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The Council for Entrepreneurial Development has engaged and nurtured an extensive network of entrepreneurs, experts, and resources. The CED Network Directory enables you to find the right people—whether you want to support an entrepreneur, or you’re an entrepreneur seeking support.

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112 Capital

Investors

410 Medical, Inc.

Life Science

5AM Ventures

Investors

7 Gate Ventures

Investors

8VC

Investors

AbbVie Ventures

Investors

Ace Technology Holdings, LLC

Tech

Achelios Therapeutics

Life Science

Active Capital

Investors

Active Defender

Tech

Advanced Animal Diagnostics

Life Science

Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies

Life Science

Aer Therapeutics

Life Science

Aflac Ventures

Investors

Ag TechInventures

Investors

Aisling Capital

Investors

Alexandria Venture Investments

Investors

Alithia

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials

Allen Cobb Co.

Business Consulting

American Underground

Co-Working

Amgen Ventures

Investors

Anthos Capital

Investors

APIE-Therapeutics

Life Science

Arch Venture Partners

Investors

ArenaCX

Tech

ARGONETA

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials

Arix Bioscience

Investors

Ark Mobile

Tech

Arsenal Growth

Investors

Astral Insights

Tech

Atlanta Ventures

Investors

Atlas Venture

Investors

Atomic Object

Technology

Avalo Biosciences

Life Science

Avana Health

Life Science

Bagchi Law

Law Firms

Baird Capital

Investors

Balentine

Financial Planning & Wealth Management

Ballast Point Ventures

Investors

Bank of America Private Bank

Bay Nano Technologies

Bay Nano Technologies

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials

BDO

Accounting Firms

Bernard Robinson & Company

Accounting Firms

Bio/Med Investor Network

Investors

BioInnovation Capital

Investors

BioKier

Life Science

BIOMILQ

Life Science

Bioventure Partners

Investors

BIP Capital

Investors

Blue Heron Capital

Investors

BlueDot Technology

Technology

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund

Investors

Bootstrap Advisors

Investors

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Law Firms

Brentwood Capital Advisors

Investors

Brian Hamilton Foundation

Investors

Bridge Bank

Bank

BrightEdge Venture Fund

Investors
Bruce Rennert, Revolution Technologies

Bruce Rennert

Revolution Technologies
Bryn Pharma

Bryn Pharma

Life Science

Bull City Venture Partners

Investors

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Investors

C3HealthcareRx

Tech

Canaan Partners

Investors

Candlescience

Tech

Carolina Fintech Hub

Economic Development

Castle Digital Partners

Investors

Catalyst Partners

Investors

Centri Business Consulting

Consulting

Cerillo

Life Science

Cervu

Life Science

CFV Ventures

Investors

Chainyard

Tech

Charleston Angel Partners

Investors

Charlotte Angel Fund

Investors

Chekhub

Tech

Cherokee Investment Partners

Investors

Cherry Bekaert LLP

Accounting Firms

Chiesi USA, INC.

Life Science

Chrysalis Ventures

Investors

CIBC Innovation Banking

Bank

Cirrus Insight

Tech

Citrix

Technology

Clark Nexsen

Architecture & Engineering

Clarkston Consulting

Technology

Cofounders Capital

Investors

Collaborative Drug Discovery Inc

Technology

Colopy Ventures

Investors

Comcast Ventures

Investors

Comerica

Bank

CommerceCX Inc.

Tech

Cooley LLP

Law Firms

Core Capital Partners

Investors

CourtRoom5

Tech

Covera Ventures

Investors

CrowdfundNC.com

Tech

CRV

Investors

CSC Leasing

Leasing

CureDuchenne Ventures

Investors

Cushman & Wakefield

Commercial Real Estate Firms

Cycle Labs

Tech

Cypress Growth Capital

Investors

Daerter Group

Investors

Davis Moore Capital

Commercial Real Estate Firms

DBA-JTL Strategic Consulting

Business Consulting

Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC

Accounting Firms

Deerfield

Investors

Deloitte LLP

Accounting Firms

Dentibrite

Life Science

DesignHammer

Marketing & Design

DIG SOUTH

Economic Development

Digitalis

Investors

Dioko Ventures

Investors

Disruptive Enterprises

Makers

Dow Jones Ventures

Investors

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Investors

Draper Triangle Ventures

Investors

Drive Therapeutics

Life Science

Dualboot Partners

Technology

Duke Energy Carolinas

Economic Development

Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative

University Partnerships

East Carolina Angels

Investors

eBoxchain

Tech

Echo Health Ventures

Investors

Ecliptic Capital

Investors

Ecobot

Tech

Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina

Economic Development

Edison Partners

Investors

Electronic Lab Logs

Tech

Elemmir

Content Creation

Eli Global

Investors

Ellie

Entrepreneurial Company

Elliott Davis

Accounting Firms

Envision Enterprise Solutions

Tech

EOS Worldwide

Consulting

Epidarex

Investors

Equity Shift

Tech

Evecxia Inc.

Life Science

Extensis HR

Human Resource Management & Recruiting Firms

EY

Accounting Firms

F-Prime

Investors

Fantasy Life App

Tech

Ferguson Ventures

Investors

FHI Ventures

Investors

Financial Directions Group

Financial Advisory Employers & Individuals

Finexio

Tech

FinPharma

Tech

Fintop Capital

Investors

First Flight Venture Center

Incubator

First Launch Capital Fund

Investors

FJ Labs

Investors

Flow ROI

Tech

Flyover Capital

Investors

Flywheel New Ventures

Investors
Fox Rothschild

Fox Rothschild LLP

Law Firms

Free to Feed

Life Science

Fresenius Medical Ventures

Investors

Fulcrum Equity Partners

Investors

G1 Therapeutics

IPO $105M

GameFlo

Tech

GEARO

Tech

Gemelli Biotech

Life Science

GeneVentiv

Life Science

Gig East Exchange

Co-Working

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Life Science

Go-od Consulting

Business Consulting

GoBeep

Tech

Good Growth Capital

Investors

Goodrich Consulting Group

Consulting

Google Ventures

Investors

Gray Ghost Ventures

Investors

Greenhawk Corporation

Investors

GrepBeat

Media

Grey Sky Venture Partners

Investors

Greycroft Partners

Investors

Grotech Ventures

Investors
GroupUps

GroupUps

Tech

Guerrilla RF

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials

H.I.G. Capital

Investors

Hamilton Point Investment Advisors LLC

Financial Planning & Wealth Management
HANK AI

Hank AI

Tech

Hardball Capital

Investors

Hatteras Venture Partners

Investors

High Country Impact Fund

Investors

Hockey Stick Investments

Investors

Home Lending Pal

Tech

HQ Greensboro

Co-Working

HUB Angels

Investors

Hub International

Insurance

Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP

Accounting Firms

Hush Buddy

Tech

Hustle Fund

Investors

Hutchison PLLC

Law Firms

IBM

Technology

IDEA Fund Partners

Investors

Illumina Ventures

Investors

IMAF – RTP

Investors

Induction Food Systems

Tech

Innovacorp

Investors

Innovate Raleigh

Economic Development

Insight Venture Partners

Investors

Insightful Branding

Tech

Institutional Venture Partners

Investors

Integrated Hemp Solutions

Tech

Intel Capital

Investors

International Farming

Investors

Intersouth Partners

Investors

InvestiQuant, Inc

Tech

iSelect Fund

Investors

Ivy Clinicians

Tech

Jenkins Wilson Taylor & Hunt, P.A.

Law Firms

Jigsawdio

Tech

JMI Equity

Investors

Jurassic Capital

Investors

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Investors

JWM Group

Insurance & Employee Benefits

K&L Gates

Law Firms

KDex Global

Tech

KdT Ventures

Investors

Kinetic Ventures

Investors

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Law Firm

Knoll Ventures

Investors

LabCorp

Life Science

LabVoice

Tech

Las Olas Venture Capital

Investors

Lattice Ventures

Investors

LaunchBio

Nonprofit

Lee Commerce Ventures

Investors

Lenovo

Technology
Life Edit Therapeutics

Life Edit Therapeutics

Life Science

Lighter Capital

Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Investors

Lilly Asia Ventures

Investors

Linker Logic Technologies

Technology

Live Oak Bank

Bank

LLR Partners

Investors

Loading Dock

Co-Working

Longfellow Real Estate Partners

Real Estate

Longitude Capital

Investors

Loot Loop

Tech

Lowes Venture Capital

Investors

Luminelle

Life Science

Lumira Ventures

Investors

Madison River Ventures

Investors

MANN+HUMMEL

Investors

Manning Fulton & Skinner, P.A.

Law Firms

Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP

Law Firms

Material Capital Partners

Investors

Maxwell Design

Marketing & Design

Mayo Clinic Ventures

Investors

McCarthy Capital

Investors

McGriff Insurance Services

Insurance & Employee Benefits

McKesson Ventures

Investors

MDO Holdings

Investors

Merck Research Laboratories Venture Fund

Investors

mesur.io

Tech
mesur.io

mesur.io, Inc

Middleland Capital

Investors

Mispro Biotech Services

Life Science

Mjalli Investment Group

Investors

Morgan Creek Capital Management

Investors

Mosi Tea

Makers

Motley Fool Ventures

Investors

Mountain Group Capital

Investors

Mucker Capital

Investors

Myxx

Tech

Nala Systems, Inc

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials

NC IDEA

Economic Development

NC SBTDC

Economic Development

NC State Office of Research and Innovation

University Partnerships

NC Tech

Non-profit

NC TECH Association

Non-profit

New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Investors

New Richmond Ventures

Investors

NewForge

Tech

NEXT Investors

Investors

NK Patent Law

Law Firms

Noel Ventures

Investors

Nooshee

Noro-Moseley Partners

Investors

North Carolina Biosciences Organization (NCBIO)

Life Science

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Economic Development

North State Consulting

Consulting

NuPulseCV

Life Science

OCA Ventures

Investors

Office Revolution

Contract Furniture Provider

Okapi Venture Capital

Investors

One Better Ventures

Investors

ORIX Ventures

Investors

Osage University Partners

Investors

Osage Venture Partners

Investors

OSF Ventures

Investors

Oval Park Capital

Investors

Oxford Finance

Investors

Pacific Western Bank

Bank

Packard Place

Co-Working

Pairwise

Pairwise

Life Science

Paladin Capital Group

Investors

Palm Drive Capital

Investors

Pappas Capital

Investors

Parexel International

Life Science

Parion Sciences

Life Science

Patagonia Health

Tech

PatientPay

Tech

Peoplelogic.ai

Tech

PerfectScale

Tech

Performentor

Human Resource Management & Recruiting Firms

Pfizer CentreOne Contract Manufacturing

Life Science

Pfizer Venture Capital

Investors
Plain Sight

Plain Sight

Tech

Plakous Therapeutics

Life Science

Plakous Therapeutics, Inc.

Plexus Capital

Investors

Plum

Tech

PNC Bank

Bank

Polaris Partners

Investors

Polsinelli

Law Firm

Poyner Spruill

Law Firms

PSP Growth

Investors

Pulvinar Neuro

Life Science

PwC

Accounting Firms

Quantum Growth Advisors

Business Consulting

Queen City Fintech

Investors

Quinsite

Tech

RA Capital

Investors

Raleigh Founded

Co-Working

Rankin McKenzie, LLC

Financial Services Consulting

RBC Bank (Georgia), N.A

Bank

RBC Wealth Management

Financial Planning & Wealth Management

Red Hat

Technology

Red Hat Ventures

Investors

Redbud Labs

Life Science

Redwood Digital Group Fund

Investors

Relevance Capital

Investor

RelyMD

Life Science

Renewal Funds

Investors

Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster

Economic Development

Resilient Ventures

Investors

Restful Robotics

Life Science

Reveal Mobile

Tech

Revibe Technologies

Tech

RevUp Capital

Investors

Rex Health Ventures

Investors

RIoT

Investors

River Cities Capital Funds (RCCF)

Investors

Riverside Acceleration Capital

Investors

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.

Law Firms

Roobrik, Inc.

Tech

Route 66 Ventures

Investors

RSM US LLP

Accounting Firms

RTI International

Life Science

RTP Capital

Investors

Rubicon Venture Capital

Investors

Sangus Partners

Investors

SAS Institute Inc.

Technology

Satter Investment Management

Investors

Satva Softech

Software

Savills

Real Estate

SCORE

Business Consulting

Scoutr

Tech

Secmation

Tech

Seminal Capital Partners

Investors

SeventySix Capital

Investors

SharpVue Capital

Investors

Shipal

Tech

ShyftAuto

Tech

Sierra Ventures

Investors

Signature Bank

Investors

Sitebridge Research

Life Science

SJF Ventures

Investors

Smartlink Health

Tech

Smith Anderson

Law Firms

Social Cascade

Tech

Sopris Capital

Investors

Southeast Investor Group

Investors

Spoonflower

Technology

Spring Mountain Capital

Investors

SSM Partners

Investors

Stanley Ventures

Investors

Starlight Ventures

Investors

Start100

Investors

Stern Security

Tech

Stonehenge Growth Equity Partners

Investors

Stripes Group

Investors

Sunder Networks

Tech

Susquehanna Growth Equity

Investors

Swan & Legend

Investors

Syngenta Ventures

Investors

T3 Advisors, LLC

Real Estate

Takeda Ventures

Investors

TARGAN

Life Science

TDF Ventures

Investors

Tech Square Ventures

Investors

Techstars

Investors

Telios

Tech

Tellus Therapeutics

Life Science

Terra Dotta

Tech

The Accountkeepers, Inc

Accounting Firms

The Launch Place

Investors

The Produce Box

Tech

The Startup Factory

Investors

Thiel Capital

Investors

Tidewater Equity Partners

Investors

Tiverton

Investors

Tobacco Road Partners

Investors

Toggle Book Factory

Tech

Triangle Angel Partners

Investors

Trinity Ventures

Investors

Truist Ventures

Investors

Tryon Solutions

Tech

UNC Office of Technology Commercialization

University Partnerships

UNC-TV

Unmanage

Tech

Updata Partners

Investors

Upstream Biotechnology

Life Science

UVision 360, Inc.

Life Science

Vaco, LLC

Human Resource Management & Recruiting Firms

Validic

Tech

Velocity Fund Partners

Investors

Velocity Pharmaceutical Development

Investors

Venture Asheville

Investors

VentureSouth

Investors

VentureXpert Advisors

Business Consulting

Veracity Logic, LLC

Technology
Viamer Biosciences

Viamer Biosciences

Life Science

Village Capital

Investors
Vino Technologies

Vino Technologies

Tech

Vista Equity Partners

Investors

Vivo Capital

Investors

Vocap Investment Partners

Investors

VQ Biomedical

Life Science

VTC Innovation Fund

Investors

Wade Associates

Insurance & Employee Benefits

Warburg Pincus

Investors

Wavecrest Growth Partners

Investors

Wealth Management

Wells Fargo

Bank

Williams Mullen

Law Firms

Wilmington Angels for Local Entrepreneurs

Investors

Wilmington Investor Network

Investors

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C.

Law Firms

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Life Science

Wyrick Robbins

Law Firms

Xyzagen

Biotechnology

Zoee

Tech

Zuul

Tech