RTP headlines: LED startup, MaxPoint, Slingshot Coffee, Appia, ThinkHouse

In the latest roundup of headlines about Triangle-area firms from other publications:

LED startup showing some shine

Reports the Triangle Business Journal:

“Neeraj Lal, a former product marketing manager at Durham LED giant Cree, started Cary-based Purillume two years ago. The company, still technically in stealth mode, he says, is leveraging components from his old employer in new, programmable LED lamps.”

Read the story at:

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/techflash/2016/08/cree-vets-led-startup-raises-cash-to-reinvent-the.html

MaxPoint losses, new partnerships

“Digital marketing company MaxPoint Interactive posted a wider-than-expected loss in the second quarter,” reports The News & Observer. But the company also lands new partnerships with Adobe and digital marketing firm LiveRamp.

Read the story at:

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article94892292.html#storylink=cpy

A boost for Slingshot Coffee

Jenny Bonchak tells the Triangle Business Journal that momentum is building for Slingshot Coffee.

Read the story at:

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/08/11/raleighs-slingshot-coffee-lands-new-distribution.html

Digital Turbine wants to gear up Appia

“Digital Turbine’s (Nasdaq: APPS) chief executive has a bullish turnaround plan for his firm’s Durham app marketing division – and the key to it all is data,” says TBJ.

Read the details at:

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/techflash/2016/08/digital-turbines-appia-turnaround-plan.html