RALEIGH – Against the backdrop of CAM Raleigh’s current exhibition Above the Rim, more than 350 people packed into flashy main gallery to attend the Big Top Bash on Monday night.

From health tech, to furniture, to Augmented Reality, to blockchain, five startups at different stages of maturity took center stage to share their stories.

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Edward Barton, Morgan Kates and Ryan Sjoquist.

Inside the Big Top Bash: Profiling the 5 presenters, from stealth to scaling up

“We hold these a few times a year, and the purpose of every Big Top Bash is to bring together the startup community for mutual exposure,” said Big Top’s director Molly Demarest.

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Mike Erwin, Meredith Burgess, Katherine Locascio and Sarah Beck.

“We also do this because hearing about the needs experienced at different company stages is a good reminder that companies of all sizes and stages have unmet needs.

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Collin Tiffany, Lindsay Burns and Max Leisten.

“Our goal is for attendees to leave encouraged, inspired that it’s not too hard or not for people like them.”

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Jessie Neumann, Adrienne Guthrie, Michelle Slog and Maggie D’Angelo gather at the Adwerx table.

 

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Around 300 people packed into the CAM Raleigh to attend Monday night’s Big Top Bash.

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Around 300 people packed into the CAM Raleigh to attend Monday night’s Big Top Bash.

 

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Photo8BT: Derek Ramsell, Annie Spano and Mike Spano.