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Jud Bowman’s Sift Media raises $1.5M from 10 investors

DURHAM – Sift Media, launched by serial entrepreneur Jud Bowman, has raised $1,5 million in new funding According to an SEC filing published Monday, Sift has closed on the funds from 10 investors. Minimum investment was just under $10,000. The funding is in debt. Bowman signed the filing. Bowman...

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Is Appia Going Public?

For all the recent talk about the top of the funnel in the startup universe, both locally and nationwide, it’s nice when you get to talk about an exit—and make no mistake, there are a handful of companies in the Triangle, you know who I’m talking about, the ChannelAdvisors and the Appias, who are in the conversation, if not already in position, to either go public or get acquired for a significant sum of money. So I’m totally speculating here, but Appia just hired veteran acquisition guru Tim Oakley as their CFO. In fact, they’re announcing this right now....

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