by Jeff Kaplan | Sep 23, 2015 | Happenings
Apparel startup Appalatch has been selected as a spotlight startup company at the Decoded Fashion summit in New York City, a major fashion and tech innovation conference happening next month. Mother Earth Produce (above) competed against five other startups in the Tap...
by Jeff Kaplan | Sep 23, 2015 | Happenings
Equity investments in NC startups grew by 70% YOY in the first half of 2015. The 90 deals and $427 million in equity funding were largely represented by life science and tech, with advanced manufacturing & materials and cleantech a much smaller percentage....
by Jeff Kaplan | Sep 10, 2015 | Happenings
Six of America’s fastest growing private companies ranked on the coveted Inc. 5000 list in 2015 hail from Asheville. Ranging from FLS Energy’s $147 million in revenue to Cloud for Good’s 715% growth over the past three years, the short list of top...
by Jeff Kaplan | Sep 10, 2015 | Happenings
The Collider is behind a new two-year initiative to spur innovation and growth in Asheville’s emerging environmental and climate science sector – as one of five N.C. cities chosen for InnovateNC. With the potential to create a global transformational impact,...
by Jeff Kaplan | Sep 9, 2015 | Happenings
In case you still have lingering doubts that Tech exists in WNC, check this latest update from Pepppermint about its globally adopted Linux operating system. Next time you hit up a café in say Cameroon, you could feel the raw speed and power that Peppermint OS 6 is...
by Jeff Kaplan | Sep 8, 2015 | FEATURED VENTURES, Ventures
Co-Founders: David Bentley & Chad Slagle Site: MobRocket The Lowdown: Promotional marketing platform for small businesses Awesomeness: MobRocket boldly wants to become a Groupon killer Aiming to take down Groupon and all the other daily deal sites, MobRocket...
