APIE, based in Research Triangle Park, is now raising a Series A round of funding. The company has hired an investment banker and recently scored a win by adding life sciences industry heavyweight Jim Greenwood to its board. Greenwood is known in biopharma for his 18-year tenure as president and CEO of BIO, the world’s largest biotech industry organization.
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While many of the tech giants eventually moved much of their infrastructure out of the state and the region’s strengths in the semiconductor industry declined in the 2000s, the foundations remain intact. But the future could be much brighter due in part to passage of the CHIPS Act, say experts who spoke recently at Duke University.
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Durham pharmaceutical company Eppin Pharma has secured a new investment that moves the company closer to starting clinical trials for its male contraceptive pill.
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Editor’s note: Innovation Thursday is a regular feature in WRAL TechWire focusing on emerging companies and entrepreneurs across North Carolina. +++ CHAPEL HILL – Although Brianna Vickerman began her career with plans to be a professor, that quickly evolved when she decided to take her biologically focused project further to...
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Innovate Carolina spoke with Hutchison PLLC managing partner Anna Tharrington to find out why the firm will call the innovation hub building home for its Chapel Hill location. Here’s the interview.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to Innovation Thursday. Here’s our latest in depth look at what’s new and trending in technology. +++ WAKE FOREST – House of Blueberry recently raised nearly $6M to support its goal of dominating digital fashion in the metaverse. So how will that be done? WRAL TechWire’s Sarah...
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Daniel P. Gross, an assistant professor of strategy at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, believes he can demonstrate the link between crises and innovation. Check out his research.
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The current Launch cohort at Launch Chapel Hill is working at full speed to grow its seven exciting ventures: Alight Success, Arete, Fun Mom Band, GreeneHouse Publishing Agency, Inclusive Intakes, krsor, Project Trace and Victory Fire & Life Safety. Here’s a look at four of the startups.
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As the new associate director in Innovate Carolina’s Office of Technology Commercialization, Dean Stell helps UNC researchers get their discoveries to market – creating economic and human good for the University, state and world. Here’s what he has to say about his mission.
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