A look back at news from entrepreneurial companies Sept. 12-16:

Pet tech startup Petfolk – now in Raleigh – lands $40M, celeb backing

Software giant Adobe is buying online design firm Figma

TRU Colors, a startup brewery that united gang members on its team, shuts down

Wilmington cybersecurity company SaaS Alerts lands $22M investment

Durham’s FlexGen adds CTO, COO to executive team following $100M funding

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Triangle entrepreneur Brooks Bell and celeb Ryan Reynolds collaborate to prevent colon cancer

Durham startup ServiceTrade, backed by BCVP, buys Colorado software company

Reactive Biosciences – formerly Boragen – raises $23.5M, more could be on the way

Greenville’s Game Plan scores $1.9M in fourth funding round

Charlotte-headquartered rare earth minerals firm raises $16.4M

Hey, bosses: How can you create a culture more like Ted Lasso this week?

North Carolina solar company lays off 500; CEO blames faulty equipment

Diveplane adds $25M Series A as ‘rocket fuel’ for the Raleigh-based AI startup

Summer flings – from deep sea dives to mountains and beyond – sharpen your swing for fall

Startup success secret: How to get customers to give you the info you need

Smarter health: Startup gives doctors ‘intelligent’ social tool to educate patients

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