High Growth North Carolina Companies Still Produce $1.6 billion in Funding in Challenging 2023 Venture Capital Climate

Research Triangle Park, NC. February 27, 2024 — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) released its annual Venture Report of equity funding for calendar year 2023. Each year since 2000, CED has tracked the investments in North Carolina-headquartered, high-growth companies. In 2023, a total of 214 deals cumulatively raised $1.6 billion, down from the elevated, record […]

IBM’s Continued Collaboration with CED: Driving Innovations in North Carolina’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) and IBM are continuing a long-time collaboration to make progressive strides within North Carolina’s entrepreneurial landscape. This ongoing collaboration highlights IBM’s concerted efforts to progress AI, automation, and hybrid cloud computing. “We at IBM are focused on working with our clients to integrate these transformative technologies into their core […]

Unlock your Entrepreneurial Potential at the Founders First Event hosted by Bull City Venture Partners

Mark your calendars for December 6th as Bull City Venture Partners (BCVP) hosts their Founders First event at Carolina Theatre. At the event, you will get to hear from out-of-market VC funds including Andreessen Horowitz, Hustle fund, JMI, Baird, and Edison Ventures, as well as two national speakers: Brian Shield on “Navigating Enterprise Opportunities in […]

Join the incubator with a “home field advantage”—and dive into one of the strongest startup networks in the country 

written by Sarah Glova RESEARCH TRIANGLE – Reviews are in — and founders are calling GRO, the incubator by CED, a “home field advantage.”  Shane Parreco describes GRO as an opportunity for “collisions” within North Carolina’s rich startup ecosystem.  Parreco is an Asheville-based founder who participated in the 5th GRO cohort virtually. He told us […]

PRESS RELEASE: 2022 Venture Funding Stays Strong Despite Threats Of A Recession

$4.2 billion raised by companies scaling in North Carolina. Research Triangle Park, NC. March 1, 2023 — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) released its annual Venture Report of equity funding for calendar year 2022. Each year since 2000, CED has tracked the investments in North Carolina-headquartered, high-growth companies. In 2022, a total of 246 companies (25 more […]