$1.5 Billion in Venture Funding in 2019 Shows Strength of Maturing North Carolina Startup Ecosystem CEDâs Innovators Report provides a view into the data supporting CEDâs Connect to Capital, a strategic investor-entrepreneur matching service. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, June 5, 2020 â CED is excited to announce the publication of the 2019 Innovators Report. High-growth […]
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Effective Leadership in Crisis
In early March, seemingly an eternity ago, I visited a clientâs office to catch up. One of the firmâs senior leaders greeted me in the hallway with a smile and elbow bump. I wondered in the moment if I should do the same. Yet as I walked down the hall, out of habit, I shook […]
Making Connections that Count at Venture Connect Online
Networking. Meeting people. Seeing companies. Making connections. This is what we heard from you, our attendees, partners, sponsors, and presenting companies, about what makes Venture Connect such a valuable experience. So when it became clear that we could not safely hold our Summit as planned, the CED team immediately began working to reimagine a virtual […]
CED Announces Leadership Transition
Nationâs oldest and largest entrepreneurial support organizations makes changes to position the organization for the next decade. March 27th 2020, RTP, NC – Today, the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) announced Ravila Gupta, President and CEO of the CED will continue to play a critical leadership role with CED and has been nominated to be […]
CED’s COVID-19 Plan and Event Adjustments
We would like to take a moment to inform you about some changes taking place in our office and with some of our events as a response to keep our staff and community safe during this time. Effective as of Monday, March 16, 2020 the CED staff will be working remotely until April 30. We […]
Venture Connect Summit 2020 – Postponed
RTP, NC March 5, 2020 – After much consideration and upon release of new developments from the CDC in regards to Coronavirus (COVID-19), today CED and its executive committee has decided to postpone Venture Connect Summit 2020 to a later date which is to be determined. The health and safety of our attendees is our […]