Funding to NC startups rocketed up 35% to $622M in 2014, up from $461M in 2013. So says a new report from the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. The Innovators Report showed tech funding is up 138% to $288M, followed closely by life science. North Carolina mustered six IPOs and 59 acquisitions, of which the top eight (mostly tech and life science companies) netted $3.95 billion.
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