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CED’s New Program Helps Six Triangle Startups to $55M in Funding

Posted by Amy Huffman | Jun 21, 2016

In today’s busy, competitive marketplace, businesses and organizations with highly curated offerings—whether they be clothes, wine, movies or gifts—stand out above the rest. The rapid rise and popularity of companies like Netflix, Blue Apron and Stitch Fix indicate Americans love purchasing from curated lists. Venture capitalists are no different. The Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s (CED) new strategic investment matching program called “Connections to Capital” taps into the organization’s institutional knowledge and nearly three years’ worth of data to provide a unique match-making service for its North Carolina entrepreneur members and institutional investors around the world. So far, it’s helped six NC companies collectively raise over $55 million...

108 Reasons to Rethink N.C. Startup Capital

Posted by Joan Siefert | Sep 19, 2012

Joan Siefert Rose has spent six years as president of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, considered the oldest and largest entrepreneurial support organization in the country. She previously worked in commercial and public broadcasting. No capital for startups in North Carolina? I can give you more than 100 reasons to think otherwise. The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) recently released its 2013 Innovators Report showing that investment in tech, life science, and advanced materials companies in the state was more robust and diverse than you might imagine. We found that 108 separate funders did 260 deals in North Carolina...