Derek Williams

Codetta Bio™ is developing advanced multi-omic biomarker measurement tools supporting data-driven approaches to understanding the unique genetic, environmental, lifestyle, and clinical factors that contribute to individual health and wellness.

Flux Hybrids was founded in 2019 by five engineers from North Carolina State University. Flux Hybrids develops plug-in hybrid powertrains that can easily turn any vehicle into a clean and efficient vehicle. Our technology provides a significant increase in fuel economy and reduction in fuel expenses for vehicle owners and also integrates seamlessly into your vehicle’s drivetrain, greatly reducing its carbon footprint. Flux Hybrids also works with many other companies ranging from auto dealerships to public transportation.

Belhaven Biopharma is developing a portfolio of dry powder nasal medicines to provide convenient, safe, and rapid treatments in emergency situations

Natrx delivers advanced nature-based technologies for new standard in climate resilience and restoration.

Couplet Care, Inc. was born of a specific need: new mothers need a safe, comfortable way to reach, soothe, and care for their newborn without relying on nursing staff or family help in their hospital or birthing center room. Couplet Care develops solutions for improving patient safety and clinical efficiency while promoting positive mother and infant health outcomes. Our first product is a patented medical infant bassinet, designed to reduce risks to patients, promote clinical productivity, and enhance parent and infant bonding in the birthing facility.

Voxel is using manufacturing to enable new component designs in aerospace, medical, and energy applications. Through the use of our Pulsed Electrochemical Machining (PECM) process, Voxel can help engineers create the optimal design and avoid compromises due to material, surface finish, or complex shapes. Our team works with OEM or Tier 1 manufacturers and new product engineers to educate them on the capabilities of PECM and demonstrate the advantages on their hardward. Voxels production facility in Raleigh, NC can produce parts in volumes of 1,000s to 100,000 with the high repeatability and precision inherent in our PECM process. We are constantly looking for a challenge so if you have a production part with challenging features, material, or surface finish requirements - give us a call!

The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) brings together the NC State entrepreneurial community, NC State alumni network, and innovative private companies to empower the businesses that drive our future. Our mission is to support the global NC State University entrepreneurial community with an angel investing platform that engages and leverages the power of the NC State University alumni network.

SWIR Vision Systems Inc., a North Carolina based startup company launched from RTI International, is developing and commercializing a novel, breakthrough image sensor technology, delivering affordable, infrared imaging cameras with full HD resolution. The companys AcurosTM cameras provide high clarity, Vis-SWIR band images with superior performance and value when applied to industrial machine vision, security, agricultural imaging, and other advanced vision systems applications. For more information, visit www.swirvisionsystems.com.

Ethos is the first Human Readiness Platform that combines learning, performance, and outcomes in one unified platform. The platform delivers modernized training, real-time readiness dashboards, and AI-driven personalization - all built for enterprise-scale deployment across both commercial and classified networks. Trusted mission partner to the most demanding customers in the world, Ethos serves over 150 enterprise customers across the U.S. military, life sciences, manufacturing, supply chain, and professional sports industries. Founded in 2019, Ethos is headquartered in Redwood City, California and backed by top investors including Norwest, the Westly Group, and Pear VC.

The Carolina Angel Network (CAN) brings together the UNC entrepreneurial community and the UNC alumni network to empower the early-stage new businesses that drive our future. Our mission is to support the UNC startup community with funding and advice from experienced alumni who are members of the network. We invest in companies in which a founder, executive, or board chair is a UNC alumnus, faculty member, staff member, student, or parent. Have questions? Take a look at our FAQs (https://www.carolinaangelnetwork.com/faqs) to learn more about Carolina Angel Network and what we do.

VitalFlo helps doctors measure, monitor, and predict their patients’ lung health. Our software and data platform makes spirometry fast and easy for primary care doctors and their asthma and COPD patients in any setting: both in-clinic and at-home. The result is better care for patients, less clinical time spent per test, and more revenue for providers via existing insurance reimbursement codes.

We help thousands of paying members try something new in their city every month, while helping our curated network of local business partners acquire passionate new customers.

Codetta Bio™ is developing advanced multi-omic biomarker measurement tools supporting data-driven approaches to understanding the unique genetic, environmental, lifestyle, and clinical factors that contribute to individual health and wellness.

Front Porch Venture Partners (FPVP) offers a diversified investment across top-tier Venture Capital funds and early stage companies in the Southeast. FPVP’s strategy uses a pooled investment vehicle (or fund) to invest across the Southeast’s best Venture Capital firms, as well as make direct investments in the most promising startups we see through our fund partners and other connections in the regions entrepreneurial ecosystem. This fund allows investors to gain exposure to a broad set of the regions most promising startups through one investment.

Conductor Capital is a debt fund for high growth technology companies. Our capital solutions are more flexible than bank debt, less dilutive than venture equity, and designed to help companies with well-defined unit economics to scale efficiently. We invest $2-$10M in software, tech-enabled services, healthcare IT and other recurring revenue companies, included those that are investor backed or have scaled through bootstrapping. Founded by experienced venture lenders and world-class entrepreneurs who have taken companies from idea to $B exits, we strive to be the most founder-centric provider of non-dilutive growth capital in the world.

Flux Hybrids was founded in 2019 by five engineers from North Carolina State University. Flux Hybrids develops plug-in hybrid powertrains that can easily turn any vehicle into a clean and efficient vehicle. Our technology provides a significant increase in fuel economy and reduction in fuel expenses for vehicle owners and also integrates seamlessly into your vehicle’s drivetrain, greatly reducing its carbon footprint. Flux Hybrids also works with many other companies ranging from auto dealerships to public transportation.

Belhaven Biopharma is developing a portfolio of dry powder nasal medicines to provide convenient, safe, and rapid treatments in emergency situations