Adwerx is a digital advertising automation platform serving the real estate and mortgage industries, offering personalized, hyper-targeted, and fully automated digital advertising solutions. It helps agents, brokers, and lenders promote listings and build personal brands across online and offline channels. Adwerx is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

APPROVE is a B2B SaaS embedded finance platform that enables equipment manufacturers and distributors to integrate financing at every point of influence in a buyer's journey, instantly matching buyers with competing lenders to increase approvals and speed funding. The company launched in early 2022 and raised $3 million in funding in 2023.

AskBio is a leading clinical-stage gene therapy company headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, dedicated to developing AAV (adeno-associated virus) gene therapies for genetic and complex disorders. The company has facilities in Philadelphia, PA in addition to its RTP headquarters, which is located within a biotechnology hub of nearly 600 life science companies. AskBio focuses on advancing AA

Automation Intellect is an IIoT analytics platform for manufacturers, helping increase revenue-generating throughput and decrease operational costs through machine monitoring, cloud analytics, and best-in-class IIoT capabilities.

Baebies is a growth-stage medical device company headquartered in Durham, NC that develops and commercializes diagnostic products enabling early disease detection and comprehensive diagnosis for newborns and children. The company was founded with the mission that everyone deserves a healthy start.

Bandwidth Inc. is a public enterprise communications platform company headquartered in Raleigh, NC, founded in 1999. The company provides voice, messaging, and emergency APIs that power communications stacks for enterprises globally. Bandwidth positions itself as a universal communications platform solving global telecommunications complexity.

BioAgilytix is a global contract research organization and bioanalytical services leader headquartered in Durham, NC, with its US headquarters at the Research Triangle Park campus. The company provides advanced bioanalytical lab services supporting all phases of drug development research in partnership with sponsor organizations.

biospatial is a health data analytics company founded in 2017 that combines EMS electronic patient care reports (ePCR) from thousands of Emergency Medical Services providers with other electronic healthcare data sources to deliver real-time analytics improving emergency response and patient outcomes. biospatial was acquired by ImageTrend in January 2025.

Bioventus is a global leader in innovations for active healing and surgical orthobiologics, headquartered in Durham, NC. The company was established in 2012 and is publicly traded on Nasdaq (BVS), offering a comprehensive portfolio of clinically efficacious and cost-effective products. Bioventus focuses on orthobiologic solutions designed to support patients' recovery and healing.

Canopy is a cloud-based accounting practice management software platform offering an all-in-one solution for accounting firms, including CRM, document management, client portal, workflow, time and billing, and payments. The company was founded by a Wall Street tax attorney and is headquartered in the United States.

CareNexis is a digital health SaaS platform that helps consumer health brands, retailers, and health services providers deliver personalized experiences to healthcare consumers. The platform connects health products and services to patients with specific health needs, powering solutions for healthcare, health publishing, and health eCommerce. CareNexis enables retailers and health brands to engage

Certificial is a data-first certificate of insurance (COI) tracking and compliance platform that enables businesses to monitor third-party insurance coverage in real time. The platform combines certificate issuance and compliance management into one solution, using regulatory-approved COI data to provide continuously updated insurance verification. Certificial holds a patented solution for its app

Clockout is an Earned Wage Access (EWA) white-label platform for banks and credit unions, enabling financial institutions to offer their account holders on-demand access to earned wages directly within their banking app. The solution is designed to help banks and credit unions strengthen customer relationships, drive direct deposit growth, and compete with standalone EWA providers.

Cloneable is an enterprise no-code platform with a modular, open architecture and a library of over 40 pre-built components. The platform enables organizations to rapidly build and customize applications without writing code.

CompliantRx operates as Compliant Pharmacy Alliance Cooperative (CPA), a member-owned buying cooperative representing approximately 2,200 independently owned, community-based pharmacies across the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, CPA has been in business for over 30 years providing purchasing and compliance support to independent pharmacies.

CureMint is a cloud-based dental procurement software company that provides a source-to-pay platform for dental organizations to manage their entire procurement lifecycle. The platform helps dental practices and groups control supply spend, streamline purchasing workflows, and scale procurement operations across North America. CureMint is the leading provider of dental procurement technology for d

Cycle Labs delivers enterprise-grade automated testing solutions for supply chain and complex enterprise systems. Tests are written using CycleScript, the company's own human-readable programming language, making test automation accessible to users with varying technical backgrounds.

Durham NC. Top-10 MBA. Known for teamwork culture. Social entrepreneurship focus. Energy MBA. Duke Capital Connections (VC/PE career program). Strong Research Triangle VC ecosystem connections.

Durham NC. Top-10 biomedical engineering. Duke Science and Technology Initiative (6 years, now expanded with $30M Duke Endowment grant for AI/computing 2024). AI Health. Duke Robotics. Deep defense research — DARPA, DOD contracts.

Durham NC. $12.1B endowment (Jun 2024, 8% return). DUMAC Inc. (Neal Triplett CIO). $12.3B Jun 2025. Duke Endowment (separate $5B foundation, 100yr in 2024). $580M NIH grants FY2024 (11th nationally). $30M Duke Endowment grant for AI/computing faculty (Aug 2024). Pratt School of Engineering. Fuqua School of Business. Duke Health.