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Feb 12, 2025

Tech Wilmington: Upcoming Events Calendar

By Staff Reports, posted Feb 12, 2025

Here is a look at upcoming events of interest to the region’s tech and startup industry. To share an event, email [email protected]. Feb. 13 NEW, Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington, hosts its next DEEEEEP DIVE event series 4-6 p.m. at UNCW's CIE featuring Dave Mendez, of Good Growth Capital, and Stanfield Gray, cofounder of t ...

Feb 12, 2025

Locals Earn Tech Rising Star Awards

By Staff Reports, posted Feb 12, 2025

Several local residents involved in entrepreneurship were recognized for the roles in startup communities in the state.   GrepBeat held its inaugural Rising Stars honors this month in Durham, recognizing 10 honorees out of about 100 nominations, according to the tech-focused online media outlet.   The local names were:   • Jack Fleming, lead ...

Feb 10, 2025

UNCW Business School Grads Launching App

By Cece Nunn, posted Feb 10, 2025

A new app called Roshi, after the Japanese word for “teacher” or “master,” started because of baseball. The idea was formed for University of North Carolina Wilmington business school graduate Nico Mancuso, co-founder of Roshi with another UNCW alumni, Austin Bates, because Mancuso was an accomplished baseball player during high school. & ...

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Jan 22, 2025

NCino Aims To Make Most Of AI

By Jenny Callison, posted Jan 22, 2025

The rapid pace of technological development combined with a stream of regulations and requirements from the federal government has been stressful for financial institutions. So says Peter Gwaltney, president and CEO of the N.C. Bankers Association. “The regulatory environment has made it challenging (for banks) to introduce new technology, (including) third-par ...

Jan 20, 2025

Wilmington-headquartered GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has joined a coalition of utility companies and supply chain firms working to accelerate the deployment of its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in the U.S. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, which operates as GE Vernova’s nuclear energy business, announced the coalition in a news release late last week. Led by the Ten ...

Jan 8, 2025

Wilmington Lands On Cities Attracting Tech In The South

By Staff Reports, posted Jan 8, 2025

Wilmington ranked highly on one list of best cities in the South for tech workers and businesses.   The Port City ranked 13th among Southern U.S. cities with populations of more than 200,000 on factors such as tech job density, median earnings and overall quality of life.   Commercial real estate blog CommercialCafe compiled its rankings based on nine me ...

Dec 4, 2024

Local Companies Win At NC TECH Awards

By Vicky Janowski, posted Dec 4, 2024

Several local companies took home honors at NC TECH annual awards event Tuesday night.   This year’s NC TECH Awards took place at the Raleigh Convention Center with about 600 representatives from technology, business, education and government fields, according to the group, a nonprofit trade association.   Vantaca, a Wilmington-based firm that provides ...

Nov 21, 2024

Vantaca Acquires AI Technology Provider

By Emma Dill, posted Nov 21, 2024

Vantaca, a Wilmington-based firm that provides community associations with management software, announced its acquisition of AI technology provider HOAi earlier this week. The acquisition reinforces Vantaca's “commitment to advancing the future of community management through innovative, AI-powered solutions,” according to a news release issued Wedn ...

Nov 5, 2024

NCInnovation Selects UNCW For New Hub

By Emma Dill, posted Nov 5, 2024

NCInnovation has announced plans to establish an innovation hub on the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) campus to support local researchers.   The Durham-based nonprofit group aims to help researchers at North Carolina universities commercialize their research products.  Along with UNCW, the organization also announced new hubs at Appalachian Stat ...

Oct 30, 2024

NC IDEA Opens Grants Cycle For Under Served Entrepreneurs

By Staff Reports, posted Oct 30, 2024

NC IDEA Foundation announced this week that the group is accepting applications through Dec. 5 for its ECOSYSTEM Grant Program.   Applications will be considered from organizations “executing on innovative and transformational ideas to strengthen North Carolina’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, with a specific focus on supporting under-served entrepreneurs in ...

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