MAY 9, 2022 RTP, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is excited to announce the appointment of two critical resources for the organization. Tech Founder, Bill Spruill, Co-founder and President, Global Data Consortium (GDC) and Tech Executive, Carlos Pignataro CTO of CX, Cisco Systems. “As CED evolves and positions itself to provide continued impact within the […]
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North Carolina Entrepreneurs Raise a Record Amount of Venture Funding in 2021
$4.6 billion raised establishes a new record. A 35% increase above previous record set in 2020 RTP, NC, February 21, 2022 – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) released its annual Innovators Report of equity funding for calendar year 2021. Each year since 2000, CED has tracked the investments in North Carolina-headquartered, high growth, high-impact […]
Registration for CED’s Venture Connect Summit + Celebration scheduled for April 6-7th 2022 opens February 15.
RTP, NC, February 16, 2022 — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) today announces that registration is open for the 2022 Venture Connect Summit + Celebration scheduled for April 6-7th in Research Triangle Park on the Cisco Systems Campus. The Summit is a traditional pitch event spotlighting scaling companies from high-growth sectors including Life Science, […]
CED Announces GRO Cohort Demo Day
RTP, NC, February 1, 2022 – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) announces Demo Day for its Life Science cohort to complete the GRO Incubator. Demo Day will be held in person, Wednesday, March 30th at Alexandria Real Estate Launch Labs. GRO is a twelve-week incubator program aimed at supporting high-growth, high-impact companies looking to […]
Application deadline is approaching for CED’s Life Science GRO Incubator
We are a few weeks away from selecting our next GRO Incubator, Life Sciences Cohort that kicks off in January 2022. Back by popular demand, CED has reinstated its proven incubator series that supports entrepreneurs building high-growth, high-impact companies in RTP. A few graduate companies you might recognize include; Precision Biosciences, Liquidia, Advanced Liquid Logic […]
PRESS RELEASE: 2021-2022 Executive Committee Appointments
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) announces today three key appointments to the Executive Committee of its Board of Directors. Kelly Rowell, President and CEO shares how strengthening the voice of entrepreneurs and investors at its highest level ignites true transformation at CED. “CED provided valuable resources for my company in the early days, and […]