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Active companies in the core and emerging tiers only.
Public regional snapshot
Triangle Pulse
360 active startups are headquartered in Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill–RTP in the Triangle Startups directory. Durham has the most (126), followed by Raleigh (118). 242 have disclosed funding with a cited source.
360companies$10.6Bsource-backed capital28recent signals
Directory updated
Oct 12, 2026
Signals through
Oct 9, 2026
Funding through
Sep 30, 2026
What changed
Verified activity compared with the prior period
Public signals · 30 days
16
up 4 versus 12 in the prior 30 days
Financings · 90 days
$69.7M
8 events (down 5 by count); the prior 90 days recorded $183.4M.
Grants and prizes · 90 days
$500K
1 events (down 22 by count); the prior 90 days recorded $3.4M.
What moved recently
Latest recorded signals
ExtellisOct 9, 2026
Extellis adds Shell Ventures' Brian Panoff as board observer
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Dignify TherapeuticsOct 7, 2026
FDA clears Dignify Therapeutics' IND for DTI-117, its on-demand bowel therapy
Gradient HealthOct 6, 2026
Gradient Health: SEC Form D $2.1M offering filed 20261007
Vega HealthOct 5, 2026
Utah recognizes Vega Health as a third-party evaluator for its healthcare AI sandbox
Company activity
Companies with recent signals
1T2
34
Trinitite3 signals
Trinitite hires Dharshan Pradeep as founding GTM lead
Clinware2 signals
Clinware named to GrepBeat's 2026 Startups to Watch
Vega Health2 signals
Utah recognizes Vega Health as a third-party evaluator for its healthcare AI sandbox
baebies1 signal
baebies clears FDA 510(k) K261837 for FINDER Flu A&B/SARS-CoV-2 Test
Companies
360
242 with disclosed funding
Source-backed capital
$10.6B
$5.2M median round
Investors
120
444 co-investment pairs
Founders
599
76 university-linked companies
Regional read
What the current directory shows
Read 01
Durham accounts for 35% of tracked companies (126), followed by Raleigh.
Read 02
SaaS leads by company count (97), while Consumer carries the most disclosed capital at $3.0B.
Read 03
40% of companies with stage data are listed as pre-seed or seed (89 of 224).
Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
Sector mix
6 leading sectors
Share of all 360 active companies
SaaS
97 · 26.9%
Biotech
56 · 15.6%
Healthtech
47 · 13.1%
Consumer
35 · 9.7%
Climate
28 · 7.8%
MedTech
27 · 7.5%
Other sectors or unclassified: 70 companies (19.4%).
Stage mix
7 stages
Share of 224 companies with stage data
Pre Seed
51 · 22.8%
Seed
38 · 17%
Series A
24 · 10.7%
Series B
13 · 5.8%
Series C
9 · 4%
Growth
29 · 12.9%
Grant
60 · 26.8%
Capital
Source-backed capital by category
Equity
$9.8B
293 sourced events
Debt
$750.4M
7 sourced events
Grants and prizes
$50.8M
112 sourced events
Equity and debt by month
43 sourced events over 12 months. Disclosed amounts only; grants and prizes are excluded.
Oct 2026, disclosed equity and debt: $0
0 sourced events
All monthly values
| Month | Amount | Events |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | $646,000,000 | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | $15,325,000 | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | $16,871,994 | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | $208,500,000 | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | $446,948,746 | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | $65,100,000 | 10 |
| May 2026 | $16,619,645 | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | $110,736,697 | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | $12,000,000 | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | $7,966,000 | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | $61,761,544 | 4 |
| Oct 2026 | $0 | 0 |
Geography
Where the density sits
Share of all 360 active companies
Other cities or city unspecified: 19 companies (5.3%).
Investor map
Most connected captured investors
01NC Tweener Fund
75AgTech · Biotech · Climate · Consumer
02Hatteras Venture Partners
15Biotech · Healthtech · MedTech
03Primordial Ventures
15Climate · Consumer · GovTech · Healthtech
04Duke Capital Partners
11Biotech · DeepTech · Healthtech · MedTech
05NC IDEA
9Climate · Consumer · GovTech · Healthtech
06Cofounders Capital
6Healthtech · 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
- Oct 12, 2026
- Signals through
- Oct 9, 2026
- Funding through
- Sep 30, 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.
440 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.