Coming on the heels of a high-profile investment in Plum Print in January, Asheville Angels announced in May 2015 two more startups added to its investment portfolio – Carolina-based startups ActivEd, Inc. and Baebies, Inc.
ActivEd, based in Greenville, has developed a dynamic online tool that helps students better understand required curriculum standards through kinesthetic (movement-based) lessons created on its “Walkabouts” platform. Based on the published research of Furman University Professor Julian Reed, a leading authority on kinesthetic learning, ActivEd is already selling the Walkabouts platform to schools across the US.
Baebies, based in Durham, is using a unique and patented “digital microfluidics” technology that allows liquid to be moved around using digital software rather than hydraulics. It is applying this technology to develop a smarter, more nimble bioassay automation platform. Their mission is to lead the way in advanced newborn screening.
With over 40 investors and growing, Asheville Angels has now collectively invested over $200,000 into three startups in just its first eight months of operation. The angel investor group meets monthly to evaluate, invest in, and support scalable, high-growth startups in Asheville and across the Southeast.
Read about the investments in the Citizen-Times.
See the full press release.
