Companies
Active companies in the core and emerging tiers only.
Public regional snapshot
Triangle Pulse
280companies$6.3Bsource-backed capital20recent signals
Directory updated
Aug 26, 2026
Signals through
Aug 19, 2026
Funding through
Aug 13, 2026
What changed
Verified activity compared with the prior period
Public signals
8
down 4 versus 12 in the prior 30 days
Financings
$125M
6 events (down 8 by count); the prior 90 days recorded $207.3M.
Grants and prizes
$25K
2 events (down 8 by count); the prior 90 days recorded $480K.
What moved recently
Fresh signals first.
Pellucid NetworkAug 19, 2026
Pellucid Network bought its way into the room at the NC Digital Government Summit
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Persistence TherapeuticsAug 18, 2026
Persistence Therapeutics receives NCBiotech's largest-ever one-time Strategic Growth Loan
Slate MedicinesAug 17, 2026
Raleigh-based Slate Medicines raises $245M, plans Nasdaq IPO via reverse merger
UtilystAug 13, 2026
Raleigh's Utilyst Launches AI Platform for Utility Grid Management
Repeated signals
Companies showing up more than once
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ServiceTrade2
ServiceTrade launches native Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central integration
Solvata2
Current Solvata sources identify Raleigh and Jeff Hampson as co-founder and CTO
374Water1
374Water names Chuck Weiser chief financial officer
410 Medical1
Durham Medical Device Startup 410 Medical Raises $12M
Companies
280
130 with disclosed funding
Source-backed capital
$6.3B
$10M median round
Investors
102
366 co-investment pairs
Founders
282
68 university-linked companies
Regional read
What the current directory shows
Read 01
Durham accounts for 38% of tracked companies (105), followed by Raleigh.
Read 02
SaaS leads by both company count (85) and disclosed capital ($2.2B).
Read 03
51% of companies with stage data are listed as pre-seed or seed (79 of 154).
Sector mix
6 leading sectors
SaaS
85 · 30%CData Software · Pendo · Teamworks$2.2B
Biotech
43 · 15%Kriya Therapeutics · Tune Therapeutics · Atsena Therapeutics$1.9B
Healthtech
39 · 14%Caidya · Well · 410 Medical$387.7M
Climate
24 · 9%FlexGen Power Systems · Biomason · Phononic$404.0M
Consumer
19 · 7%Second Nature · Offline · Ensembled$16.7M
DeepTech
17 · 6%Vulcan Elements · DG Matrix · Trio Labs$774.3M
Stage mix
154 companies with stage data
Pre Seed44 · 29%
Seed35 · 23%
Series A20 · 13%
Series B10 · 6%
Series C8 · 5%
Growth28 · 18%
Capital
Source-backed capital by category
Equity
$5.6B
178 sourced events
Debt
$750.4M
7 sourced events
Grants and prizes
$20.5M
33 sourced events
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Geography
Where the density sits
Investor map
Most connected captured investors
01NC Tweener Fund
85AgTech · Biotech · Climate · Consumer
02Hatteras Venture Partners
24AgTech · Biotech · Healthtech · MedTech
03Primordial Ventures
14Climate · Consumer · GovTech · Healthtech
04Duke Capital Partners
12Biotech · DeepTech · Healthtech · MedTech
05Bull City Venture Partners
7SaaS
06Duke I&E
7Climate · Healthtech · SaaS
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How to read this snapshot
Pulse summarizes the current public directory. It is not a complete census of Triangle startup activity.
- Directory updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Signals through
- Aug 19, 2026
- Funding through
- Aug 13, 2026
Signals
Review-cleared records with an exact HTTPS source, deduplicated by company, type, and source.
Capital
Funding records with an exact HTTPS source, separated into equity, debt, and grants or prizes.
238 source-backed funding events and recent signals
Limits
- Stage, investor, and funding coverage is only as complete as the current directory.
- This is not financial, legal, or investment advice.