneurs just radiate a 'startup gamma-ray energy' that's hard to describe until you experience it. Yasin has SGRE to spare. When he moved, he was CEO of a Fantasy sports startup that then they sold. Now he's started Convoy. Convoy is a B2B marketplace for group buying that saves SMBs big $$ on everyday purchases. Keep an eye on this one.

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GrowPath

GrowPath's legal case management software makes it simple for law firms to manage their legal cases with a single solution. We help you grow your firm with ease.

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GTM Buddy

GTM is Go-To-Market, and GTM Buddy acts as a copilot for salesreps to help them qualify leads and close deals in real-time.

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Higgs Boson Health

Better patient engagement, better provider workflows, better outcomes. I don't know exactly what that means, but we're clearly dealing with a HealthTech co here. Digging in, HBH provides patients a 'manage my surgery' functionality that allows them to know exactly what is going to happen, when and to better understand the healthcare experience.

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Higharc

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Building a house is an overwhelming process and usually designed 'backwards'. You look at plans and find ones you like that may or may not meet your needs. Higharc has software that allows you to 'flip' the process and start with your needs and then generate 3D plans from there. With the 3D plans, you can visualize your plans completely to 'try on' the design of your house. You could even envision this paired with virtual reality to take home design to the next level.

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Hip Ecommerce

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Mega e-commerce sites like eBay and Amazon are so big they don't provide great vertical shopping experiences. Hip Ecommerce's CEO Mark Rosenberg is a stamp and comic collector. He grew frustrated with this fact and decided to change it. Hip Commerce builds vertical marketplaces (comics, postcards and stamps so far) that are heavily customized for the collector. Want that near-mint condition, CGC graded, Amazing Spider-Man number 300? Go to Hipcomic.com and find that puppy faster than you can anywhere else.

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Howso

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AI and machine learning are all the rage. But, we've all seen the Terminator, or read hundreds of sci-fi stories (or seen Black Mirror) where the AI's decide, hmmm humans are kind of a problem, let's take over the world (looking at you Skynet). Diveplane's goal is to make responsible AIs that not only do cool AI stuff, but they are open and transparent.

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IdeaBlock

There's lots of hype (some would say too much) around Bitcoin and crypto-currencies. But, most agree the underlying technology, blockchain, is going to dramatically change enterprise software and other industries by providing a decentralized ledger of activities. Ideablock is using blockchain to protect intellectual property. Let's say you come up with a novel idea. In the past, the best way to document and 'start the clock' on your invention was to start the expensive patent process. IdeaBlock allows you to upload your idea to their decentralized system and create an immutable time stamp in the blockchain.

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Imangi Studios

We all love to play mini-games on our phones, but did you know that one of the top studios in this category was born and raised right here in the Triangle? Ever heard of Temple Run? Yep, that's an Imangi game and they are based right here in the Triangle!! I would write more, but I have to go get some coins and multipliers and crush my last high score.

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Improved Nature

Because of the cost and environmental impact of meat, one of the hottest category in consumer product goods is plant-based meat alternatives. Improved nature here in the triangle has developed technology that gives plant-based meats the same texture as real meat, dramatically improving the functionality of meat alternatives.

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Infina Connect

Infina Connect is a SaaS platform that automates and optimizes the physician referral network system. Founded in 2010, it's based in Cary.

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InHerSight

Durham-based InHerSight is focused on creating better workplaces for women. They do this by allowing working women to rate thousands of businesses on criteria that are top priorities to women. On the employer-side, you can get valuable data on what areas are not only important to female applicants, but where you are doing well vs. where you need to improve to attract and retain more female team members.

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Inn-Flow

Hotels need a modern platform to manage guest, room condition, maintenance and staff - Inn flow to the rescue!

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InnovationForce

InnovationWorks by InnovationForce is an AI-powered SaaS platform that accelerates innovation by scaling a proven process that removes barriers and enables innovation to take place across entire ecosystems to deliver value faster.

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InsightFinder

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A big area of innovation in developing software is devops - the stuff that happens with your code when you 'ship' it to production and also make sure your site stays up. Splunk, DataDog and New Relic are all examples of very big public co's in this space. InsightFinder has put together a stellar team and married it with technology that has 15yrs of research behind it. The result - they are able to use modern AI to look at your production data and predict when problems are going to happen. Try this pitch out at your next cocktail party-> InsightFinder uses patented anomaly detection algorithms to detect true anomalies and reduce spurious alerts.

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Instancy

I remember back in like '99 I met Harvey for coffee and he was SUPER fired up about the impact of technology on education, so started his first company MindLever that he successfully sold after 2yrs to a bigger EdTech company.

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Intelligent Locations

Intelligent Locations is a real-time location-based intelligence platform that helps healthcare organizations improve patient care, staff safety, and operational efficiency. Founded by Bogdan Nedelcu, Intelligent Locations' mission is to make healthcare more intelligent by providing actionable insights from location data.

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Investiquant

Scott Andrews has been in the Triangle startup scene since starting SciQuest back in '95. His latest venture, Cary-based InvestiQuant, provides fully automated, algorithmic A.I. investment solutions. Investors can enable their accounts with altnernative investments strategies that have the ability to take advantage of volatility and generate returns when stocks struggle. InvestiQuant democratizes investing by providing hedge fund solutions to smaller retail and independent investors.

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IOTA Software, Inc.

IOTA Software is a leading provider of data visualization that connects people, assets, and manufacturing processes.

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JDXpert

JDXpert is a job description management software that helps organizations create, manage, and store job descriptions more efficiently. Founded by Andrew Ellerhorst, JDXpert's mission is to help organizations make better hiring decisions by providing them with the tools they need to create accurate and compliant job descriptions.

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JupiterOne

JupiterOne is in the CyberSecurity world and focuses on the topography side of things - what are all the digital assets in your organization and how do you make sure you're tracking that first so you can then look at the security applied to that topography. It will reach out to your IT/MIS side, your AWS and all your assets to understand the numerous touch points we all have in today's cloud-enabled, connected world.

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K4Connect

Scott Moody's previous company created the technology that is now used by Apple (via acquisition) for its Touch ID finger print sensor. Now in Raleigh, Scott's newest company (founded 2014) has an IoT platform that allows it to rapidly develop and release solutions oriented towards the older adult market. It's got a contract to roll out the technology in senior living communities across Pennsylvania and is starting to expand to others with new funding.

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Kaleido

Let's say a large company has a great idea that would rely on an enterprise-grade blockchain solution. There are many solutions out there, but they all have limitations. Open-source puts all the work in your hands. Blockchain-as-a-service providers sound good but lock you into one platform and cloud platform. Kaleido has developed a solution that is full-stack and cross-platform so it doesn't have the downsides of other blockchain offerings.

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KarmaWallet

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As you're shopping and working with different brands, wouldn't it be cool to know how sustainable that brand is? Impact Karma has KarmaWallet that tells you the ImpactIndex score of brands as you shop. If a brand scores lower, KarmaWallet can recommend a more sustainable alternative.

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Keebler Health

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Keebler Health is an AI-first risk adjustment platform for providers and payers that are at risk for Medicare & Medicaid lives. Through a custom-built, transformer AI model, Keebler Health quickly uncovers risk adjustment opportunities with minimal encounter data.

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Keen Decision Systems

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Helping CMO's understanding the efficacy of their marketing is big business and the entire category is called MarTech. Keen provides SaaS software for measuring marketing performance and then uses machine learning to formulate a plan to achieve goals.

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Keona Health

This Chapel Hill-based healthcare IT company allows patients to communicate more directly with caregivers than using existing processes. Think of it as chat/messaging for your doctor.

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Kevel

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There are a variety of ad servers out there, but large publishers have very specific needs. They could build their own ad servers, but the costs are prohibitive. Enter Adzerk, an AdTech (advertising technology) company. Adzerk gives publishers a set of APIs that allow them to build their own custom servers and then Adzerk takes care of the complexity on the back end. This creates the best of both worlds.

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Keystone Systems

What if your library knew your reading interests and presented you with books you want to read before you even know? KLAS has developed that system.

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Kings Crowd

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KingsCrowd aims to empower everyone to invest in startups confidently through a suite of products including research, ratings, data analytics, founder interviews, and financial products. KingsCrowd collects hundreds of data points on every startup that raises money online, and our patent-pending algorithm provides a quantitative assessment of the startup's investment potential. We believe in the power of data-driven investment decisions.

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Klearly

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The Triangle has a rich history of MarTech (Marketing Technology) and the latest startup on the scene is Klearly. Klearly uses data science and machine learning technology to help sales and marketing teams quantify what's working and recommends the optimal actions to drive sales and marketing economically. With Idea Fund Partners as a backer and over $2m raised, Klearly has a lot of momentum heading into 2020.

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LabVoice

Let's say you work in a laboratory with all this equipment like balances, centrifuges, sampling devices, etc. Wouldn't it be cool to say: ‚"Alexa, what's the sample weight? Run a centrifuge on high for 10 minutes‚" and also have all of that data and workflow captured in the cloud? That's what LabVoice does, but instead of Alexa, they have their own hardware called the LabVoice smart device. The device married with their software makes that science fiction a reality.

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Lead Semantics

Today's LLM AI Systems hallucinate and make mistakes. Lead Semantics solves this by pairing LLMs with NP technology that overlays an 'understanding' of the context on top of LLMs leading to better results of higher quality.

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Leoforce

Leoforce provides talent acquisition teams with outcome-based recruiting solutions to improve the time, cost, and quality of hires without adding to their tech stack, headcount, or existing team’s workload.

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Levitate

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He's back! Jesse Lipson knocked it out of the park when he sold Sharefile to Citrix. Then he convinced Citrix to bring a bazillion jobs to the Triangle and build a fancy building in the Raleigh warehouse area (he's crazy everyone said, nobody will want to work in the warehouse area!). Bam- that became the hottest area in Raleigh. I mention all this, because the data clearly says when Jesse does something, he has a 100 batting average (that's good for my fellow nerds), so you should take notice. With his second startup outing, Real Magic whose product is Levitate, Jesse is bringing enterprise CRM features to the small/micro business. Levitate integrates with your email program and helps you remember to build your relationships. "Hey, you haven't talked to Tony in 2wks" "Remember that Joe told you his daughter is graduating in early June!" stuff like that. In today's hyper-noisy and connected World, relationships matter even more than later.

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Liine

Let's say you operate an elective surgery practice like lasik. Any improvement in conversion can be the difference between break-even and profits. Liine provides software that monitors calls, makes optimization recommendations and measures the results. Finally, Liine can provide automated incentives to the staff to help drive more appointments.

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Limited Run Games

As video games are increasingly going digital, some gamers crave physical media. Limited Run Games publishes limited edition previously digital-only games on physical media. Everything with a vintage/nostalgic connection is becoming collectible (shoes anyone?), and LRG is riding a huge wave with their clever strategy.

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LiveSwitch

LiveSwitch is a leading communications platform that uses instant video to transform how people work and scale their businesses. LiveSwitch makes it easier for business owners to connect with customers using instant video and document their work in real-time.

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Loanwell

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Another exciting new tweener in the FinTech Space! Loanwell provides banks and credit unions a platform that streamlines the process of processing loans. From the application/intake to origination, underwriting, closing and then servicing, Loanwell is a complete end-to-end solution.

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Lodgistics

Lodgistics is a hotel-oriented communication platform. The guest/housekeeper can report a room has a problem, that then automatically is reported to the engineers who can update a ticket.

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LogistiVIEW

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Covid-19 dramatically accelerated e-commerce and thus the need for warehouses. Today's warehouses have a lot of complexity. You have a WMS, a ton of people and frequently some automation in the form of robots. How do you tie all that together and orchestrate it? LogistiVIEW has software that solves this problem.

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Looma Project

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Lucem Health

Lucern has a disease detection platform that leverages AI to detect chronic diseases earlier than previous methods

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Lucid Dream VR

Lucid Dream VR is a virtual reality platform that helps people learn to lucid dream. Founded by Joshua Setzer, Lucid Dream VR's mission is to make lucid dreaming more accessible to everyone. Lucid Dream VR's platform provides users with a safe and effective way to learn to lucid dream, and to explore the potential of lucid dreaming for personal growth and development.

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Lumata Health

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At Lumata, we believe that proactive management of eye health is more important than ever. Our team transforms lives by preventing vision loss from chronic eye conditions like glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and macular degeneration. Our unique and innovative ophthalmology care management platform addresses complex barriers to treatment adherence, ensuring better clinical outcomes for thousands of patients—and we’re just getting started.

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MapMyCustomers

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MapMyCustomers wins the award for the company on and off the list the most number of times. They were on the list in 2019, and then in 2020 moved the HQ to NYC and now they have a new CEO and have returned to the Triangle (Yeah!). Let's say you are a 'boots on the ground' field sales organization and you have a bunch of customers you need to visit on a regular basis. MapMyCustomers helps you understand the geographical layout of your customers and optimize your routes as you visit them.

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Medicom Technologies, Inc.

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This group of NCSU grads came up with a way to transfer large files in a peer-to-peer way rapidly, without lossage and securely. The first market they are using the technology for is patient data in radiology and they are growing like a weed.

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Methodical Games

Methodical is a game studio whose game(s) haven't been announced, but they are epic alumns so watch this space

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Microgrid Labs

Let's say you are a city or municipality and want to move to an electric fleet over time. How many chargers to you need and where and when do you charge? Microgrid labs provides software that simulates, models and optimizes your electrification strategy for your fleet. We'll count this one as GreenTech and MobilityTech

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Mobile Reach

Many businesses have technicians in the field and Mobile Reach creates software for them. They also have software for managing field assets.

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Murphy's Naturals

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Murphy’s Naturals is an innovative outdoor products and lifestyle brand based in Raleigh, NC. We create highly-effective products from responsibly sourced, plant-based ingredients, consistent with our mission to celebrate nature and inspire good through quality natural products. Our products are sold nationally at retail locations as well as online. We believe firmly that health and wellness come from the environment. Founded by Philip Freeman and named after his best buddy Murphy, Murphy's Naturals leaves out all of the ingredients that you don’t want and instead focuses on providing amazing earth-friendly products that will help others through their purchase.

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MuukTest

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MuukTest is in the DevTech category - it helps improve software developer productivity by leveraging AI to build and automate QA tests. You can build the tests using their zero code (super hot/buzzy right now) solution.

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myDrugCosts

myDrugCosts is a mobile platform that helps self-insured employers and their employees save money on prescription drugs through user engagement, cost transparency, and savings recommendations. Founded by Dan Pollard, myDrugCosts' mission is to help people afford the medications they need.

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NALA Membranes

New reverse osmosis membranes are what the industry has been waiting for. Reverse osmosis has been proven to be the most efficient way to purify water. However, this process has also proven to be more expensive than what it could be. We will bring innovation to desalination by introducing these new membranes that will knock out biofouling and ultimately be more cost-efficient.

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Natrx.io

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Natrx is a company that uses technology to create nature-based solutions to coastal erosion and flooding. Founded by Leonard Nelson, Natrx's mission is to help communities protect their coastlines and waterways while also restoring and improving the natural environment.

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ndustrial

ndustrial is a company building IoT solutions for industrial applications. Tomorrow's factory will be totally outfitted with sensors - ndustrial is working on a solution for that future reality in Durham.

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Needlepoint.com

Started in 1999, Needlepoint had a retail store, and using its great domain name, needlepoint.com, started to do well online. The wife of Bob Young (of Lulu, Red Hat and PrecisionHawk fame) started the business and he is now serving as CEO.

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Net32

Dental supplies are extremely expensive and there are lots of middlemen. Net32 sells dental supplies direct to dentists at extreme discounts because they eliminate the middlemen.

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Netsertive

Brendan Morrissey moved to the area from LA as part of a Motricity acquisition and in 2009 founded Netsertive in Morrisville. He started by helping local electronics retailers advertise and has expanded to help national brands leverage their marketing into local markets through brand/dealer campaigns.

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Next Century Spirits

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Next Century Spirits is a technology-driven spirits company that uses innovative methods to create high-quality spirits at scale. Founded by Rob Mason, Next Century Spirits is disrupting the spirits industry by providing brands with the tools they need to succeed.

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Nextlot, Inc.

In today's world of two-day e-commerce delivery thanks to Amazon, it's easy to forget there is still a need for auctioneers. Bank foreclosures, estate sales and other events call for an auction and today's auctioneers need to stay high-tech and current. Raleigh-based NextLot, founded in 2007, provides a platform that allows you to run your own auctions with online, mobile and webcast features.

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NOMAD

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Nomad is a long-term rental marketplace designed to unlock economic opportunity for everyone, and is best known for guaranteed rent for rental property owners.

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NovaDine, Inc

Have you been to a restaurant and seen 10 tablets on the counter, each for a different food delivery/order company? Novadine has a complete end-to-end solution that solves all that complexity for today's modern restaurant

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Offline Media

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David Shaner graduated from NC State and had an itch to start a company. He started Offline in Raleigh in in 2012 to help people reconnect with their local communities. Offline curates activities and places for your city. This creates an indispensable resource if you move or travel. Simply fire up Offline and you have an insider's view to what is going on and where to go.

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Omni Creator Products

OCP is creating CreatorLab and Muse - these technologies will allow any player to flip into a creator. Muse is the engine and CreatorLab is like the consumer-friendly programming tool. I imagine it will be no-code. In any case, this company is white hot and calls the Triangle it's home even though it's largely virtual.

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OOGA Technologies

Developer of a digital inspection platform intended to enhance non-destructive testing (NDT) operations. The company's platform offers access to a marketplace of qualified NDT experts and AI tools, facilitates remote digital inspections, supports project management and collaboration, enabling organizations to optimize their operations and improve efficiency in the non-destructive testing sector.

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OperationsHERO

Operations touches many areas of a company such as inventory, supply chain, capital investments and more. OperationsHERO has a platform that ties it all together giving the operations leadersip a unified view of the complete organization

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Pairwise

Pairwise is a health-focused food and agriculture company transforming plants, and their production systems, with CRISPR and gene editing.

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Pairwise Plants

I read a lot of nerdy science articles and one of my favorite topics is this gene editing software called CRISPR. It allows you to 'hack' genes like you would software. Pairwise takes our current fruit and vegetables, looks at their DNA and then improves it by mixing in attributes from the natural versions of the plants. Who needs pesticides when you can design the plant to be pest resistant? Want blackberries without seeds? How about Kale that tastes like cotton candy (ok I made that one up, but consider it a request, ok guys?).

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Paragon Application Systems

DevTech is a hot area and so is e-commerce. Marry them together and you have testing/dev tech that focuses on systems that include payments. That's the intersection where Paragon lives. Their software helps you create and execute automated tests that include payment systems.

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Participate

Covid taught us that online learning platforms (aka Leearning management systems or LMS's) are, well, not great to put it kindly. Participate has a next-gen LMS that wraps community into the experience. Imagine taking a class and being able to interact with the current and past students, etc.

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Patagonia Health

Ashok Mathur has been active in the Triangle startup scene since I can remember. In 2008, he started Cary-based Patagonia to build a SaaS EHR (electronic health record) platform that includes 15-20 different EHR apps.

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PatientPay

PatientPay is an online platform for patients to pay for their medical bills. Brings the simplicity of e-commerce to medicine.

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Pattern Health

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Durham-based Pattern health has built a combined healthcare software system and marketplace. Pattern Health allows health innovators to distribute their applications across many health systems. The result is faster innovation in the health-care field which is good for all of us. HealthTech (Health Technology) is another big area of innovation for the Triangle and it's going to be interesting to watch Pattern Health scale-up.

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Pawboost

True-life story here. Let's say the landscaping folks come and leave your gate open by accident. You let your dog, Rover out in the backyard, and an hour later go to let him in and... uh-oh, he's gone. What do you do? Enter Pawboost. Pawboost provides a site where you can post a lost pet alert everywhere in one place. Pawboost spreads your message through social media, emails and to a network of over 2m RescueSquad (a network of rescues, vets and other folks in the pet industry that help find and return lost pets) participants. It even will help you print out a flyer so you can get Rover back safe and sound.

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PCLaw

PCLaw is a joint venture & is a global provider of practice management software solutions for law firms.

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Peoplelogic

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Peoplelogic is an AI-powered engagement platform that helps companies understand and improve employee engagement. Founded by Matthew Schmidt, Peoplelogic uses machine learning to analyze employee data and provide actionable insights that can help companies retain top talent and improve employee productivity.

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Percona

Modern sites and applications run on complex databases. Percona has created software for monitoring and optimizing database systems.

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PerfectScale

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PerfectScale is a DevOps software platform for helping

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Phinite

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A huge challenge facing animal farms is sustainability and waste. Phinite has a proprietary process and robotic system that turns animal waste into regnerative fertilizer.

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Phononic

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Solid state electronics have revolutionized computing, lighting (Cree) and now Phononic has figured out how to apply it to refrigeration. From cooling CPUs to residential and commercial applications, Phononic is revolutionizing the 100yr+ old stagnant cooling market with a green solution that eliminates the need for energy hungry compressors, heat sinks and other traditional refrigeration mechanisms.

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Photofy

Social content creation tool for consumers and businesses, founded in Raleigh in 2013 by the founder of InvitationBox.com (which sold to CafePress in 2011).

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Plantd

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PlantD has created a carbon negative building material that instead of generating a ton of carbon is built from a proprietary plant that captures carbon, thus they have the first carbon positive building material that sequesters carbon.

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Plasma Games

Ever try to get a kid strung out on TikTok videos to pivot to learning about Physics? Yep, it's not easy. EdTech startup Plasma Games equips teachers with a 3D video game platform that helps teach modern kids, in a modern way - with fun, digital interaction.

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Pluto Health

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Pluto Health gives patients a portal delivered through partners like drug stores that gives them comprehensive access to their prescriptions and electronic health records.

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Pocket Prep

Split between Seattle and the Triangle, we're going to claim Pocket Prep. They have built an app that makes it easy to study and take exams for standardized tests and professional certifications using your mobile phone. Another awesome innovative EdTech company.

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Precision Fermentation

PF is another entrant in the Triangle's burgeoning BeerTech scene. Fermentation is a tricky chemical process to nail and ripe for data analysis. Enter PF. Their product, the BrewMonitor system, is a combination of hardware (sensors) and software that gives the brewer complete visibility into the fermentation process. The result

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ProAxion

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A very hot area is Internet of Things or IoT and that's where ProAxion lives. I'm a software guy, so bear with me on this one. Let's say you have a factory with all kinds of big machine things. If your factory is down, that is bad, but how can you know one of the machines is going to fail? Turns out that the vibrations change over time as bearings wear down, cogs de-cog and sprockets, you get the idea. Simply throw a Proaxion device on there and it will monitor those cogs, sprockets and bearings and alert you via the cloud when it thinks a machine is getting close to a failure. It's like being able to see the future, but with a cloud.

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Produce Box

Courtney Tellefsen was a stay-at-home-mom in 2007. She wanted to understand where her food was coming from and support local NC farmers. Like anyone, she couldn't get to the farmer's market every week to buy fresh locally-sourced produce. The Produce Box was born! TPB now has a team of 200 folks that deliver thousands of produce boxes each week in the Triangle and Charlotte. It's based in Raleigh.

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Proficient Auto

You're driving to work and your check engine light comes on. You know that's going to be the start of a really bad day, that is before Proficient Auto. Proficient can come on-site (entirely mobile auto mechanic), diagnose your problem, give you a quote and fix it right on the scene. Based out of the Triangle, but also services Miami, FL.

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Protochips

Protochips technology is very sci-fi, so apologies if I butcher this one. Protochips empowers scientists, engineers, and researchers to discover and analyze new phenomenon by visualizing biological, chemical and physical processes in completely new ways. Our field-proven products combine in situ experimental control with the analysis and resolution capabilities of the electron microscope, improving productivity and generating actionable data to accelerate discovery.

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Protopia

Protopia is a data privacy platform that helps organizations protect their data while still using it to power AI and machine learning models. Founded by Max Leisten, Protopia's patented Stained Glass Transform‚Ñ¢ technology allows organizations to share data without exposing sensitive information.

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PRTI

Jason Williams started FastMed (urgent care) sold that for a bazillion dollars and then discovered the technology that he turned into PRTI. Are you sitting down? You won't believe this one. PRTI has technology that de-constructs tires. That process releases a ton of energy and PRTI takes that energy and (wait for it) turns it into crypto! Yep, and right here in the Triangle.

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Pryon

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Igor Jablokov sold his last company, Yap, to Amazon and they use it in this niche product called Echo/Alexa, so Igor has a really serious AI/Natural language background. He's now turning that experience to the enterprise and leveraging AI/Voice for new enterprise solutions

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PtEverwhere

There's an explosion of physical therapy practices and PtEverywhere has a platform for managing the modern PT practice.

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Public Input

PublicInput provides a platform that gives governments the ability to engage with citizens, build community and receive feedback

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Puny Human

Puny Human is a game development studio that creates innovative and engaging games. Founded by Mike Sanders, Puny Human is known for its unique and creative game design, and its commitment to quality.

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Quicktutor

QuickTutor is the first platform that connects anyone who wants to learn to the people who can teach them. With QuickTutor — anyone, anywhere can learn or teach anything, at anytime — in-person or online, in real-time. The QuickTutor mobile app is currently available for free, exclusively on the Apple App Store.

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Quinsite

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As you've probably already realized from all the HealthTech companies on the Tweener list, our healthcare system generates a ton of data. Enter Quinsite - their platform ingests all that data and makes it actionable. Want to compare wait-times across hospitals? Want to compare physicians? What to do hospital capacity planning and more? Quinsite is your co!

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Railinc

Railinc of Cary provides rail data and IT services for the freight railroad industry. It was founded in 1999.

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Real Social Equity

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At SocialEquity, we believe everyone in the world deserves to have a clear and achievable path to homeownership.

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Realcore Applications

Developer of a cloud-based platform designed for commercial real estate brokerage firms. The company tracks broker pipelines, provides a real-time profit and loss, and features a built-in commission accounting system that automates invoicing and tracks payments and also stores important market information and client data in easy-to-access data repositories, enabling clients to more informed decisions around potential firm investments.

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Rella

Rella is a social media management platform that helps creators grow their audience and monetize their content. Founded by Natalie Barbu, Rella offers a suite of tools that make it easy to plan, schedule, and analyze social media content.

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Remarque Systems

The Triangle has a ton of companies in drug development that do clinical trials. Remarque Systems has developed SaaS software for designing, managing and monitoring the risk in clinical trials.

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Remoov

Unlocking the value of the secondary goods market. Reduce waste by increasing reuse.

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RepVue

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There's an information disparity in the sales rep world. Reps want very specific parameters for their next gig (deal size, bonus dynamics, etc). RepVue has built a vertical sales-rep/hiring marketplace where companies looking for great reps can meet them. Full disclosure

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Restaurant Furniture Plus

In 2016, George Deeb moved from the windy city (Chicago) to the Triangle and since then he's been a great addition to the ecosystem. George runs Red Rocket which is half growth consulting and half venture fund/private equity.

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ResultID

Their technology digs data out of documents and spreadsheets, uncovers the business insights and then build work flows once and you are done. e.g. take this number from A-12 in this spreadsheet, then pull in this data from a dashboard and put them in a chart..

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RevBoss

Most B2B SaaS companies need outbound sales lead generation. Eric Boggs started at Bronto building this function, then did it again at Argyle Social and finally decided there is a company idea there in 2014. Durham-based RevBoss provides software and services that help recurring revenue businesses scale up their businesses rapidly without having to build their own SDR capabilities.

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Revcast

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Modern larger sales teams have shown they benefit from a RevOps function that helps automate many of the manual processes like price quoting, quota, quota achievement and more. Revcast is software for RevOps leaders that enables gives them a unified view of the health of the sales org and derisks missing forward plans.

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Reveal Mobile

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Brian Handly is one of the Triangle's most successful serial entrepreneurs. After Stepleader Digital spun out of Capitol Broadcasting, it built mobile apps for media companies but Handly has helped it pivot to leverage beacon technology and Big Data to help advertisers reach a local audience. Reveal Mobile, born in 2015, gives advertisers insights into what their customers and target customer are doing in the local world.

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Revibe Technologies

Revibe makes a digital band that gives vibration reminders that help students focus. Today's kids are flooded with stimulation from social media, chats, Disney+ and more. Revibe's technology helps them stay focused and on-point while in school. The results are amazing for this ~100 device, their website touts some pretty amazingly improved grades from Revibe users.

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Revware, Inc.

Previously in the Tweener list we've talked about all the 3D printing and modeling going on in the Triangle. Revware is squarely in that space. Their MicroScribe technology lets you take a physical object and collect datapoints to build an exact 3D model. Their current revenues primarily come from applications for guided therapy, landmark studies, reverse engineering, and manufacturing QC.

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ROI Revolution

ROI Revolution provides search engine marketing and other services to SMBs in various industries. Based in Raleigh, it was founded in 2002.

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Rownd

There are certain things that all websites have that are low value add to create over and over again. One of them is user on-boarding (create login, password, yada yada) and authentication (what's your cell, here's a code, yada yada). Rownd puts all this into a widget that anyone can add to their website with a couple lines of code, thus taking all the friction out of user authentication.

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Sani

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Sani is an apparel brand inspired by South Asian culture.

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Schedule Pop

When one of the founders of very successful eTix starts a new company, it gets my attention. Ben has created a great second act in the form of SchedulePop. SchedulePop allows a business of any size to manage their employees' shifts schedules and more. This is such a needed solution that they work with a very wide set of industries like museums, hospitals, clubs, golf courses, restaurants and retail -phew!

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SciCord

SciCord develops electronic lab notebook software for scientific organizations to record and manage laboratory information.

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Second Nature

Are you like me at the first of every month relishing that it is time to pull out the ladder and change your air-conditioner filters? Ok, I fibbed, I actually do this about every six months if I'm lucky. Why? Because it's one of those things that not only is hard to remember, but is a pain because I'm always missing 1-2 of the filters and have to go to Home Depot or Lowe's to buy them. Thad Tarkington and Kevin Barry were NCSU students when they came up with an e-commerce solution with an automated delivery service for air filters, and it's grown like crazy ever since.

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Seguno Software

E-commerce - yeah! Seguno is some ex-Bronto-ites and new folks that have created an email app that sits on top of the very popular Shopify e-commerce SaaS platform. This makes a ton of sense, because even if/when shopify offers their own email offering, they have 2m users, so they have to build the most basic platform possible, this should leave plenty of room for Seguno to add a ton of value for the larger stores.

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Serve

Serve is a FinTech. The super-rich are able to create trust funds to protect their generational wealth. Serve seeks to democratize that so that everyone can leverage trusts - you can throw assets into a trust, then fractionally own, administer and grow it. They are a public benefit co.

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ServiceTrade

Ex-Red Hatter Billy Marshall is at again. ServiceTrade, a Durham startup he founded in 2012, makes mobile apps and web apps to help maintenance businesses deliver more service calls and connect with their customers.

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Shipedge

More e-commerce - yes! Whenever you make the front-end of something easy (add to cart + pay and boom) the back-end gets 10-100x as complex. E-commerce is a perfect example of this. The logistics of e-commerce is extremely hard and gets hard when you mix in omnichannel, multiple channels, multiple fulfillment centers, etc. Shipedge has created cloud versions of all the software you need to manage this complexity - order management, warehouse management, returns and more.

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Sift Media

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I first met Jud Bowman when he was like 18 and started a mobile search engine called Pinpoint. They merged with another company and became Motricity which was one of the biggest exits in the Triangle. Jud knows a ton about the mobile world and his new company, Sift uses advanced big data analysis to understand and target cell phone users. Sift has built a profile of 1.2b app installation footprints and uses that to better target app downloads. For example, if a user has 4 travel apps, then they are more likely to download another travel app.

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SIGMA

SIGMA is a next-generation blockchain software platform for creating and managing distributed applications for the CBDC, life science and metaverse verticals.

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Simnovus

Simnovus develops products enabling rapid validation of 5G base stations using COTS hardware.

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Simpliworks

Simpliworks is a technology company that helps brands launch highly effective advertising campaigns on Amazon with just 1-click. Founded by Malik McCray, Simpliworks uses machine learning to automate the process of creating and managing Amazon advertising campaigns, freeing up brands to focus on their core business.

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Simply Easier Payments

Right in the name - simply easier payments. SEP targets insurance agents giving them tools to make it easier to enable their clients to pay

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Sitation

On the surface, you may think Sitation is a consulting company. That's half-right. Underlying their consulting is a powerful software platform that analyzes any ecommerce operation and finds the holes in the SEO/SEM strategy, data catalog, product content, and other areas that dramatically impact the customer experience and thus overall sales momentum.

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SiteBridge Research

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Building bridges to reach further and empower more physicians and patients to take part in clinical research and improve health outcomes in the communities that need them the most.

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In the apparel industry the biggest challenge is sizes. How many of each do you order, where do you put it in your channels, etc. Sizeo uses ML/AI to solve this challenge.

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SizeStream

Size Stream is a leader in 3D body scanning technology.

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SkillsFirst

SkillsFirst (prev ThinkOptimal) offers several products that allow job seekers to optimize their resumes and prepare for interviews. This is in the HRIS category of software. (Human Resource Information System)

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Slingshot Coffee Company

A husband-wife coffee enthusiast couple wanted to create coffee that was healthier and organically sourced. They also make cascara teas and cold-brew coffees. They were born in Raleigh, NC, but their e-commerce game is strong and their sales are exploding, catapulting them onto the Tweener list!

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Sobo

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Sobo is a patent pending, trust-based consulting platform that enables business growth through AI-assisted actionable insights, vetted fractional consultant matching, and engagement assurance.

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Social Blade LLC

Social Blade is a social media analytics website that provides users with detailed information about the performance of their channels and profiles. Founded by Jason Pearsall, Social Blade is a valuable tool for anyone who wants to track their progress and improve their social media presence.

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Spreedly

Integrating payments into your app, website or service is complex. Spreedly provides a cloud-based API that makes it easy to accept and manage payments. Nathaniel Talbott founded Spreedly in 2007 and it's based in Durham.

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Stern Security

Stern Security is a cybersecurity company that helps organizations protect their data and systems from cyberattacks. Founded by Jon Sternstein, Stern Security offers a wide range of services, including penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and security consulting.

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Stitch Golf

A big trend in brands and e-commerce are direct-to-consumer brands and Digitally Native Vertical Brands (DNVB) like Bonobos and Warby Parker. I was excited to discover that Apex-based Stitchgolf is applying this model to golf accessories. They started with club covers and have moved into high-quality golf bags, and even expanded into the broader golf/sports apparel category.

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Suggestion OX

As a leader, how do you solicit and receive truly anonymous, fearless feedback from employees so you can make sure you are not falling into the 'emperor has clothes' problem and get REAL feedback? SuggestionOX to the rescue!

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SuiteDash

SuiteDash is a powerful all-in-one business management software that helps businesses of all sizes streamline their operations, improve collaboration, and boost productivity. Founded by Mike Lambert, SuiteDash offers a wide range of features, including CRM, project management, invoicing, and more.

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Susteon

Susteon focuses on industrial decarbonization technologies for climate change mitigation like syngas, natural gas, hydrogen, CO2 management, and power systems.

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Syllaby

Use GenAI to create marketing videos with your likeness

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TagoIO

TagoIO is an IoT platform that makes it easy to connect, manage, and analyze data from devices. Founded by Fabio Rosa, TagoIO is a powerful tool that can be used to improve efficiency, productivity, and decision-making in a wide variety of industries.

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Takeout Central

The pandemic has accelerated grocery and food delivery and it looks like our own local food delivery company, Takeout Central has done very well too. Takeout central started out as UNC dorm food delivery (Tarheel takout back then) and has expanded not only outside of the dorm, but across NC and into TN as well. Takeout Central works with the smaller independent restaurants that are looking for a local option vs. national.

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Teamworks

You have a sports team with coaches, players, assistant coaches and other constituents. You need to share a bunch of information around playbooks, schedules, plans, etc. but you want to do it in a secure/managed way. Teamworks, founded in Durham by a former Duke football player, is a software platform that allows you to manage, deploy and optimize that situation.

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Teamworks Solutions

Yes - we apparently have two Tweeners named some variation of Teamworks! I discovered 'this' Teamworks while learning more about the other Teamworks. Another example of these Tweeners really hiding under the radar! Let's say you run a factory or a service business that has technicians in the field doing maintenance. You will need software that enables the field techs to manage everything and work in a mobile way (through phone and tablets). Teamworks Solutions, based in Raleigh since a 2002 founding, has software that solves this problem and focuses on the c-store, education, healthcare and municipality industries.

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TeleSage

More HealthTech - TeleSage provides software that is web based and screens and assesses patients for better outcomes in the mental health category.

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Tethis

Some cool material was developed in the lab at NC State and Triangle serial entrepreneur, Chris Evans with Scott Bolin helped take it out of the lab and commercialize it as Tethis. Today the company has turned the material into super-absorbant polymers (SAP). I'm a software guy and have no idea what all that means, but evidently it can be applied to diapers, cleaning supplies and tons of other stuff.

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TherapyAppointment

Built by therapists, for therapists, TherapyAppointment provides HIPAA-compliant solutions that take the stress out of running a practice and finding a therapist...

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THREAD

THREAD Research is a clinical research technology and consulting company that helps biopharma and CROs design, operate, and scale next generation research studies. Founded by John Reites, THREAD Research is a leader in the decentralized clinical trials space, and its platform and services are helping to make clinical research more efficient, flexible, and inclusive.

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Three Ships

Zach Clayton started Three Ships in 2009 as a digital agency. He was like 16 then and now is pushing 21 and can finally have a beer on Beer Fridays. (Seriously though, it's great to see this crop of young new folks starting cos. in the area). Anywho, Three Ships developed some interesting technology around SEO for brands and has since split into three separate companies to focus on three different areas. CRISP is a branding agency. Demand Signals provides SEO and content marketing. 3s Ventures provides customer acquisition services.

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Tiny Earth Toys

If you have young kids, you're probably swimming in a sea of plastic, low quality toys that aren't great for the environment. Enter Tiny Earth Toys, they offer a subscriptions service for parents to receive and return age-appropriate wooden, sustainable toys.

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TopCourt

Covid has accelerated online learning and EdTech startups. One model that has surged is 'netflix for learning' type models. One of the biggest is called Masterclass which has raised ~$250m. TopCourt brings this model to tennis. Want to learn how to improve your serve from Venus Williams? Want to work on your backhand with tips from Chris Evert? Want to schedule a 1:1 session with a pro? TopCourt has all that and more. Founder Taylor Meyer is a Tarheel undergrad in chemistry with a Kenan-Flagler business school and then went to Harvard for a masters in comp-sci.

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TopQuadrant

At TopQuadrant, we help Fortune 500 companies turn their complex data into clear, actionable insights. Our technology ensures your data is accurate, reliable, and easy to access, so you can confidently make faster, smarter decisions and grow your business. With over 20 years of experience, we provide not just tools but ongoing expertise to make your data a powerful asset for innovation and growth, all while harnessing the power and clarity of knowledge graphs.

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Trackx

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TrackX Technology, Inc. is devoted to creating profound procedurally driven imaging solutions that provide priceless benefits to the surgeon, hospital and entire operating room. From pedicle screw placement to single position surgery and ortho trauma, we believe in innovating and implementing simple, efficient and accurate technologies.

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Trade Pending

Car dealers are under a lot of pressure on both the new and used vehicle sides of their business. Not only is it hyper competitive, but they are competing with e-commerce level experiences from innovative companies like Carvana. Trade Pending provides software to dealers to help them elevate the online experience for used cars. They offer a web-based trade-in tool, inventory management/enhancement and more.

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Tradeverifyd

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Another new entrant this year in the AgTech category. Mesur.io takes the lastest in Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors measured with satellite imagery, weather forecasts and soil and surface temperatures for the best growing knowledge. Their technology is also used for turf and athletic fields.

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TraKid

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If you've ever been to a big museum, or theme park or zoo with a pack of kids, you know the biggest fear is losing them in some of that massive real estate and crowds. Enter TraKid! This idea was born out of NCSU and I've been fortunate enough to see them progress from a simple tracker that kids wear to now the product offers an interactive set of games (think treasure hunt type stuff) that keep kids engaged and excited about the park, but also give parents piece of mind that if they lose sight of their kids, they will be able to find them quickly.

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Transmira

What's cooler than AR/VR and metaverses mixed with NFTs? Ummm, I got nothing. Transmira (maybe rebranding Omniscape?) has developed a platform where brands can place virtual/digital oods in a 3d or the AR world.

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Tribe

Tribe is a communication platform that helps teams stay connected and productive, even when they're working remotely. Founded by Tomas Gutierrez Meoz, Tribe is a simple, yet powerful tool that can help teams of all sizes collaborate more effectively.

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Trio Labs

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Trio Labs has proprietary 3D printing technology that works on micro metal parts critical for many medical applications.

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Truentity

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Truentity Health is a technology-enabled medication reconciliation platform that helps providers and payers reduce preventable medication errors and improve patient outcomes. Founded by Mike Desai, Truentity Health is on a mission to make healthcare safer and more efficient.

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TruTechnologies

Founded in 2018, TruTechnologies is the leading provider of real-time clinical trial oversight, focused on enabling timely, high-quality data and mitigating risks in drug development. The company partners with six top 20 pharmaceutical companies and numerous biotechnology firms to accelerate patient screening and enrollment, drive protocol adherence, and correct deviations. This technology is built for clinical development, clinical operations, biomarker operations, and clinical trial management professionals.

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Tumult Labs

Tumult is a cybersecurity company that provides data privacy. The company is built on this idea of 'differential privacy' - an ironclad, mathematically-proven privacy guarantee. Let's say you need to share some data that has personally identifiable information (PII)in it you can use Tumult's software to share that with guaranteed privacy.

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udu

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udu is an AI-powered deal sourcing platform that helps companies find and evaluate potential acquisition targets. Founded by Rett Crocker, udu is a powerful tool that can help companies save time and money in the M&A process.

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uMETHOD

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uMETHOD is a precision medicine company that uses AI to help patients with Alzheimer's disease. Founded by Vik Chandra, uMETHOD is on a mission to provide personalized treatment plans that can slow the progression of the disease and improve quality of life for patients and their families.

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Unplex

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Unplex is helping craft a world where money is without borders. We are making sending money to over 180 countries as cheap and easy as sending a text. No more lengthy bank account numbers, no more juggling between apps. Tap a contact, enter the amount and send.

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Upswing

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Upswing provides a platform for universities and colleges to reduce churn in under-represented populations via tutoring and mental health services and communities.

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UserVoice

I took my eye off UserVoice for a year or so and somewhere in there they completely domiciled in the Triangle. They previously were split between NY (execs and sales) and NC (engineering) - now they seem to be 100% in the Triangle. I've used UserVoice before and it's great SaaS software that you integrate into your software so that you can gather user feedback. Users can submit feature requests, upvote/downvote/etc.

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Valencell

Another wearable IoT company, Valencell of Raleigh, has developed advanced biometric technology for wearables that it has licensed out to manufacturers. It was founded in 2006.

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Validic

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Validic gives developers of healthcare apps and insurance companies and healthcare systems one common interface to support all the different wearables and medical devices out there. Based in Durham, it was founded in 2010.

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Valuebase

Open and auditable property valuations for governments and the private sector.

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ValueCore

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ValueCore is a value selling platform that helps companies quantify the value of their solutions and communicate that value to customers. Founded by Mike Genstil, ValueCore is a powerful tool that can help companies close more deals and increase revenue.

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Varidx

Varidx is a AI Powered Smart City Platform that provides a comprehensive single pane of glass solution for managing urban infrastructure. Our platform integrates data from various city assets including buildings, parks, and streets, offering managers and staff a centralized destination to monitor and control smart infrastructure efficiently. By streamlining urban management processes, Varidx empowers cities to optimize operations, improve resource allocation, and enhance the quality of life for residents.

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VectorVMS

VectorVMS is a vendor management system that helps companies manage their contingent workforce. Founded by Marc Husain, VectorVMS is a powerful tool that can help companies save money, reduce risk, and improve compliance.

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vectorvms

VectorVMS combines innovative and trusted technology with in-depth industry expertise to create specialized contingent workforce programs. Our highly configurable and stable platform enables organizations to have full visibility into their contingent labor programs, giving them the confidence to maintain compliance, reduce costs and drive efficiency in their extended workforce.

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Vectra Automation

Let's say you have a bunch of 3D CAD drawings, but for a variety of reasons you need them converted to 2D. Prior to Vectra, you would have to get a drafter to tediously convert the 3D to 2D manually.

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Vertical IQ

Let's say you sell something into a lot of different industries. You want your sales and marketing teams to have all the information about that vertical industry. Calling on dentists, hospital administrators, veterinarians, welders, plumbers, etc? You want to know as much about the industry as possible. You can use Vertical IQ to pull up any information about an industry. Arm your sales people with the info they need before they pick up the phone so they are prepared.

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Viably

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Viably is a financial technology company that provides a suite of tools to help small businesses manage their finances. They are focused on the e-commerce vertical. Founded by Doron Gordon, Viably is on a mission to empower small businesses to succeed.

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Virtue Labs

There's an explosion of new brands because the cost to create a brand has come down thanks to the digital/e-commerce revolution. Virtue is a consumer product goods (CPG) company in the beauty category. They have created a keratin-based haircare brand that repairs hair reducing frizz and split ends. They sell through the various beauty channels and have a very strong direct e-commerce game.

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Vis Flow

Our VisFlow team is reinventing the reconditioning process for the hard-working dealers & lot service providers out there, with our dynamic technology platform and our certified experts that walk the lot for you, to optimize every opportunity.

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Vital Plan

There are lots of confusing information about natural remedies. Braden Rawls partnered with her father to provide an alternative. In addition to tons of great content on the subject, they offer their own line of supplements.

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VitalFlo

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VitalFlo is a digital health company that uses AI to help patients with asthma and COPD. Founded by Luke Marshall, VitalFlo is on a mission to improve the quality of life for people with chronic respiratory disease.

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Voxel Innovations

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Voxel is using manufacturing to enable new component designs in aerospace, medical, and energy applications. Through the use of our Pulsed Electrochemical Machining (PECM) process, Voxel can help engineers create the optimal design and avoid compromises due to material, surface finish, or complex shapes. Our team works with OEM or Tier 1 manufacturers and new product engineers to educate them on the capabilities of PECM and demonstrate the advantages on their hardward. Voxel's production facility in Raleigh, NC can produce parts in volumes of 1,000s to 100,000 with the high repeatability and precision inherent in our PECM process.

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vTestify

At vTestify, we take the axiom "access to justice" to heart. Our flagship virtual testimony platform, vTestify, was developed to leverage advances in technology to improve both the quality of testimony and the methods through which it is obtained. We pride vTestify on its power to address the needs of court reporters, lawyers, legal professionals, and above all the clients it serves, by tackling inefficiencies in the system through the use of technology.

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Wander Maps

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Wander is the one-app, no-code, interactive mapping replacement for paper maps. Ski resorts, shopping malls, college campuses, you name it, build it with a wander map. Online or offline, indoor or outdoor, build your map with wander.

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Well Dot

This one is hard to talk about because, well, their brand is well and when you talk about something like that it's hard to go to the well for new words that aren't well. So I'll call it well.co to make it a bit easier to understand. Well.co is a Chapel Hill based HealthTech company that is revolutionizing how patients access healthcare. Underlying the solution is an AI-powered health engagement platform that collects all of the patients data and preferences and utilizes that to deliver a much better and different member experience. That seems hard to grok, the examples they give are

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Whitestar Communications

Fast communications and privacy are keys to many problems. WhiteStar's technology allows peer-to-peer encrypted communications. This is good because you get speed (peer to peer cuts out a leg of network transit (client->server->client). With the evolution of 5G this technology also can enable new phone<->phone applications.

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Windlift

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What's cooler than drones? Drones that generate electricity! Windlift has built 'airborne power generators. Imagine a drone type thing you get super high in the air (with a tether), then that puppy has fans and the winds up there generate power that comes down to earth through the tether. Sound like Sci-fi? Nope, it's here in the Triangle now!

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Wiser Systems

Wiser systems uses the latest IoT technologies to allow companies to manage assets. Let's say you are Indiana Jones and you have just found something like, oh, the Lost Ark. You store that Ark in a huge warehouse. Now it's 4-yrs later and you want to find it? What do you do? You call Wiser Systems. Imagine if you took your Ark when you checked it in and put an IoT doo-dad on there. Then whenever you need the Ark, you look at a cloud-based version of your warehouse and 'blip' there it is right there in the back left corner.

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WorkDove

Melissa built an HR consulting firm in Wilmington and discovered there was an opportunity to build software to implement the various HR strategies they developed as a consulting firm.

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Wrangle

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Wrangle is a no-code workflow builder that helps teams automate their business processes and tickets via Slack. Founded by Adam Smith, Wrangle is a powerful tool that can help teams save time and money, while also improving efficiency.

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Written Word Media

The trend toward self-publishing is huge. Amazon is driving this, and locally, we have a major player in Lulu. But these platforms give authors tools for writing, editing and publishing but what about marketing? Written Word Media of Durham has a platform and network that helps authors get their books discovered. The network has 18,000 authors and over 600,000 readers looking for book recommendations.

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XCompAnalytics

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XComP™ Analytics is an Education Technology company focusing on Higher Ed.

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Yunu

Yunu is a clinical trial imaging platform that helps life sciences companies and cancer centers manage their imaging data and accelerate the development of new therapies. Founded by Jeffrey Sorenson, Yunu is a powerful tool that can help improve patient outcomes and save lives.

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Zapper Games

Zapper is a social web3 explorer that allows users to track their NFTs, DeFi and DAOs in one place. Founded by Joshua Mills, Zapper is on a mission to make the blockchain more accessible and understandable for everyone. With Zapper, users can easily view their portfolio, track their investments, and connect with other users in the web3 community.

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Zealic Health

Zealic Health helps life sciences companies stand out by injecting custom technology—fast—without the heavy lift of custom development. Whether launching a brand, supporting patients, running a clinical trial, scaling a medical device, or reimagining your services, technology should set you apart—not hold you back. Yet too often, companies face delays, frustration, and shocking budget overruns.

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Zoee

Zoee is a coaching software platform that helps coaches streamline their business operations, connect with clients, and deliver high-quality coaching. Founded by Nichole Lowe, Zoee is on a mission to empower coaches to change the world.

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