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
- ThinkHouse Accelerator’s latest cohort
“The HQ Raleigh-powered, year-long fellowship program chooses nine young entrepreneurs for its fourth cohort,” ExitEvent reports.
Read the startup profiles at:
http://exitevent.com/article/thinkhouse-live-in-accelerator-welcomes-fresh-class-of-fellows-160811