Who is building in the Triangle
Founders of companies in the active directory, with their role, company, and background.
686 founders across 13 sectors
SaaS
172Adil Asif
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Virnika
Adrian Rodriguez
CEO & Founder
SnapPicFix
Adrian Zehnder
Founder
Corevist
AJ Gleser
Co-Founder
Tarka
Akash Ganapathi
Co-founder and CEO
Opine
Alex Krawchick
Co-Founder & CEO
Klearly
Alex Scruggs
CEO
ThermaTech
North Carolina State University
Alexander Kulikov
Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer
IOTA Software
Alexander Tropsha
PhDCo-founder
Predictive, LLC
Amit Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO
CData Software
Amy Gardinier
Co-Founder
Givefinity
André Luis Martins Filho
Founder and CEO
Freight Hero
Andrew Berkowitz
CEO & Co-Founder
Suggestion Ox
Andrew Stickney
Co-Founder
Keebler Health
Andy Schrader
Co-founder & CEO
FirmPro
Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO
Element451
New York University
Aryan Aladar
Co-Founder
Swarm
Austin Armstrong
Founder & CEO
Syllaby
Austin Kelleher
Co-founder
Opine
Austin Melonie Carroll
Co-Founder & CEO
Warrant
Duke University
Austin Webb
Co-Founder & CEO
Troupe
Ben Hartmere
CEO
Map My Customers
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Benji Whitehurst
Co-Founder & CTO
Founder Readiness Institute
Bill LeFew
Co-founder & CTO
FirmPro
Bill Nagel
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
Netsertive
Billy Marshall
Co-Founder, Strategic Advisor to Board
ServiceTrade
Bob Young
Co-Founder
Red Hat
Bobby Martin
Co-Founder & CEO
Vertical IQ
Braden Champion
Co-Founder
ChampOS
NC State University
Braden Champion
CEO & Co-Founder
IronPlate Solutions
Brandon Kashani
Co-Founder & CEO
CheQRboard
Brendan Morrissey
Co-Founder & CEO
Netsertive
Brian Smithwick
Co-Founder, CTO
ServiceTrade
Cameron Byrd
Founder and CEO
AIXI
Cameron Long
Co-Founder & CRO
Virnika
Cara Borenstein
Co-Founder & CEO
Stashpad
Carlos Penzini
Co-Founder
Serv Technologies
Duke University
Charles Douthitt
Co-Founder & CEO
Virnika
Charlie Duong
Co-founder
Opine
Chijioge Nwogu
Founder & CEO
GameFlo
Chris Chuang
Co-Founder & CEO
Relay
Chris Hazard
PhDCo-founder & CTO
Howso
Cole Johnson
Founder & CEO
Looma
Dan Moore
Co-Founder
Tarka
Dan Olsen
Co-Founder
Define AI
Dave Sonders
CEO
RO-bot
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
PhDCo-Founder and CEO
ExpertTheory
David Baxter
Founder
Teela
David Morken
Cofounder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman
Bandwidth
Debra Slone
Co-founder
Courtroom5
Derek Conlin
COO & Co-Founder
ReFiBuy.ai
DeShawn Brown
Co-founder & CEO
Coworks
Dirk Nicol
Founder & CEO
Majentics
Dominic Giacona
Co-Founder
Reslink
George Mason University
Doug Neumann
Co-Founder and CEO
Arpio
Doug Schepers
Founder & CEO
Fizz Studio
Dustin Allen
CEO & Co-Founder
Trinitite
Dustin Amrhein
CEO
Revcast
Eleanor Ross
Co-Founder and Creative Director
ExpertTheory
Eric Boduch
Co-Founder
Revcast
Eric Boduch
Co-Founder
Pendo
Carnegie Mellon University
Eric Pfahl
Co-Founder & CTO
Klearly
Erik Peterson
CTO and Co-Founder
Powerband.ai
Erik Troan
CTO & Co-Founder
Pendo
North Carolina State University
Erkang Zheng
CEO & Founder
Ariso
North Carolina State University
Erkang Zheng
Founder
JupiterOne
Eugene N. Muratov
Co-founder
Predictive, LLC
Evan Edwards
Co-founder & CTO
Cycle Labs
Gayle Sheppard
Founder / Director
AIXI
George Kirkland
CEO & Founder
HomeCloud
Hakjae Kim
Co-Founder & CTO
Pellucid Network
University of Michigan
Halen Rienks
Co-founder; CFO/COO (May 2026)
ThermaTech
Hearsch Jariwala
CTO & Co-Founder
Trinitite
Helen Gu
PhDFounder, CEO, and Chief Scientist
InsightFinder
North Carolina State University
Hersh Tapadia
Co-founder & CEO
AllStacks
Duke University
Ian Allen
Founder & CTO
GameFlo
Igor Jablokov
Founder, CEO & Chairman
Pryon
Pennsylvania State University
Isaac Park
Co-Founder and CEO
Keebler Health
Ivan Datskov
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer
IOTA Software
Jake Schuster
CEO & Founder
Gemini Sports
James Avery
Founder and CEO
Kevel
Janie Hughes
Co-Founder
Bingo Bard
Jason Brown
Cofounder and CFO
Shipal
Jason Brown
CEO and Founder
Deliveri
Jasper Svenson
Co-Founder
Serv Technologies
Duke University
Jayashree Subrahmonia
Founder / Director
AIXI
Jennifer Addair
Head of Product & Tech, Co-Founder
Groupups
Jeremy Mays
Founder
ArenaCX
Jesse Lipson
Founder & CEO
Levitate
Duke University
Joe Pryor
Founder
Corevist
John Armin
PhDFounder & CEO
Utilyst
Jon Trout
Founder & CEO
Chekhub
Josh Guter
Founder
Elephants
Josh Owen
Founder, President & Executive Chairman (former CEO)
Cycle Labs
Joshua Owen
Co-Founder & CEO
Cycle Labs
Jud Bowman
Founder & CEO
Sift Media
Justin Michela
Co-Founder
Tarka
Karl Murphy
Co-founder & CEO
Spiffy
Keith Jenkerson
Co-founder, Head of Operations
Simpliworks
Ken Hoes
Founder and CEO
Varsity Bridge
Kevin Hill
PhDCo-Founder
Keebler Health
Kit Zhang
Co-Founder
Scale Social AI
Krish Vazirani
Co-Founder
Swarm
Kristen Santos
Co-Founder
The Alchemy Lab
Lauren McCullough
CEO
Tromml
Lee Jacobs
Co-Founder
InsightStack
Lia Reich
Co-Founder & CEO
Cloneable
Logan Whitehouse
PhDCo-Founder & CTO
Virnika
Logan Yonavjak
Co-Founder & CEO
Founder Readiness Institute
Malik McCray
CEO & Co-founder
Simpliworks
Marc Eder
PhDCo-Founder
DayOf
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marc Ewing
Co-Founder
Red Hat
Marc Minor
Co-Founder & CEO
Higharc
New York University
Matt Webbink
Co-founder
Klearly
Matthew Davis
Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer
Reveal Mobile
Matthew Schmidt
CEO & Founder
PeopleLogic
Matthew Sniff
Founder, Chief Product & Strategy Officer
Map My Customers
Mavis Gragg
Co-founder and CEO
HeirShares
Max Heckel
CTO & Co-Founder
Ariso
Melanie Deziel
Co-Founder
Groupups
Michael Bergin
Co-Founder, VP of Special Projects
Higharc
Michael Resnick
Co-founder
Howso
Michael Schank
Founder
Insight Twin
Mike Capps
PhDFounder
Howso
Carnegie Mellon University
Mike Hughes
Co-Founder
Bingo Bard
Mike Lee
Co-Founder
The Alchemy Lab
Mitch Heath
Co-Founder
Teamworks
Duke University
Mykhailo Shvets
PhDCo-Founder
DayOf
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nate Almond
Co-Founder
Powerband.ai
Nathan Hambelton
CTO
ThermaTech
North Carolina State University
Nick Miller
Founder & CEO
Pellucid Network
Johns Hopkins University (Carey Business School), NC State University (ME, Electrical Engineering)
Nolan Osborn
Co-Founder
Duler
Olga Datskova
Co-founder, Chief Architect Cloud & Ops
IOTA Software
Oz Merchant
Founder & CEO
Futureproof
Patrick Lohman
Co-Founder and CRO
Cloneable
Paul Greenham
Co-Founder & CTO
Scale Social AI
University of Pennsylvania
Peter Boyer
Co-Founder, CTO Emeritus
Higharc
Brown University
Rachel Cash
Founder and CEO
Elroi Enterprise
Rahul Jain
GM, VP Corporate Development & Co-Founder
Pendo
Georgia Institute of Technology
Renee Hoyle
Co-Founder
LabRunner
Richard Boyd
Co-Founder and Chairman
Ultisim
Runbin Dong
Founder & CEO
Scale Social AI
Duke University
Ryan Walsh
Founder & CEO
RepVue
Sam Bayer
Co-founder & CEO
Corevist
Scot Wingo
Co-Founder
ReFiBuy.ai
North Carolina State University
Scot Wingo
Co-founder & CEO
Spiffy
North Carolina State University
Shaunak Patel
Co-Founder
Duler
Shaw Terwilliger
Co-Founder
Arpio
Shivani Sharma
Founder and CEO
Tulsi Cybersecurity LLC
Sonja Ebron
Co-founder & CEO
Courtroom5
Sreedhar Peddineni
Co-Founder & CEO
GTM Buddy
Sudha Meghan
CEO & Co-Founder
Rozie Synopsis
T.J. Rulapaugh
Co-founder, VP, Product Design & Marketing
IOTA Software
Taylor Casey
Founder & CEO
Kahmino
Taylor Wrice
Founder and CEO
DocuLingo
Terrell Bacchus
Founding Chief Medical Officer
Keebler Health
Theo Marin
Co-Founder
Stashpad
Thomas Holt
Co-Founder, VP of Visualization
Higharc
Todd Olson
CEO & Co-Founder
Pendo
Carnegie Mellon University
Travis Almond
Co-Founder
Powerband.ai
University of Utah David Eccles School of Business; Westminster University
Travis Janovich
Founder & CEO
eTix
Trevor Champion
Co-Founder
ChampOS
NC State University
Trevor Champion
CTO & Co-Founder
IronPlate Solutions
Tucker Hawkinson
Founder
Console Innovations
Tyler Collins
Co-Founder and CTO
Cloneable
Vijay Dheap
CSO & Co-Founder
Rozie Synopsis
Vinicius M. Alves
Co-founder
Predictive, LLC
Wade Minter
COO & Co-Founder
Suggestion Ox
William & Mary
Will Shearin
CMO and Technical Director
ThermaTech
North Carolina State University
Y.B. Carr
Founder
VoxIntel AI
Duke University
Yasin Abbak
CEO, Co-Founder
Groupups
Zachary Maurides
Founder & CEO
Teamworks
Duke University
Biotech
134Afreen Allam
Founder & CEO
SiNON Nano Sciences
Akira Matsuno
Co-Founder, President & CFO
Tune Therapeutics
Alexander Kabanov
Founder
DelAQUA Pharmaceuticals
Ali Rezaie
Co-Founder & Inventor
Gemelli Biotech
Amanda Elam
PhDCofounder
Galaxy Diagnostics
Andrea Epperly
Chief Executive Officer
ForagR Medicines
Anil Goyal
PhDCEO & Co-Founder
IMMvention Therapeutix
Anjani Jha
PhDFounder, President and CEO
MAA Laboratories
Pennsylvania State University
Anthony DiTonno
CEO
Dignify Therapeutics
Ashwin Ram
Co-founder
Pathalys Pharma
Bill Wofford
Co-Founder
Arrivo BioVentures
University of Virginia
Bruce Donald
PhDFounder, James B. Duke Professor
Ten63 Therapeutics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bruce Sullenger
PhDCo-founder
Basking Biosciences
BT Slingsby
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Pathalys Pharma
Chad Pecot
Founder
Enfuego Therapeutics
Charles Buchen
Chief Executive Officer
Persistence Therapeutics
Charles Gersbach
PhDCo-Founder, Acting Chief Scientific Officer
Tune Therapeutics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Charles M. Perou
PhDFounder and Director
GeneCentric
Chase Beisel
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Locus Biosciences
Chris Broderick
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Merakris Therapeutics
Christopher Sims
Founder
Cell Microsystems
Damon Race
CEO
GeneVentiv Therapeutics
Daniel Delubac
PhDCo-Founder
iOrganBio
Daniel R. Saban
PhDFounder and Chief Scientific Officer
Piximune, Inc.
Dave Neal
CFO & Co-founder
Belhaven Biopharma
Dave Ousterout
PhDCo-Founder
Locus Biosciences
David Neil Hayes
Observer and Founder
GeneCentric
Deborah Bitterfield
PhDFounder and CEO
Lindy Biosciences
Derek Jantz
Co-founder
Precision BioSciences
Ed Breitschwerdt
PhDCo-founder
Galaxy Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
Ed Burgard
PhDCo-Founder & President
Dignify Therapeutics
Edward F. Patz Jr.
Co-Founder & CEO
Grid Therapeutics
Eric Bachelder
Scientific Co-Founder
IMMvention Therapeutix
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eric Benner
Acting CSO and Co-founder
Tellus Therapeutics
Eric Cumming
Chief Executive Officer
Metalytics
Fraser Wright
PhDCo-Founder
Kriya Therapeutics
Fred Eshelman
Chairman, Co-Founder
Incyclix Bio
Fyodor Urnov
PhDCo-Founder, Scientific Advisor
Tune Therapeutics
Brown University
Gary Pace
PhDFounder
Cell Microsystems
Gianpietro Dotti
Co-founder
Persistence Therapeutics
Gregor Horstmeyer
Co-Founder / Chief Executive Officer
Ramona Optics
Princeton
Gregory Oakes
CEO
Slate Medicines
Haiyan Fu
PhDFounder and President
NeuroGT, Inc.
J. Michael Ramsey
PhDCo-founder
Codetta Bio
Jacob Jacobsen
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Evecxia Therapeutics
Jamey Young
Co-founder
Metalytics
Jared Resnick
Founder and CEO
Sennos
Jason Kralic
CEO and Co-founder
Tellus Therapeutics
Jay Shepard
Co-founder
Pathalys Pharma
Jay Stevens
Co-founder
Galaxy Diagnostics
Jay Strum
PhDChief Scientific Officer, Co-Founder
Incyclix Bio
Jean Bennett
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Opus Genetics
Jed Black
Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor
Arrivo BioVentures
Stanford University
Jeff Smith
PhDCo-Founder, Chief Research Officer
Precision BioSciences
Jenny Ting
PhDScientific Co-Founder
IMMvention Therapeutix
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jianxin Bao
Co-founder & CEO
Gateway Bio
John Bisi
Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Co-Founder
Incyclix Bio
John Fahy
Founder
Aer Therapeutics
John Ryals
PhDFounder
Metabolon
Jonathan Lindsey
President and Founder
Oncurie
Joshua Pierce
PhDFounder
Synoxa Sciences
North Carolina State University
Kapil Gupta
Co-Founder & Inventor
Gemelli Biotech
Karl Thor
PhDCo-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Dignify Therapeutics
Katie Warner
PhDCo-Founder / Chief Scientific Officer
Ribometrix
University of Cambridge
Kimberly Lynn Blackwell
Co-Founder
Cereius
Kristy Ainslie
Scientific Co-Founder
IMMvention Therapeutix
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lara Jazmin
Co-founder
Metalytics
Marc Caron
PhDCo-founder (deceased)
Evecxia Therapeutics
Marcel Frenkel
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Ten63 Therapeutics
Duke University
Margaret Aery
Chief Operating Officer
Ramona Optics
Mark Hallen
PhDCo-Founder & CTO
Ten63 Therapeutics
Duke University
Mark Harfouche
PhDCo-Founder / Chief Technology Officer
Ramona Optics
Mark Pimentel
Co-Founder & Inventor
Gemelli Biotech
Matt Levy
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Drive Therapeutics
Matt Lipscomb
PhDCEO & Co-Founder
DMC Biotechnologies
Matt Mitcho
Co-Founder
Gemelli Biotech
Michael Ackermann
PhDCo-Founder, Board Member & Chief Business Officer
Arrivo BioVentures
Drexel University College of Medicine
Michael Biron
Co-Founder & CEO
Altis Biosystems
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Michael Crapazano
Founder
ChromaGenix
Michael Lynch
Co-founder
Roke Biotechnologies
Michael Zalutsky
Co-Founder
Cereius
Mike Lynch
PhDFounder
DMC Biotechnologies
Myla Lai-Goldman
Co-Founder & Chair
GeneCentric
Nancy Allbritton
PhDCo-founder
Cell Microsystems
Nancy Miller-Rich
Co-Founder
Ten63 Therapeutics
Neil Buckley
Co-Founder, President & COO
Slate Medicines
Norman Sharpless
Co-Founder
G1 Therapeutics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick Ritschel
CEO
Atsena Therapeutics
Patrick Roberts
PhDChief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Incyclix Bio
Paul Boucher
President & CEO
Parion Sciences
UNC-Chapel Hill
Paul Dayton
Co-founder
Triangle Biotechnology
Paul Garofolo
Co-Founder and CEO
Locus Biosciences
Paul Schimmel
Founder
Metabolon
Peter Anderson
Co-founder
Clarus Biologics
Philip Hughes
Executive Vice President of Chemistry
EydisBio Inc.
Philip Perez
CMO & Co-founder
Gateway Bio
Pritha Agarwalla
Co-founder and VP of Research
Persistence Therapeutics
R. Jude Samulski
PhDCo-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
AskBio
Ricardo Maggi
PhDCofounder
Galaxy Diagnostics
Richard C. Boucher
PhDCo-Founder & Co-Chairman
Parion Sciences
UNC-Chapel Hill
Richard Spero
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Redbud Labs Inc.
Richard Superfine
PhDCo-Founder
Redbud Labs Inc.
Rick Chole
PhDCo-founder
Gateway Bio
Roarke Horstmeyer
PhDCo-Founder / Scientific Director
Ramona Optics
Caltech
Robert E. Johnston
Co-founder
Clarus Biologics
Robert Freeze
Chief Business Officer
EydisBio Inc.
Rodolphe Barrangou
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Locus Biosciences
Roger Jeffs
PhDCo-Founder
Kriya Therapeutics
Romel Menacho-Melgar
Co-founder
Roke Biotechnologies
Ruchi Mathur
Co-Founder & Advisor
Gemelli Biotech
Russell Taylor
Co-Founder
Redbud Labs Inc.
Ryan Quick
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Drive Therapeutics
Samantha Pattenden
Co-founder
Triangle Biotechnology
Scott Lyman
CEO & Co-founder
Belhaven Biopharma
Scott Magness
Co-founder
Altis Biosystems
Scott Scarneo
PhDCEO
EydisBio Inc.
Seema Nandi
Executive Officer
SelSym Biotech
Shahid Nimjee
PhDCo-founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Basking Biosciences
Shailesh Maingi
Founder and Executive Chair
Inceptor Bio
Shankar Ramaswamy
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Kriya Therapeutics
Shannon Boye
PhDCo-founder & CSO
Atsena Therapeutics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sherwood Yao
Co-founder and CEO
Atombio
Shuibing Chen
PhDCo-Founder
iOrganBio
Steve Butts
Co-Founder & CEO
Arrivo BioVentures
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sunil Mehta
CEO
AthemBio
Takeshi Takahashi
Co-founder
Pathalys Pharma
Timothy Haystead
PhDFounder & President
EydisBio Inc.
Toni Bucci
Founder & CEO
Sable Fermentation
William Henley
PhDScientific Co-founder & VP, Research & Innovation
Codetta Bio
Xiaomei Li Reckford
PhDCo-founder
NeuroGT, Inc.
Xiling Shen
PhDCo-Founder
iOrganBio
Xing Wang
Co-founder
Atombio
Yevgeny Brudno
Co-founder
Persistence Therapeutics
Yuli Wang
PhDCo-founder
Cell Microsystems
Healthtech
80Aabid Shariff
PhDCo-founder & CEO
Citrus Oncology
Abigail Scheer
Co-founder
Cervu Health
Adam Schultz
CEO
mindr
Afreen Shariff
Co-founder
Citrus Oncology
Alan Rosenbaum
CEO & Co-founder
Cervu Health
Andy Busam
Co-Founder & CTO
Clear Trials
Barry Shuster
Co-founder and co-investigator
iSimcha, LLC
Ben Neubert
PhDFounder
Toilemetry
Duke University
Bethany Darragh
Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer
Theralinq
Bill Ssewanyana
Co-Founder
Helian
Duke University
Brandon Chaney
Co-Founder
Moments
Brenda Jamerson
Co-founder and CEO
iSimcha, LLC
Brennan Barber
Co-Founder & CEO
Theralinq
Brian Bender
Co-founder
Intake Health
Brian Blackmon
Co-Founder & CEO
Clear Trials
Cade Spector
Co-Founder & CEO
GreySun Technologies
North Carolina State University
Charith Wickrema
Founder & CEO
Focus Cubes
Charles Petrini-Poli
Co-Founder and CEO
LoLo Care
Charlotte C. Louis
Founder & CEO
SenterME
Chris Komelasky
CEO & Co-Founder
SiteBridge Research
Christy Knutson
Co-Founder
Near
Clark Bulleit
Co-Founder
PROTECT3D
Duke University
David Randall
Co-founder and CTO
iSimcha, LLC
David Werry
Co-Founder, President & COO
Well
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doug Kaufman
CEO & Founder
Belongly
Ewan Bradley
Co-Founder
Jeani
Duke University
F. Scott Moody
Co-Founder & CEO
K4Connect
Gary Loveman
PhDCo-Founder
Well
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gavry Eshet
Co-founder
Counterforce Health
Grant Kaley
CEO and Co-Founder
NexStratus
Inna Marquart
Co-Founder
mindr
Jack Mulcrone
Co-Founder
GreySun Technologies
Jane Butler
Founder
Near
Jason Suttles
Vice President of Engineering & Co-Founder
Medicom
Jeff Maze
CEO & Cofounder
Quinsite
Jenny Maze
Cofounder and COO
Quinsite
John Buxton
Co-Founder
Helian
Duke University
Jonathan Gould
Co-Founder
K4Connect
Josh Miller
Co-founder and CEO
Gradient Health
Duke University
Joy Bhosai
Founder & CEO
Pluto Health
Justin Lechner
CEO
Harmony
Carnegie Mellon University
Kevin Gehsmann
CEO & Co-Founder
PROTECT3D
Duke University
Lucy Shores Kosturko
PhDCPO & Co-Founder
Social Cascade
North Carolina State University
Maggie Xu
Co-founder
Counterforce Health
Malcolm Benitz
President & Co-Founder
Medicom
Manesh Patel
Co-Founder & Board Member
SiteBridge Research
Mark Felice
Cofounder/CCO
Quellios
Mark Piehl
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
410 Medical
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark Sendak
Founder & CEO
Vega Health
Duke University
Michael Aumer
PhDCofounder/CTO
Quellios
Michael Bender
Founder and CEO
Intake Health
Michael Rosenberg
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Medicom
Mike Aumer
PhDCofounder/CTO
Quellios
Mike Desai
CEO and Co-Founder
Truentity Health
Mike Halpert
Founder & CEO
Ver Coaching
Nandan Lad
PhDCo-Founder & Chairman
Higgs Boson Health
Neal Shah
Founder & CEO
CareYaya
Duke University
Neal Shah
Co-founder
Counterforce Health
Obi Akpuda
Founder
PulseKonnect
Ouwen Huang
Co-founder
Gradient Health
Philippe Sabourin
CTO & Co-Founder
Social Cascade
Pramod Singh
PhDCo-Founder
Trialogix
Rajeev Dharmapurikar
Co-Founder & CEO
Higgs Boson Health
Rajeev Tipnis
Co-founder and CTO
Truentity Health
Riya Jain
Founder & CEO
Voice Back
Duke University
Riyaa Jadhav
Co-founder
Counterforce Health
Roston Rodriguez
PhDCo-Founder
SonoVoice
Duke University
Sabrina Percher
COO and Co-Founder
Teen Health Research
Saif Saleh
Founder and Software Engineer
DentalHold
North Carolina State University
Sam Vijay
CTO & Co-founder
eBoxchain
Sandeep Bhatt
Co-Founder & CEO
SonoVoice
Scott McQuiggan
PhDCEO & Co-Founder
Social Cascade
North Carolina State University
Steven LeBoeuf
PhDCofounder/CEO
Quellios
Suraj Chanda
CEO & Co-founder
eBoxchain
Tim Skapek
Co-Founder
PROTECT3D
Duke University
Venkat Palabindala
Co-founder
eBoxchain
Victoria Chibuogu Nneji
PhDFounder and CEO
AKALAKA
William D. Reynolds, Jr.
Founder
Onda Vision Technologies
William Ferro
Founder, President & CEO
Betr Health
Ziad Gellad
Co-Founder & CMO
Higgs Boson Health
MedTech
63Adam Irving
CEO
Levee Medical
Adam Wax
Co-founder and Chief Scientist
Lumedica
Andrei State
Co-Founder, 3D Expert
InnerOptic Technology
Angus Hucknall
Co-founder
SimplusDx, Inc.
Anna Grassini
Co-Founder and President
OraLiva
Ashutosh Chilkoti
PhDCo-Founder & Chairman
inSoma Bio
B. Jefferson Clark
Founder
Thoracic Innovations
Bradley Estes
CEO and co-founder
CytexOrtho
Brady Adcock
Co-founder
Impulse Wellness
Brian Pietrosimone
Co-founder
Vetta Solutions
Bruce Choi
Executive Officer
Levee Medical
Bryce Menichella
CEO & Co-founder
Scyntek
Cambre Kelly
PhDPresident & CEO, Co-Founder
Reselute
Cassio Fontes
Founding team / CSO
SimplusDx, Inc.
Charles Scarantino
PhDAdviser, Co-Founder
Lucerno Dynamics
Christian Viehland
PhDFounder & CTO
Theia Imaging
Cynthia A. Toth
Founder & CMO
Theia Imaging
Daniel Estay
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
SonoVascular
David Kinnamon
Founding team / CTO
SimplusDx, Inc.
Ellora McTaggart
Co-Founder & CEO
Carolina Instruments
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Farshid Guilak
Executive Chairman and co-founder
CytexOrtho
Frank Moutos
VP of Technology and co-founder
CytexOrtho
Hafeez Dhalla
PhDFounder & CEO
Theia Imaging
Howard Levinson
Founder & Chief Medical Officer
Deep Blue Medical Advances
Ishita Bafna
Co-Founder
Sensible
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jake Donovan
Co-Founder
Reselute
Jake Heggestad
Founding team / CEO
SimplusDx, Inc.
James Hathorn
CEO and Co-founder
ColoWrap
Jason Franz
Co-founder
Vetta Solutions
Jasper Mark
Co-founder and CEO
Impulse Wellness
Jeff Journey
Founder and CEO
RxActuator
Joel Tapper
Founder & CEO
ARGOS Biosystems
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Josh Knowland
VP Product Development, Co-Founder
Lucerno Dynamics
Joshua Carpenter
PhDCo-Founder & CTO
Calidar
Juliet Wu
Co-Founder & CFO
Sensible
University of Pennsylvania
Ken Gall
PhDCo-Founder
Reselute
Ken Gall
PhDCo-founder
restor3d
Duke University
Kishen Mitra
Co-Founder
Levita Health
Duke University
Kurtis Keller
Co-Founder, CFO, Design Engineer
InnerOptic Technology
Luca Menozzi
Founder/CTO
Lumius
Namita Lokare
PhDFounder
Kinove Lab
Nandini Kanthi
Founder & CEO
Sensible
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicholas Pashos
PhDFounder & CEO
BioAesthetics
Nitin Sharma
PhDPresident
MyoMech
Ravish Sachar
Founder & CEO
Contego Medical
Richard West
Co-founder
baebies
Rima Janusziewicz
PhDCo-founder and Director
AnelleO
Robert Isaacs
CEO & Founder
TrackX
S. Rahima Benhabbour
PhDFounder and Director
AnelleO
Saba Kamal
President & CMO
Kinove Lab
Scott Hollenbeck
Co-Founder & Lead Medical Advisor
inSoma Bio
Spencer Price
Chief Executive Officer
OraLiva
Stefan Roberts
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
inSoma Bio
Duke University
Stefan Stryker
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Calidar
Tom Mercolino
PhDFounder and Chairman
Verinetics
Tri Vu
Founder/CEO
Lumius
Vaishnavi Kode
Co-Founder & VP of Growth
Sensible
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vamsee Pamula
PhDCo-founder
baebies
Vignesh Sriram
Co-founder
Scyntek
Vrutika Soneji
Co-Founder & COO
Sensible
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William Heim
Co-Founder
BioAesthetics
Xiaoning Jiang
PhDCo-founder
MyoMech
Yalcin Yamaner
Co-founder and CEO
Clearsens, Inc.
Consumer
60Abena Antwi
Founder
Ashanti Styles
Adler Rice
Co-Founder
PlugVerse
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alex Piasecki
Co-Founder & COO
Seal the Seasons
UNC-Chapel Hill
Alex Slater
Co-founder
Shibumi Shade
Alice Ammerman
Founder
Equiti Foods
Anil Chawla
Founder
ShotSpin AI
Anthony Alers
PhDCo-Founder
Bristles
Cape Chappell
Co-Founder
Blean
Carl Hollifield
Co-founder
Comple Coffee
Cary Wheelous
Founder and CEO
Hayti
Cole Bonawitz
Co-founder
momnt.
Colin Tai
Co-Founder & CEO
Alcove
Duke University
Cooper Delo
Founder
PlugVerse
DaJuan Morgan
Co-founder
Gryppers
Dane Barnes
Co-founder
Shibumi Shade
David Shaner
Founder + CEO
Offline
Eric Sydell
PhDFounder
Six Wing Studios
Ferol Vernon
COO & Co-Founder
Written Word Media
Boston University
Gabe Huntsman
Founder and CEO
Afuse
Gabe Pappalardo
PhDFounder/Game Director
Six Wing Studios
Gary Cartwright
Co-founder & CEO
Comple Coffee
Hinson Willson
Co-Founder & COO
SPRTN Technologies
Homayoon Ershadi
Founder
Jabin Beverage
Hsichuan Chen
Founder
Orchid Gene
Hunt Davis
CEO and Founder
Canopy Lawn Care
Isabel Lehrman
Co-founder & Head of Operations
Students Who Sit
Jamelle Eugene
CEO & Co-founder
Gryppers
Jason Johnson
Founder and CEO
Flytes
Jessica Couch
Founder
Looks AI
NC State University
Josh Alger
Co-founder
Climbit
Kathryn Shah
Co-founder
Spring & Mulberry
Katye Freelon
Co-Founder
Coco Fro
Kaya Thomas
Founder
Milk Diary
Kevin Barry
Co-Founder
Second Nature
North Carolina State University
Kiran Gouttumukkala
Head of Software Engineering
SPRTN Technologies
Kyle Tomek
Founder
Climbit
Max McKee
Co-founder and CTO
SPRTN Technologies
Megan Aljian
Founder
Forest Found Products
Mitchel Gorecki
Co-Founder
Alcove
Duke University
Mohammad Riahi
Founding team (May 2026)
SPRTN Technologies
Naya Zimmerman
Co-Founder & CEO
Safeli Shop
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neriah Friday
Co-Founder
Safeli Shop
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Oliver Pau
Founder
Dojo Fresh
Page Conway
Founder & CEO
Ensembled
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick Mateer
Co-Founder & CEO
Seal the Seasons
UNC-Chapel Hill
Patrick Wickham
Co-Founder & CTO
Alcove
Duke University
Penny Pau
Co-founder
Dojo Fresh
Raya Caldwell
Co-founder
Students Who Sit
Reeves Rowan
Head of Product Design
SPRTN Technologies
Ricci Wolman
CEO & Founder
Written Word Media
Harvard Business School
Ryan Brown
Founder & CEO
Squadies
Sarah Bell
Co-founder
Spring & Mulberry
Scott Barnes
Co-founder
Shibumi Shade
Sean Fang
Co-founder
momnt.
Sydelle Bernstein
Co-founder & CEO
Students Who Sit
Teresa Joerger
Founder
KindlySteps
Thad Tarkington
Co-Founder & CEO
Second Nature
North Carolina State University
Tim Sweeney
CEO and founder
Epic Games
Tina Tang
CEO & Co-Founder
Bristles
Tindra Tramontano
Founder
Tin's Pins
Climate
48Alex Lassiter
Founder & CEO
Green Places
Anindya Mukherjee
CEO and Founder
PHAXTEC
Anthony Atti
Co-founder & CEO
Phononic
Ava LeBron
Co-Founder
Grid Intelligence
Barrett Ames
PhDCo-founder & CTO
BotBuilt
Duke University
Brent Wadas
Co-founder & CEO
BotBuilt
Brian Worfolk
PhDCEO & Founder
Lukera Energy
University of Alberta
Cathy Wilhelm
Co-Founder
Strata Solar
Cory Sanderson
Co-Founder & VP of Technology
Sustaera
Dustin Abele
PhDCTO & Co-Founder
Lukera Energy
George Washington University
Frank Leibfarth
PhDCo-founder and Chemistry Lead
Sorbenta
Ginger Krieg Dosier
Co-Founder (former CEO)
Biomason
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Huade Tan
Co-Founder, Co-CEO & CTO
Plantd
Columbia University
Jason Massey
Co-Founder & CEO
ndustrial
Jeanine Fry
Founder
LOOM3D
North Carolina State University
Jeff Soplop
Founder
Nimble Energy
Jennifer Warrillow
Co-Founder
Fathom Science
Jim Gray
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
Green Stream Technologies
John Starke
CEO
MyMatR
Joseph Zambon
PhDCo-Founder
Fathom Science
Josh Dorfman
Co-Founder & CEO
Plantd
University of Pennsylvania
Josh Prueher
Founder
FlexGen Power Systems
Judy Riffle
Co-Founder
NALA Membranes
Justin Senkbeil
Founder
CompostNow
Karen Lindquist
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Green Stream Technologies
Kathryn Polkoff
PhDCEO & Co-founder
Hoofprint Biome
Laura Olson
Founder & CEO
Trashy
Leonard Nelson
CEO
Natrx
Malhar Shah
Founder & CEO
microWatt
NC State University
Marc Deshusses
PhDCo-founder & Director
374Water
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Maria Intscher-Owrang
CEO and co-founder
Simplifyber
Markus Wilhelm
Founder & CEO
Strata Solar
Max Burden
Cofounder, CEO
Clean-E
Michael Dosier
Co-Founder (former CEO)
Biomason
Nathan Silvernail
Co-Founder, Co-CEO & VP Engineering
Plantd
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Nikolas Mihaliak
Cofounder, Product
Clean-E
Orlando Coronell
PhDCo-founder and Engineering Lead
Sorbenta
Raghubir Gupta
Co-founder and CEO
Susteon
Raghubir Gupta
PhDCTO & Co-Founder
Sustaera
University of Illinois
Randy Hoffman
Cofounder, Product
Clean-E
Robin Weitkamp
Co-founder and Commercialization Advisor
Sorbenta
Ruoying He
Co-Founder & President
Fathom Science
Scott Collins
Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder
Hoofprint Biome
Shantanu Agarwal
CEO & Co-Founder
Sustaera
Harvard Business School
Sue Mecham
Co-Founder and CEO
NALA Membranes
Tahira Pirzada
President and CEO
Soteria Formulations
Yaacov Nagar
Co-founder
374Water
Yiannis Lempidakis
Co-Founder
Grid Intelligence
DeepTech
43Adam Steege
Founder & CEO
Trio Labs
Ajay Pasupuleti
PhDFounder & CEO
OOGA Technologies
Ali Khatibzadeh
Founder and CEO
LUMEOVA
Alice Fulton
PhDCo-founder
Carolina Cloud
University of Cambridge
Andrew Lamm
PhDChief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder
Argoneta
Ani Mulukutla
Co-Founder & CTO
Phaseshift
Aydin Aysu
Founder & President
MithrilAI Corp
Bhavya Jain
Founder
EnviraCell
Brandon Zschokke
Co-Founder & CEO
Phaseshift
Cheng Qian
PhDFounder
NCXtec
Christopher T. Shelton
Co-founder, CFO and Senior Scientist
Third Floor Materials, Inc.
Daphne Earley
Co-Founder
Mentim
Dario Muller
CTO & Co-Founder
CN-Seamless
North Carolina State University
David Nackashi
PhDCEO, Cofounder & Board Member
Protochips
David R. Smith
PhDCo-Founder & CSO
Extellis
Derek Fulton
CEO
Carolina Cloud
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edward Sachet
Co-founder, President and Principal Scientist
Third Floor Materials, Inc.
Hamid Basaeri
Technical Co-founder
VibraPower
Haroon Inam
Co-Founder & CEO
DG Matrix
Ivan Francis
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Argoneta
James Tuck
Co-Founder
DNAli Data Technologies
Jeff Ludwig
COO
Extellis
Jinsong Huang
PhDFounder
Perotech
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Damiano
PhDCTO & Cofounder
Protochips
John Maslin
Co-founder and CEO
Vulcan Elements
Jon-Paul Maria
Co-founder
Third Floor Materials, Inc.
Josh Cooper
CEO & Co-Founder
CN-Seamless
North Carolina State University
Ladson Brearley
Co-Founder
ARtx
Matthew Earley
Co-Founder
Mentim
State University of New York at Buffalo
Md. RafEUI Shougat
Academic Co-founder
VibraPower
Michael Boyarsky
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Extellis
Peter Yancey
Founder & CTO
Atmospheric Plasma Solutions
Piotr Kulik
PhDCo-Founder & CTO
Vulcan Elements
Northeastern University
Rakesh Khan
Co-Founder
ARtx
Rob Creighton
Founder & CEO
Windlift
Robert Thelen
Co-Founder and CEO
Rownd
Sam Marcom
COO & Co-Founder
CN-Seamless
North Carolina State University
Sanjeev Chauhan
Co-Founder & CEO
Synapse Semiconductor
Stephen J. Furst
Founder and CEO
Smart Material Solutions
Subhashish Bhattacharya
PhDCo-Founder & CTO
DG Matrix
Tania Roy
Co-Founder
Synapse Semiconductor
Tyler Keith-Pedersen
Founder
Windlift
Walid Mustafa
CEO
NCXtec
AgTech
35Amanda Vargochik
Chief Innovation Officer, Co-founder
SinnovaTek
Bill Buckner
CEO
Harpe Bio
Brendan Collins
Co-founder & CEO
Avalo
Brian Green
PhDCEO and CSO
5Metis
Cole Malinchock
Co-founder
Sylva Systems
David Liu
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Pairwise
Feng Zhang
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Pairwise
George Greene
CEO & Co-Founder
Upstream Biotechnology
Glenn King
Founder
Vestaron
Guilherme Tejada
Co-founder & CEO
Solvata
Hank Madden
Co-founder; marketing and business development
Sylva Systems
Haven Baker
PhDCo-Founder
Pairwise
Hortense Dodo
Co-founder and President
InGateyGen
J. Keith Joung
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Pairwise
Jack Wang
Co-founder
TreeCo
Jeff Hampson
Co-Founder & CTO
Solvata
Jiarui Li
PhDCEO
Innatrix
Josip Simunovic
Co-founder & Chief Science Officer
SinnovaTek
Kevin Spencer
Co-founder
Sylva Systems
Koffi Konan
Co-founder and Director of R&D
InGateyGen
Luca Antonescu
Co-founder
Sylva Systems
Mariano Alvarez
Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Avalo
Marshall Edgell
Founder
Innatrix
Michael Druga
President & CEO, Co-founder
SinnovaTek
Nathan Hattrup
Co-founder
Sylva Systems
Qingshan Wei
PhDCo-Founder and Technical Advisor
Verdia Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
Ramin Karimpour
Founder & CEO
TARGAN
Ricardo Hernandez
Founder & CEO
Rooted-in-tech
Rodolphe Barrangou
Co-founder
TreeCo
Steven Tuttle
COO
5Metis
Tom Adams
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Pairwise
Tyler Danner
Co-founder
Sylva Systems
Xinnian Dong
Co-Founder
Upstream Biotechnology
Yong Zhu
PhDCo-Founder and Technical Advisor
Verdia Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
Zach Hetzler
PhDCo-Founder and CEO
Verdia Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
EdTech
18Adam Canosa
Founder and CEO
Algorhythmic Labs
Alex Pritchett
Co-Founder & COO
Upswing
Austin Ketola
Founder
Asobo
Bennett Miller
Founder
nOS
Dominique Mouthon
Co-Founder & CEO
Clever Education Solutions
Greg Boone
Co-founder
RDU Labs
Jamey Heit
Co-founder & CEO
Ecree
Laura Tierney
Founder & CEO
The Social Institute
Lukasz Mazur
PhDFounder & CEO
MaiaZura
Maria Jankovics
Co-Founder & CTO
The Social Institute
Mark Bavisotto
Co-founder
RDU Labs
Melissa DeRosier
Founder
Centervention
Melvin Hines
Co-Founder & CEO
Upswing
Rich Gilliam
Founder and CEO
STEM PLUG
Robin Donaldson
Co-founder & CTO
Ecree
Serge Mouthon
Co-Founder & CFO
Clever Education Solutions
Shayna Heinrich
Co-Founder
The Social Institute
Tita Simmons
CEO
Team Genius Squad
Fintech
13Bernard Worthy
Co-Founder and CEO
LoanWell
Chris Lustrino
Founder & CEO
Kingscrowd
Jed Carlson
Founder
RoundUp
John Hodorowicz
Co-Founder
Findicia
Justin Benson
Co-founder & CEO
Spreedly
Nathaniel Talbott
Co-founder
Spreedly
Shaun Powell
Co-Founder
Findicia
Sophia Lopez
Co-founder and COO
Kaleido
Steve Cerveny
Co-founder
Kaleido
Tom Gordon
Co-founder & CEO
Equity Shift
William Duckett
Co-founder & COO
Equity Shift
Yogi Nishanth
Founder & CEO
Swik AI
Zach Pogue
Co-Founder
Findicia
GovTech
11Adil Asif
Head of Engineering
CivicReach
Chip Kennedy
Founder & CEO
CivicReach
Case Western Reserve University
Clark Dudek
Technical Advisor
CivicReach
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
James Gieszelmann
Co-Founder
Roboro
Jenny Bo
Co-Founder
Roboro
Jocelyn Howard
VP of Customer Experience
CivicReach
Columbia University
Lindsay Freeman Avagliano
COO
CivicReach
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Matt Cotter
CTO, Co-Founder
Sunlight
Matthew Matos
Co-Founder & CEO
BeamRail
Paul Rava
Co-Founder and CEO
Roboro
Ryan O'Donnell
CEO, Co-Founder
Sunlight
