Lizzy Hazeltine

K4Connect Follows Series A with Expansion in Raleigh

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 30, 2016

We broke the news on K4Connect’s Series A raise in October, and now we can report that Scott Moody and Jonathan Gould have more than septupled down on their commitment to growing their connected home company in the Triangle. The company will move to a new 15,000 square foot space, one more than 700 percent larger than their former 2,000 square foot office. “We were busting at the seams,” said Moody, co-founder and CEO, K4Connect. “We owe at least part of our success to being headquartered in Raleigh as we are surrounded by some of the best universities in the...

RocketBolt joins 500 Startups Family in Batch 19

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 22, 2016

RocketBolt’s CEO and cofounder Aaron Dinin and his team just might have known the good news was coming- they’re in the business of lead tracking after all. Dinin, his cofounder Matt Hofstadt, and director of business development Andy Roth join the B2B track in the 44-company 500 Startups Batch 19 hosted in Mountain View, CA, as 500 Startups announced on their blog on Saturday. The bi-coastal email and lead-tracking SaaS company helps thousands of users know who is opening messages where and when while aggregating what those potential leads are doing on a company’s website, social media channels, and elsewhere. ...

Unpacking the Joys and Challenges of Healthcare IT with Pattern Health CEO Ed Barber

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 16, 2016

As part of our series on telehealth, which Amy Huffman kicked off with this handy infographic, we are talking with local companies tackling the opportunity to remix software and medical care with an eye toward improving people’s lives. First, we sat down with Ed Barber, CEO and cofounder of Pattern Health, to talk about the quirky joys and pitfalls of starting a company in this niche. Pattern Health uses behavioral modification techniques to improve patients’ overall health, bolstered by partnerships with Dan Ariely‘s Center for Advanced Hindsight. Interview Highlights What are the oddball challenges of a complex market? We’ll continue our...

Launch Chapel Hill Adds Staff before 7th Cohort

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 15, 2016

Since 2013, Launch Chapel Hill has worked with a diversity of startups in Chapel Hill with a small staff. That changed this summer with the addition of two UNC Chapel Hill alumni to the team running the business-building programming. Callie Brauel and Stefano Rivera, both UNC alumni, join Dina Rousset to update the curriculum based on Disciplined Entrepreneurship by Bill Aulet. Neither is new to the entrepreneurial hustle. Brauel is the co-founder of a social venture, ABAN, that focuses on capacity building and environmental improvement. Rivera worked with recently-acquired Relay Foods. They bring their own experience to bear on reimagining the resources and support they...

Launch Chapel Hill adds staff before 7th cohort

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 15, 2016

Since 2013, Launch Chapel Hill has worked with a diversity of startups in Chapel Hill with a small staff. That changed this summer with the addition of two UNC Chapel Hill alumni to the team running the business-building programming. Callie Brauel and Stefano Rivera, both UNC alumni, join Dina Rousset to update the curriculum based on Disciplined Entrepreneurship by Bill Aulet. Neither is new to the entrepreneurial hustle. Brauel is the co-founder of a social venture, ABAN, that focuses on capacity building and environmental improvement. Rivera worked with recently-acquired Relay Foods. They bring their own experience to bear on reimagining the resources and support they...

A Hot Take on CED’s Q3 Innovator’s Report

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 8, 2016

The last few months have felt especially busy with financings, but I dismissed the thought until I saw the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s (CED) updated Innovators Report. The latest data validate what my gut was telling me in September. I’ve parsed the data for you in a quick rundown of what you need to know. A Hot Take on The Numbers By any objective measure, July through the end of September were prime time to close deals before the fall scurry toward Q4 madness. CED reports that 59 North Carolina companies raised more than $175 million through 62 equity financings. ...

Google Tests New Polling Place, Ballot, Election Returns Search in NC

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 7, 2016

North Carolina’s swing state status continues to land it in the headlines, and now, in the middle of a new Google product rollout. National poll aggregators, including Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight Tipping Point Index, note that the state may well play the decisive role in determining the outcome of the presidential race and the balance of power in the Senate. Only Florida and Pennsylvania are more likely to determine the outcome of the presidential contest. With election day tomorrow and still uncertain outcomes up and down the ballot, Google has launched a new search function that connects North Carolinians with electoral...

Making the NC IDEA Cut, Advice from Thom Ruhe

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Nov 1, 2016

Earlier this month, NC IDEA Foundation announced the 25 Fall seed grant semifinalists, all of whom are still in the running for up to $50,000 in non-dilutive funding from the private foundation. While that’s great news for those companies (congrats, y’all!), that means 117 applicants of the 142 who applied are out of this cycle’s process entirely. Ouch, that’s a competitive pool. We have something for that, direct from the person handing out the cash. We sat down with Thom Ruhe, NC IDEA’s president and CEO, to get his take on what elements make a successful (re)application. Here are the top...

K4Connect lands $8M investment from Intel

Posted by Lizzy Hazeltine | Oct 25, 2016

It’s no secret that Scott Moody and Jonathan Gould are on a mission with their team at K4Connect. On Monday, the duo made good on their plans to secure institutional capital and strategic partnerships to rapidly scale their connected home venture. Intel Capital announced an $8 million Series A investment in the Raleigh-based company during Intel’s annual summit. The resources and partnerships aim to accelerate development of K4Connect’s technology that helps adults live independently. Moody says their integration of hardware and software enables more efficient and effective home automation, in-home healthcare and connectivity while offering senior community staff a dashboard to monitor their residents’ well...

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