Honestly, the hardest part about writing this newsletter is coming up with the introduction. I don’t know how Pete does it every week!
As mentioned before, Pete is on a Caribbean cruise and will return on Monday. So, Jackie, yours truly, will be taking over. You may recognize me from GrepBeat’s The Week in 90 Seconds, a few story bylines, or even from GrepBeat happy hours. Speaking of happy hours, we are hosting one next Thursday, Oct. 26, from 5-7 p.m. at the Lonerider location in Durham (708 Ramseur St.). Your first drink will be courtesy of our great sponsor, CIBC Innovation Banking. You can RSVP here.
Let’s get started!
Node Orbit
In the world of crypto, nodes keep a blockchain network safe and validate transactions. Node Orbit, a Raleigh-based startup, offers a solution that makes it easy for anyone to run and monitor their cryptocurrency nodes. Their SaaS-based node hosting platform allows users to track node statuses and earn passive income. Since its launch in 2022, Node Orbit has hosted over 1,000 nodes for 300+ customers, with some spending over $5,000 a year.
Historically, medical research excluded women, and the consequences are still felt today. Women suffer disproportionately from drug-related side effects and adverse events. With her Raleigh-based startup FemHealth Insights, Dr. Brittany Barreto aims to advance the innovation of women’s health through comprehensive analysis.
FemHealth Insights helps business leaders better understand market values and create positive change in women’s health, whether that be investment, partnerships or research. The startup also launched the first and largest database of FemTech and FemHealth companies, with over 30,000 data points that include key financial, IP, regulatory and research information.
Another episode down for GrepBeat's newest show, In The Soup! This week, host Jenn Summe of Primordial and her sidekick Melissa Crosby dig into the age-old debate of whether to bootstrap or raise funding. They are joined by two local entrepreneurs, Meghan Corroon of Clerdata and Chris Geiss of Seguno, who share the pros and cons of bootstrapping their companies.
To catch the full episode, tune in here or read the recap here. (It’s a good show. However, full disclosure, this is coming from the show’s producer.)
CED
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has appointed 10 new members to its Board of Directors. CED's CEO Kelly Rowell expressed her enthusiasm for the latest additions, and the Chairman of the Board Bill Spruill echoed her sentiment, stating that CED is confident in the collective strength they possess "to make a substantial impact on the regional startup landscape."
The Triangle's research universities are setting new revenue records because of the technology and research created by their students and faculty, Axios reported. Here are the numbers:
Duke University brought in a record $102.5 million in licensing and equity payments from tech and startups formed on its campus in its fiscal year 2023
UNC-Chapel Hill (go heels!) broke its licensing and equity record in 2021
NC State has formed the most startups of any school in the area since 2015
Pendo announced Wednesday its newest product Session Replay, a privacy-first video playback solution, at the company’s annual Pendomonium event in Raleigh. This expansion of the platform enables product and UX teams to watch a playback of how a user interacts with their application to gain the context needed to take action to improve the user experience.
This week, the 11th annual All Things Open technology conference was held at the Raleigh Convention Center from Oct. 15-17. The event had 4,400 registrants, ATO Creator and Chair Todd Lewis told WRAL TechWire. There were numerous speakers from Amazon, Google, Cisco and Microsoft, as well as from SAS, Red Hat, and IBM.
The Raleigh office of Slalom, a national consulting firm, is holding its third “Triangle Talks” session on Thursday, November 2. The session will be held from 4:30-7 p.m. followed by a happy hour at the Slalom office. The topic is “Data: The Fuel for AI Engines” and the panel will include speakers from the City of Raleigh, Syneos Health and Enact. See more info and register here.
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