Triad Entrepreneur

Research Triangle Park, N.C. – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) today announced the results of their 2007 CED North Carolina Venture Report in conjunction with the start of CED’s 25th annual Venture conference in Durham, NC. According to the report, North Carolina companies raised more than $900 million in venture capital investments - a 72% increase over 2006. Nationally, venture capital increased by 16% over 2006. . . . . read more

A student team from Wake Forest is highlighted for their participation in a business plan contest at Rice University. . . . . read more

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Matt Dunbar, a graduate of Clemson University and a veteran executive, will be the first executive director of the new Upstate Carolina Angel Network, or UCAN. . . . . read more

DURHAM, NH—Angel investors are taking a more cautious approach to investing in light of the recent volatility in the economy, according to the 2007 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. . . . . read more

The Inception Micro Angel Fund, a seed-stage capital fund that was born in the Triad in 2002 and has since grown into a statewide investor network, is now expanding further with new affiliates in several states joining or considering joining the family. . . . . read more

Dr. Oliver Smithies, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine, will be among the speakers for the N.C. Academy of Science annual meeting, sponsored by the UNC-Greensboro Department of Biology. . . . . read more

The Council for Entrepreneurial development's 25th annual venture capital conference will include presentations from 36 companies ranging across North Carolina and the southeast and other regions. . . . . read more

A new company based on N.C. A&T State University research looks to become an advanced manufacturing cornerstone by slashing the cost of producing engineered components made of strong, lightweight carbon-fiber composite materials. . . . . read more

Triad InternNet connects college and university students to internship, co-op, and experiential learning opportunities with Triad-area businesses and organizations. . . . . read more

In downtown Winston-Salem, 230 acres of concrete is being transformed into a bustling research and business development. Already, the Piedmont Triad Research Park contains 554,000 square feet of lab space and provides hundreds of jobs for Triad residents. Wake Forest University and its Health Sciences CEO Richard Dean drove much of the growth in the last few years. Dean retired as Wake Forest Health Sciences CEO in June, leaving big shoes to fill in the leadership post. Douglas L. Edgeton, M.B.A., M.P.H., stepped into that spot in November. The new leader spoke with Boris Hartl about the opportunities and challenges facing the Piedmont Triad Research Park. . . . . read more

The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship had an economic impact of $161.8 million on Guilford County in 2006, the business incubator has announced. . . . . read more

Energized by rapid growth and a fresh influx of new venture capital, serial entrepreneur Andrew "Flip" Filipowski is considering launching his SilkRoad Technology software firm onto Wall Street with an initial public offering as soon as this summer. . . . . read more

The National Science Foundation has awarded Wake Forest University a grant totaling $596,679 to create a network of private sector, nonprofit and local government partnerships designed to fuel innovation and launch new entrepreneurial ventures. . . . . read more

SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of a full suite of Web-based Talent Management solutions, announced today that it has secured $10 million in growth capital led by new investor Azure Capital Partners . . . read more

The N.C. Board of Science and technology is accepting applications for $1 million in grants by small companies developing environmentally friendly technologies. The grants were approved by the General Assembly last year. . . . . read more

After 18 months courting content providers and advertisers, Get Interactive expects to launch its interactive product-placement technology to consumers in various media within the next several weeks. . . . . read more

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will provide $500,000 over two year to fund research at Plureon Corp. into new treatments for type 1 diabetes. . . . read more

Two Wake Forest University professors have been named Justin G. Longenecker Fellows for 2008 by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Pat H. Dickson, associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy; and Stan Mandel, executive professor of entrepreneurship at the . . . read more

While much of the nation's focus is jumping from state to state during the presidential primary race, CEOs did their own "state-jumping," ranking the best and worst states to do business in . . . read more

Sixteen potential startups have made it through the first round of competition for the annual Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network’s annual business plan competition . . . read more

The first new tenants of the much anticipated Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP) Wet Lab LaunchPad project were announced today (Dec. 17) during a grand opening event at 3 p.m. Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corp (CLC), a company headquartered in California, and Tengion, a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, will be the first to occupy space in the newly built lab space located in the Richard H. Dean Biomedical Research Building. . . . read more

Three graduate students from Wake Forest University School of Medicine were finalists in the 2007 Collegiate Inventors Competition (CIC), a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation. The students created a life-like lung that can be used in motor vehicle crash tests. The team of student inventors included F. Scott Gayzik, Amber Bonivtch and Kerry Danelson, who are all pursuing doctoral degrees in biomedical engineering. . . read more