Funding & Investors, Startups & Ventures KickStart Venture Services announces commercialization award winners KickStart Venture Services, a program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that supports the creation of faculty startup...
Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Startups & Ventures 2017 Innovation Showcase Features Promising Ventures More than 300 entrepreneurs, investors and community leaders from across the region gathered at UNC’s Annual Innovation Showcase to connect,...
Startups & Ventures Real Sound in a Virtual World Gaming giant Valve acquires Impulsonic — a UNC-created 3-D sound simulation software company started by two PhD students and faculty...
I&E Education, Startups & Ventures Carolina Challenge Announces Pitch Party Winners A record 100 teams and 89 judges participated in this year’s Carolina Challenge Pitch Party, with more than 300 students...
Startups & Ventures UNC Entrepreneur-in-Residence Jan Davis Shares Expertise On Angel Investing Jan Davis is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Professor of the Practice in the Minor in Entrepreneurship, and an active angel investor...
Funding & Investors, Startups & Ventures Seal the Seasons Founded by UNC Alumnus Makes Farm-to-Freezer Possible “In a year, the company has taken off. They’ve recently secured deals with Harris Teeter, Whole Foods South, and Lowe’s...
Startups & Ventures UNC Run Social Venture Ignites Commitment to Solar in St. Lucia Solar Head of State, a UNC student-run social venture, works to encourage leaders worldwide to install solar on public buildings....
Startups & Ventures Alumnus Alec Guettel’s Latest Startup In the News Serial entrepreneur Alec Guettel ’91 is the co-founder of Axiom Law, a tech-enabled alternative to traditional law firms, and Sungevity,...
Startups & Ventures Two from UNC Among Best 2016 University Startups U.S. universities create more than 800 startups each year, and 200 companies were screened in the search to find the...
Funding & Investors, Startups & Ventures Health Behavior Students Win $325,000 for Innovation Elizabeth Chen, MPH, and Cristina Leos, MSPH, health behavior doctoral students at Gillings School of Global Public Health, have won...
Startups & Ventures UNC Students Launch Non-Profit Coffee Shop Run Entirely by Students for Students There’s a new business on campus and it’s completely run by students. “When you buy a cup of coffee at...
Startups & Ventures UNC Student Joins with Duke Student to Launch Startup Product Now Sold In 100s of Stores Duke’s Kasper Kubica and UNC’s David Spratte, rising seniors at their respective schools have teamed up to provide an over-the-counter...
Economic & Social Impact, Startups & Ventures Food-tech entrepreneur Riana Lynn invests in (and gives back) to the community Riana Lynn has chalked up more high-powered experiences at age 30 than most people accumulate in a lifetime. Since graduating...
Startups & Ventures UNC dental school alum makes candy that’s good for your teeth As a dentist with a sweet tooth herself, Dr. Jenny couldn’t believe how few healthy candy options there were and...
Startups & Ventures Windsor Circle, Founded by UNC Alumni, Named in Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies “Windsor Circle, a predictive marketing solution that drives incremental sales to current customers, announced it has been named to the...
Startups & Ventures IContact, Founded by UNC Alumni, Wins Global Stevie Award iContact was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Customer Service Team of the Year category in...
Funding & Investors, Economic & Social Impact, Startups & Ventures UNC Spinout Novan Inc. Prices IPO, Trading Begins on Nasdaq From www.4-traders.com 09/21/2016–Shares of Novan, the Durham pharmaceutical startup, were trading 64 percent higher in its first day of trading...