RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – With regular updates to keep content fresh, WRAL TechWire’s Triangle Startup Guide offers a timely resource package for anyone looking to start or grow a business in the Triangle area.

Today, we’re back with a fresh resource for local entrepreneurs. The latest update comes to the “Free Events and Meetups” section of the guide, which features about two dozen local groups that host regular events for the startup and tech communities.

The newest addition to the list is Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, an annual event hosted by prominent startup accelerator Techstars. The four-day program brings together the local startup community to celebrate recent accomplishments, discuss emerging business topics, share innovative ideas and make new connections.

The free event includes workshops, panel discussions, keynote talks, happy hours, investor office hours and more.

This year’s Raleigh-Durham Startup Week is right around the corner, running from April 19 to April 22 at various venues in Durham. The agenda features more than 50 sessions as of April 10. Tickets are free, available here.

Raleigh-Durham Startup Week

Other recent additions to the Triangle Startup Guide

Every week, we update the guide with new resources for local entrepreneurs for our exclusive Triangle Startup Guide. If we missed something, please feel free to suggest it for inclusion. You can email me directly or use this contact form.

In case you missed it, check out all the updates we made in 2021. And here’s a review of the additions from recent weeks:

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  • In the VC and angel funding section of the guide, we added Front Porch Venture Partners, a local venture capital firm founded by graduates of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. As Hypepotamus recently reported, Front Porch Venture Partners follows a “hybrid” model, investing in both early-stage startups and other VC funds. The group’s inaugural fund invested in 14 venture funds and 13 startups. Its fund partners include many local investors, such as Idea Fund Partners, Hatteras Venture Partners and Cofounders Capital.

More recent additions

  • In the “Inspiration, Advice & More Resources” section, we added a link to the latest “State of the Region” address delivered by Tom Snyder, executive director of Raleigh-based RIoT. The annual address lays out the progress, opportunities and threats facing the Triangle over the course of the year. This year’s edition, delivered at Raleigh Founded, focuses on changes in the labor force, supply chain struggles and inflation, domestic and foreign affairs, and the growth in entrepreneurship.
  • In the “Inspiration, Advice & More Resources” section, we added CED’s 2021 Innovators Report, which provides an overview of North Carolina’s innovation economy, including the latest data on startup funding, deal flow and exits. The 2021 edition reported a record $4.6 billion raised by 222 companies across 250 separate funding events—a 35% increase from 2020’s total. Technology investments accounted for 69% of the year’s deals, while life sciences claimed 24%.
  • In the “Competitions, Grants & Other Funding Sources” section of the guide, we added Folla Capital, an organization that helps startups and small businesses raise capital through regulation crowdfunding. Though Folla Capital is based in Wilmington, entrepreneurs in the Triangle and elsewhere can use its online platform to organize, launch and manage their crowdfunding campaign and investor relations. Folla Capital primarily focuses on raising capital for minority-, woman- and veteran-owned businesses.