Here’s the list of ‘growth-stage’ minority-led Triangle startups on Tweener list
Which Black- and women-led startups made the recently published “Tweener” list? Here’s the breakdown.
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Bill Spruill
CED welcomes tech exec and startup founder to board, noting additions are ‘critical’
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development appointed Bill Spruill and Carlos Pignataro to its board of directors. Spruill will join the executive committee.
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From bootstrapping to multi-million dollar exit: Global Data Consortium’s founders take us behind the deal
After years of bootstrapping, Global Data Consortium is now being being sold to the UK-based London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in a deal estimated to be in the hundreds of millions. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at one of the largest private deals to come out of the Triangle in recent years.
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Raleigh’s Black-led startup Global Data Consortium is sold, reportedly for hundreds of millions
Global Data Consortium (GDC), the global identification verification platform led by Bill Spruill and Charles Gaddy, confirmed on Tuesday that it has been acquired by the UK-based London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Find out more here.
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Inside data security: A Q&A with Global Data Consortium’s Bill Spruill and Charles Gaddy
Global Data Consortium, a digital identity verification platform, is the first company to be featured In a new multimedia series, produced in conjunction with Innovate Raleigh, spotlighting homegrown Raleigh companies tipped to become tomorrow’s “homegrown” unicorns, companies valued at $1 billion or more before going public. Read more here.
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Raleigh data startup is working to protect world against fraud – a story of ‘Tomorrow’s Unicorns’
Since 2016, Global Data Consortium has been growing around 120 percent year over year. They currently cover 70 countries, and are growing across multiple verticals, including fintech, gaming and regtech. Read more here.
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Durham’s M&F Bank joins Citi program for ‘more equitable’ lending
The North Carolina-based bank – the second oldest minority bank in the U.S. — is one of 18 banks chosen to join the Bridge built by Citi platform that aims to make the borrowing process “more equitable.”
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With revenue soaring, Raleigh ID verification firm Global Data adds execs in global expansion
The Raleigh-based startup, which runs a global identity verification platform, says its revenue continues to climb – going from just over $1 million in 2016 to a projected $20 million or more in 2021.
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Bill Spruill: Microsoft’s diversity pledge draws government scrutiny – it’s time to take a stand
This week, the current Justice Department sent Microsoft a letter stating that the tech giant needed to prove that its diversity efforts are not “illegal race-based decisions.” We could get into the meat of the letter and try to parse what it means but we all KNOW what it means. Read more here.
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